Changzhou University

Changzhou University (CZU) is situated in the historical and cultural city of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the south of Yangtze River, famous for its rich resources and outstanding talents.

Founded in 1978, CZU has developed into an institution of higher learning with emphasis on engineering, combined with science and integrated with arts.

CZU was empowered to grant master degree in 2003, which proves its alteration from undergraduate education to postgraduate training. There are altogether 18,000 undergraduates and postgraduates, including those in Huaide College, of which more than 1,000 are postgraduates. The university has 10 subordinate colleges, together with the Sports Department, the College of Continuing Education and Huaide College. Two scholastic domains are authorized to confer master's degree programs for the superior disciplines, 17 for the subordinate disciplines and 4 for the Engineering Master's degree. In addition, CZU also provides 45 undergraduate programs which cover arts, science, economics, engineering, management and law.

CZU embraces a team of innovative, explorative and dedicative faculty members amounting to some 1,300, of which 900 are professional teachers, 410 are advanced professionals (in which professors amount to 120), 660 masters or above (of which more than 200 are doctors).

CZU's high-quality faculty team assures good developing trends in its discipline construction and research capability. During the last five years, the university undertook or accomplished 25 national and 196 provincial projects with the funds for scientific research amounting to 230 million yuan (46 million per year). More than 90 projects have been identified as provincial and ministerial researches and 37 of them won scientific and technological awards, including one second prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, one second prize of State Technological Invention, and 35 provincial and ministerial scientific research awards, including six first prizes. Statistics show that the number of patent applications by CZU has ranked the Top 100 among universities in the Chinese mainland.

According to Jiangsu Office of Education, in the past three years, the university is in the Top 10% of 122 universities in Jiangsu Province. For its outstanding academic contributions, CZU was twice awarded "Jiangsu Advanced Universities in Science and Technology Work" consecutively, and was selected as the only winner of "2008-2009 Excellent Co-operation Unit of National Intellectual Property Rights Assistance" in Jiangsu province.

Official website: http://www.cczu.edu.cn/