Xidian University

Xidian University
西安电子科技大学
Type Public
Established 1931
President Xiaojing Zheng
Academic staff
 1,900
Administrative staff
 2,860
Undergraduates 21,650
Postgraduates 9,293
1,779
Location Xi'an, China
Campus Urban, 260 acres (2.6 km²)
Website http://www.xidian.edu.cn

Xidian University, (Chinese: 西安电子科技大学; pinyin: Xīān Diànzǐ Kējì Dàxué) is a university located in Xi'an, China. The university is regarded as having strong science and engineering programs, and is particularly famous in Information Technology related disciplines in China. It is a founding member of the Project 211 and 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project.

Introduction

Xidian University is a key national university under the Ministry of Education of China. It focuses primarily on electronics and information education and research, and also offers a wide range of academic subjects covering engineering, science, management, economics, arts and social sciences. It has been approved by the state to be one of the universities funded by “Project 211” and it is one of the 55 universities having a Graduate School, one of the 35 universities having a national demonstration School of Software and one of the 15 universities having an IC Talents Training Center.

Now, Xidian University has over 40,000 students including over 1,400 Ph. D. students and 7,000 Master students. Of its 1,696 academic research and teaching faculty members, there are over 900 professors and associate professors. The University is organized into 13 schools, i.e., Graduate School, School of Telecommunications Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering, School of Computer Science and Technology, School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, School of Technical Physics, School of Science, School of Software Engineering, School of Microelectronics, School of Economics and Management, School of Humanities and Arts,School of Foreign Languages, Network Continuing Education School, and Chang'an School. There are 3 state key laboratories, 4 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 16 provincial and other ministerial key laboratories and 30 institutes or research centers. At present, Xidian University has 7 national key disciplines, 6 postdoctoral programs, 27 doctoral programs, 63 master's programs and 41 bachelor's programs, which cover the range of specialities in electronics and information technology. In the fields of communication networks, signal and information processing, information security, microelectronics and mechatronics.

In recent years, Xidian University has quickened its internationalization pace by establishing cooperative relationships and conducting academic cooperation and exchanges with over 100 universities and institutions in more than 50 countries. Its library, a national information retrieval center, has a collection of 2,700,000 items including 600,000 kinds of e-books. The University has been constantly improving its infrastructure construction. Its campus proper occupies over 60 hectares with a floor space of over 600,000 square meters. Its new campus, located in Xi'an southern College City, has an area of 200 hectares. At present, 660,000 square meters of floor space has been put into use for more than 20,000 students and staffs.

History

The university was founded in 1931 in Ruijin (瑞金), Jiangxi as the Radio School of the Central Military Committee (中央军委无线电学校). It was the first technical school established by the Communist Party of China. Later, the school was moved from Zhangjiakou, Hebei to Xi'an in 1958. It was one of the first 20 national key universities in 1959. It was renamed the People's Liberation Army Institute of Telecommunication Engineering (中国人民解放军军事电信工程学院) in 1960. In 1966, it was renamed Northwest Institute of Telecommunication Engineering (西北电讯工程学院), and was no longer a military institute. In 1988, its name was changed to Xidian University (西安电子科技大学).

Ranking and Performance

In the 2006 Ranklist of Top Engineering B.S. Programs of Chinese Universities, the Telecommunications Engineering in Xidian University ranked No.1, the Electronic Engineering ranked No.2 and the Information Processing Technology ranked No.1.

In the 2008 Ranklist of Top Engineering B.S. Programs of Chinese Universities, the Telecommunications Engineering in Xidian University ranked No.2, the Electronic Engineering ranked No.3, the Information Processing Technology ranked No.1, the Mechanical Designing and Manufacturing Automation ranked No.5.

According to the statistics of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database, from August 2003 to September 2013, the total number of citations of papers in Engineering area of Xidian University ranked No.191 globally and was No.14 in China.

Academic Structure

Xidian University is organized into 15 schools: Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering, Computing, Technical Physics, Mechno-Electronic, Management, Science, and Humanities. Xidian has established a College for Continuing Education and a Graduate School for postgraduate studies. It offers over 23 specialties for undergraduates and postgraduates.

Research

Xidian University has a number of study facilities. They include: [four national laboratories] and over 30 research institutes and research centers. The facilities of 75 research laboratories, a multimedia video-audio center, training workshops and 4 experimental centers are essential for teaching. About 80% of faculty hold positions in the research activities. Xidian's library has an inventory of over one million books. The computer communications network of the university provides access to national and international universities.

National Key Laboratories: As one of the major academic research centers in China, Xidian University possesses a range of facilities to support teaching and research. Some of them are provided centrally as National Key Laboratories.

Research Institutes:

International Cooperation and Exchange

Since 1997, the International Culture Exchange Center has assumed the task to recruit and train foreign students. Since 2006, the training focus has transformed from Chinese training to specialized courses teaching along with the transition from teaching in Chinese only to bilingual teaching. In order to promote international students training, School of International Education was established in October, 2008 to take overall responsibility for publicity campaign, enrollment, cultivation, degree conferment and daily management and launched bachelor's degree programme taught in English only, which indicates that the international education has turned on a new page.

Till now, a total enrollment of more than 1,000 overseas students from 27 countries, such as the United States, Britain, Portugal, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kenya, etc., have been studying Chinese language and specialized courses at School of International Education. The school has established course modules taught both in English and Chinese for undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates. The international education has begun to take shape and formed its multiple-level training modes including Chinese language training, preparatory courses, undergraduate course modules in Chinese and in English, graduates and postgraduates in Chinese, and postgraduates taught in English.

Studying at Xidian University

The School of International Education offers educational programs consisting of graduates and non-degree pursuing courses. Teaching can be made in both Chinese and English. School has Modern Mandarin Training Center, and can provide academic and non-academic multi-level Chinese language training programs. School also recruits multilingual short-term training students in the field of electronic information. The specified programs are as below:

Doctoral Degree Program (3–5 years, 24 majors in total): all majors are taught in Chinese, including 9 entire English taught majors: Communication and Information Systems, Computer Architecture, Signal and Information Processing, Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, Circuits and Systems, Computer Applications Technology, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Intelligence Information Processing, Mechatronic Engineering. All majors can be applicable for non-degree training.

Master's degree Program (2.5–3 years, 59 majors in total): all majors are taught in Chinese, including 9 entire English taught majors: Communication and Information Systems, Computer Architecture, Signal and Information Processing, Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, Circuits and Systems, Computer Applications Technology, Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems,

Bachelor's degree Program (4 years, 41 majors in total): all majors are taught in Chinese, including entire English taught majors: Communication Engineering, Electronic Information Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Automation, Business Administration, etc. All majors can be applicable for non-degree training.

Electronic Information Exploring Program: The school can offer multilingual research study in the domain of electronic information. Till now, School has conducted four terms of oversea advanced training class in electronic information research and trained hundreds of students who are from Algeria, Angola, Germany, Egypt, etc. Chinese Language Training Program: In the School, the special Chinese Language Training Center is established to organize a variety of Chinese training programs. Various levels of Chinese language training are established for international students in China, such as elementary class, intermediate class and advanced class. State-level test centers of HSK are set up, offering HSK preparation courses. Meanwhile, the specialized courses, such as Business Chinese and Chinese of Science and Technology are also set up in the School.

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