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emblem, the Characteristics of information technology, engineering, as the main categories, engineering, management, arts, science combining multidisciplinary national key university. School Home: http:// www.bupt.edu.cn/ Chinese name: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Foreign Name: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Abbreviations: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) School Motto: Lok Kwan Tak founder of dedicated time for scholarly: October 1955 Type: national key university school types: engineering departments: the Ministry of Education school property: 211 President: Bin-Xing Fang-known alumni: Tang Jun, Wu, Lin Jintong, etc. Location: Beijing, China, the main faculties : Information and Communication Engineering, College of Science, Master of Electronic Engineering colleges: 20 Ph.D.: 11 Fellow: 4 Code: 100876
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About The School About Colleges faculty exchanges and cooperation Professor of History served as president of the current leadership of renowned academic and research 2009 2008 Distinguished Alumni Scholarship Campus Culture Campus Tivoli set the field of employment in recent years, Beijing University of Posts and beautiful entry score
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School Overview [1] Beijing Posts and Telecommunications University is directly under the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to build the first batch of the University is an important information technology professionals in China training base. Since the school since 1955, after half a century of construction and development, the school has formed a full-time education, strong background information, professional and distinctive features, highlight the advantages of the school subject pattern. Schools are now equipped with Information and Communication Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, Software Engineering, Economics and Management, Humanities, Science, International University, Network Education College (Continuing Education), National Institute of Education and Marxism Teaching and Research Center, Sports and other 13 teaching units, and network technology, information photonics and optical communications, sensing technology and industry 3 Research Institute and a graduate school. At present, the subject has been covered by professional science, engineering, literature, law, economics, management science, military science, education, philosophy and other disciplines 9, involving 22 level subjects. The current full-time school, master, Bo students and about 21,000 students, officially registered about 28,000 part-time students. Campus landscape (11) In recent years, Beijing University of Posts and adhere to the scientific outlook on development as guidance, in accordance with the needs of economic and social development, follow the law of higher education to develop a, launched a comprehensive reform of the school. Party members at the school, the joint efforts of all teachers and students, school reform and development has entered a new stage. - Training is a firmly established the fundamental task of higher thought, and vigorously promote the implementation of the March 2008, the Ministry of Education formally announced my school to Nearly three years, our school in National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation, National courses, excellent course in Beijing, the national bilingual education model curriculum, the general quality of higher education teaching materials, teaching the national team, excellent teaching team in Beijing, state-level Educational Achievement Award, the Beijing Municipal Education Achievement Award, and all other types of evaluation work, have achieved good results. Over the years, our students CET maintain a pass rate above 80%, six year cumulative pass rate remained at 60%. Graduate employment rate consistently maintained 100%, undergraduate employment rate remained above 98%. In English, electronics, mathematics and physics competitions at home and abroad as the representative of outstanding college students in major tournaments, the highest in the forefront of the national key universities. - Always adhere to the school teacher as a fundamental guiding ideology , actively promoting the Currently, our school has a team to the National Natural Science Foundation for Innovative Research Groups, Outstanding Youth Science Fund Full-time teachers in schools, a total of 11 academicians, has a positive, said Fu Gaozhi more than 600 teachers , with a Ph.D., master's degree teachers accounted for 85.8% of the total number of full-time teachers. - The Currently, schools with doctoral and master the right to award a total 8 subjects, a post-doctoral research stations five disciplines, 15 doctoral, 45 master degree. The existing 35 undergraduate specialties, 42 Master. Subjects covering science, engineering, literature, law, philosophy, economics, management, military, education, nine disciplines, the initial formation of the prominent advantages of information science, engineering management Arts and mutual support of the multidisciplinary academic framework. Building in key disciplines, in 2007, the university access to electronic science and technology, information and communication engineering disciplines both a national key disciplines identified. Since 2007, Specialty Construction started work , approved four national professional characteristics, professional characteristics of 8 in Beijing. - Strengthening the bases, the sound development of scientific research. Our school has a national key laboratory, National Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of National Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, representatives of academic innovation and talent from overseas base for a number of high-level scientific research bases. The base building and team-building, based on my school work in the quality and quantity of scientific research both showing a rapid growth. Rapid growth in research funding, scientific research and frequent, almost three years the State Science and Technology Invention Award, National Science and Technology Progress Award, provincial and ministerial awards, and social forces more than three items. At the same time, our school has a national university science park, to promote scientific and technological achievements have laid a good foundation. - Strengthen international cooperation and exchange, international education to a higher level. In 2004, approval of the Ministry of Education, our school started with the Queen Mary, University of London Bachelor of joint training project, established the International Institute. Four years, the International Institute for its strict management and high levels of quality of personnel training in the whole society widespread acclaim. Joint training of the students work, the school and more than 60 renowned foreign universities,Vibram Fivefingers Kso Royal/White Womens Shoes, international companies and research organizations have signed the students to develop exchanges and cooperation agreement or memorandum of more than 100 items, build and launch more than 40 exchange programs, involving more than 30 countries and regions, nearly 40 high-level university. Relying on National Actively organized high-level, high-profile international conferences, international high schools and universities set up academic exchange platform to enhance high school and university international academic exchange and dialogue to further enhance the school's international influence. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in the) into prominent characteristics of information technology, engineering management level Arts and characteristics of the coordinated development of universities of the world the magnificent goal of advancing with giant strides. Brief Introduction of the Beijing University of Posts
map data from Baidu, the end result to Baidu map data prevail. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is the central subordinates universities, Ministry of Education, a national key university directly under. The first national Directly under the National Higher Education 75 one. Formerly Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications was built in 1955, is the new China's first institution of higher learning of Posts and Telecommunications. 1993 by the former State Board of Education approved changes to its current name by President Jiang Zemin personally wrote the new school name. After forty years of development, Beijing University of Posts into a comprehensive information technology has been characterized, as the main categories of engineering, engineering management combined Arts and multidisciplinary university, is an important information technology professionals in China training base. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is located in Xi Tu Cheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, on the 10th, elegant environment and convenient transportation. School covers an area of ​​693 acres, the school has all kinds of full-time students in ten thousand people. Shortage of graduates, their information technology and information industries play an important role. The overall goal of the school building built in the field of information is the domestic first-class, internationally renowned multidisciplinary , research oriented and open a national key university.
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Colleges school now has the information and Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Network Technology Research Institute, Information Photonics and Optical Communications Institute, Automation, Electronic Engineering , Economics and Management, College of Humanities, Science, Software Engineering, International Institute, National Institute of Education, and a graduate school, continuing education and networking of Education. School has 36 undergraduate majors, 41 Master, two types of Master degree (MBA Master of Business Administration and Master of Engineering), 14 doctoral and postdoctoral level subjects 4. School has four state-level key disciplines, 2 national key laboratories, 2 ministerial key laboratories. School library is the largest professional library posts and telecommunications, the existing collection of books and 1.16 million, 660,000 electronic resources (pieces), in class modern data retrieval and information search services. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is to create the CERNET is a demonstration project of the campus network. Schools of public services and basic education system, advanced facilities, complete. School teachers have a strong teaching force, the overall strength of high-tech research communications in the domestic leading position. In the communications and related fields, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Ye Peida, Chinese Academy of Engineering Professor Zhou Jiong, academicians Professor Chen Junliang, foreign academician of the Kyrgyz Republic National Academy of Sciences Professor Xu Daxiong represented a high level of Ph.D. tutor and academic faculty composed of academic leaders. In the full-time teachers, full -time professors, associate professors 527, 128 of them to enjoy special government allowances of national experts, many of whom are scholars at home and abroad. In addition, the school also employed 446 part-time professor. Campus Activities at a Glance (20 ) schools adhere to the quality of survival, development characteristics, forming a teaching the credit system, allowing students to campus-wide, interdisciplinary course selection, and strive to individualized; professional system through the main double minor, double degree system, personalized professional development and other methods to meet the development requirements of the different students. Schools have a good school spirit and style of study, every year a large number of outstanding high school graduates to enter school, their teachers, under the careful training, hard work, keep making progress, and achieved excellent results, over the years continuously in the country and held in Beijing The CET examination, higher education, university physics, mathematical modeling and electronic design, and other top competitions. The school also insist on competition and elimination mechanism, through the selection of roll student, graduate master's degree exemption recommended the establishment of scholarships and other measures to stimulate enthusiasm for learning, so that outstanding talent. Schools focus on communication and cooperation of international cooperation and exchanges with the United States, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Poland and other countries and regions, more than 30 universities have established academic cooperation and exchange between inter-school; and Ericsson, Qualcomm, IBM, Motorola, Northern Telecom, Nokia, Sony, more than a dozen world-renowned communications company launched a full success in organizing a series of large-scale international academic conferences, to students of modern consciousness and international awareness to create a good atmosphere. Approved by the Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Posts and Queen Mary, University of London Bachelor of joint training projects have been formally enrollment. ● Beijing University of Posts and History was founded in 1955, formerly known as Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, is the Department of Tianjin University Telecommunications, AT & T communications and radio communications and broadcasting both professional and Communications Telephone and Telegraph Department of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University to form the basis of professional, is the new China the first institution of higher learning of Posts and Telecommunications, under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. ● 1959 and 1960 and its subsidiary in Beijing Institute of Technology Telecommunications Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications University of Technology has incorporated into the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. 1960 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has been identified as one of the 64 key universities. ● 1993 by the National Education Commission, ● 1998 in Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to become the first batch of key construction of the 61 ● 1999 year for nationwide pilot distance education is one of four institutions. ● 2000, the national college adjustment, directly under the State Department of Education. ● 2004 became the country's 56 universities set up by one of the graduate school. ● 2005, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information Industry signed an agreement to build Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Honorary President of the current leadership: Ye Pei Da Ye Pei Da attaches great importance to and vigorously promote the academic and discussions and exchanges. In 1980, Ye Pei Da was selected for the Technology Section of Chinese Academy of Sciences academician. Have served as director of Chinese Institute of Electronics ; China Communication Society, executive director, and microwave communications expertise to the participants along with Mr. Ye Peida Industry Committee chairman. In 1987, Ye Pei Da was chosen as transnational Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, and is also the Institute Institute of Communications (Comsoc) members of the International Activities Committee, Asia-Pacific Committee; International Integrated Optics and Optical Communications Conference (IOOC) International management committee; IEEE Beijing Branch President; Institute of Massachusetts Institute of electromagnetic (TEA) Fellow. His part-time these special identity and social, is enthusiastic in its domestic and international academic exchange activities inseparable. With the development of the situation of reform and opening, Ye Pei Da abroad to participate in many international conferences and published papers. In the late 80s , he in the United States, Japan, Canada, Hong Kong, Warsaw, Seoul and other places on many occasions been invited to international conferences as invited speakers and chaired the meeting. He speaks of the He has repeatedly served as an international conference sponsored by IEEE Technical Program Committee and the International Advisory Committee, participated in review articles, to promote international academic exchange and promote China's optical communication contributed. After 1985, Ye Pei Da Japan has successively organized Fiber Science and Electromagnetic Theory Conference, Britain and Optical Fiber Communication Conference , ITT transfer seminars, international telecommunications traffic and network seminars, international communications / fiber optic communication in the English second / solid and semiconductor lasers conferences and other international academic conferences, and chaired or co-chairman. Given his academic achievements and his international academic activities to promote and make the results of June 1988 meeting of the International Telecommunications Conference in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Mayor Ye Pei Da Independence Palace awarded Gold Key Award; 1989 by the IEEE President awarded the 1991 by the China Association for International Science and Technology Exchange Award . Secretary: Wang Yajie Principal: Bin-Xing Fang, deputy secretary: Zhao Jining Mu Wenjie, Vice President: Zhang Yinghai Ren Xiaomin Xue Zhongwen Yang Fang-chun Wen Xiangming renowned academician, Professor Ye Pei Da Academician Zheng Hou-Zhi Fang Bin- Xing Zhou Jiong Pan Academy of Sciences Academician Academician XU Da-xiong CHEN Jun-liang served as president of Beijing Academy of Li Deyi Academy of Posts and Telecommunications College first president (1955 ~ 1956): Zhong Xiang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications second husband Dean (1957 ~ 1981): Meng Guimin the third dean of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (1981 ~ 1985): Ye Pei Da Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications No. Four Dean (1985 ~ 1989): Hu Jiandong the fifth president of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (1989 ~ 1998): Zhu Xianghua the sixth president of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (1998 ~ 2007): Lin Jintong the seventh president of Beijing University (2007 ~ present): Bin-Xing Fang academic research November 27, 2009 Institute for Scientific and Technical Information of China at the Beijing International Convention Center Science and Technology of China in 2009 results conference papers, published papers in 2008 by SCI, EI, ISTP, SSCI included situation. The statistical results of the school : SCI included 214; EI Indexed 530; ISTP contains 922 (universities ranked ninth); SSCI contains three. November 25 Ministry of Education, the school assumed Strategy Key Subjects cum-level characteristics of strategic research university incubator acceptance of technology in our school buildings meeting was held smoothly. High school characteristics of strategic research university incubator of the Ministry of Education inspection passed. October 23 The forum is organized by China Institute of Communications Optical Communications Commission, Beijing University of Posts and Information Photonics and Optical Communications Institute, co- organized the Asia-Pacific Optical Communications Commission, is the first in the field of optical communication wide representation of strong, high-impact high-level meeting, called the field of optical communications in China a Shahe District, Beijing University of Posts
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9 月 23 日 school Aug. 10 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Internet Governance and Law Research Center, the center is the first company specialized in Internet governance and information society law, systematic, theoretical study of the academic institutions. June Universal Wireless Communications, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Ping tutor group were JCN 2008 Best Paper Award. Best Paper Award JCN selected once a year, since 2000 only nine selected best papers, over the years were the United States, Israel, Korea, Germany, Italy and other countries to obtain well-known scholars. This is the award since its inception in 2000, universities and scholars from China, the first time the award. Universal Wireless Communications, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of access to ICT-MobileSummit 2009 meeting of Best in Show award. June 15 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications - Nokia launched the joint research laboratory. April
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[2] March 2008, the school awarded 10 scientific and technological achievements , awards, including Institute of Electronics and Information Science and Technology Award December 2008, Science published in September the school Deng Weihong, Jun Guo, Hu Jiani, Gang Zhang and other papers written by students, school teachers and students this is my first time published a paper in Science, is a historic breakthrough. January Universal Wireless Communications, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) acceptance by experts of construction projects. (2008 statistics) 2007 Papers: SCI about 160 papers, EI of about 496 papers, ISTP about 431 papers. Distinguished Alumni 1 Wu, the former Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Minister of Information Industry. 2 Xu Shanyan, vice chairman of China Association for Science. 3
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Xie high sense, the former Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, chairman of the China Association of Communication Enterprises. 4 Lin Jinquan, the former Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, the former chairman of China Institute of Communications. 5 Zhou Baoxin, vice president of China Communications Standards Association, the Secretary-General; the Ministry of Information Industry, Science and Technology Committee of the Secretary-General Communication. 6 ZHANG Ming, the former Ministry of Information Industry Research Institute, professor level senior engineer. 7 Weimao Hong, PPTNA president and party secretary. Secretary-General of China Institute of Communications. 8 Zhang Shengli, Radio Authority. 9 Chenfang Lie, former editor of Posts and Telecom Press, the current 10 Ming-Sheng Wan, China Philatelic Federation, Vice President and Secretary General. 11 Yang Zemin, the current Ministry of Industry and Telecommunications Research Institute. 12 Tang Jun, the former Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd., president, Microsoft China Research Institute, the former president of Shanghai Shanda Networking Group. Xinhua is now president and CEO. China's first professional manager. 13 Meng, president of Qualcomm China. 14 Huang Jie, Nortel Networks, vice president of Asia. 15 Zhang Xingsheng, the former Ericsson (China) Co., Ltd. Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, former AsiaInfo Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President. 16 Zhiqiang, senior vice president of Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo Research Institute. 17 Wang Tong,vibram 5 fingers shoes, President of Samsung Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of China. 18 Yang Hua,
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China Hewlett-Packard Co. vice president. 19 Ma Jian, Nokia Research Center (China) Chief Scientist. 20 Li Yan, the former vice president of Sony Ericsson China, is now president of Electrolux China. 21 Mr. Zhang, the former China Mobile Communications Corporation party secretary, deputy general manager. The former China Netcom Chairman, President, Vice-Minister of Information Industry. September 2010, was expelled from the party, expelled from office. 22 Mr Wang, the current chairman and CEO of China Telecom. 23 Zhang Yongping, general manager of China Railway Group. 24 Zhang Ligui, former general manager of China Mobile Communications Corporation. 25 Leng, the former China Telecom President and COO. 26 Gang, China Unicom, Vice President. 27 really was the base, Datang Telecom Group chairman, president, party secretary of the Academy of Telecommunications Technology. 28 Zhao Huiling, China Telecom Beijing Research Institute (Research Institute of China Telecom Co., Ltd.) Vice President. 29 Tang Ruan, Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. the former president and chief operating officer. 30 Shiji Xing, former president of Eastern Communications Group, 31 Fok Tung Ling, Comba Telecom Systems Ltd Managing Director, Volvo IT top fifty. 32 Li Jianhong, Grand View Group Chairman, Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Communications Advisor Communications, China's top fifty richest IT. 33 Jiangting Lin, the current chairman of the flames of communication. Chapter 34 Huang Yong, the current president of the Shenzhen Photon Technology Optoelectronics Co., Ltd .. 35 Wang Cheng,Women's underwear, the current vice president of Huawei Technologies. 36 He Shiyou, ZTE's senior vice president of joint-stock companies, ZTE Handset Division general manager. 37 Lee Road, the well-known communications expert, LAS-CDMA father. 38 Lin Jintong, former president of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Pakistan - China Engineering University (PCU) the post of principal. 39 Zhong Yixin, a famous telecom experts , the National 863 Program Communications theme of the first chief expert, comprehensive information theory paper. 40 Zhang Ping, renowned experts in mobile communications. 41 POSTS, leading communications management expert. 42 Kan Kaili, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Information Industry Policy and Development, Professor, leading telecom expert. 43 Askar Akayev, Soviet scientists in the 20th century did 80 years a visiting scholar at Beijing University of Posts 1990 to 2005 President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Schools to set up a number of campus cultural societies, which are: Philharmonic Choir, Guitar Club, octopus Repertory Theatre, Film Appreciation Society, Photographic Society, 5i Design Association, Information Security Association, the Electronic Commerce Association, the World Association of excellent software, Digital Hardware Association, innovation Association, Star Internet technology incubators and venture associations, ASUS Master Municipal Health team, e-sports Association, Computer Society, securities knowledge Association, Beijing University of Posts debate Association, English Club, popular science fiction associations, grass Literary Society, Pro Fashion, Sojoy comics community , national defense knowledge Association, Red Cross Society, Xinyu Club, Cube Club, Juewu She, North Mailman studio, traffic safety associations, school dance team, good friends studying Society, Beijing University of Posts Taekwondo Association, the chess association, the Big Dipper Basketball Association, the Football Association, Beijing University of Posts Win Innovation Association. Members of the Organization of the community to participate in related activities each year, many colleges and universities to participate in Beijing jointly organized competitions and performances, and get off impressive record, including Philharmonic Chorus and other community organizations in Beijing in the same prestigious university, most of these community activities earth enriched after-school students life. Sports activities on campus, the focus on financial health, humanities, sports, entertainment in one; Sports and Health Table tennis, martial arts, basketball, football, track and field training and competition sports teams campaign was impressive, school table tennis team, and the Beijing Wushu Team in the country several times in the championship game, also on behalf of Beijing table tennis team to participate in National University Games, win honor for the school. The school also organized a variety of academic lectures, science and technology competitions for college students and create a good cultural atmosphere. For the training of students, entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurship, the school held an annual Scholarship set up schools with scholarships to outstanding students, excellent student scholarships, scholarships for outstanding student leaders on campus scholarships, scholarships for outstanding students are divided into first, second, third, the amount are: 1,000 yuan, 800 yuan, 600 yuan; Awards coverage were 5%, 10%, 20%; Miyoshi award students 10% coverage, the coverage of outstanding student leaders award of 5%. In addition to school scholarships, schools also have national scholarships, business and social organizations sponsored scholarships . National Scholarship to 8,000 yuan / year, national motivational scholarship of 5,000 yuan / year. Community-sponsored scholarships, including Sony, Huawei, Samsung, the South is a long flight, Tang Jun Sun Chunlan, IBM, HP, Yiyang, China and so on. In addition, the school also the style of college activists and various academic competition awards prizes to the winners. Social field of employment demand for graduates of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is very strong, not only because of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is the communication of information one of the top universities, more importantly, training in Beijing University of Posts and talents have penetrated into every corner of the field of information and communication, they play an important role, they are the pillars of the development of information only. In recent years, Beijing University of Posts over 40% of graduates obtain a postgraduate degree or walks, some students study abroad directly, the employment rate of 97% or more consecutive years. It should be said, as long as Beijing University of Posts qualified graduates, the vast majority can find a very satisfactory job. We all know, electronics, information industry is the development momentum of China's best and most cost-effective industry,Vibram five fingers Australia, is also the largest foreign investment in the field, the market profitability and company size are described as industry giant, the annual salary employment in the field of society top. Graduates of Beijing University of Posts in this area mainly for employment, according to statistics, the average employment BUPT annual salary of graduates undergraduates, postgraduates and
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