Zhanjiang Normal University (hereafter ZNU) and the city where it is located in have privileged location as well as convenient transportation. Zhanjiang lies geographically at the most southern point of Chinese Mainland, facing Hainan Island and South China Sea, neighboring Guangxi Province and Vietnam. It is not only the only shortest way from Chinese Mainland to Southeast Asia but also one of the 14 coastal cities in China that took the earliest step to open to the world. The city connects itself conveniently with different parts of the world with its airport, railway, superhighway and seaport.
With subtropical climate, Zhanjiang has beautiful scenery and is like in spring all the year round, especially suitable for people from Southeast Asia to live in. As a seaside city, it is abundant with all kinds of delicious seafood, which is quite popular with people from Southeast Asian countries and attracts tourists from all over the world. There are also many places of historical and cultural interest. ZNU lies in the downtown, neighboring Cunjin Park (one of the eight most famous sights in Zhanjiang). It has very convenient traffic since hospitals, shopping centers, supermarkets and McDonald’s are all available in 10 minutes on foot.
ZNU has a staff of over 1,446
including 926 full-time instructors, among whom there are 114 professors
and 176 with doctorial degrees. The percentage of teachers with
advanced professional titles amounts to 41% and that of instructors with
master degrees or above amounts to 73%. At present, ZNU comprises 16
schools (departments) offering 49 undergraduate teacher-training and
non-teacher-training specialties covering nine disciplines: economics,
law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agronomy and
management with a complete talent-training system. The enrolment of
full-time students amounts to more than 26,750 including 20,581
undergraduates, and More than 16,000 are matriculated in adult
education. It has combined efforts with renowned universities to enroll
postgraduates since 1997.
ZNU attaches much importance
to international exchanges and cooperation with other institutions of
higher learning. Since 1998 when the university began to recruit
overseas students, it has trained over 300 long-term and short-term
overseas students. It has developed close cooperative relationships with
universities and educational organizations in more than 20 countries
and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. There are frequent
international academic exchanges, professional cooperation, educational
training, foreign teacher employment, and students’ cross-cultural
exchanges with foreign universities. It was also named as the Base for
Conveying and Spreading Chinese Culture in Guangdong Province in 2008.