{{Short description|Public university in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China}} {{Use mdy dates|date = February 2019}}{{Use American English|date = February 2019}} {{infobox university | name = Shihezi University | native_name = 石河子大学 | native_name_lang = zh-cn | image_name = Shihezi University logo.png | image_upright = .7 | caption = | motto = | established = {{start date and age|df=y|1996}} | affiliation = Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps | academic_affiliation = Double First-Class Construction<br>Project 211 | type = Public | president = | city = Shihezi | province = Xinjiang | country = China | coor = {{coord|44|18|24|N|86|03|16|E|type:edu_region:CN|display=inline,title}} | undergrad = 41,000 (April 2022) | postgrad = 6,482 (April 2022) | faculty = 2,600 (April 2022) | campus = Urban | campus_size = {{convert|180.2|ha|abbr=on}} | colors = | website = {{Official URL}} }} {{Infobox Chinese | s = 石河子大学 | t = 石河子大學 | p = Shíhézǐ Dàxué | uig = شىخەنزە ئۇنىۋېرسىتېتى | uly = Shixenze univërsitëti | uyy = Xihənzə universiteti | usy = Шихəнзə универсиtеtи | order = st }}'''Shihezi University''' ('''SHZU''') is a public university in Shihezi, Xinjiang, China. Founded in 1996, it is affiliated with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Corps. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=学校概况|url=http://www.shzu.edu.cn/27/list.htm|access-date=2021-12-13|website=www.shzu.edu.cn}}</ref><ref name="g691">{{cite book | title=新疆生产建设兵团的体制与运行研究 | publisher=Social Sciences Academic Press | series=21世纪中国民族问题丛书 | year=2017 | isbn=978-7-5097-8988-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=962ZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 | language=zh | access-date=2025-01-07 | page=93}}</ref>
== History == Shihezi University was officially formed in September 1996 with the merge of Shihezi Medical College (est. 1949), Shihezi Agricultural College (est. 1959), XPCC Vocational College of Economics (est. 1959), and XPCC Vocational College of Education (est. 1960).<ref name=":0"/><ref name="q672">{{cite book | title=新疆生产建设兵团统计年鉴 | publisher=China Statistics Press | issue=第 19 卷 | year=2008 | isbn=978-7-5037-5409-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zETkAAAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-24 | page=}}</ref><ref name="d880">{{cite book | author=新疆维吾尔自治区地方志编纂委员会 | title=新疆年鉴 | publisher=Xinjiang People's Press | issue=第 2008 卷 | year=2008 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMzmAAAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-24 | page=}}</ref>
==Academics== thumb|Gate of Shihezi University Shihezi University offers 10 specialties—Agriculture, Medicine, Engineering, Economics and Trade, Management, Literature and Arts, Sciences, Education, Law, and History. It has 23 colleges, offering 10 doctorate degrees, 60 master's degrees, 97 bachelor's degrees, 1 pre-university senior middle school program, five specialties that enroll on-job-teachers for master's degrees, two post-doctoral scientific work stations, four post-doctoral mobile stations.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |date= |title=学校概况 |url=https://www.shiheziuniversity.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907092423/https://www.shzu.edu.cn/27/list.htm |archive-date=2022-09-07 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=石河子大学 |language=zh}}</ref> The university has jointly set up graduate education bases with Peking University and Tianjin University, as well as a program for culture-oriented quality education.
The university has 11 disciplines: Ministry of Agriculture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), three key laboratories co-constructed and supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the XPCC. It has two key laboratories of XPCC, two key bases for art and scientific research, and 24 graduate schools and research centers. The university has become a key scientific research base of XPCC and XUAR.
=== Rankings and reputation === The Best Chinese Universities Ranking, also known as the "Shanghai Ranking", placed the university 138th in China and the 2nd best university in Xinjiang after Xinjiang University.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/bcur/2023 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}</ref>
It was ranked 901-1000th globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking-Shihezi University |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/shihezi-university |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" !Ranking lists !Years !National !Asia !Global |- |Wu shulian Rankings |2022 |162<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=武书连2022中国大学排行榜公布 清华北大浙大前三 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/533606293_100980 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=sohu.com网 |language=zh}}</ref> | | |- |CUAA Rankings |2022 |167<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-14 |title=2022校友会中国大学排名公布, 北京大学十五连冠 |url=http://www.chinaxy.com/2022index/news/news.jsp?information_id=1929 |website=艾瑞深网 |language=zh}}</ref> | | |- |ARWU |2023 |138<ref name=":1"/> | |901-1000<ref>{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking-Univiersities |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/shihezi-university |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}</ref> |- |CWUR |2023 |216<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=World University Rankings 2023 {{!}} Global 2000 List {{!}} CWUR |url=https://cwur.org/2023.php |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=cwur.org |language=en}}</ref> | |1385<ref name=":2" /> |- |SCImago Institutions Rankings |2022 |157<ref name=":3" /> |322<ref name=":3" /> |623<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=University Rankings - China 2022 |url=https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher+educ.&country=CHN |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=www.scimagoir.com}}</ref> |- |CWTS Leiden Ranking |2023 |185 |343 |839<ref>{{Cite web |last=Studies (CWTS) |first=Centre for Science and Technology |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2023/list |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking |language=en}}</ref> |- |USNWR |2022-2023 |293<ref name=":4" /> |755<ref name=":4" /> |1880<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2022-10-26 |title=Shihezi University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/shihezi-university-529961 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=USNews}}</ref> |}
==Faculty and students== The university has 2,600 staff. There are 1,894 full-time teachers including two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 355 professors, 706 associate professors, 58 experts and scholars receiving outstanding achievement awards at national and provincial level, and 81 distinguished experts and scholars receiving special subsidies from the government.<ref name=":03" /> It employs more than 10 foreign experts and teachers every year.
Students come from 31 provinces and regions. The student population is currently 41,000, including 22,462 undergraduates, 6482 postgraduates and 415 international students from countries such as the United States, India, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, etc.<ref name=":03" />
==Campus== thumb|Street view by the campus The campus covers 1,802,000 square meters. It has 1,214,000 square meters of building, and the area of its laboratories is 184,100 square meters.<ref name=":03" /> The library has a collection of 3,000,000 Chinese and foreign books and periodicals, and is only one model project in Xinjiang, as university digital libraries in State High-tech Project 863. It has a book collection spot of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-21 |title=本馆概况 |url=http://lib.shzu.edu.cn/engine2/general/more?t=560157A3F39FBFFB1EF7BA5837713DC0203BA0713BBB38A0E8DA037E5D0847DCE7F5EDC0B3119109 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907104902/http://lib.shzu.edu.cn/engine2/general/more?t=560157A3F39FBFFB1EF7BA5837713DC0203BA0713BBB38A0E8DA037E5D0847DCE7F5EDC0B3119109 |archive-date=2022-09-07 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=石河子大学图书馆 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Location== The university is located in Shihezi, the Garden City, by the river of Manas on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang.
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.shiheziuniversity.com/ Shihezi University] (Official site for International Students)
==Further reading== * McGregor, Richard. ''The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers''. Harper Perennial: New York, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-06-170876-3}}. Originally published in 2010 by Allen Lane, a Penguin Books imprint.
==External links== {{Portal|China}} *{{Official website}} {{in lang|zh}}
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