Fujian Normal University

Overview

Fujian Normal University

Fujian Normal University is a public educational institution in Fujian, China. Established as Fujian Superior Normal School in 1907, it is the city’s oldest university and one of the country’s most recognized teachers’ colleges. The university also underwent several name changes after mergers with Hua Nan Women’s College and Fukian Christian University before it acquired its current name in 1972. Currently, Fujian Normal University is ranked 134th in the country and 1,216th worldwide as per the latest world university rankings.

Fujian Normal University Key Statistics

Fujian Normal University is composed of 28 schools and colleges. These schools and colleges are the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, the School of Physics and Electronics, and the School of Public Administration. It also offers 120 master programs, 56 undergraduate degree courses, and 50 doctoral programs that cover the areas of business management, literature, law, and economics.

The university comprises more than 32,000 students, including roughly 30,000 undergraduates and over 2,500 graduates. It also has 2,600 teaching and administrative staff members that include over 700 full and associate professors that are spread across its two campuses. These two campuses are the Cangshan Campus and the Qishan Campus, which covers a land area of 260 hectares.

Other Fujian Normal University key statistics include its library, which is one of the largest libraries in normal universities in the country. The university library has a collection of more than 2.86 million books, calligraphic works, photographs, engraved tablets, historical documents, and foreign-language publications.

Fujian Normal University Research

Fujian Normal University has a research performance rating of 69.1 and is ranked 1,171st worldwide in the latest university research output rankings. Their researchers are sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the National Social Science Foundation, and other external business institutions.

The university’s top three research fields are materials science, chemistry, and computer science. Its researchers have graced global research conferences and symposiums such as the Joint International Conference on Information Sciences, CloudCom: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, and CCS: Computer and Communications Security.

Fujian Normal University’s most cited publication is Dai et al.’s (2017) “Fused nonacyclic electron acceptors for efficient polymer solar cells.” It was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and has been cited 683 times.

Its second most popular work is Chen et al.’s (2016) “Regulation and function of the cGAS-STING pathway of cytosolic DNA sensing,” which was published in Nature Immunology and cited 671 times. Meanwhile, Fujian Normal University’s third most cited output is Xiang et al.’s (2012) “Microporous metal-organic framework with potential for carbon dioxide capture at ambient conditions,” which was published in Nature Communications and cited 645 times.

Other Fujian Normal University research facts and figures include a Center of Modern Educational Technologies, an Analyzing and Testing center, a University Computation Center, and 70 research institutes and centers. The university also has eight research laboratories, four national centers for personnel training and scientific research, and a research center that is sponsored by the Ministry of Education for basic education.