Yantai University

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Yantai University
烟台大学
Motto To be honest, modest and natural
Established July 1984
Type Public
Location Yantai, China
Campus Yantai University
32 Qingquan Avenue
Yantai
Shandong 264005
China
Website http://www.ytu.edu.cn/
http://en.ytu.edu.cn/

Yantai University (Chinese: 烟台大学) is a public university in Yantai, Shandong, China.

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[edit] History

Yantai University was established as a modern comprehensive university along the coast in Yantai, July, 1984, from a generous bequest by Sir Zhang Chengxian (Chinese: 张承先). Sir Zhang Chengxian was appointed the first president.

[edit] Present

The main campus of Yantai University, 2008

[edit] Overview

Yantai University's motto is 'to be honest, modest and natural'. Its coat of arms is constituted by a dolphin and ocean flows, delegating intellectual and mind opening respectively. The majority of students registering in Yantai University are Shandong natives, and its graduates are best known as honest, diligent, and erudite. In 2008, the university has 21 faculties and provides 49 programs covering arts, law, science, education, management, medicine, music, engineering, continuing education, international culture. The university library serves the community with 1,680,000 physical bibliographies and 700,000 electronic items.

[edit] International education

Yantai University has stable communication with academic institutes in United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Australia, Korea, Germany, and the United States. Each year, about 500 international students around the world accept their admissions from Yantai University. A number of teachers from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada are working for the university. It is also home to international students who are studying Chinese language.

[edit] Geography

The university is locating along coast and a twenty five minutes ride away from the downtown by bus No. 7 or No. 10, both of which terminate outside the railway station and quite close to one of the several long-distance bus stations in the city. The Coal College now named Shandong Institute is no more than a fifteen minute walk from the university's north gate.

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