Category: City Guide

Dalian University of Technology 大连理工大学

********************************************************* Dalian University of Technology (DUT)（大连理工大学：Dàlián Lǐɡōnɡ Dàxué） is one of the key universities under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education in China. Founded as a school of engineering half a century ago and renown for its well-established academic style, “Be Diligent, Rigorous, Practical-Minded and Creative,”（勤奋 严谨 求实 创新 ：Qínfèn  Yánjǐn  Qiúshí  Chuànɡxīn） DUT has now developed into a multiple-disciplinary university of science and technology, covering natural sciences, economics, sciences of management, social sciences and applied liberal arts, with the science and engineering sectors remaining its major fields of devotion.

DUT has a very strong teaching faculty, comprising a number of erudite experts and professors well-known throughout the nation and the world, among whom 13 are Academicians of the Chinese Academies of Sciences and Engineering respectively, more than 340 professors and 730 associate professors. This university is among the 33 in China to have an attached graduate school, with nearly 6,000 of the school’s total enrollment of more than 23,000 students working toward their master’s or doctor’s degree.

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Meiling 梅岭

It is an offshoot of the Jiuling Mountain（九岭山：Jiǔlǐnɡshān） and its landscape is quiet and beautiful. In Xihan Dynasty（西汉:Xīhàn）, the Nanchang official Meifu（梅福：Méi Fú） gave up his office and lived in seclusion on the hill. People changed the name into the Meiling in order to show respect to him.

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Beihang University 北京航空航天大学

*********************************************************** Beihang University (formerly Beijing Institute of Aeronautics) （北京航空航天大学：Běijīnɡ Hánɡkōnɡ Hánɡtiān Dàxué）or BUAA for short, was founded on October 25, 1952 out of the merger of the aeronautical departments of Tsinghua University, Beiyang University, Amoy (Xiamen) University, Sichuan University, Yunnan University, Northwest Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, North China University, and Southwest Aeronautical Institute. Situated in the capital in the center of Zhongguancun Science Park（中关村科技园区：Zhōnɡɡuāncūn Kējì Yuánqū）, next to China' s National Olympic Center, with an area of over 100 hectares, BUAA is China' s first university of aeronautical and astronautical engineering.
 

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South Gate of China—-Sanya 三亚

************************************************** Sanya（三亚：Sānyà） is situated on the southernmost tip of Hainan Province, lying between 1809′ and 1837′ latitude giving it the tropical monsoon climate of this region. Covering an area of 1919.58 square kilometers (about 741 square miles) with 209.1 kilometers (about 130 miles) long coastline, Sanya has many natural advantages. Possessing a number of excellent harbors, Sanya is an important port for import and export of trade with foreign countries. Therefore, Sanya is also named the 'South Gate of China' to stress its importance while it plays a vital role in the life of the southern part of China in areas of the economy and politics to transportation.

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East China Normal University 华东师范大学

*********************************************************** East China Normal University (ECNU)（华东师范大学：Huádōnɡ Shīfàn Dàxué） was founded in October 1951 on the site of Great China University（大夏大学：Dàxià Dàxué） with most of its faculties from Great China University joined by some faculties from a number of other universities such as Fudan University. In 1972, East China Normal University was renamed Shanghai Normal University, when other four institutes including Shanghai Teachers Institute, Shanghai Education Institute, Shanghai Physical Education Institute, and Shanghai in-Service Teachers Institute were merged with it. In July 1980, it regained its original name of East China Normal University as the other four institutes separated again and resumed their original status one after another in 1978.

Over fifty years of development has shaped East China Normal University into one of the key institutions of higher learning under the direct auspices of the Ministry of Education, influential both at home and abroad. The University has 15 full-time schools, namely School of Humanities, School of Educational Science, School of Educational Administration, School of Preschool Education and Special Education, School of Foreign Languages, School of Business , School of Law and Politics, School of Life Science, School of Physical Education and Health Care, School of Science and Engineering, School of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, School of Information Science and Technology, School of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language,School of software engineering and the Vocational College. These schools consist of 35 departments offering 55 undergraduate programs, 5 of which, i.e. Chinese, History, Mathematics, Geography and Psychology, are on the list of State Training and Research Bases for Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences.

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Tasteless Food at Shitang Spoiling Appetites食堂无味的食物真让人倒胃口

Every graduate from a Chinese college probably has a story to tell about the shitang, or canteen they used to frequent in between boring lectures and endless hours of studying – the place where students would gather with their peers to put down a bowl of soup, generally filled with bits of whatever ubiquitous cheap Chinese vegetable the cook managed to get their hands on that morning. 关于食堂，每个中国大学的毕业生都能说点什么。在枯燥的课程和无尽的学习时间间隙，他们曾经常常光顾食堂。在那里，学生和同伴们一起抱怨一碗汤，一碗厨师用早晨能拿到的任何普通的便宜的中国蔬菜做成的汤。

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