Facts & Figures

General

  • Location: Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province
  • Year founded: 1909
  • Schools: 32
  • Affiliated hospitals: 3
  • Partner universities for global study: 35

Academics

  • Undergraduate Majors: 100
  • National Key Disciplines: 8
  • National Key Cultivation Disciplines: 2
  • National First-level Ph.D. Discipline: 23
  • National First-level Master Discipline: 45

Faculty

  • Full-time faculty: 3,781
  • Academician of CAS & CAE: 15
  • Leading personnel of the Ten Thousand Talents Program: 10
  • Special-term professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Program: 18
  • Winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars: 22
  • Youth Talent Programs of 4 Categories: 37

Students

  • Undergraduates: 19,775
  • Graduates: 10,572
  • Doctoral candidates: 2,559
  • International students: 548
  • Student associations: 135

Scientific Achievements

  • Scientific Research Awards of China, Ministry of Education and Gansu Province: over 700
  • Patent Authorization: 791
  • Papers included in SCI (2008-2017): 13,010
  • Nature Index: LZU published 209 papers in 82 journals recognized by Nature Index with WFC of 90.20.
  • ESI: A total of 12 disciplines enter the top 1% of ESI