The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key

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, China. The university is affiliated to the

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, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC is designated as a Class A Double First Class University of the

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and was also funded by Project 985 and

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and is considered the most prestigious university for arts and humanities and

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s in China. It is also a member of Worldwide Universities Network, the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, and Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance. According to the 2021 QS World University by Subject, the Renmin University of China was ranked among the top 40 in the world for Philosophy, top 51 in legal studies and law, top 80 in "Social sciences and Management", and top 100 in "Arts and Humanities" related subjects. According to the

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, the Renmin Business School is considered as the top 50 business schools in the world, with its global MBA ranked 38th in the world,

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ranked 43rd, and its Executive Education ranked 11th in the world (the best in

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History

The origins of Renmin University of China date back to Shanbei Public School (), established in 1937 by the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

in order to "bring up hundreds of thousands of revolutionary comrades to meet the needs of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression." Later it was renamed as the North China United University and North China University. In 1950, several institutions were merged to form a single Renmin University of China. In 1954, Renmin University of China was established as one of six

national key universities National Key Universities () previously referred to universities recognized as prestigious and which received a high level of support from the central government of the People's Republic of China. The term is no longer in official use by 1990s. Th ...

of China, becoming the youngest national key university at that time. Wu Yuzhang, Cheng Fangwu, Guo Yingqiu, Yuan Baohua, Huang Da, Li Wenhai, Ji Baocheng, Chen Yulu had successively held the position of the president of the university. the president is Lin Shangli.

Present

Currently Renmin University consists of 25 schools, 13 research institutes and the graduate school, with 63 specialties for undergraduate, 8 specialties for the second-bachelor's degree students, 149 specialties for the master's degree candidates, 100 specialties for the Doctor's degree candidates and 33 national key disciplines. The university library has 2.5 million holdings, and is recognized as the

Information Center of Arts Literatures Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random, ...

by the

. The new library building opened in the second half of 2011. The Renmin University of China Press is one of the most famous publishers and the first university press in China which has published a large number of academic works in humanities and social sciences. The library of the university covers a total area of 26,000 square meters. It has 15 reading rooms and an economics hall, with more than 2000 seats. Renmin University has established its communications and cooperative relationships with 125 universities and research institutions of 32 countries and regions, which enables the university to be the center of academic and cultural communications between China and foreign countries.

Schools and departments

*The School of

Agricultural Economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and Natural fiber, fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of econom ...

and

Rural Development Rural development is the process of improving the quality life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas, often relatively isolated and sparsely populated areas. Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of ...

*The School of

Arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

*The School of Business *The School of Chinese Classics *The School of

Continuing Education Continuing education (similar to further education in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada. ...

*The School of Economics *The School of Education *The School of Environment and Natural Resources *The School of

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

*The School of Foreign Languages **Department of English Studies **Department of French Studies **Department of German Studies **Department of Japanese Studies **Department of Russian Studies **Department of Spanish Studies *The School of

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

*The School of Information *The School of Information Resource Management *The School of International Studies **Department of International Politics **Department of Foreign Affairs **Department of Politics *The School of

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (p ...

*The School of Labor and

Human Resources Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms includ ...

* The School of Law *The School of Literary Studies *The School of Marxism Studies *The School of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language *The School of

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

*The School of Public Administration and Policy *The School of

Statistics Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, indust ...

*The School of

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

and Population Studies **Department of Sociology **Department of Social Work **Department of Demography * The School of

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence ...

** Department of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

**Department of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

**Department of

Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

*The Institute of Qing History *Sino–French Institute

Rural Reconstruction Center of Renmin University

Rural Reconstruction Center of Renmin University was established in 2005 and is based in Beijing. Its main mission is to explore the theory and practice of rural reconstruction. It partakes in

fair trade Fair trade is an arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. The fair trade movement combines the payment of higher prices to exporters with improved social and envir ...

advocacy and coordinating urban and rural green energy initiatives as well as the promotion of fair education.

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies

The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a

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affiliated with Renmin. Affiliated staff include Vijay Prashad and John Ross. Its executive dean is Wang Wen. In 2022, Wang Wen visited Russian-annexed Crimea amid the

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. His writings have been described as distorting Russia’s annexation of Crimea. In 2021, a joint report with the

Taihe Institute Taihe Institute (), otherwise known as Taihe or TI, is an independent, non-profit think tank founded in 2013. Based in Beijing, China, and with a regional center in Europe, the organization conducts research on international relations, economic ...

and the Intellisia Institute detailed the alleged failings of the US in the handling of the

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Campuses

Renmin University of China currently possesses two active campus, one campus under construction and one former campus. * The main campus is located at No.59

Zhongguancun Zhongguancun () is a major technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Zhongguancun occupies a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road, in the northwestern part of Beijing. Zhongguancun is ...

Street,

Haidian district Haidian District () is a district of the municipality of Beijing. It is mostly situated in northwestern Beijing, but also to a lesser extent in the west, where it has borders with Xicheng District and Fengtai District. It is 431 square km in ar ...

. Most of the university's schools, departments and institutes are located here. **The campus's English Corner is very famous in Beijing. Every Friday evening, people gather at the Qiushi Garden near the east gate to practice English. **The campus is host to about 1,165 international students, many of them from South Korea. There are so many South Korean students that the International Students Dining Room has a separate Korean menu aside from their traditional Chinese menu. * The university has a secondary campus located in Suzhou Industrial Park, in the South-eastern province of

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. It is home to the RUC Sino-French Institute (IFC Renmin) and its 900 Chinese and international students. Besides, a number of Chinese and sino-foreign Master-level programs from several RUC faculties are also located on the same grounds under the supervision of RUC International College. RUC

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campus is part of the Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, together with other international Sino-Foreign oriented graduate and post-graduate schools such as Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool university or the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School. * Renmin University is currently building its future main campus in Lucheng, Tongzhou district, currently named "Eastern Campus", to the east of Beijing central area. It will be located in the same town as the soon-to-be relocated Beijing municipal government facilities. Completion date is expected by the end of year 2017. * The former main campus of Renmin University of China is located east of the Forbidden City, in the Dongcheng district. Although the property still belongs to the university, it is no longer used for educational purposes.

Cultural tradition

The

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of the National People's University: "

Seek truth from facts "Seek truth from facts" is a historically established idiomatic expression (''chengyu'') in the Chinese language that first appeared in the ''Book of Han''. Originally, it described an attitude toward study and research. In modern Chinese cult ...

"; The spirit of the National People's Congress-"Establishing learning for the people, and governing the country"; The goal of talent training of the National People's Congress: "a national example, a social pillar"; The idea of running a school of the National People's Congress: "people, people-oriented, and humanistic"-this is also the meaning of the three parallel "人" characters in the seal script on the National People's University emblem.

School Song

The school song of Renmin University of China has gone through multiple versions, including the "Song of Northern Shaanxi Public School" created in Yan'an in 1937, "The School Song of North China Associated University" in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area in 1937, and "School Song of North China University" in Zhengding, Hebei in 1948., "Song of Renmin University of China" written by Wu Yuzhang, "Song of Renmin University of China" written by Cheng Fangwu, and "Song of Renmin University of China" written by Ji Baocheng. "The Song of Renmin University of China", written by Ji Baocheng, was identified as the school song in 2007, replacing the old school song that has been adopted since 1980 with a strong political color. In 2017, "Song of Northern Shaanxi Public School" was identified as the representative school song of Renmin University of China.

Rankings and reputation

The Renmin University of China is generally considered one of the most competitive in the country as it only admits students whose national entrance examination score ranks the top 0.1% in each province/state. Several rankings have placed Renmin University of China among the top universities in mainland China. In 2015, the Chinese University Alumni Association in partnership with China Education Center considered it 5th among all Chinese universities. The ''

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'' 2014 placed Renmin University of China 5th in China after (

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, and

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) and #13 in emerging countries, # 32 in Asia and # 226-250 in the world. In 2020, the QS World University Rankings ranked the university as one of the world's top 300 universities for academic reputation and employer reputation. Renmin University graduates are highly desired in China and worldwide, with its Graduate Employability rankings placed in the Global Top 181-190th universities with high-achieving graduates every year according to the 2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.

Subject Rankings

According to the latest evaluation by the

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RUC ranked No.1 among all Chinese Universities for 9 disciplines which include

Theoretical 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 analyze ...

, Applied economics, Law & Legal studies,

Political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

Business management Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of managemen ...

and

Public administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment ( public governance), management of non-profit es ...

. RUC is also entitled 25 national key disciplines (ranks No.5 of China), 13 national key research bases of

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

and

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

(ranks No.1 of China), and 6 national teaching and research bases of fundamental arts disciplines (ranks No.1 of China). Renmin has taken a leading position among Chinese universities in the number of social science and arts and humanities-related majors. For example, in the 2022 Rankings of Chinese universities by undergraduate majors in 92 professional categories, Renmin had 25 majors ranking #1 nationwide, 48 majors in the top 5 and 57 majors in the top 10. According to the 2021 QS World University by Subject, the Renmin University was ranked among the top 100 in the world in "Arts and Humanities" & "Social Sciences & Management" related subjects. According to the 2021 QS World University by Subject, the university was ranked among the top 40 in the world for Philosophy, top 80 in social sciences and management and top 51 in legal studies and law. According to the

, the Renmin Business School is considered as the top 50 business schools in the world, with its global MBA ranked 38th in the world,

ranked 43rd, and its Executive Education ranked 11th in the world (the best in

). As of 2022, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Renmin # 5 in China, #12 in Asia and # 83 globally in Economics and Business. As of 2022, According to the

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, Renmin ranked 35th in the world for Public Administration, 76th globally in Finance, 101st in the world for Economics and Management, and 151st in the world for Statistics, 201st globally in Business Administration, Law, Psychology, Environment and Geography, and 301st in Political Science, Computer Science and Material Science.

Notable faculty

* Huang Da () - Professor Emeritus, School of Finance; President, Renmin University of China (1991-1994). *Jin Canrong () - Professor, School of International Studies. * Liu Xiaofeng () - Professor, School of Liberal Arts. * Manuel Pérez García () - Former Associate Professor, School of International Studies (2013-2017). * Mao Shoulong () - Professor, School of Public Administration. *

Pan Suiming Pan Suiming (; born 1950) is a Chinese sexologist and professor at the Renmin University of China who has taught sexology for more than 30 years. He is hailed as "the First Person in Sexology in China". Early life Pan was born in 1950 to an offi ...

() - Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, renowned scholar of sexology. * Shi Yinhong () - Professor, School of International Studies, see :zh:时殷弘 * Song Xinning () - Jean Monnet Professor, School of International Studies. * Wang Liming () - Professor and former dean (2005–09), School of Law, renowned scholar of civil law. *

Wen Tiejun Wen Tiejun (; born May 1951) is a Chinese agricultural economist who is a professor at the Renmin University of China. Biography Wen was born in Beijing, in May 1951, while his Ancestral home (Chinese), ancestral home in Changli County, Hebei. Af ...

() - Professor and dean, School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development. * Wu Xiaoqiu () - Professor, School of Finance. * Yang Ruilong () - Professor and dean, School of Economics. * Baron von Pfetten () - Visiting Professor, School of Economics. * Zeng Xianyi () - Professor Emeritus and former dean (1990-2005), School of Law, renowned scholar of legal history. * Zhang Kangzhi (张康之) - Professor in the Department of Public Administration. *

Zhang Ming Zhang Ming (, born June 1957) is a Chinese diplomat. Zhang was born in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. He graduated from the Faculty of Asian and African Languages of Beijing Foreign Studies University with a bachelor's degree. Zhang began his career ...

() - Professor, School of International Studies. * Zhou Xiaozheng () - Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies.

Notable alumni

Since 2017, Renmin has graduated at least 44

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s, putting it in sixth place nationally after

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and Shanghai Jiao tong.

Academics

* Liu Yu () - Political scientist at

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, author of national bestseller "Details of Democracy." Liu earned PhD from Columbia University, conducted postdoctoral work at Harvard and taught at Cambridge University for three years. * Qian Liqun () - Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature,

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. * Wu Shuqing () - President of

(1989-1996), economist. * Zheng Wentong () - Professor,

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. Zheng earned PhD in economics and JD from Stanford University. * Zhou Qiren () - Economist (PhD,

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), Director of the National School of Development (previously known as the Chinese Center for Economic Research, CCER),

. * Zhao Tingyang, political philosopher at the

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Law and politics

Han Xu Han Xu (May 26, 1924 – July 19, 1994) was a Chinese diplomat who served as the Chinese Ambassador to the United States from 1985 to 1989, and as Vice Foreign Minister of China from 1982 to 1985. Early life Han was born May 26, 1924, in Ji ...

() -

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to the United States (1985-1989). * Liu Yandong () - Current highest-ranking female politician in China, and the only woman with a seat on the

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. * Ma Kai () - Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (2003-2008). * Xiao Yang () - Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (1998-2003, 2003–2008). *

Wang Ju-hsuan Wang Ju-hsuan (; born 2 October 1961), also known as Jennifer Wang, is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. She was the Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs from 2008 to 2012. In 2015, Wang was selected as Eric Chu's running mate on the Kuomi ...

- Minister of

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of the

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(2008-2012). * Chen Yu-Lu 陈雨露 - Deputy governor of People's Bank of China (2015- ). * Grace Mugabe - Former First Lady of Zimbabwe from (1996-2017) * Liu He - A member of the

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, one of the

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and the director of the

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Business and media

Duan Yongping Duan Yongping (; born 1961) is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur and electrical engineer. He is the founder of both the Subor Electronics Industry Corporation (also the former CEO), and BBK Electronics Group (also the current Chairman). Duan's ...

() - entrepreneur and investor, founder of Subor (English: Xiao Ba Wang; ) and BBK (). Duan and his wife Liu Xin donated US$30 million to Renmin University in March 2010. *

Hu Shuli Hu Shuli (; born 1953) is the founder and publisher of Caixin Media. She is also the professor of the School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University and the adjunct professor of the School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin ...

() - Founder and editor-in-chief of the prestigious business magazine,

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the most powerful and popular financial magazine. * Liu Lefei () - chairman,

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Private Equity Funds Management. * Pan Gongsheng () - Executive Vice President,

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. Pan led the AgBank's US$22.1 billion IPO (the largest IPO in the world) in 2010, and the

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC; ) is a Chinese multinational bank. Founded as a limited company on 1 January 1984, ICBC is a state-owned commercial bank. With capital provided by the Ministry of Finance of China, the b ...

's US$21.9 billion IPO (then world record) in 2006. * Wang Qing () - Chief Economist,

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Greater China (2007- ). * Xiang Junbo () - chairman,

(2009- ). * Xiao Gang () - chairman,

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(2003- ). * Yang Weiguang () - President,

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(CCTV) (1991-1999). * Zhang Lei () - Founder and President of Hillhouse Capital Management, donated $8,888,888 to School of Management, Yale at 2010. * Liu Qiangdong () - Founder and President of JD.com, the largest Chinese B2C e-commercial platform. * Li Xueling () - Founder and President of www.yy.com, YY is an online social entertainment platform that engages users through audio, video and text in a wide range of online group activities, such as music shows, live video streaming and multi-player gaming. With a capacity to support over one million participants concurrently, YY offers users a more immersive, interactive, enriching and engaging entertainment experience through its large social community.

Human Rights Activist

Bob Fu Bob Fu () is a Chinese American pastor. In 2002, he founded China Aid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then. Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng Univ ...

- One of the organizers of the

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, he founded China Aid to provide legal aid to dissidents in China.

Writers

Wang Xiaobo Wang Xiaobo () (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing. Life On May 13, 1952, Wang Xiaobo was born in a family of intellectuals in Beijing. From 1968 to 1970, he was transfer ...

()-

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writer, popular and influential among China's youth. He is also the husband of

Li Yinhe Li Yinhe (; née Li Sanfan; born February 4, 1952) is a Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist for LGBT rights in China. Her main academic interests have been sexual norms in contemporary China, homosexuality, diverse sexual behaviors i ...

, renowned sociologist and

sexologist Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists a ...

. * Zhang Jie () - Writer, graduated from RUC in 1960. Her work has won many prizes.

Others

* James Veneris and

Samuel David Hawkins Samuel David Hawkins (born August 11, 1933) was the youngest of the American defectors of the Korean War.. "Perhaps the youngest Oklahoma prisoner is Pvt. Samuel David Hawkins, Oklahoma City, who won't be 19 until August." Hawkins was one of ...

- American soldiers in the Korean War who were captured by the North, then defected to China at the time of armistice. * Guo Jingjing () - 3m Springboard and Synchronized Springboard gold medals winner at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

Wang Junxia Wang Junxia (; born January 19, 1973) is a Chinese former long-distance runner who is the current world record holder at 3,000 meters. She also held the world record for the 10,000 meters for 23 years, between 1993 and 2016. Her best years lay b ...

() - Winner of a gold medal and a silver medal in woman's

track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...

in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

; record holder of the woman's 10000m from 1993 with a time of 29:31:78. * Zeng Jinyan () -

Human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...

activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

, one of the

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, 2007; wife of Hu Jia, recipient of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2008. *

Zhang Zhixin Zhang Zhixin (; 5 December 1930 – 4 April 1975) was a dissident during the Cultural Revolution who became famous for criticizing the idolization of Mao Zedong and the Left Communism in China, ultra-left. She was imprisoned for six years (196 ...

() -

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imprisoned and

executed Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

for criticising the idolisation of

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also Romanization of Chinese, romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the List of national founde ...

during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

. *

Liang Yan Liang Yan ( simplified Chinese: 梁艳, born October 4, 1961) is a Chinese volleyball player, who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1984, she was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the gold medal. She played all five matc ...

- National Women's volleyball team member * Dai Yi - Historian * Lin Yue - Gold medalist, Olympian, 10m platform Diving * Huo Liang - Gold medalist, Olympian, 10m Platform Diving * Li Ting - Gold medalist, Olympian, 10m Platform Diving *

Peng Bo Peng Bo (; born February 18, 1981, in Nanchang, Jiangxi) is a Chinese diving (sport), diver who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the men's 3m springboard diving event with a score of 787.38. He also competed in the Di ...

- Gold medalist, Olympian, 3m Springboard Diving * Wu Minxia - Gold medalist, Olympian, 3m Springboard Diving * Sang Xue - Gold medalist, Olympian, 10m platform Diving * Robert S. Paywala - Asst. Coordinator, Research and Actuarial Department, National Social Security and Welfare Corporation, Republic of Liberia

Global reach

Renmin University maintains collaborative relationships and exchange programs with many well-known universities around the world, such as Queen's University,

Boston College Law School Boston College Law School (BC Law) is the law school of Boston College. It is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1.5 miles from the university's main campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. With approximately 800 stud ...

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Univer ...

Queen Mary University of London , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Wo ...

, the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

. In January 2010, Zhang Lei, a graduate of Renmin University and

Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executive ...

(SOM), donated US$8,888,888 to the SOM, the largest alumni gift the school had received. It is also a member of Worldwide Universities Network, the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education, and Beijing-Hong Kong Universities Alliance. Renmin University School of Labor and Human Resources maintains an exchange relationship with the Huamin Research Center and the School of Social Work at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

. Every year since 2010, study abroad students and faculty from Rutgers exchange with their Renmin University counterparts. Renmin University is a popular destination for visiting foreign dignitaries. During his state visit to China in January 2008, British Prime Minister

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony ...

visited Renmin University with Premier

Wen Jiabao Wen Jiabao (born 15 September 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as the Premier of the State Council from 2003 to 2013. In his capacity as head of government, Wen was regarded as the leading figure behind China's economic polic ...

to talk with students, scholars, athletes and entrepreneurs. The School of International Studies offers a Double Masters in Asian and European Affairs with King's College London. Renmin University students are actively engaged in academic and exchange programs overseas, such as the National Model United Nations conference held annually in the

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. The

Center in Beijing, which opened in September 2010, is located at the Culture Plaza on the Renmin University campus.

High school

The

High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China The High School Affiliated to Renmin University Of China (), known colloquially as Rendafuzhong (RDFZ), is the high school affiliated with Renmin University of China. RDFZ is situated in the Haidian District of Beijing, within the Zhongguancun ...

is one of the most prestigious high schools in Beijing, and is a sister school of

Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness , address = 180 Main Street , city = Andover, Massachusetts, Andover , stat ...

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Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

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and Punahou Academy in

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References

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TDRD Internet Bulletin
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Schools and departments

Rural Reconstruction Center of Renmin University

Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies

Campuses

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School Song

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Subject Rankings

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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Global reach

High school

See also

References

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