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Xianning University (XNU) is a provincial comprehensive university with a history of more than 70-year school running. Conveniently located in Xianning City, which is considered to be the “home of osmanthus trees” and the “back garden of Wuhan”, the university is set amidst beautiful surroundings, and was graded “Excellence” in 2007 by the Ministry of Education in the undergraduate teaching evaluation.

Building on a solid undergraduate foundation and three-year college education, the university has extended into several postgraduate fields. There are 33 undergraduate specialties and 20 three- year specialties covering economics, education science, humanities, history, science, engineering, medical science and management through years of development. There are 18 departments, 5 affiliated hospitals, 51 clinical practice hospitals, 108 teaching practice bases, 1 provincial demonstration center of experimental teaching, 1 key discipline of provincial level and 2 provincial-level specialties.

The university covers 306 acres with 576,200 square meters of construction area. Its teaching facilities reach 82,784,000 yuan, the library houses 1,755,600 volumes of books and magazines. There are 2944 computers for teaching purpose, 18742 seats in multimedia classrooms and language labs.

There are 15,439 full-time enrolled students and 858 professional faculty members, 25 of whom are doctoral and master supervisors, 297 professors and associate professors, 436 doctors and masters.

XNU is qualified for the enrollment of overseas students. It has established friendly and cooperative relationships with institutions in India, Australia, South Korea and USA. In recent years, we have carried out exchange programs for teachers and students and some joint scientific researches successfully.

Main Programmes For International Students

Short-Term Chinese Training Course for International Students

Core courses:General Chinese, primary Chinese listening, speaking, Chinese Character Writing, traditional Chinese painting, Calligraphy, Taijiquan and so on.

Five-year Bachelor’s Degree Program of Pharmacy

Core courses:Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Physiology, Pharmacology, Bio-chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacognostics, Pharmaceutical Technology, etc.

Five-year MBBS Program

Core courses:Systematic Anatomy, Topology, Histology ＆ Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Pharmacology, Preventive Medicine, Diagnostics, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics Gynecology, Pediatrics, etc.

Xianning is a prefecture-level city in China's Hubei province. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus".
      
     Geography and Climate
   
     Xianning is located in southeastern Hubei province, just south of Wuhan, along the southern bank of the Yangtze River. It borders Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is called Hubei's southern gateway. Xianning is hilly and mountainous with some flatlands and lakes. Its area is 1,501 km2, 56% of which is forested.
    
     Xianning's climate is temperate/continental. Average annual temperature is 17 °C and precipitation is 1400 mm.
   
   
     Demographics
   
     Xianning has a population of more than 500,000 people. Most of the inhabitants of Xianning are Han; only 4,785 are from other ethnic groups including Hui, Tujia, Zhuang, Miao, Manchu, and Dong. The place with the largest ethnic minority population is in Chibi City.
   
  
     Economy
   
     Xianning has major rail lines, including the Beijing-Guangzhou line, many national highways, and a large stretch of the Yangtze River, making it an important transportation and shipping center.
   
   
     Agriculture and forestry are two of Xianning's biggest industries. It is known by the three names, "City of Osmanthus", "City of Nan Bamboo", and "City of Tea". There are more than 1 million chinese acres(6 english acres) of "Nan" Bamboo, 30,000 chinese acres of osmanthus, and more than 150,000 chinese acres of tea.
    
     Mineral resources are also an important part if Xianning's economy. Niobium, gold, magnesium, antimony, monazite, coal, manganese, vanadium, mica, and marble are all mined or quarried in Xianning.

    
    Tourism
   
     Xianning's biggest tourist draw is its natural scenery. There are many sites including Taiyi Cave, Star Bamboo Sea), Nine palace Mountain, Lushui Lake, as well as the historical site the Chibi Ancient Ruins.
   

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