Jishou University, referred to as "Jida"? The school spans Jishou City and Zhangjiajie. It is a university jointly established by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the provincial departments of Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is a high-level construction university in Hunan Province and a first-class discipline construction university in Hunan Province. The school has the qualification of recommending graduate students without examination, and has been selected into the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Central and Western Universities", "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Plan", "Excellent Agriculture and Forestry Talents Education and Training Plan" and "Serving the National Doctor Training Plan with Special Needs".
The school was founded in April 1958 and upgraded to a provincial comprehensive university in April 1978. In the same year, Xiangxi Branch of Xiangya Medical College of Central South University was merged into Jishou University to form the Department of Medicine, and Xiangxi Branch of Xiangtan University was merged into Jishou University to form the Department of Physical Education. In 2000, Jishou Health School was merged into Jishou University. 200 1, Xiangxi Institute of Ethnic Education and Jishou Normal School for Nationalities merged into Jishou University to form Jishou Normal College; In 2002, Wuling College (Wuling University) was merged into Jishou University and became the Zhangjiajie Campus of Jishou University.
As of June 2022, the school has a total area of more than 2,900 mu, a building area of nearly 600,000 square meters, a total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment of 330 million yuan, and more than 6 million copies of various paper and electronic documents. At present, there are 22 teaching colleges, 465,438+0 first-level disciplines, 78 undergraduate majors, 2 postdoctoral research stations, 65,438+0 first-level disciplines, 65,438+06 first-level disciplines and 65,438+07 professional master's programs. There are nearly 1500 employees in vocational education and more than100 full-time teachers; There are more than 30,000 students of all kinds, including more than 20,000 undergraduates, master students, doctoral students and international students.