The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national public university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The university is part of the Double First Class University Plan, Project 985, and Project 211,
History
The origins of Renmin University of China date back to Shanbei Public School (), established in 1937 by the Chinese Communist Party in order to "bring up hundreds of thousands of revolutionary comrades to meet the needs of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression." Later it was renamed as the North China United University and North China University.
In 1950, several institutions were merged to form a single Renmin University of China. In 1954, Renmin University of China was established as one of six national key universities of China, becoming the youngest national key university at that time.
Wu Yuzhang, Cheng Fangwu, Guo Yingqiu, Yuan Baohua, Huang Da, Li Wenhai, Ji Baocheng, Chen Yulu had successively held the position of the president of the university. the president is Lin Shangli.
Present
Currently Renmin University consists of 25 schools, 13 research institutes and the graduate school, with 63 specialties for undergraduate, 8 specialties for the second-bachelor's degree students, 149 specialties for the master's degree candidates, 100 specialties for the Doctor's degree candidates and 33 national key disciplines.
The university library has 2.5 million holdings, and is recognized as the Information Center of Arts Literatures by the Ministry of Education. The new library building opened in the second half of 2011. The Renmin University of China Press is one of the most famous publishers and the first university press in China which has published a large number of academic works in humanities and social sciences. The library of the university covers a total area of 26,000 square meters. It has 15 reading rooms and an economics hall, with more than 2000 seats.
Renmin University has established its communications and cooperative relationships with 125 universities and research institutions of 32 countries and regions, which enables the university to be the center of academic and cultural communications between China and foreign countries.
Schools and departments
The School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
The School of Arts
The School of Business
The School of Chinese Classics
The School of Continuing Education
The School of Economics
The School of Education
The School of Environment and Natural Resources
The School of Finance
The School of Foreign Languages
Department of English Studies
Department of French Studies
Department of German Studies
Department of Japanese Studies
Department of Russian Studies
Department of Spanish Studies
The School of History
The School of Information
The School of Information Resource Management
The School of International Studies
Department of International Politics
Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of Politics
The School of Journalism
The School of Labor and Human Resources
The School of Law
The School of Literary Studies
The School of Marxism Studies
The School of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language
The School of Philosophy
The School of Public Administration and Policy
The School of Statistics
The School of Sociology and Population Studies
Department of Sociology
Department of Social Work
Department of Demography
The School of Science
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Psychology
The Institute of Qing History
Sino–French Institute
Rural Reconstruction Center of Renmin University
Rural Reconstruction Center of Renmin University was established in 2005 and is based in Beijing. Its main mission is to explore the theory and practice of rural reconstruction. It partakes in fair trade advocacy and coordinating urban and rural green energy initiatives as well as the promotion of fair education.
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies
The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a thinktank affiliated with Renmin. Affiliated staff include Vijay Prashad and John Ross. Its executive dean is Wang Wen.