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Sichuan University
Sichuan University (SCU) is a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
In 1994, the then Chengdu University of Science and Technology and then Sichuan University merged to form Sichuan Union University (which was renamed Sichuan University in 1998). In 2000, the then West China University of Medical Sciences and then Sichuan University merged to establish the current form of Sichuan University.
Sichuan University is one of the earliest institutions of higher education in China. The present-day Sichuan University developed from three principal institutional origins: the university that became National Sichuan University (国立四川大学) in 1931, the engineering and applied sciences institution that later became the Chengdu University of Science and Technology (成都科学技术大学), and the medical sciences institution descended from West China Union University (华西协合大学). The International Association of Universities dates Sichuan University's foundation to 1896, with the present institution being the product of major mergers in 1994 and 2000.
Sichuan University traces its direct modern institutional origin to the Sichuan Chinese and Western School (四川中西学堂). In 1895, Lu Chuanlin (鹿传霖), then governor of Sichuan, petitioned the Guangxu Emperor for permission to establish a modern school in Chengdu combining Chinese and Western learning. The school formally opened on 18 June 1896. Its initial curriculum included English and French, with mathematics added the following year; its organization reflected the emerging modern educational system, with instruction divided by subject and student progress assessed through a credit-like system.
The school was subsequently combined with older academies in Chengdu. In 1902, it merged with Zunjing Academy (尊经书院), an academy established in the late Qing period, to form the Sichuan Provincial University Hall (四川通省大学堂). By the end of that year the institution had been renamed the Sichuan Provincial Capital Higher School (四川省城高等学堂). In 1903, Jinjiang Academy (锦江书院), whose history dated to the Qing dynasty, was incorporated into it. These older academies are therefore part of the university's institutional ancestry, although the university and the World Higher Education Database use 1896 as the beginning of its modern history.
Following the 1911 Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China, the Sichuan Provincial Higher School was renamed the Sichuan Government Higher School. A further reorganization took place in 1916, when its faculty, students and property were incorporated into Sichuan Higher Normal School, which became the National Chengdu Higher Normal School (国立成都高等师范学校).
Changes to China's higher-education system during the 1920s led to the division of the higher normal school. National Chengdu University (国立成都大学) was established in 1926 from part of the former institution, initially with programs in the humanities, sciences and law, while its teacher-training functions developed into National Chengdu Normal University (国立成都师范大学). Meanwhile, in 1927, five provincially administered specialized institutions in Chinese studies, foreign languages, law and politics, agriculture, and engineering were consolidated into Public Sichuan University (公立四川大学). The latter was organized into colleges covering Chinese literature, foreign literature, law and politics, engineering and agriculture.
On 9 November 1931, National Chengdu University, National Chengdu Normal University, and Public Sichuan University were consolidated as National Sichuan University (国立四川大学). The consolidation brought the principal streams of state-run higher education in Chengdu into a single comprehensive university. During the following years it developed colleges in the humanities, sciences, law, engineering, agriculture, and teacher education.
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Sichuan University
Sichuan University (SCU) is a public university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
In 1994, the then Chengdu University of Science and Technology and then Sichuan University merged to form Sichuan Union University (which was renamed Sichuan University in 1998). In 2000, the then West China University of Medical Sciences and then Sichuan University merged to establish the current form of Sichuan University.
Sichuan University is one of the earliest institutions of higher education in China. The present-day Sichuan University developed from three principal institutional origins: the university that became National Sichuan University (国立四川大学) in 1931, the engineering and applied sciences institution that later became the Chengdu University of Science and Technology (成都科学技术大学), and the medical sciences institution descended from West China Union University (华西协合大学). The International Association of Universities dates Sichuan University's foundation to 1896, with the present institution being the product of major mergers in 1994 and 2000.
Sichuan University traces its direct modern institutional origin to the Sichuan Chinese and Western School (四川中西学堂). In 1895, Lu Chuanlin (鹿传霖), then governor of Sichuan, petitioned the Guangxu Emperor for permission to establish a modern school in Chengdu combining Chinese and Western learning. The school formally opened on 18 June 1896. Its initial curriculum included English and French, with mathematics added the following year; its organization reflected the emerging modern educational system, with instruction divided by subject and student progress assessed through a credit-like system.
The school was subsequently combined with older academies in Chengdu. In 1902, it merged with Zunjing Academy (尊经书院), an academy established in the late Qing period, to form the Sichuan Provincial University Hall (四川通省大学堂). By the end of that year the institution had been renamed the Sichuan Provincial Capital Higher School (四川省城高等学堂). In 1903, Jinjiang Academy (锦江书院), whose history dated to the Qing dynasty, was incorporated into it. These older academies are therefore part of the university's institutional ancestry, although the university and the World Higher Education Database use 1896 as the beginning of its modern history.
Following the 1911 Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China, the Sichuan Provincial Higher School was renamed the Sichuan Government Higher School. A further reorganization took place in 1916, when its faculty, students and property were incorporated into Sichuan Higher Normal School, which became the National Chengdu Higher Normal School (国立成都高等师范学校).
Changes to China's higher-education system during the 1920s led to the division of the higher normal school. National Chengdu University (国立成都大学) was established in 1926 from part of the former institution, initially with programs in the humanities, sciences and law, while its teacher-training functions developed into National Chengdu Normal University (国立成都师范大学). Meanwhile, in 1927, five provincially administered specialized institutions in Chinese studies, foreign languages, law and politics, agriculture, and engineering were consolidated into Public Sichuan University (公立四川大学). The latter was organized into colleges covering Chinese literature, foreign literature, law and politics, engineering and agriculture.
On 9 November 1931, National Chengdu University, National Chengdu Normal University, and Public Sichuan University were consolidated as National Sichuan University (国立四川大学). The consolidation brought the principal streams of state-run higher education in Chengdu into a single comprehensive university. During the following years it developed colleges in the humanities, sciences, law, engineering, agriculture, and teacher education.