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Peking University:
Peking
University is a comprehensive and National key university. The campus,
known as "Yan Yuan"-- the gardens of Yan, is situated at the northeast
of the Haidian District at the western suburbs of Beijing. It stands
near the Yuan Ming Gardens and the Summer Palace.
The University consists of 6 colleges and 29 departments, with 85
specialties for undergraduates, 3 specialties for the second
Bachelor's degree, 146 specialties for Master candidates and 97
specialties for Doctoral candidates. While still laying stress on
basic sciences, the university has paid special attention to the
development of applied sciences.
At present, Peking university has 45 research institutes and 52
research centres, and there are 2 national engineering research
centres, 42 key national disciplines, 5 national key laboratories, and
another 6 national key laboratories and 4 state special laboratories
are still under construction.
The university has made an effective combination of the research on
important scientific issues with the training of personnel with high
level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the
country's modernization. It strives not only for the simultaneous
improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion
of interaction and mutual promotion among various subjects.
Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and
research and a university of the new type, consisting of diverse
branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences, social
sciences and the humanities, and sciences of management and education.
Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities at the
beginning of the new century.
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