Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology
located in a famous historical city Xinzheng and Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone(Zhengzhou Xinzhen Comprehensive Bonded Zone)—a pioneering airport economic development zone in China，is a private engineering-oritented university, sponsored by Hopeshine, an integrated trade group with education, medical treatment, medicine, real estate, and hotel.
Its predecessor was Zhengzhou Huaxin Training College, which was founded in 1997. In 2001, it was renamed as Zhengzhou Huaxin Vocational and Technical College, which implemented three-year academic college education. In 2008, it was upgraded to undergraduate college and renamed as Zhengzhou Huaxin College. In 2012, it was entitled to confer bachelor degree. In 2014, it was renamed as Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology.
Ever since its foundation, Zhengzhou University of Industrial Technology sticks to the educational principles of socialist characteristics and public welfare. Upholding the school motto as“emphasizing morality and dedication, pursuing truth and pragmatism”, the management idea as“people-oriented and rule by law”, the college-running orientation of cultivating applied talents, and the development path of “engineering-orientation and open education”, it makes a positive contribution to the local economic construction and social development with nearly 50000 graduates.
Since its upgrading to undergraduate college in 2008, according to the undergraduate teaching evaluation criteria, we optimize the corporate governance structure, enhance the investment in teaching, strengthen the construction of teaching staff, deepen the reform on educational mode, and standardize teaching management. Consequently, the level and quality of education has been significantly increased.
The professional layout is optimized by following the principle of demand-oriented talent fostering . The university consists of 9 schools, i.e. School of Electromechanic Engineering, School of Architecture Engineering, School of Information Engineering, School of Management, School of Business, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Arts, School of Foreign Languages. It sets up 32 undergraduate majors, including 13 engineering majors, accounting for 40.62% of the total number of undergraduate majors. At present it has an enrollment of 2,2484 full-time students. It initially forms the engineering oriented professional layout, coordinated with medicine, management, economics, art, and literature.
With continuous investment, ZZUIT optimizes educational facilities. It is composed of 2 campuses, with a total area of 326 acres. The building area is 642000 ㎡. The indoor and outdoor sports area is 1142000 ㎡. The total investment is 1.837 billion yuan. It is equipped with swimming pool, gymnasium, comprehensive sports center, academic exchanges center, student affairs comprehensive service center, students incubator etc. There are 35 experimental training centers (comprehensive laboratory) and 187 laboratories. The total value of teaching and research equipment is 136 million yuan. It holds 1.925 million books, 210000 electronic books, 15627 electronic journals, and 15 Chinese-foreign databases.
ZZUIT attaches great importance to the construction of teaching staff and vigorously implements the strategy of "strengthen school by talents". Currently there are 1192 full-time employees, of whom 775 are full-time teachers, account 65% of the total number. The university has 104 teachers with senior professional titles and 176 with deputy titles, accounting 36.13%; it has 498 teachers with master's or higher degree, accounting 64.26%. Two teachers enjoy special government allowances of the State Council; Three teachers won Teacher of the Year in the country, nine teachers won this title at the provincial level; one teacher was called Distinguished Teacher and ten Academic Leaders and Key Teachers. Over the past three years, teachers of the university have completed 1378 scientific research projects and published 1355 academic theses.
ZZUIT follows the law of fostering applied talents and makes great efforts to promote teaching reform. According to needs of local industrial development, the university established 4 professional clusters, i.e. advanced manufacturing, modern service, rehabilitation, urban and rural construction. Relying on the advantage of running school by trade group, the university sets up an integrated development platform for research and production. It strengthens the practical teaching system which focuses on the connection between basic skill training, professional comprehensive training and enterprise actual combat training. There is one major reaching the provincial level and three brand majors among private colleges. The university also has two pilot majors of comprehensive reform in the provincial level and six sample and key majors in the city level.
The construction and reforming on teaching improve the quality of education as well as its social influence. In recent three years, the initial employment rate of graduates is above the average level of Henan Province, while the year-end employment rate ranks in the forefront of Henan Province. The university has been awarded Excellent Private Schools in Henan Province, Civilized School, Advanced Unit of Graduates Employment, Landscape School of the Province and other honorary titles. In 2014, the university is voted as “the Influential Private College in China” by Xinhua News Agency. In 2015, it is voted as “Top Den Demonstration University of applied technology in Henan Province” by Henan Daily. In March, 2016, it is voted as “High Level Private University in China” by China Alumni Association and it ranks second in the list of the Best Private Universities in Henan Province.
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