Zhengzhou University

The Merger of Three Universities

Zhengzhou University was newly established on July 10, 2000 by a merger of three former universities:Zhengzhou University, Henan Medical University, and Zhengzhou University of Technology.

History before merger

Henan Medical University dates back to the medical education in National Fifth Sun Zhongshan University built in 1928 (the predecessor of National Henan University founded in 1942). This national university moved into Zhengzhou in 1952 and established Henan Medical College (the first batch authorized to confer doctoral degrees) which was the fore running of the higher medical education in Henan province.

Zhengzhou University is the first comprehensive university established by the State Council of Chinese Government in 1956. Huanghe University was annexed in 1992. It was admitted into Project 211 in 1996.

Zhengzhou University of Technology as a national key university under the direct administration of the Ministry of Chemical Industry of China,it was founded in 1963.

Campus

Zhengzhou University now has four campuses covering 1070 acres land across Zhengzhou City. The main campus covers 799 acres of land on Science Avenue and Changchun Road in North-West section of Zhengzhou City. It is one of the most beautiful campuses in China. It cost more than two billion Yuan to build this campus.Majority of schools and faculties locate on main campus.

The east campus is the campus of previous Henan Medical University in the city center between Zhongyuan Road and Jianshe Road.The clinical stage of medical education is held on this campus.

The south campus is the campus of previous Zhengzhou University in the city center area of Daxue Road.

The north campus is the campus of previous Zhengzhou University of Technology in the city center of Wenhua Road.

Staff, Program, Student

After years balanced development, Zhengzhou University now is a multi-discipline institution with 12 fields,such as, science, engineering, medicine, literature, history, philosophy, law, economics, management science, pedagogy, agriculture and arts. Currently there are six national key disciplines, condensed matter physics, materials processing engineering, history of ancient China, organic chemistry, chemical technology, pathology and pathophysiology; four disciplines ranked top 1% in ESI globaly, chemistry, clinical medicine, materials science and engineering; 21 first-level disciplines are authorized to confer doctoral degrees, 3 independent second-level disciplines to confer doctoral degrees, 55 first-level disciplines to confer master's degrees, as well as 23 post-doctoral research stations.There are 46 Schools and 9 affiliated hospitals in Zhengzhou University. The number of staff is over 6,000, 4000 academic members, 29 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and Engineering (7 full-time and 22 part-time), 670 professors, and 1,600 associate professors. In year 2016, there are around 55,000 undergraduate students, 15,000 graduate students and 1,800 international students studying in Zhengzhou University.

Schools

There are 46 schools or departments in Zhengzhou University.

Research

Featured with a solid scientific research foundation, Zhengzhou University now owns more than 330 scientific research institutions of all levels/kinds, among which are 1 National Engineering Research Center, 1 National Technology Research Promotion Center, 1 National Chemical Safety Engineering Technology Center, 1 National Research Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, 2 National Drug Clinical Research Bases, 3 MOE Key Labs, 2 MOE Engineering Research Center, 1 Key Research Base of College Humanities and Social Sciences sponsored by the MOE and the Province, 1 Sports Culture Research Base under the Sports Culture Development Research Center of the State Sports General Administration, 1 National Intellectual Property Training Base, 6 Henan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Centers; Provincial Key Labs, Engineering Technology Research Centers, International United Labs, Key Humanities and Social Science Research Bases, Provincial Universities and Colleges Key Principles Open Labs, Engineering Technology Research Centers, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Bases total up to 104, and provincial key scientific and research institutions total up to 125, which indicates a strong capability on basic research, application research and development of science and technology. With a total construction area of 84,000sqm, its library contains a collection of books of more than 7.971 million. The university has its own publishing house and issues 14 academic journals.

School of International Education

The School of International Education (SIE) is in charge of international education of Zhengzhou University. There are approximately 1,700 overseas students from 70 countries/areas, among them 80% are degree students,more than 10% are supported by full scholarship. SIE also houses a Chinese language education base (accredited by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of State Council) and a Chinese international promotion base of Henan Province offering a number of Chinese language programs from short term training to bachelor's and master's degree. SIE runs a Confucius School jointly with Indian Vellore Institute of Technology and a Confucius class with St Mary School in USA. Zhengzhou university in collaboration with MEDVIZZ - CEO, Dr G Bhanu prakash to train all medical faternities for USMLE, PLAB AND FMGE in the campus itself.

Zhengzhou University is dedicated to conducting various forms cooperation and exchanges with famous universities abroad, absorbing advanced education programs and striving to achieve the objective of internationalization.

Notable alumni

Chen Quanguo, Communist Party Chief of Tibet Autonomous Region