Academics
So far the university has altogether 55 undergraduate degree programs, 162 master programs, and 100 doctoral programs. 16 of them are honored as national key disciplines, including 5 general disciplines and 11 specialized disciplines, and are recognized as among the top ranked in China:
| Education | Psychology |
| Chinese | Mathematics |
| Geography | Cell Biology |
| Marxist Philosophy | Physical Chemistry |
| Ancient Chinese History | System Science |
| Theory of History | Theoretical Physics |
| Folklore/Anthropology | Environmental Science |
| Ecology | Educational Economics and Management |
There are 74 research laboratories, including 4 National Key Labs (see below), 7 Key Labs of Ministry of Education, and 5 Key Labs of Beijing Municipality. Key research centers and bases include 7 key research bases in humanities and social sciences of Ministry of Education, 2 research centers of Engineering & Technology of Beijing Municipality, 3 research centers jointly-established with Beijing Municipality, and more than 40 other research centers of all kinds. Furthermore, the university has an institute for Proteomics which is the only one established in universities by Ministry of Education. Besides, the university has established a Science Park which covers an area of 6 hectares.
| National Key Laboratories |
|---|
| National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning |
| National Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology |
| National Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science |
| National Key Laboratory of Water Environmental simulation |
The university has an annual research funding in sciences of over RMB 100 Million. In 2010, 150 projects were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, with a record high amount of RMB 62 millions (compared with 44.7 millions in 2009 and 37 millions in 2007). The research funding in humanities and social sciences has increased rapidly in the recent five years with RMB 150 Million in total, which tops the third place nationally. Since 2002 the annual increase has been over RMB 30 Million and equals to RMB 40,000 per capita. As a university strong in basic theory and research, it is fairly fruitful in fund raising for humanities and social sciences.
Beijing Normal University is also among the earliest institutions to recruit international students, and is particularly popular for its Mandarin Chinese study programs. A most prestigious program is Princeton in Beijing.
Read more about this topic: Beijing Normal University
Famous quotes containing the word academics:
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)