Huangshan University is located in Huangshan, Anhui province, a picturesque region famous for tourist attractions, including two UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage sites, the Huangshan Mountains and the ancient villages of Xidi and Hongcun. The Huangshan Mountains and the rich regional Huizhou culture make this land wondrous. Tourism management, environmental science, and Huizhou culture research are the school’s three major disciplines. These programs benefit from the domestic resources and the advantages of being in a culturally rich region.
At present, Huangshan University boasts two campuses within the city, totaling about 118 hectares, with a current enrollment of 18,000 full-time undergraduates. The university consists of 16 schools and 2 departments, and offers 57 majors that include art, science, economy, pedagogy, engineering, agronomy, management, law, and literature.
Huangshan University has established sister school relationships with 34 Schools and institutes from around the world, including the U.S., France, Germany, South Korea, Holland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Dozens of international students and teachers have come to the university each year as a result of transfer student, dual degree, and faculty exchange programs. Huangshan University began enrolling international students in 2006, and in 2013 it was selected as one of the commissioned Schools able to offer the China Government Scholarship to international students.
As part of the university’s commitment to providing high-quality education, HSU has taken great efforts to build a well-structured and qualified faculty of teachers. Among the 974 teaching and administrative members, 871 of them are full-time teachers, including over 315 professors and associate professors, many holding doctoral degrees. In addition, the University also engages long-term foreign experts and a number of part-time professors from famous universities.
Since its establishment, the University has graduated more than 72,000 students. Graduates are noted for their professionalism and their all-around competence in their selected vocational field. The employment rate of Huangshan University ranks among the highest of all colleges and universities of the same level throughout the province. We are awarded the title of Anhui college Advanced Unit on Graduates’ Employment for 5 times and Anhui Model Unit on Graduates’ Employment for 3 times. Media like CCTV, China Education Report and Anhui Daily have reported the graduate’s employment work, which even attract the research of State Council.
The University emphasizes an administration that employs democracy and an education that encourages wholeheartedness.HSU is home to many outstanding achievements and honors. Among them, it has been honored as an Advanced State University, the Advanced State Unit for Spoken and Written Language Standardization, The Official Mandarin Language and Chinese Culture Dissemination Center of Anhui Province, the Provincial Advanced Unit for Excellent Grass-root Party Organization, the Provincial Advanced University, and University for the Promotion of Social and Spiritual Values. The campus has been cited as a Garden-like Unit and achieved an Excellent status in the first provincial teaching appraisal.
Continuing development is of the utmost importance to the university as it strives to grow as a characteristic high-level applied science education institution and serve the community relying on the profound resources of tourism, ecology and regional culture.
After many years of experience, the university has developed the following characteristics: enriching students’ social experience by utilizing Huizhou culture; utilizing home-stay programs and summer camps to establish an international student educational rapport; and ensuring the quality of international students’ education by means of small-class sizes and one-on-one tutoring.
