Yanbian University

Yanbian University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	延邊大學
Simplified Chinese	延边大学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yánbiān Dàxué
Korean name
Hangul	연변대학
Hanja	延邊大學
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Yeonbyeon Daehak McCune–Reischauer Yŏnbyŏn Taehak

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yánbiān Dàxué

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Yeonbyeon Daehak
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏnbyŏn Taehak

Coordinates: 42°54′29″N 129°29′7″E / 42.90806°N 129.48528°E / 42.90806; 129.48528

Yanbian University is one of the key universities of the People's Republic of China, located at Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province.

Yanbian University is a comprehensive university endowed with distinct ethnic characteristics. Yanbian University through decades of unremitting efforts has been chosen as a key institution supported by the State “211Project”, a strongly backed university in China’s western development campaign, and a key university jointly supported by both the Ministry of Education and Jilin Province.

Founded in 1949, Yanbian University was one of the earliest founded universities by CPC in the ethnic minority region. Since then, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have paid close attention to its development, and many Party and State leaders, such as Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Dong Biwu, Hu Yaobang, Jiang Zemin, Jia Qinglin, Li Lanqing and Zhang Dejiang have successively inspected the university.

It consists of 21 colleges offering 73 undergraduate specialties under 12 disciplinary branches except military science, which contains 6 first level disciplines authorized to offer doctorate degree with more than 50 doctoral programs, 24 first level disciplines authorized to offer master's degree with 149 master’s programs and 4 centers for post-doctoral studies. It has 1 key state-level disciplines and 12 key provincial-level disciplines.

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