China University of Geosciences

The China University of Geosciences (CUG) is a national key public university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, and this article treats the Wuhan institution, one of two independent bodies that also include the Beijing campus.中国地质大学（China University of Geosciences，简称 CUG）是中华人民共和国教育部直属的全国重点公立大学；本文所指为武汉办学实体，中国地质大学另有独立的北京校区。

Its predecessor, the Beijing Institute of Geology, was founded in 1952 by merging the geology departments of Peking University, Tsinghua University, Tianjin University and other leading schools, and after moving to Hubei in 1970 it settled in Wuhan in 1975.其前身北京地质学院创办于 1952 年，由北京大学、清华大学、天津大学等名校的地质系合并而成，1970 年迁往湖北，1975 年落户武汉。

It belongs to Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction, has about 26 schools and more than 31,000 full-time students, and is placed 677th in the QS World University Rankings 2027 while absent from the 2027 Times Higher Education main table.该校列入「211 工程」与「双一流」建设，设有约 26 个学院、全日制在校生逾 3.1 万人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 677 位，但未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育主榜。

History

• In 1952, as part of a nationwide reorganisation of higher education and a drive to train industrial talent, the geology departments of Peking University, Tsinghua University, Tianjin University and Tangshan Railway College were merged into a new Beijing Institute of Geology.1952 年，在全国院系调整、培养工业建设人才的背景下，北京大学、清华大学、天津大学与唐山铁道学院的地质系合并组建了新的北京地质学院。
• On 14 July 1952 a preparatory committee was formed with Li Siguang, head of China's geological work planning body, as its chairman, one of the eight famous specialised colleges founded that year.1952 年 7 月 14 日成立筹备委员会，由中国地质工作计划指导委员会主任李四光任主任；该校是当年著名的「八大学院」之一。
• The institute held its first opening ceremony on 1 November 1952, attended by the education vice-minister Zeng Zhaolun and Li Siguang, then Minister of Geology, and the university later fixed 7 November as its anniversary day.学院于 1952 年 11 月 1 日举行首届开学典礼，教育部副部长曾昭抡与地质部部长李四光出席；学校后来确定 11 月 7 日为校庆日。
• On 24 December 1952 the central government appointed Liu Xing, a veteran of the Red Army, as the institute's first president, with the geologist Yin Zanxun as vice-president.1952 年 12 月 24 日，中央人民政府任命红军老干部刘型为首任院长，地质学家尹赞勋任副院长。
• In its earliest years the institute taught at three sites, in Beijing's Shaitan and Duanwangfu neighbourhoods and in Xuanhua, Hebei, before moving after 1954 to a new campus on Xueyuan Road in north-west Beijing.建校初期，学院在北京沙滩、端王府夹道与河北宣化三地办学，1954 年后陆续迁入北京西北郊学院路的新校址。
• In January 1957 the institution was renamed the Beijing Institute of Geological Exploration, and in October 1958 the name reverted to the Beijing Institute of Geology.1957 年 1 月，学校改名北京地质勘探学院；1958 年 10 月，校名又改回北京地质学院。
• On 22 October 1960 the institute was designated a national key university by the state, at a time when the country was concentrating resources on a small number of leading institutions.1960 年 10 月 22 日，该校入选全国重点院校，当时国家正集中资源建设少数重点高校。
• The Cultural Revolution from 1966 brought teaching and research to a standstill, the institute admitted no students between 1966 and 1970, and more than a thousand staff were sent to a May Seventh cadre school in Jiangxi.1966 年爆发的文化大革命使教学与科研全面瘫痪，1966 至 1970 年学校停止招生，千余名教职工被送往江西的「五七」干校。
• In 1970 the school was moved out of Beijing to Jiangling in Hubei under a state decision, taking the name Hubei Institute of Geology and planning a campus of 435 mu for 2,000 students.1970 年，学校奉国家决定迁出北京至湖北江陵，更名为湖北地质学院，规划占地 435 亩、容纳学生 2000 人。
• In 1970 the institute resumed a form of admissions by enrolling 220 worker-peasant-soldier students in comprehensive prospecting, geophysics, petroleum geology and engineering geology.1970 年，学院以另一种形式恢复招生，招收了 220 名工农兵学员，分属综合找矿、金属物探、石油地质与工程地质等专业。
• On 9 August 1972 the Hubei revolutionary committee approved a Wuhan branch of the Hubei Institute of Geology, based at the former Wuhan Geology School, which became the nucleus of the later Wuhan campus.1972 年 8 月 9 日，湖北省革命委员会批准在武汉地质学校设「湖北地质学院武汉分院」，该处成为日后武汉校区的雏形。
• On 18 December 1974 the Hubei revolutionary committee approved the change of name to Wuhan Institute of Geology, and in 1975 the institute moved to Wuhan and absorbed the former Wuhan Geology School.1974 年 12 月 18 日，湖北省革命委员会批准学校改名为武汉地质学院；1975 年学院迁至武汉，并并入原武汉地质学校。
• From 1975 the Wuhan Institute of Geology built its campus on the southern slopes of Yujiashan and Nanwangshan in Wuchang while teaching at multiple borrowed sites across the city, beginning its second period of construction.自 1975 年起，武汉地质学院在武昌喻家山与南望山南麓建设校园，同时借三镇多处校舍分散办学，开启了其第二次创业。
• When the national college entrance examination was restored in 1977 the institute admitted 428 students, and in 1978 it enrolled 887, resuming and expanding its pre-1966 programmes.1977 年高考恢复时该校招收 428 名学生，1978 年则招收 887 人，恢复并扩展了 1966 年以前的专业设置。
• On 14 April 1986 the State Council approved a second batch of universities to run graduate schools, and the Wuhan Institute of Geology joined the select group of 33 such institutions.1986 年 4 月 14 日，国务院批准第二批院校试办研究生院，武汉地质学院跻身全国 33 所设研究生院的高校之列。
• On 4 November 1987 the State Education Commission approved the creation of the China University of Geosciences, and the new name was unveiled at ceremonies in Wuhan and Beijing on 7 November, the thirty-fifth anniversary.1987 年 11 月 4 日，国家教育委员会批准成立中国地质大学；11 月 7 日建校 35 周年之际，武汉与北京两地同时举行挂牌揭幕仪式。
• In 1988 the university adopted a structure of one university with two campuses and four entities, its headquarters in Wuhan, and on 22 July 1988 five disciplines were confirmed as national key disciplines.1988 年，学校形成「一所大学、两地办学、四个实体、总部在武汉」的格局；1988 年 7 月 22 日，5 个学科被批准为国家级重点学科。
• On 6 December 1997 the university became one of the first institutions admitted to Project 211, the government's programme for building key universities.1997 年 12 月 6 日，该校成为首批进入「211 工程」的高校之一，这是国家建设重点大学的计划。
• In February 2000 the university passed from the Ministry of Land and Resources to the Ministry of Education, which has administered it ever since.2000 年 2 月，该校由原国土资源部划归教育部管理，此后一直由教育部主管。
• In March 2005 the Ministry of Education dissolved the Wuhan headquarters, leaving the Wuhan and Beijing units to operate independently, and in 2006 the ministry and the land resources ministry agreed to co-build the university.2005 年 3 月，教育部撤销武汉总部，武汉与北京两个办学实体各自独立办学；2006 年教育部与国土资源部签署共建该校的协议。
• In 2006 the university joined the 985 Innovation Platform for Advantageous Disciplines, added a second such platform in 2008, and in September 2017 was included in the Double First-Class Construction.2006 年该校进入「985 优势学科创新平台」，2008 年又获批第二个平台；2017 年 9 月入选「双一流」建设。

Academics

• The university is organised into about 26 schools and offers 76 undergraduate programmes, spanning science, engineering, the humanities, management, economics and law.该校设有约 26 个学院，开设 76 个本科专业，学科涵盖理学、工学、人文、管理学、经济学与法学等门类。
• Its Double First-Class construction disciplines are geology and geological resources and geological engineering, the twin pillars of its teaching and research.其「双一流」建设学科为地质学与地质资源与地质工程，这两者构成其教学与科研的两大支柱。
• Five disciplines were confirmed as national key disciplines in 1988, including petrology, mineralogy, palaeontology and stratigraphy, mineral prospecting and exploration, and exploration engineering.1988 年该校有 5 个学科被批准为国家级重点学科，包括岩石学、矿物学、古生物学及地层学、矿产普查与勘探，以及探矿工程。
• The university has more than 3,200 staff, of whom about 2,113 are teachers, including 544 professors, 976 associate professors and 751 doctoral supervisors.该校有教职工 3200 余人，其中教师约 2113 人，含教授 544 人、副教授 976 人、博士生导师 751 人。
• Its faculty includes thirteen academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, along with about 180 national-level high-level talent awards.其师资中有中国科学院院士 13 人、中国工程院院士 1 人，并有国家级高层次人才 180 人次。
• As of the 2024 budget year the university enrolled 31,040 full-time students, comprising 18,214 undergraduates, 10,758 master's students, 2,068 doctoral students and 787 international students.截至 2024 年预算年度，该校全日制在校生 31,040 人，其中本科生 18,214 人、硕士研究生 10,758 人、博士研究生 2,068 人、国际学生 787 人。
• Its principal research platforms include the National Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, the National Key Laboratory of Geobiology and Environmental Geology, and a national key laboratory for deep geothermal energy.其主要科研平台包括地质过程与成矿预测全国重点实验室、地质微生物与环境全国重点实验室，以及深层地热富集机理与高效开发全国重点实验室。
• The university also operates the National Engineering Research Centre for Geographic Information Systems and a national field observation station for geological hazards at Badong in Hubei.该校还设有国家地理信息系统工程技术研究中心，以及位于湖北巴东的地质灾害国家野外科学观测研究站。
• It runs the Li Siguang Honours College for elite undergraduates, a Gemmological Institute unique among Chinese universities, and a Future Technology School for emerging fields.该校设有培养拔尖本科生的李四光荣誉学院、在中国高校中独具特色的珠宝学院，以及面向新兴领域的未来技术学院。
• The Yifu Museum on the Wuhan campus is rated a national AAAA tourist attraction, and its collections of minerals and fossils are used in both teaching and public education.武汉校区的逸夫博物馆是国家 AAAA 级旅游景区，其矿物与化石藏品兼用于教学与公众科普。
• Because geology demands field study, the university maintains practice stations at Zhoukoudian, Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe, Zigui and Weihai, and an oilfield base at Jianghan.由于地质学强调实地教学，该校在周口店、秦皇岛、北戴河、秭归与威海设有实习站，并在江汉油田设有实习基地。
• Its international arm includes a Belt and Road international geoscience education and training centre and a joint school of intelligent engineering and sustainable development with a German partner.其国际化办学包括「一带一路」国际地学教育培训中心，以及与德国合作伙伴共建的智能工程与可持续发展学院。
• The university trains students at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels across the whole spectrum of geoscience, together with material science, environment, engineering and management.该校在地球科学的完整谱系以及材料科学、环境、工程与管理等领域，培养本科、硕士与博士各层次学生。
• Its geological resources, petroleum geology and mineral prospecting programmes supply much of the technical workforce of China's energy, mining and surveying sectors.其地质资源、石油地质与矿产普查等专业为中国能源、矿业与测绘行业输送了大量技术人才。
• Research at the university addresses mineral and hydrocarbon exploration, palaeontology, environmental geology, geohazards, geothermal energy and geographic information science.该校的研究涵盖矿产与油气勘探、古生物学、环境地质、地质灾害、地热能以及地理信息科学等方向。
• Five innovation groups of the National Natural Science Foundation and three innovation teams of the Ministry of Education work within the university's research system.该校科研体系中拥有 5 个国家自然科学基金委创新研究群体与 3 个教育部创新团队。
• The Wuhan campus doubles as a base for the China Geological Survey and for national field research on the middle reaches of the Yangtze, including the Three Gorges reservoir area.武汉校区同时是中国地质调查以及长江中游（含三峡库区）国家野外研究的基地。

Campus

• The university follows a one-university-two-campus pattern, with the Nanwangshan campus in the Hongshan District of Wuchang and the Future City campus in the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone.该校呈现「一校两区」格局，即武昌洪山区的南望山校区与东湖新技术开发区的未来城校区。
• The two campuses occupy a total area of 1.48 million square metres, with a built-up floor area of 1.52 million square metres across teaching buildings, libraries and dormitories.两校区校园占地总面积 148 万平方米，教学楼、图书馆与宿舍等校舍总面积 152 万平方米。
• The Nanwangshan campus lies at the southern foot of Yujiashan and Nanwangshan in Wuchang, close to the East Lake and to the universities of the Optics Valley district.南望山校区位于武昌喻家山与南望山南麓，临近东湖与光谷片区的多所高校。
• The Future City campus, in the East Lake High-Tech Development Zone about 27 kilometres east of Nanwangshan, uses 710 mu of educational land and has about 527,000 square metres of floor area.未来城校区位于东湖新技术开发区，距南望山校区约 27 公里，使用 710 亩教育用地，建筑面积约 52.7 万平方米。
• The Future City campus was planned from 2011 and, together with a 200-mu industrial site co-built with the Wuhan municipal government, anchors the university's eastward expansion.未来城校区自 2011 年起规划建设，并与武汉市政府共建的 200 亩产业用地一道，支撑该校向东扩展的布局。
• The Yifu Museum, a national AAAA-rated tourist attraction, and the university's several field stations form distinctive parts of the campus's teaching facilities.国家 AAAA 级旅游景区逸夫博物馆与该校的多处实习站，构成校园教学设施中颇具特色的部分。
• The campus preserves woods and open ground, and the library, sports grounds and student halls stand among the modern teaching buildings of the two sites.校园保留着林地与开阔绿地，图书馆、运动场与学生宿舍分布于两处校址的现代教学楼群之间。
• Both campuses are connected to central Wuhan by metro and expressway lines, and the Nanwangshan site sits near the East Lake scenic area and the Guanggu business district.两处校区均通过地铁与高速公路与武汉市区相连，南望山校区靠近东湖风景区与光谷商圈。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the China University of Geosciences is placed 677th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，中国地质大学位列世界第 677 位。 ^[1]
• The university did not appear in the main table of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名主榜。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 it is placed 204th in the world, a high position for a specialised geoscience institution.在 2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 204 位，对于一所以地学为特色的院校而言位置靠前。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, puts the university in the 201 to 300 band worldwide.由上海软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名将该校列于世界第 201 至 300 区间。
• OpenAlex attributes 116,270 works and 5,022,703 citations to the university, reflecting a large research output concentrated in the earth sciences.OpenAlex 为该校收录 116,270 篇成果、被引用 5,022,703 次，体现出其集中于地球科学的庞大科研产出。
• More than thirty of its graduates have been elected academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a high proportion for a specialised institution.该校毕业生中有 30 余人当选中国科学院或中国工程院院士，这一比例在特色型院校中相当突出。
• Its geology and geological resources disciplines have long ranked among the strongest in China, and it is a principal trainer of geoscientists for the country.其地质学与地质资源学科长期位居全国前列，是国家地学人才的主要培养基地。
• As a Project 211 and Double First-Class university with two 985 advantageous-discipline platforms, it holds an established position in Chinese earth science education.作为列入「211 工程」与「双一流」并拥有两个「985 优势学科创新平台」的高校，该校在中国地学教育中地位稳固。
• Its mountaineering tradition has produced summits of the world's highest peaks, giving the university an unusual reputation beyond pure research.其登山传统曾多次问鼎世界最高峰，使其在纯科研之外还拥有别样的声誉。

Student life

• The university motto is jian ku pu su, qiu zhen wu shi, rendered as plain living and hard struggle with a search for truth and practicality, written for the university in 1994 by its alumnus Wen Jiabao.该校校训为「艰苦朴素 求真务实」，由校友温家宝于 1994 年为母校题写。
• Its school song is the Song of the Prospectors, the theme of the film The Younger Generation, with lyrics by Tong Zhixian and music by Xiao He, adopted officially on 19 June 1990.其校歌为电影《年青一代》主题曲《勘探队员之歌》，佟志贤作词、晓河作曲，1990 年 6 月 19 日经校务会议正式确定。
• The university celebrates its anniversary on 7 November, the date of its first opening ceremony in 1952, and the day is marked with alumni reunions and academic events.该校以 11 月 7 日为校庆日，即 1952 年首届开学典礼之日，当天会举行校友返校与学术活动。
• Mountaineering is central to campus culture: in 1958 the Beijing institute formed China's first amateur mountaineering team, which climbed the Qilian range's Qiyi Glacier in December that year.登山是校园文化的核心：1958 年北京地质学院组建了中国第一支业余登山队，并于当年 12 月攀登了祁连山七一冰川。
• In May 2012, to mark the university's sixtieth anniversary, its team reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first Chinese university team to do so.2012 年 5 月，为庆祝建校 60 周年，该校登山队登顶珠穆朗玛峰，成为中国首支登顶珠峰的高校登山队。
• Among that 2012 team, the 24-year-old student Chen Chen became the first Chinese female undergraduate to stand on the summit of Everest.在 2012 年那支队伍中，24 岁的学生陈晨成为中国首位登顶珠峰的在校女大学生。
• In 1992 the Wuhan campus built China's first indoor artificial climbing wall, and in 1998 it pioneered a wilderness survival course, adding a dedicated undergraduate major in 2004.1992 年武汉校区修建了国内第一座室内人工攀岩壁，1998 年率先开设野外生存课，并于 2004 年设立专门的野外生存本科专业。
• Badminton is another strength: at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics the university student Wang Yili won mixed doubles gold, while alumni Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong took silver in the same event.羽毛球是另一强项：2020 年东京奥运会，该校学生王懿律夺得混双金牌，校友郑思维与黄雅琼在同一项目中获得银牌。
• Orientated towards field work, the university's clubs and sports keep close ties with the China Geological Survey and the national mountaineering association.该校以野外实践为特色，其社团与体育队同中国地质调查局及国家登山协会保持密切联系。

Notable people

• Li Siguang, a pioneer of Chinese geology who chaired the institute's preparatory committee in 1952 and served as the country's first Minister of Geology, is regarded as a founding figure.中国地质学的奠基人李四光 1952 年任学院筹备委员会主任，并出任新中国首任地质部部长，被视为学校的创建者之一。
• Liu Xing, a veteran of the Red Army, was appointed the institute's first president in December 1952 and led it through its early years.红军老干部刘型于 1952 年 12 月出任学院首任院长，并领导了学校的早期发展。
• Yin Zanxun, a founder of Chinese stratigraphy and palaeontology, served as the institute's vice-president and as its first dean of studies.中国地层古生物学的开拓者尹赞勋曾任学院副院长，并兼任首任教务长。
• Wen Jiabao, premier of China's State Council from 2003 to 2013, graduated from the university with a master's degree in 1968 and wrote its motto on a visit in 1994.2003 至 2013 年任中国国务院总理的温家宝 1968 年在该校硕士毕业，并于 1994 年回母校时题写校训。
• Wang Fuzhou, a 1958 graduate who later led the national mountaineering team, was a member of the 1960 Chinese expedition that reached the summit of Everest from the north ridge.1958 届毕业生王富洲后任国家登山队领导，是 1960 年中国登山队从北坡登顶珠峰的队员之一。
• Li Zhixin, a 1985 graduate, is one of only two Chinese climbers to have reached the highest summits of all seven continents, and he served as a vice-chairman of the China Mountaineering Association.1985 届毕业生李致新是中国仅有的两位登顶七大洲最高峰的登山家之一，曾任中国登山协会副主席。
• Wang Yongfeng, a 1984 graduate and later leader of the Chinese national mountaineering team, has also climbed the highest peaks of all seven continents.1984 届毕业生、后任中国登山队队长的王勇峰，也曾登顶七大洲的最高峰。
• Li Jiulin, an alumnus, was the chief designer of the National Stadium, the Bird's Nest, built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.校友李久林是 2008 年北京奥运会国家体育场「鸟巢」的总设计师。
• Wang Anshun, a 1983 graduate, became a member of the Central Committee and served as Mayor of Beijing from 2013 to 2017.1983 届毕业生王安顺曾任中共中央委员，并于 2013 至 2017 年任北京市市长。
• Feng Jinglan, an economic geologist and one of the leading teachers recruited at the institute's founding, helped to establish its academic foundations in ore deposits.矿床学家、建校初期延揽的骨干教师冯景兰，参与了学校矿床学学术基础的奠定。