Hebei University of Economics and Business () is a

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located in

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

, the capital of

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and ...

province, China. It currently has four campuses.

Beginnings

Founded in 1953 as the Shijiazhuang School of Supply and Sales administrated by Hebei Supply and Sales Corporation, the university brought together Hebei Financial Institute, Hebei Institute of Economics and Trade and Hebei Business College. Hebei University of Economics and Business (HUEB) was established in 1995 under approval by the State Education Commission and through combination of four former colleges. HUEB is a regular full-time institution of higher learning; one of the key universities in

Province and it offers degree programs both at

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and

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levels. It is situated Hebei University of Economics and Business is a multi-subject and in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, within easy access of

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University

Hebei University of Economics and Business is a multi-subject and Comprehensive university offering a wide range of courses in

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

, Administration, Laws,

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and

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, with emphasis on the study of Economics. HUEB is privileged to confer Master's and bachelor's degrees on qualified students. At present the university has 13 master's degree programs and 39 bachelor's degree programs. The students of the university come from 16 Provinces, cities and self-governing municipality.

Campus

It has four

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es in a different part of the city, covering a total area of 2.3 million square meters and the total floor space of its building is 700 thousand square meters. The university has four libraries at different campuses. The university has 20 facilities and schools. The

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population is more than 18000. Besides the above daytime students, the

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of Continuing Education of the university has more than 13000 part-time students. There are over 2100 teaching and administrative staff members, among whom there are over 500 professors or associate professors. In recent years, the university has successively undertaken 200 research projects supported by the National "863" Program, the National Social Science Fund, the National Natural Science Fund, the Social Science Fund of the Ministry of Education, the Provincial Special Fund for Doctors and the Provincial Social Science Fund. It has published over 1000 books and teaching material and has more than 4000 articles published in publications both home and abroad, it has 17 inventions accredited to its name and won 105 prizes above provincial or ministry level. For recent years, the university has undertaken a large number of research projects from the state, provinces, municipalities and enterprises and has obtained a number of great and important achievements.

Courses

The University is implementing a second-class administration; it has 15 undergraduate schools and 4 teaching departments. Meanwhile, it has postgraduate school, continuing education school and economic management school (independent school). The undergraduate education comprises 47 specialties, the subjects covers the economics, management law, art, science and engineering. The graduate school has 28 programs, among which 4 disciplines are the key ones, and 4 disciplines are the key constructive ones of Hebei Province. The university recruits candidates from 22 provinces like Hebei,

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etc. 23000 undergraduates and 540 graduate candidates and continuing students are studying in the university. They claim to "attach great importance to, and actively conduct, academic and cultural exchanges with overseas institutions." Such exchanges and collaborations are on the increase and cover more and more fields. They have so far established links with over 20 universities, academic institutions and cultural organizations in the U.S., UK,

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and

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and more. Hebei University of

and

Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Having a business name does not separ ...

, a merger of the Trade and Finance Institute, the College of Trade and Economics and Hebei

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, natio ...

College, was founded in 1995. It is a key university with an emphasis in Hebei Province. It has a history of 50 years with 30 years of undergraduate education. In 2004, the result of the evaluation by the Ministry of Education was excellent.

Staff

There are more than 2200 teaching and administrative staffs working in the university, among whom there are over 1105 full-time professional teachers. More than 55.5% of the teachers have already got a senior title of professional post. The university has 170 PhD tutors and PhD candidates, 545 postgraduates with a master's degree, accounting for 61% of the total number.

Geography

The University is located in Shijiazhuang, the

capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...

of Hebei Province. It has four campuses: the north campus, the south campus, the east campus and the west campus, with the north campus as the headquarters, responsible for the education of undergraduates and postgraduates; the south and west campuses, the economic management school, as an independent second-class administration; the east campus, responsible for adult continuing education. The university covers an area of about 3000 mu, 40% of which is the greenery patches and it is praised as a garden campus; and the neigh boring area of 55 square kilo meters belongs to "Hutu River Environmental Develop Project", therefore, with the construction of the project, this area will become a beautiful environmental scenic spot.

External links

Hebei University Main Page

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