Academic Departments
Yunnan University currently has the following schools, colleges and institutes under its administration:
- School at Dianchi
- School of Economy
- School of Adult Education
- School of Humanity and Liberal Arts
- School of Life Science and Chemistry
- School of Information
- School of Science
- Institute for Development Research
- School of Occupational Technology
- School of Law
- School of Public Management
- School of Business Administration and Tourism Management
- School of Foreign Languages
- International College of Modern Design Arts
- School of Medicine
- School of International Relations
- School of International Cultures
- School of Tourism and Culture (at Lijiang)
- School of Software Engineering
In these schools, colleges and institutes there are more than 30 teaching departments and divisions that offer 65 major fields of study for the four-year programs for undergraduates to obtain baccalaureates.
Additionally, Yunnan University also has 16 centers for research and development, 25 research institutes, ten research offices, and four teaching-oriented service centers.
In the above-described major fields of study, History, Biology, Mathematical Science are established for the purpose of training teaching and research professionals at the national level (and Yunnan University is applying to the Ministry of Education for its approval to set up a state-level experimental base for the comprehensive quality training in liberal arts.) Yunnan University also has established a state-level base for training professional teachers.
Among its disciplinary branches, Yunnan University has two key state-level disciplinary groups under the current construction, sixteen key provincial-level disciplines, four doctorate degree conferring points, one post-doctorate-degree-related mobile station, forty-eight master's degree conferring points, three specialized degree (law, occupational education and MBA) conferring points, one state-level center for new product research and development, and one key laboratory of the Ministry of Education.
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