Which schools merged with Xianning College?

Q&A for candidates of Xianning College in 2006

Q: What kind of school is Xianning College? What is its predecessor?

Answer: Xianning College is a public comprehensive general undergraduate institution of higher learning approved by the Ministry of Education. It is supervised by the Hubei Provincial Department of Education and is a second-category undergraduate institution. It was established in 2002 by the merger of the original Xianning Medical College and the original Xianning Normal College. The original Xianning Medical College was founded in 1965. Its former name was the Xianning Branch of Hubei Medical College. It began to recruit undergraduate students in 1977, and obtained the right to award bachelor's degrees in 1982. In April 1994, it was renamed Xianning Medical College. In 1995, it began to cooperate with the original Hubei Medical College. The Medical University (now Wuhan University School of Medicine) jointly cultivates master's degree students. In 1997, it passed the undergraduate teaching qualification evaluation of the Ministry of Education and was recognized as a "qualified school for undergraduate teaching evaluation." The predecessor of the original Xianning Normal College was Hubei Provincial Puqi Normal School founded in 1937 and Xianning High School established in 1942. It began to enroll full-time general college students in 1977 and undergraduate students in 1993. After the merger of the two schools, the subject structure was optimized, the professional caliber was broadened, and the school's strength was enhanced.

Q: How is the geographical environment and transportation of your hospital?

Answer: Xianning College is located in Xianning City, Hubei Province, the hometown of Osmanthus fragrans in China. It is 70 kilometers away from Wuhan in the north and 120 kilometers away from Yueyang in the south. It has convenient transportation. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, 107 National Highway and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway pass through the city. The campus is lush with trees and birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. It is a green flag unit and a garden-style school in universities in Hubei Province. It is an ideal place for teaching, scientific research and learning

Q: What are the levels and disciplines of Xianning University?

< p>Answer: The school currently has three levels of education: master’s degree education, undergraduate education and junior college education. Currently, the college has 58 majors, covering 8 disciplines including economics, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine and management.

Q: How is the teaching staff of Xianning College?

Answer: The college currently has more than 1,200 faculty members, including 786 full-time teachers. Among the teachers, there are 310 professors and associate professors, and 425 doctors and masters (including students). Among the young teachers, more than 50% have a master's degree or above. The college has 28 doctoral and master’s tutors, 2 provincial subject leaders, 8 provincial academic backbones, 6 teachers enjoying special allowances from the State Council, 5 provincial government special allowances, and 3 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions at the provincial level. There are 60 visiting professors hired all year round and 10 foreign teachers. Judging from the overall current situation of the teaching team, the teacher team has a reasonable structure and high quality.

Q: What is the scale and conditions of Xianning College?

Answer: The college currently has 14,000 general students, more than 4,000 adult education students, and more than 1,200 faculty and staff. The college covers an area of ??1,887 acres, with a construction area of ??576,000 square meters, teaching equipment and equipment worth more than 71 million yuan, a collection of 1.1 million books, and more than 2,000 Chinese and foreign periodicals. It has 1,240 teaching computers, 11,810 multimedia teaching seats, and relatively complete modern educational technology equipment.

Q: What teaching and scientific research institutions does Xianning University have?

The school consists of the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Humanities, School of Information Engineering, School of Management, School of Art, School of Foreign Languages, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Education, Department of Physical Education, Department of Urban and Rural Planning and Resource Science, There are 13 teaching departments including the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences; there are 5 affiliated hospitals, 51 teaching practice hospitals, and 73 off-campus practice bases; there are Psychiatric Research Institute, Liver Disease Research Institute, Cardiovascular Disease Research Institute, and Experimental Center and other scientific research institutions.