CHINA THREE GEORGES UNIVERSITY : China Three Gorges University (CTGU) was founded with approval of the Ministry of Education. CTGU is a comprehensive university, which comprises the former University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering/Yichang and Hubei Three Gorges University, and is one of the key universities which are being constructed in Hubei Province.

HISTORY : The history of CTGU dates back to 1923, and it has experienced the construction of “Project 211”. Besides, CTGU is one of the first universities which are conferred the qualification of recruiting international students, and it was awarded as “Excellent” in the Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation of General Universities organized by the Ministry of Education in 2005.

ACADEMIC : CTGU consists of 21 colleges, 32 programs for postgraduate students, 35 more specialties for master program and doctoral program which are under construction. There are 55 specialties for undergraduate students, which cover 8 fields, including science, engineering, medicine, arts, management, economics, law and pedagogy. There are totally over 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, more than 1,300 postgraduate students, over 400 international students, and 12,000 adult students. CTGU has more than 1,600 full-time teachers, including 833 professors and associate professors, 27 Chutian Scholars and Three Gorges Scholars who are specially appointed as professors, and 375 instructors of postgraduate candidates.