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Located on the south bank of the famous White River in
famous historical and cultural city---Nanyang in China, Nanyang Institute
of Technology (NIT) enjoys a really scenic and tasteful environment,
pleasant weather and luxuriant vegetation. NIT was established in 1987,
an institute of higher education oriented towards industrial technology
and applied arts. NIT is the only comprehensive institute on cultivating
professional talents in Southwest of Henan Province.
Now it boasts 11 departments, namely, Constructing
Engineering, Biological and Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and
Technology, Machinery Manufacturing and Electrical Engineering, Electrical
and Electronics Engineering, Business Administration, Humanities and
Social Science, Foreign Languages, Art Design, Traditional Chinese Medicine
and Pharmacology, and Medical Science Department. Besides, NIT has one
Mathematics and Physics Sector, one Adult Education School and one five-year
Junior College Education Sector, and it offers 36 disciplines for college
and junior college education.
There are over 600 teaching and administration staff
among whom there are 450 full-time teachers. The current number of full-time
students that have enrolled reaches 8,600. NIT covers an area of 1,100
mu with a building area of 300,000 square meters and owns fixed assets
of 220 million yuan and experiment equipments of 40 million yuan. In
1997, NIT took initiative of establishing a campus broad band computer
network that linked 3,000 computers to the Internet. In the field of
informative construction with computer network, NIT has been developing
more quickly than its counterparts. With such advanced equipments as
specialized laboratory, full function multi-media teaching aid facility
and the library with a stock volume of 700,000 books, NIT has an excellent
environment for education.
NIT has also made great progress in its
international cooperation and exchanges. In 1996, NIT established a
friendly and cooperative relationship with Japanese Daita Company Ltd
and received a total donation of 36 million Yen as "NIT Zhong ru
kui yi Scholarship fund" and as the financial support of the establishment
of "Nanyang Sino-Japan Culture Exchange Center" and "International
Exchange Center". In 1998, NIT cooperated with Iowa State University
to launch the Sino-US cooperative project of Sustainable Development
in Henan(SDH) on cooperation. During the fulfillment in Nanyang, both
sides signed the agreement and established "Nanyang Pollution and
Waste Reduce Service Center" (PWRSC). In September of 2000,NIT
signed the cooperative education agreement with Victoria University
of Wellington in New Zealand, conducting "1+3" & "2+2"
connecting cooperation undergraduate education.
Nanyang Institute of Technology is qualified to recruit
foreign teachers by the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs
and this has begun in the early 1990s. Foreign teachers will be engaged
in teaching for Foreign Languages Department and other department as
well. We sincerely welcome all scholars and experts at home and abroad
to NIT.
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