Qufu Normal University () is a public university located in the cities of

Qufu Qufu ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of ...

, which is the ancient home of

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, and in

Rizhao Rizhao (), alternatively romanized as Jihchao, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shandong province, China. It is situated on the coastline along the Yellow Sea, and features a major seaport. It borders Qingdao to the northeast, Weifang t ...

, Shandong province, China. Its focal points include studies of history, calligraphy, law, management, chemistry, physics and the general education of teachers.

History

The history of the university dates to 1955, when Shandong Teachers College () was founded in Jinan. In September, 1956 the institution moved to Qufu, renaming itself Qufu Teachers College (). In 1970 it was absorbed into Shandong University and, after four years, the college became was again revived as Qufu Teachers College. The current name was adopted along with the university status in 1985. The Rizhao Campus was founded in 2002.

Administration

The faculties are split between the two campuses, with both having a share in both social and technical sciences. Western languages are taught in Qufu, while Rizhao hosts the Asian languages, with English majors available at both locations. The university offers five first level and 31 second level doctoral programs, 22 first level and 115 second level master programs and 84 undergraduate programs including arts, science and engineering and law. There are 28 colleges or departments. The university covers 3061 acres, the total assets is 1.312 billion yuan, of which teaching and research equipment worth 239 million yuan.

Faculties in Qufu

*College of Liberal Arts *College of History and Culture *College of Foreign Languages *College of Pedagogy *School of Vocational and Continuing Education *College of Mathematics and Science *College of Physics and Engineering *School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering *College of Life Sciences *School of Sports Science * Calligraphy Department * School of Marxism *International Exchange College

Faculties in Rizhao

*College of Politics and

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*School of

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 analyzes ...

Law School *School of

Information Science Information science (also known as information studies) is an academic field which is primarily concerned with analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, movement, dissemination, and protection of informatio ...

and Engineering * College of Geography *College of

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Studies *College of Engineering *Academy of Fine Arts *School of Statistics *School of Communication *School of Software Engineering *College of

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*School of Management

References

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* {{authority control Universities and colleges in Shandong Teachers colleges in China Qufu Rizhao 1955 establishments in China Educational institutions established in 1955