学校是一所开放的、有着国际化视野的现代大学，先后被教育部和国家汉办确定为支持周边国家汉语教学的10所重点大学之一、国务院台办“国立西南联大旧址”海峡两岸交流基地、国务院侨办华文教育基地、国家汉语国际推广师资培训基地、中国对东南亚国家进行汉语师资培训的基地、国家首批赴海外承办孔子学院的大学、享受中国政府奖学金和孔子学院奖学金留学生接收院校、全国首批来华留学示范基地、教育部出国留学培训与研究中心、国家HSK考试和汉语作为第二外语教学能力资格考点和具有对港澳台招生权的高校。学校在国外建立了1所孔子学院、3个孔子课堂、6个中国语言文化中心，与英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰以及港澳台等60多个国家和地区的160余所国外大学和科研机构进行合作交流，招收81个国家的留学生16000余人次。目前有各类留学生1725人，是云南省在校留学生人数最多的高校。
学校先后被国务院授予“民族团结进步模范集体”称号，被人事部、教育部等评为全国教育系统先进集体、依法治校示范校、毕业生就业典型经验高校、“国培计划”示范性培训单位、国家节约型公共机构示范单位、全国高校校园文化建设优秀成果一等奖单位、全国五四红旗团委、全国绿化先进单位;在全国大学生数学建模竞赛、“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛、全国大学生演讲比赛、全国大学生英语竞赛、全国师范生教学技能大赛中多次获特等奖、一等奖;先后获云南省基层党建示范点、云南省学习型党组织建设示范点、省委创先争优先进基层党组织。学校的班级、社团和个人也涌现出一批全国先进班集体标兵，全国“学习雷锋”先进集体，全国高校优秀学生社团，全国“小平科技创新团队”以及在雅典、北京、伦敦奥运会和残奥会上获得金、银、铜奖牌的运动员。
在新的历史发展阶段，学校实施“综合集成发展、内涵特色兴校”的办学理念和“包容和合、君子风范”的办学文化，为把学校建成全国特色鲜明的高水平大学而不懈努力。
About Yunnan Normal University
As the key normal university of Yunnan Province and with a long history and splendid tradition, Yunnan Normal University (henceforth YNNU) is a higher institution co-funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Yunnan Provincial Government and one of the 100 universities funded by the National Key Project for the Quality Enhancement of the Higher Institutions in Central and West China..
When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University moved to Kunming and merged into the National Southwest Associated University, which consisted of School of Arts, School of Science, School of Engineering, School of Business and Law, and Teachers School. After the war ended, the three component universities moved back to their original campuses in the north, whereas the Teachers School, now renamed National Kunming Normal College, remained in Kunming as an independent institution. It adopted the name of Kunming Normal College in 1950 and was renamed Yunnan Normal University in 1984. Up to now, it has produced d more than 200,000 graduates of different kinds and is rightfully known as the Cradle of Qualified Teachers on the Lateritic Plateau.
Covering a total area of 3,330 mu (about 555 acres), YNNU consists of 24 schools, two independent schools, and over 40 research institutes. Currently it has over 33,000 full-time students pursuing different degrees, from bachelor to PhD, and more than 18,000 students participating in the program of adult continuing education. Equipped with over 3.2 million books, the library of YNNU is a provincial data resources center of China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), and the campus is covered by a new digitalized service system. The Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Social Science Edition), included in the highly selective CSSCI (Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index) list, ranks among the top 30 of its kind, while the Natural Science Edition is a nationally acclaimed core journal. In addition, the Teaching and Research on Chinese as a Foreign Language Edition, a pioneer in this field, ranks among the top 30 journals of its kind in China in terms of impact factor.
YNNU offers 10 disciplines: literature, history, philosophy, law, education, management, science, engineering, economics, and arts, which are well coordinated in their development. In an assessment conducted in 2012 by the Ministry of Education, 22 of YNNU’s sub-disciplines are ranked among the top 20 in the whole country while 3 of them are among the top 10. YNNU offers 90 bachelor’s programs, 2 postdoctoral research programs, 1 doctoral program in a first-class discipline, 7 doctoral programs in second-class disciplines, 26 master’s programs in first-class disciplines, 130 master’s programs in second-class disciplines, and 13 professional master’s programs, such as MBA and M.Ed. It is one of the first 24 universities in China that offer the Master’s Program for Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages.
Through reforms and innovations in teacher education, talent development, teaching content and methodology, curriculum and credit system, YNNU has transformed itself from a traditional teacher-training university to a teaching-research university, with teacher education as its typical trait. It has won 12 state-level teaching awards, one first prize and two second prizes in 2014. It has a number of state-level teaching teams, innovative training programs, special majors, brilliant teachers, excellent courses and experimental teaching bases that rank among the best in China in their respective fields. It has won several national excellent teaching awards. It is carrying out state-funded projects in such areas as reforms in education system, bilingual teaching and teaching innovation and faculty development. It has 76 state-level Quality Projects under construction. It is one of the national college-student innovation training bases. YNNU’s Teaching Affairs Department, the Enrollment & Employment Department and the Adult Education Department have won state-level honors for their respective contribution. Its undergraduate teaching is rated “Excellence” in the teaching-quality assessment conducted by the Ministry of Education.
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