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Presentation of Tibet UniversityYixiwangmuInternational Exchange & Cooperation DepartmentTibet University

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Whereare

We？

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About Tibet Autonomous RegionGeography

Tibet Autonomous Region shares a 4,000 kilometer boarder with India, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. “the Southwest Gate of China”“Roof of the World” “Third Pole of the Earth.”

more than 1.2 million square kilometers, one eighth of China’s territory

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Natural Resourcesforest coverage of 14.626 million hectares，China’s richest water resource, 102 minerals being found, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy.highland barley, wheat, peas, and rapeseed，Tibetan antelope, wild yak, snow leopard, Tibetan Kiang, Tibetan eared-pheasant.

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Administrative Districts5 prefectural-level cities of Lhasa, Shigatse, Nyingchi, Qamdo, Lhoka, 2 prefectures of Nagqu and Ngari, 74 counties(district and city)

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Populationthe lowest density population in China，40 or more other ethnic groups (40,500) account for 92 percent and Han people (245,200) for 8 percent.

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History of TU

1951

Founded as a Tibetan Language Training Class for

Local Cadres

1965

The Tibet Teacher’s School

1975

The Tibet Normal School

1985

Tibet University

Founded as a Tibetan Language Training Class for Local Cadres in 1951The Tibet Teacher’s School in 1965Tibet University In 1985

The Tibet Normal School in 1975

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About Tibet UniversityA comprehensive university of T.A.RProject 211Project of Improving Higher Education in Central and Western Region of China

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About Tibet UniversityHebalin CampusNajin CampusThe Medical School of Norbulingka Campus The Financial School of Norbulingka Campus

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Disciplines and Majors12 schools, 1 center, 2 departments，52 undergraduate majors，doctoral degrees in 3 first-grade disciplines and 12 second-grade disciplines; 4 professional master degree programs and 8 master degrees in first-grade disciplines, 45 second-grade disciplines;

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National Key Disciplines

14 provincial-level key disciplines，3 provincial-level key laboratories，11 provincial-level key laboratories of higher education，1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, （Yambajan Cosmic Ray Open Laboratory），

1 key laboratory joint-effort by the Chinese Academic Social Science （NagchuEcological Environment Comprehensive Observation Research Station）

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A Galaxy of Prominent Scholars

A faculty of 1,134（878 full time teachers，61 PhD degree holders，528 master’s degree holders；74 professors and 269 associate professors），

4 Yangtze Chair professors, 1 awarder of the NSFC Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, 1 experts for the national Ten Thousand Talents Plan, 5 candidates for the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program, 5 experts enjoying Special Allowance of the State Council or that of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government

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Talents 人才培养over 27,000 students on campus（ 9,338 full time undergraduate students, 40

doctoral candidates, 670 postgraduate students, and around 17,000 adult students）

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Academic Research 科研526 provincial or ministry level projects，1 funded by the National Program on Key Basic Research Project，3 funded by a special program for the earlier stages of the “973 program”,2 funded by the National Agricultural Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Fund, 3 national Soft Science Research Programs, 1 International Cooperation Project funded by the State Commission of Science Technology, 1 Key Program of the National Science Foundation of China，Mt. Everest Awards for Tibetology studies in China，5 provincial-level Science and Technology Progress Awards，the research achievement of Invention and Development of Tibetan Script，The Menthang School and the Khyentse School of Tibetan Tangka painting) and the skill of manufacturing Tibetan mineral and herbal dyes were listed in the first and third batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage respectively.

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Academic Research1 key research institute of humanities and social science of the Ministry of Education, China Tibetology Research Institute of Tibet University and Sichuan University;1 Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Tibetan Information Technology Research Center; 1 state-level Information and Technology Experimental Demonstration Center for Teaching;

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National and International Exchange Peking UniversityWuhan UniversityChina Agricultural UniversitySouthwest Jiaotong Universitythe Central University of FinanceHohai UniversitySouth China Normal University

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International ExchangeTU established cooperation with a number of overseas universities including Norway, Japan, the U.S., Italy, Germany, Nepal and so on.

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International Student Education

more than 600 foreign students from Europe, Asia, America learning in TU，

the two-year non-degree education, i.e. the Tibetan language, Tibetan music and Tibetan fine arts for them，

quite a few of them have become renowned Tibetologists and linguists,

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Development Strategythe development of Tibetan Ethnic Culture and Highland Regional Science and Technology，a high-level comprehensive university with its own distinguishing features as well as its high visibility at home and abroad.

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Welcome to Tibet University