北京大学英文介绍.ppt

Institutional Control: Public Year founded: 1898 Location: Haidian District, Beijing, China Present President : Lin Jianhua Peking University seal On July 3, 1898, it was established known as the Imperial University of Peking(京师大学堂). In 1912, following the Xinhai Revolution, the Imperial University was renamed “National Peking University”(国立北京大学). ?Cai Yuanpei was appointed president on January 4, 1917,and he recruited Hu Shih, Chen Duxiu, and Lu Xun for teachers. In 1919, students formed the protesters of the May Fourth Movement lad to Cai’s resignation. In 1920, Peking University became the first Chinese university to accept female students. In 1949, after the Peoples Republic of China was established, Peking University lost its national .Then is was named “Peking University” The university consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments, with 93 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second Bachelors degree, 199 specialties for Masters degree candidates and 173 specialties for doctoral candidates. Peking university has 216 research institutions and research centers, including 2 national engineering research centers, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories. Peking University has been becoming a center for teaching and research, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure applied sciences, social sciences humanities, and sciences of management education. Peking University Library was founded in 1898. It is the first new national library in modern China, and is the largest library in Asia. The librarys collections include more than 11 million books, 8 million paper books, and all kinds of databases, electronic journals, electronic books and multimedia resources about more than 3 million, 1.5 million copies about the Chinese ancient books, which is the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation. Notable people Peking University has produced many notable people, especially prominent thinkers in modern China. T