Yanshan University (YSU), co-constructed by Hebei Provincial Government, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, is a major beneficiary of the provincial investment for constructing national first-class university and world first-class disciplines. YSU is a member of the Cooperation Consortium of Beijing High Technology Universities.
Beginnings:1920-1997
1920—Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)
1958—School of Heavy Machinery of HIT
1960—Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute
1978—A national key institution of higher education designated by the State Council
1997—Yanshan University (YSU)
The Rise of YSU
1998—Its administration was transferred from Ministry of Machinery Industry to Hebei Provincial Government and was co-administrated by the central and local government, in which the latter plays the principal role.
2016—As one of the two universities selected by the Ministry of Education, YSU’s engineering majors received the assessment exercises from the international experts of Washington Accord, which supported China to formally join in Washington Accord International Engineering Education Organization. YSU’s 11 engineering majors have achieved the certification of Engineering Education Organization, which indicates that the quality of education in these professions has been internationally recognized and ranked among top universities in global engineering education.
Faculty
YSU encompasses 266.67 hectare of grounds with a total floor area of 1.06 million square meters. YSU now is attended by 38,000 students receiving regular higher education. YSU has a faculty of 3200, 2200 of whom are full-time teachers including 481 professors (including 328 doctoral supervisors) and 641 associate professors. Among them, there is one Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, five distinguished professors from the Recruitment Program (Ten-thousand Talents Program), ten distinguished professors from the Changjiang Scholars Program, and 11 winners of the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists.
Disciplines
YSU offers 11 postdoctoral research stations, 14 first-level disciplines authorized to offer doctoral degrees, 1 professional doctoral degree, 30 first-level disciplines authorized to offer master degrees, 17 disciplines authorized to offer professional master degrees, and 64 undergraduate programs, covering 8 disciplines including engineering, liberal art, science, economics, management, law, fine arts, philosophy, and education. YSU has 5 national key disciplines, and 16 provincial key disciplines. YSU’s engineering, materials science, and chemistry rank top 1% of ESI. In the fourth national discipline assessment exercise, YSU was awarded B and above in 8 disciplines, of which mechanical engineering was Class A, the top 10% discipline, and B+ in materials science and engineering, the top 20% in China.
Schools and Departments
YSU has 17 schools and colleges. They are the School of Mechanical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, School of Information Science and Engineering (School of Software), School of Economics and Management, School of Foreign Studies, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, School of Humanities and Law (School of Public Administration), School of Marxism, School of Science, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, School of Arts and Design, School of Vehicle and Energy, School of Physical Education, Liren College, School of International Exchange and School of Continuing Education.
Research Achievements
YSU has built the State key laboratories: State Key Laboratory of Meta-stable Materials Science and Technology, the National Engineering Research Center for Equipment and Technology of C.S.R., the National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Advanced Manufacture Forming Technology and Equipment, the National Demonstration Universities for Innovation Development, the International Science and Technology Cooperation University, Intelligent Control System and Intelligent Equipment Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, the National Technology Transfer Demonstration Agency, 3 Hebei Collaborative Innovation Centers, and 43 provincial and ministerial level key laboratories, engineering research centers and social science research bases. YSU National University High-tech Park and YSU Press are attached to YSU.
YSU has reached internationally leading-edge level in research fields of heavy machinery complete set of equipment, meta-stable materials science and technology, theory and technology of parallel robotics, fluid drive and electro-hydraulic servo-control technology, theory and technology of industrial automatic control, precision plastic molding technology, forging technology and heat treatment techniques for large forgings, and mechanical structure and materials science under extreme conditions. YSU has won 19 national science and technology awards consecutively since 2000, including 2 First Prizes and 9 Second Prizes of National Science and Technology Progress Award, 4 Second Prizes of National Technology Invention Award, and 4 Second Prizes of National Natural Sciences Award. YSU has undertaken 970 national research projects, including those funded by 973 Program, 863 Program as well as the National Natural Sciences Foundation and the National Social Sciences Foundation. In 2013 and 2014, two scientific research achievements were selected in “China Top 10 Science Progress” and “Top 10 Science & Technology Progress of Chinese Universities”.
YSU is committed to the integration and coordinated development of scientific research in order to meet the needs of the development of society. YSU has established three institutes and three centers of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, the Marine Science and Engineering and Research Institute of Health Care Industry Technology, the High Pressure Scientific Research Center, the Nano-energy Materials Research Center, and the Special Carrier Equipment Research Center, which will play an significant role in discipline development, talents training, and comprehensive improvement in scientific and technological innovation.
International Exchange
YSU values the international academic exchanges and cooperation, and has built friendly cooperative relationships with over 80 high-level universities and institutes of more than 20 countries including UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Russia, France, South Korea and Japan, carrying out international exchanges and cooperation in fields of student and teacher exchange, joint scientific research, and conference organizing.
YSU Mission
The mission of YSU is to aim at achieving and maintaining excellence in its teaching and research. In support of this aim the university will provide the facilities and support for its staff to pursue innovative research by responding to developments in the intellectual environment and serving country’s equipment manufacturing industry, strategic emerging industries, regional economic, and social development at large through the fruits of its research and the skills of its graduates. Over 40,000 vigorous faculty and students of YSU will spare no efforts to develop YSU into a national first-class and internationally famous university.
(Updated by YSU International Cooperation Division in May 2020)
