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Guangxi University
广西大学

Established	1928
Type	Public
Location	Nanning, Guangxi, China 22°50′20″N 108°17′04″E / 22.8389°N 108.2845°E / 22.8389; 108.2845Coordinates: 22°50′20″N 108°17′04″E / 22.8389°N 108.2845°E / 22.8389; 108.2845
Website	http://www.gxu.edu.cn www.gxu.edu.cn

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Guangxi University (Chinese: 广西大学; pinyin: Guǎngxī dàxué) is a provincial university, located in Nanning, capital of Guangxi, China. It is also commonly abbreviated as (Chinese: 西大; pinyin: xīdà). The university is one of the Project 211 universities in People's Republic of China.

1 History
2 Disciplines
3 Colleges
4 Size
5 References
6 External links

History[edit]

Guangxi University was established in October 1928. Its first president was the celebrated scientist and educator Ma Junwu.

In 1936, Guangxi University was molded into a comprehensive university with disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, engineering, agriculture and medicine.

In 1939, Guangxi University developed into a national university and by 1949 it expanded into one with 5 colleges and 22 departments.

In 1952, Mao Zedong inscribed the name for the university. His calligraphy is still in use today.

In 1952, College of Agriculture became independent as Guangxi Agricultural College.

In 1997 the former Guangxi University and the former Guangxi Agricultural University merged and formed the new Guangxi University.

Disciplines[edit]

Philosophy
Economics
Law
Education
Liberal Arts
Science
Engineering
Agriculture
Management

Colleges[edit]

Guangxi University has 30 colleges and one department:

College of Agriculture
College of Social Science and Management
College of Commerce
College of Laws
College of Culture and Mass Communication
College of Foreign Languages
College of Sciences
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
College of Biotechnology and Sugar Making Engineering
College of Resources and Environment
College of Mechanical Engineering
College of Electric Engineering
College of Computer Science and Information Engineering
College of Civil Engineering
College of Architecture
College of Forestry
College of Animal Science and Technology
College of Vocational Technology
College of Adult Education
Department of Physical Education

Size[edit]

The campus covers an area of 3.07 square kilometres (1.19 sq mi) with a building area of 745,000 square meters (7.9 million sq. ft). The university has 2 million volumes, 200 professors and 670 associate professors. The present enrollment consists of 24,205 students including 181 doctoral candidates, 4,145 master's degrees candidates, 19,879 undergraduates, and 20,361 students in vocational training programs.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Guangxi University Website (Chinese)
Guangxi University (English)

Project 211

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Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

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Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Xinjiang University Shihezi University

Project 985

v t e Universities and colleges in Guangxi

National	Guangxi University

Provincial	Guangxi Medical University Guangxi University for Nationalities Guangxi University of Technology Guangxi Normal University Guilin University of Electronic Technology Guilin University of Technology Guilin Medical University

See also: List of universities in China

v t e Guangxi topics

Nanning (capital)

General	History Politics Economy

Geography	Cities Nanling Mountains Gulf of Tonkin Kitten Mountain

Education	Guangxi University Guangxi Normal University Guangxi Medical University

Culture	Southwestern Mandarin Cantonese Pinghua Zhuang language

Cuisine	Luosifen Tuotuorou

Visitor attractions	Longsheng Rice Terrace Lijiang River Jingjiang Princes City Yangshuo town Detian Falls Weizhou Island

Category Commons

Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network (GMSARN)

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