Tibet University

Tibet University
(TU)
西藏大学
Tibet University Auditorium (2007)
Motto	团结，勤奋，求实，创新
Motto in English	United, diligent, realistic, innovative
Type	Public
Established	1985
Administrative staff	1,100
Students	28,000
Undergraduates	9,417
Postgraduates	600
Location	Lhasa and Nyingchi, Tibet, People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban, 2 Campuses

Tibet University

Chinese name

Simplified Chinese

西藏大学

Traditional Chinese

西藏大學

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīzàng dàxué

Tibetan name

Tibetan

བོད་ལྗོངས་སློབ་གྲྭ་ཆེན་མོ་

Transcriptions
Wylie	bod ljongs slob gra chen mo
Tibetan Pinyin	Poijong Lobcha Qênmo

Tibet University is the largest university in Tibet. It has two campuses: one in Lhasa and one in Nyingchi.

History

The precursor to Tibet University were informal classes established by Tibetan cadres in 1951.^[1] In May 1983, the State Council of the PRC officially approved to established the University of Tibet in the basis of the existing Teachers College in Lhasa. Tibet University was formally established on July 20, 1985. Since 1999, the art school of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Tibet Medical College, the Medical Department of the Tibet Institute for Nationalities and the Tibet Autonomous Region Finance School have been incorporated to Tibet University, giving it a more rounded profile of academic subjects. In December 2008, it was included into the ranks of the national 211 Project of key universities.

Student life

About 7500 students are enrolled at the university, and nearly 20% are in the Department of Tibetan Studies, which is a draw for international students as well as locals.^[2]

Tibetan language study is mandatory at Tibet University.^[3] As of 1995, 92% of its students are from ethnic minority groups. Ethnic Tibetans form 67% of the student body.^[4]

Administration

Lhasa campus of the existing staff of 863 people, 523 full-time teachers. 327 Tibetan teachers, accounting for 62.5%, about 14,020 students.

The school has 11 colleges: Faculty of Arts, Science, Engineering, Agronomy, College of Medicine, School of Economics and Management, School of Tourism and Foreign Languages, Arts, Teachers College, School of Continuing Education, the Central Radio and TV Tibet Institute. It has a Tibetan-word literature, Tibetan history, Tibetan art, public affairs management, crop cultivation, ecology, and prevention of veterinary science, musicology, eight master's degree awarded points.

References

↑ Zhang, Cheryl (2008-11-12). "Tibet University witnesses to development of TAR education". China Tibet Information Center. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
↑ "Tibet University World's Biggest Cradle of Tibetan Studies". Xinhua. 2004-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
↑ "University Launches Degree Exams on Tibetan Language". People's Daily. 2002-04-27. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
↑ Sautman, Barry (1999). "Expanding Access to Higher Education for China's National Minorities: Policies of Preferential Admissions". In Postiglione, Gerard. China's National Minority Education: Culture, Schooling, and Development. Psychology Press. p. 187.

External links

Tibet University official website in (Chinese)

Coordinates: 29°38′45″N 91°08′43″E / 29.64590°N 91.14541°E / 29.64590; 91.14541

Universities and colleges in Tibet

Provincial	Tibet University Tibet Minzu University * Tibet Police Officers Institute Tibet University of Traditional Tibetan Medicine

Part of a series on universities in China. * Located in Xianyang, Shaanxi.

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University Southwest University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

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Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

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Qinghai	Qinghai University

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Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

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Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

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