【Face-to-face Food Majors】Introduction to the College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University

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Overview of Xinjiang University

01History

In 1924, the predecessor of Xinjiang University, the Xinjiang Russian Language, Law and Politics College, was founded, which opened the prelude to higher education in Xinjiang

In 1935, the school was converted into Xinjiang College

In 1950, the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government merged the former Provincial Language and Literature College into Xinjiang College and renamed Xinjiang College as Xinjiang Nationalities College

In 1955, when the Minister of Higher Education Yang Xiufeng inspected Xinjiang College, he instructed Xinjiang College to build Xinjiang University based on it

In 1978, the school was identified by the State Council as one of the first batch of 88 key institutions of higher learning and one of 16 comprehensive key universities

In 2000, Xinjiang University merged with the former Xinjiang Institute of Technology to form a new Xinjiang University

In 2004, the school became a university "co-constructed by the districts and ministries" by the People's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education

In 2017, it entered the ranks of the first batch of 42 first-class universities in the country

02 Institutional setting

The school currently has 26 colleges, 1 graduate school, 2 teaching and research departments, 36 party and government agencies and teaching auxiliary units

03 Discipline and professional setting

The school currently has nine disciplines including economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, management, art, and philosophy, covering the main areas of senior professional training and scientific research

04Scientific Research

In the past three years, Xinjiang University has an average annual scientific research funding of 233 million yuan, undertaking 1,495 various scientific research projects, undertaking 25 major key projects such as national key research and development projects, NSFC-Xinjiang joint fund key projects, and major bidding projects of the National Social Science Fund.

05Teaching and research platform

The school currently has 43 scientific research platforms (teams) above the provincial and ministerial level in science and engineering, of which, the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly established a national key laboratory, the provincial and ministerial jointly established a national key laboratory cultivation base, and an international scientific and technological cooperation research base 1; 1 collaborative innovation center jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education; 3 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 14 key laboratories of the autonomous region; 1 Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, 1 Information Technology Research Center, and 1 Engineering Technology Research Center of the Autonomous Region There are 6 research centers of the People’s Government of the Autonomous Region; 1 field scientific observation and research station of the Ministry of Education; 1 innovation team in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 4 innovation teams of the Ministry of Education, and 7 innovation teams of the Tianshan Autonomous Region

The school currently has 14 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level in the humanities and social sciences

06 Number of students

Xinjiang University currently has 35,899 students of various types, including 21,413 ordinary undergraduates, 8,906 postgraduates, 696 doctoral students, 176 international students, and 4,708 adult undergraduates

07 Faculty

The school has 1,920 full-time teachers, 953 full-time teachers with senior professional titles, and 801 doctoral teachers
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Currently, there are 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 3 people for the Ten Thousand Thousand Talents Project, 4 people for the "Ten Thousand Thousand Talents Program", 5 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding national contributions, 39 experts enjoying special government allowances, "National University Huang Danian Teacher Team" 1, 8 people in the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, 1 cultural master and four batches of the Central Propaganda Department (propaganda, ideological and cultural young talents), 17 outstanding experts in the autonomous region, and cultural masters in the autonomous region.
A group of "talents" and 4 leading talents in the cultural industry, and 9 of the autonomous region’s "National High-level Talent Special Support Program"
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08 Exchange and cooperation

The school is the acceptance unit of the overseas study program sent by the China Scholarship Council.
It is the Shanghai Cooperation Organization University, the independent enrollment of the Chinese Government Scholarship, the Confucius Institute Scholarship and the Xinjiang Government Scholarship Program School
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The school has successively signed educational exchange and scientific research cooperation agreements (memorandums) with more than 80 universities and educational research institutions in 27 countries and regions
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There is a Russian Center of Xinjiang University and a test center for the Russian foreign Russian level test
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There are practice bases in many universities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and other countries .
Set up 3 Confucius Institutes in Kyrgyzstan and Russia
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Since the launch of a new round of counterpart assistance in 2010, with the strong support of the Ministry of Education, with Tsinghua University as the team leader, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, Central South University, and Renmin University of China as the deputy team leaders, Beijing Normal University, Dalian University of Technology Twelve colleges and universities including Tongji University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Donghua University, China University of Mining and Technology, and Sun Yat-Sen University were formed to support the establishment of Xinjiang University
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Starting in 2019, six universities, including Northeast Normal University, Xiamen University, Tianjin University, East China University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and University of Electronic Science and Technology, have established counterpart partnerships with our school
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There are currently 18 colleges and universities supporting (cooperating) Xinjiang University
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09 school conditions

The school has three campuses: the main campus, the south campus, and the north campus, covering a total area of ​​2.
909 million square meters (about 4363 acres)
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In 2019, Xinjiang University's new campus project was approved for construction.
The project is located in Himaquan New District, Shuimogou District, Urumqi City.
The planned land area is about 2.
47 million square meters (3711 mu) and the planned total construction area is 1.
25 million square meters
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The total value of the school’s fixed assets is about 2.
35 billion yuan, and the total value of teaching and research equipment is 780 million yuan
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The library is the provincial central library of China's Higher Education Document Security System (CALIS), with a total volume of 3.
465 million books and documents
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The campus network and CERNET Xinjiang area master node, Xinjiang Education Area Network Control Center, and Urumqi Education Metropolitan Area Network have been built
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It has a modern digital library and a first-class multifunctional gymnasium in the Northwest
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Overview of the School of Life Science and Technology

01 College Overview

The College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University is based on the regional characteristics of Xinjiang's biological resources, combined with Xinjiang's economic and social development, and has built a science and engineering compatible college with obvious advantages in subject development and a clear school concept
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Carry out applied basic research in response to Xinjiang's characteristic biological resources and the development needs of Xinjiang's economic and social industries, including animal, plant, and microbial resource protection, functional gene mining and development and utilization, deep processing of agricultural and livestock products, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of major diseases in Xinjiang, etc.
The results are fruitful, and a large number of researchers and professional and technical personnel have been trained for the country and the autonomous region
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He has won many national, provincial and ministerial honors such as "Advanced Collective of National Education System", "National Women's Civilization Post", "Advanced Collective of Ideological Education for College Students in the Autonomous Region"
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At present, the college is taking the opportunity to actively promote the construction of "double first-class" to continuously improve the quality of education and teaching, scientific research and social service capabilities, and is making steady progress towards building a new century research and teaching college
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02 Disciplinary and professional construction

The college currently has three undergraduate majors in biological sciences, biological engineering, and food science and engineering.
Among them, biological engineering is a national first-class undergraduate major, and biological science is a first-class undergraduate major in the autonomous region.
Post-doctoral mobile station; food science and engineering first-level discipline master's degree granting point, and bioengineering, food engineering and biomedical engineering three professional master's degree granting points, forming a complete talent training system of undergraduate-master-doctoral-postdoctoral
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03Faculty Construction

The college currently has 107 faculty members, including 86 full-time teachers (15 professors, 38 associate professors, and 33 lecturers), and 65 have doctoral degrees
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There are 2 experts who enjoy government subsidies from the State Council, 2 teachers at the autonomous region level, and 2 talents from Tianshan in the autonomous region
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Introduced 3 Tianshan scholars from the autonomous region
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04Laboratory construction

The college was approved as a key discipline of the Autonomous Region of Biology and a strategic emerging key major of the Autonomous Region of Biology; it has established a number of teaching and research platforms, including the National Biology Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, a post-doctoral mobile station for biology, and the Xinjiang State Key Laboratory of Bioresource Genetic Engineering Cultivation base, the camel engineering technology center of the autonomous region, 3 production-university-research joint training bases for graduate students and 24 undergraduate professional practice bases
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05

Scientific research results

In the past three years, the college has been approved for 107 various scientific research projects with a funding of 45.
12 million yuan
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33 projects were approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, with an approved funding of 23.
01 million yuan
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He has published 362 papers, including 135 in three districts and above
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In the past three years, he has won 14 provincial and ministerial awards, including 1 second prize and 2 third prizes of the Autonomous Region Science and Technology Progress Award
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Obtained 8 patents in the past three years, including 5 invention patents, 3 utility model patents, 5 accepted patents, and 3 authorized patents
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In terms of international academic exchanges and cooperation, the college cooperates with the University of California, Riverside, Baylor College of Medicine, Auckland University of Technology, Maine State University, Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan National Agricultural University, Osh Technical University, Novosibirsk Normal University Universities and other well-known universities and scientific research institutions have established close cooperative relations
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06 Student Training and Employment

According to the characteristics of biology and food disciplines and the advantages of the college's compatibility with science and engineering, the college insists on teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, highlighting the cultivation of ideology, ethics, professional quality and innovative ability
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In terms of ideology and ethics, it emphasizes the cultivation of political quality and national unity consciousness; in terms of professional quality, it emphasizes the solid mastery of basic theoretical knowledge and basic experimental skills; in terms of innovation ability, it adds comprehensive and innovative experimental projects to guide students Participate in extracurricular scientific research activities such as scientific research and training to cultivate students' innovative thinking and innovative ability; finally cultivate students with strong political thoughts, solid basic knowledge, strong practical ability, and strong innovative ability to meet the needs of the development of biology and food sciences and related industries.
Professional talents of various nationalities are competent for scientific research, technological development, talent training and management in the biological and food industries and related fields
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In the past three years, the college’s undergraduate graduates have mainly worked in basic and higher education, agricultural technology, medical and health, medical inspection, and grassroots management industries.
The employment rate is higher than 90%, and the admission rate is higher than 21.
52%, which is the development of the country and the autonomous region.
Cultivated a large number of outstanding talents
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Overview of Food Science and Engineering

The Department of Food Science and Engineering of the College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University was established in 1985 in the former Xinjiang Institute of Technology.
In 2000, the Department of Biology of Xinjiang University and the Department of Light Industry of Xinjiang University of Technology merged to establish the Department of Food Science and Engineering.
He obtained a master’s degree in 2003.
Authorization point, now has a master's degree granting point for the first-level discipline of food science and engineering (covering two second-level disciplines of food science and food engineering)
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There are currently 15 full-time teachers, 10 senior titles, 73% of teachers with doctoral degrees, 10 master tutors, and 2 autonomous region-level industry-university-research joint training demonstration bases
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This major is guided by Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", the scientific development concept and Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Develop, cultivate and master a good mathematical foundation, systematically master the basic knowledge, basic theories and basic skills of food science and engineering disciplines, and possess education, research, import and export related to food production, processing, circulation, and food science and engineering , Health supervision, safety management and other departments engaged in food or related fields of scientific research, technology development, engineering design, production management, quality control, food sales, inspection and quarantine and other aspects of the work ability, with a wide range of knowledge and multi-field adaptability Of food science and engineering application talents who can serve the needs of Xinjiang’s economic construction and the “Belt and Road” construction, engage in the research and development of new processes, new technologies, and new products, and can solve complex food science and engineering problems, as well as engineering and technical talents who can Research talents who continue to study and develop
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This subject focuses on Xinjiang's unique natural resources and is divided into three research directions (agricultural product storage and processing, food safety, food efficacy and industrialization), and mainly cultivates majors in engineering technology, production management and scientific research in the food industry and related fields.
The personnel are widely recognized by the society
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In the past five years, the average employment rate has reached 81% or more
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The main courses (professional courses) include: 1.
Subject general courses: inorganic and analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering principles, microbiology, food chemistry, food analysis and other courses; 2.
Professional development core courses: food Technical principles, food machinery and equipment, professional English, food technology, food factory design and CAD, food nutrition, food quality management, food safety and other courses
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Requires graduates of more than five years: able to adapt to an independent/team working environment, undertake complex engineering and research issues in technical and scientific research positions; be able to complete advanced studies, undertake education, research and other tasks, and complete effective communication and research in a multidisciplinary environment Project management; able to adapt to the requirements of economic development, lifelong learning, expand the implementation of majors and related fields, and demonstrate responsibility and progress
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