Guangxi Normal University

Guangxi Normal University (GXNU) is a provincial public university in Guilin, Guangxi, China, co-built by the Ministry of Education and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government.广西师范大学（GXNU）是位于中国广西壮族自治区桂林市的省部共建公办大学，由教育部与广西壮族自治区人民政府共同建设，办学历史已逾九十年。

Established in 1932 as one of China's earliest teacher-training institutions, it became an independent normal university in 1983 and now offers programmes across 11 disciplinary categories.学校1932年建校，是中国最早的师范院校之一，1983年成为独立的师范大学，现开设覆盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、管理学、艺术学等11个学科门类的专业。

Its Wangcheng campus occupies the Ming-era Jingjiang Princes' Palace, the only Chinese university campus rated 5A by the national tourism authority, and the university enrolled more than 26,000 students in 2018.学校王城校区坐落于明代靖江王府遗址，是全国唯一获国家5A级旅游景区评级的大学校园，2018年在校生超过2.6万人。

History

• Guangxi Normal University was founded on 12 October 1932 as Guangxi Provincial Teachers' College in Yanshan, Guilin, the first normal school in the region and one of the earliest in the country, established with support from the provincial government.广西师范大学于1932年10月12日以广西省立师范高等专科学校之名在桂林雁山成立，是广西第一所师范院校，也是全国较早的师范教育机构之一，建校得到广西省政府的支持。
• The historian and educator Yang Dongyu served as its first president, and the original Yanshan site remains a branch campus of the university today.史学家、教育家杨东莼出任首任校长，当年的雁山校址至今仍是学校的一个校区，延续着建校初期的空间记忆。
• In 1936 the Guangxi provincial government ordered the college to merge into National Guangxi University, where it became the College of Liberal Arts.1936年广西省政府决定将学校并入国立广西大学，改组为广西大学文法学院，师范教育职能一度中断，学校进入长达数年的改组期。
• When the provincial government moved from Nanning to Guilin in 1936, the College of Liberal Arts followed and taught at the original teachers' college site before moving to Li Ziyuan in 1937 and Xilin Park in 1938.1936年广西省政府由南宁迁往桂林，文法学院随迁并在原师范专科学校校址办学，1937年迁至李子园，1938年又搬回西林公园。
• Rising demand for secondary school teachers led to its separation from Guangxi University in 1941 and its reconstitution as an independent teachers' college.由于中学师资需求上升，学校于1941年从广西大学分出，重建为独立的广西师范高等专科学校，恢复培养中学教师的职能。
• The institution was renamed Guangxi Guilin Teachers' College in 1942 and National Guilin Teachers' College in 1943 as it gained national status.学校1942年改名为广西省立桂林师范学院，1943年更名为国立桂林师范学院，由省立升格为国立的办学层次。
• Between 1944 and 1946 the college moved twice to escape the war, teaching first in Sanjiang, Guangxi, and then in Pingyue, Guizhou.1944年至1946年间学校为躲避战火两次迁徙，先后在广西三江丹洲和贵州平越复课办学，师生在流亡中坚持教学。
• In February 1946 it moved to Nanning and became the National Nanning Teachers' College, the leading teacher-training institution in the province.1946年2月学校迁至南宁，改名为国立南宁师范学院，成为全省师范教育的领头院校，招生规模与师资力量均有扩大。
• After the People's Republic was founded, the college returned to Guilin in February 1950 and merged into Guangxi University as its College of Culture and Education.新中国成立后，学校于1950年2月迁回桂林，再次并入广西大学，成立广西大学师范学院，同年8月改为文教学院。
• In July 1953 the Ministry of Education ordered a new independent Guangxi Teachers' College as part of the nationwide restructuring of higher education, which also abolished Guangxi University.1953年7月，教育部在全国院系调整中决定重建独立的广西师范学院，同一轮调整中广西大学奉命撤销，师资与系科被重新组合。
• Guangxi University transferred 53 professors and 256 faculty members from its Chinese, foreign language, history, mathematics, physics and chemistry departments to staff the new college.广西大学把中文、外语、历史、数学、物理、化学等系的53名教授和256名教职工调入新组建的广西师范学院，构成建校初期的师资主体。
• The new college initially taught at the former Guangxi University site at Jiangjunqiao before receiving the Jingjiang Princes' Palace and moving into the Wangcheng campus in 1954.新学院最初在广西大学原址将军桥办学，随后获得桂林市中心的靖江王府，并于1954年迁入王城校区。
• Until 1978 Guangxi Teachers' College was the only higher education institution in Guangxi authorised to award bachelor's degrees in teacher education.截至1978年，广西师范学院是广西唯一有权授予师范类本科学位的高等院校，承担全区中学师资培养的主要任务。
• The college gained authorisation to award master's degrees in 1981, beginning graduate training in the arts and sciences.学校1981年获得硕士学位授予权，开始在人文与理学领域开展研究生教育，办学层次由本科向研究生延伸。
• On 28 May 1983 the institution was renamed Guangxi Normal University, confirming its status as a comprehensive provider of teacher education.1983年5月28日，学校更名为广西师范大学，确立了作为综合性师范教育机构的地位，学科与专业设置进一步扩展。
• A branch campus opened in 1976 at Sanlidian in eastern Guilin, the site that later developed into the Yucai campus.1976年学校在桂林东郊三里店设立分部，该处后来发展为育才校区，成为学校扩展办学空间的重要一步。
• Construction of the Yanshan campus began on 8 December 2005, and the new site opened on 7 October 2007.雁山校区于2005年12月8日动工建设，2007年10月7日正式投入使用，学校由此形成三校区办学格局。
• A new library at Yanshan opened in 2018, becoming the largest library in the Guangxi autonomous region.雁山校区图书馆于2018年启用，成为广西壮族自治区规模最大的图书馆，也是主校区的文献信息中心。
• The university awarded its first doctoral degrees in 2006, joining the small group of Guangxi institutions with doctoral authority.学校于2006年首次授予博士学位，成为广西少数拥有博士培养资格的高校之一，高层次人才培养体系趋于完整。
• During the War of Resistance the school attracted scholars such as Xue Muqiao, Chen Wangdao, Lin Liru, Huang Xianfan, Tan Pimo, Ouyang Yuqian and Yang Hansheng, becoming one of the three leading normal colleges in the rear areas.抗战时期学校云集了薛暮桥、陈望道、林砺儒、黄现璠、谭丕模、欧阳予倩、阳翰笙等知名学者，成为大后方著名的三所高等师范院校之一。

Academics

• The university comprises 21 colleges and departments and offers 71 full-time undergraduate programmes across philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, management and the arts.学校设有21个学院和系部，开设71个全日制普通本科专业，覆盖哲学、经济学、法学、教育学、文学、历史学、理学、工学、农学、管理学、艺术学等门类。
• GXNU is one of only three universities in Guangxi with authority to confer doctoral degrees, a status that underpins its research profile.学校是广西具有博士学位授予权的三所高校之一，这一资格支撑了其研究型办学定位与高层次人才培养。
• It holds three postdoctoral research stations, six first-level and twelve second-level doctoral degree programmes.学校拥有三个博士后科研流动站、六个博士学位授权一级学科和十二个博士学位授权二级学科，博士培养覆盖文理多个领域。
• Master's training covers 22 first-level disciplines and 150 second-level disciplines, together with 11 professional master's degree categories.硕士学位授权覆盖22个一级学科和150个二级学科，另有11个专业硕士学位授权点，形成了学术型与应用型并重的研究生教育体系。
• Eighteen disciplines are designated Guangxi key disciplines, reflecting the university's standing within the autonomous region.学校有18个学科被列为广西重点学科，体现了其在自治区内的学科优势与资源配置能力。
• Chemistry entered the top 1 percent of the Thomson Reuters InCites Essential Science Indicators ranking in 2017 on the strength of citations.2017年，学校化学学科依据论文引用表现进入汤森路透InCites基本科学指标数据库全球前1%，成为学校首个进入该行列的学科。
• The university hosts a State Key Laboratory of Joint Construction established with the Ministry of Education, its highest-level research platform.学校建有与教育部共建的省部共建国家重点实验室，这是其层级最高的科研平台，也是承担国家级项目的重要依托。
• Eleven experimental teaching demonstration centres support practical training in teacher education and the sciences.学校建有11个实验教学示范中心，为师范生和理科学生的实践教学、实验技能训练提供支撑。
• Between 2011 and 2015 GXNU was awarded 317 national-level research projects and funded 2,122 projects with 403 million yuan of research expenditure.2011年至2015年，学校获批317项国家级科研项目，立项资助2122项，科研经费达4.03亿元，科研规模在广西高校中位居前列。
• Faculty published 3,919 journal articles in the same period and won 139 provincial and municipal research awards.同一时期教师发表期刊论文3919篇，并获得139项省市级科研奖励，成果覆盖基础研究与地方应用研究。
• Those awards include the Guangxi Natural Science Award, the Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award and the Guangxi Social Science Award.这些奖励包括广西自然科学奖、广西科学技术进步奖和广西社会科学优秀成果奖，涵盖自然科学与人文社会科学两大方向。
• The university hosted nine international and national academic conferences between 2011 and 2015, ranging from inorganic chemistry to wildlife ecology.2011年至2015年学校承办了9场国际性和全国性学术会议，主题从无机化学延伸到野生动物生态与保护。
• GXNU publishes the Journal of Guangxi Normal University in natural sciences and philosophy and social sciences editions, the former listed in the Chinese Core Journals Overview.学校主办《广西师范大学学报》自然科学版和哲学社会科学版，其中自然科学版入选《中文核心期刊要目总览》。
• The three campus libraries held more than 3,260,000 physical books by 2016 and provide 2,226,653 electronic books and resources through 82 databases.截至2016年，三个校区图书馆的纸质藏书超过326万册，并通过82个数据库提供222万余种电子图书与资源，馆藏规模居广西高校前列。
• The university employs 2,342 staff, including 1,417 full-time teachers, of whom 763 hold senior professional titles, or 54 percent.学校在职教职员工2342人，其中专任教师1417人，具有高级职称者763人，占54%，师资结构以中高级职称为主体。
• A total of 1,110 teachers, or 78 percent of the full-time faculty, hold a master's degree or higher.专任教师中有1110人具有硕士及以上学位，占教师总数的78%，为研究生课程与科研指导提供了学历保障。
• More than 1,600 international students study at GXNU, and the Ministry of Education designated the university a demonstration base for experimental international student programmes.学校有1600多名留学生在读，教育部将其列为来华留学示范基地，是广西唯一获此认定的高校。
• Cooperation agreements link GXNU with more than 200 institutions in 40 countries, including Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaysia.学校与40个国家的200多所机构建立了合作关系，其中包括马来西亚拉曼大学，合作形式涵盖学生交换与联合研究。
• GXNU hosts three Confucius Institutes, at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand, State University of Malang in Indonesia and Hanoi University in Vietnam.学校承办三所孔子学院，分别设于泰国宋卡王子大学、印度尼西亚玛琅国立大学和越南河内大学，服务汉语国际推广。
• The university runs massive open online courses, including one devoted to the lives and works of Tang dynasty poets from the historical Guangxi region.学校开设多门大规模在线开放课程，其中一门专门讲述历史上广西籍唐代诗人的生平与作品，体现地方文化特色。
• The university runs two affiliated secondary schools, an affiliated foreign language school and an affiliated primary school in Guilin, and Guangxi Normal University Press issues academic monographs, textbooks and general-interest titles distributed nationwide.学校在桂林办有两所附属中学、一所附属外国语学校和一所附属小学，形成完整的附属教育体系，其广西师范大学出版社出版学术专著、教材与大众读物，发行网络覆盖全国。

Campus

• GXNU operates three urban campuses in Guilin, Wangcheng, Yucai and Yanshan, with a total site area of more than 4,100 mu.学校在桂林拥有王城、育才、雁山三个城区校区，校园总面积4100多亩，形成历史校区与新校区并存的格局。
• The Wangcheng campus occupies the Jingjiang Princes' Palace, a royal complex first built in 1372 during the Ming dynasty.王城校区坐落于靖江王府，这座王府始建于明代洪武五年即1372年，是桂林最重要的历史建筑群之一。
• The palace housed 14 princes of Jingjiang across 12 generations, and Sun Yat-sen stayed in one of its mansions in 1921.靖江王府先后居住过12代14位靖江王，孙中山1921年也曾在此居住，并为后来的校园留下了革命史迹。
• Wangcheng is the only university campus in China rated 5A by the China National Tourism Administration, the highest scenic rating.王城校区是全国唯一获国家旅游局5A级旅游景区评级的大学校园，也是桂林城市旅游的核心景点之一。
• Its Guoxue Hall houses the School of Chinese Civilization, while Solitary Beauty Peak offers panoramic views over Guilin and the surrounding karst landscape.校内国学堂是国学学院的所在地，独秀峰则可俯瞰桂林全城与周边喀斯特地貌，是校园最具标志性的景观。
• The complex is surrounded by the best-preserved Ming-era city wall in China, which still defines the boundary of the Wangcheng campus.王府四周环绕着中国保存最完好的明代城墙，城墙至今仍勾勒出王城校区的边界。
• The Yucai campus, established in 1976 beside Seven Star Park, includes the Shaw Building financed by the Hong Kong philanthropist Run Run Shaw.育才校区1976年设立，毗邻七星公园，校内邵逸夫楼由香港慈善家邵逸夫捐资兴建。
• Yucai also holds an apartment complex for international students and a monument commemorating friendship between Chinese and Vietnamese students.育才校区还建有留学生公寓，并立有纪念中越学生友谊的纪念碑，见证了学校的国际交流传统。
• The Yanshan campus opened in 2007 and is now the main campus, with the largest library in Guangxi, the university's main athletic facilities and a Confucius Square used for annual ceremonies.雁山校区2007年启用，现为主校区，建有广西最大的图书馆、学校主要体育场馆和用于年度祭孔活动的孔子广场。
• Private shuttle buses and the number 98 city bus connect the three campuses with each other and with central Guilin.学校自营班车与98路城市公交把三个校区彼此连接，并与桂林市中心相通，方便师生跨校区通勤。

Reputation

• GXNU was placed in the 801-900 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.学校在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中位列第801-900名区间。
• The university was not included in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校未进入2027年QS世界大学排名。
• It was also not included in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.学校同样未进入2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings GXNU placed 1,384th worldwide.在2026-2027年度U.S. News全球大学榜单中，学校位列第1384名。
• Chemistry's entry into the global top 1 percent of ESI in 2017 marked the university's first discipline at that citation level, calculated from a ten-year window of indexed papers.化学学科2017年进入ESI全球前1%，是学校首个达到该引用水平的学科，该指标以十年窗口内的论文引用数据为基础计算。
• The Ministry of Education's designation as a demonstration base for international student programmes is unique to GXNU within Guangxi.教育部来华留学示范基地的认定，使学校成为广西唯一获此称号的高校，留学生教育成为其办学名片。
• Its three Confucius Institutes in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam anchor its reputation for international exchange and Chinese language education.设在泰国、印度尼西亚和越南的三所孔子学院，支撑了学校在国际交流与汉语教学领域的声誉。
• Partnerships with more than 200 institutions in 40 countries make internationalisation one of the university's defining features.与40个国家200多所机构的合作，使国际化成为学校最鲜明的办学特色之一，也提升了其在东盟地区的影响力。
• With six first-level doctoral disciplines and 18 Guangxi key disciplines, GXNU ranks among the leading comprehensive universities in the region.凭借六个一级学科博士点和18个广西重点学科，学校位居广西综合性大学前列，在师范类院校中具有较强竞争力。
• The 5A rating of the Wangcheng campus gives the university a national profile in cultural heritage and campus tourism.王城校区的5A级景区评级，使学校在文化遗产保护与校园旅游方面具有全国知名度。

Student life

• In 2018 GXNU enrolled 26,831 undergraduates, 6,386 graduate students and 171 doctoral candidates, including more than 1,600 international students from Asia, Africa and Europe.2018年学校有本科生26831人、研究生6386人、博士生171人，其中留学生超过1600人，生源覆盖东南亚、非洲与欧洲等多个国家和地区。
• Current figures list 21,137 full-time undergraduates, 5,305 master's students and 110 doctoral candidates, with more than 1,800 international students from ASEAN countries and beyond.最新数据显示，学校有全日制本科生21137人、硕士研究生5305人、博士生110人，留学生1800多人，生源以东盟国家为主并延伸至其他地区。
• A further 10,000 correspondence and visiting students are enrolled in continuing education programmes.此外还有1万余名函授生和进修生就读于继续教育项目，体现了学校在教师职后培训中的传统优势。
• The International Cultural Festival in mid-April features parades, student games, food exhibitions and cultural shows focused on Thai, Lao, Cambodian and Burmese traditions.每年4月中旬的国际文化节包含巡游、学生运动会、美食展和以泰国、老挝、柬埔寨、缅甸文化为主题的演出。
• The university also celebrates Christmas, Halloween and Songkran, and runs a Foreign Language Karaoke Contest for its international community.学校还庆祝圣诞节、万圣节和宋干节，并为留学生群体举办外语卡拉OK比赛，校园文化活动呈现多元文化交融的特点。
• Indonesia Culture Day in May, an International Student-Parent Conference in June, and Vietnamese Culture Day and Teacher's Day on 20 November fill the annual calendar.5月的印尼文化日、6月的留学生家长会以及11月20日的越南文化节和教师节构成了年度活动安排。
• The Yanshan cafeteria specialises in Zhuang ethnic and local Guilin dishes, and Confucius Square hosts annual Confucius birthday commemorations and ethnic food festivals.雁山校区食堂以壮族风味和桂林本地菜为特色，孔子广场每年举办祭孔典礼和民族美食节。
• Students are eligible for Chinese Government Scholarships, Confucius Institute Scholarships and ASEAN Scholarships awarded by the Guangxi government.学生可申请中国政府奖学金、孔子学院奖学金以及广西壮族自治区政府设立的东盟奖学金，奖学金覆盖本科、硕士与博士阶段。
• The Yanshan library, the largest in Guangxi, provides study space for the growing main campus, while shuttle buses link it to Wangcheng and Yucai.广西最大的雁山校区图书馆为主校区提供学习空间，校车将其与王城、育才校区相连，三校区资源共享。

Notable people

• Yang Dongyu, a historian and educator, was the first president of the institution in 1932 and shaped its early teacher-training mission.杨东莼是史学家和教育家，1932年出任学校首任校长，奠定了早期师范教育的办学方向。
• Chen Wangdao, the linguist who produced the first complete Chinese translation of the Communist Manifesto, taught at the college during the war years.语言学家陈望道曾于抗战时期在校任教，他完成了《共产党宣言》首个中文全译本。
• Xue Muqiao, one of China's leading economists, was among the prominent scholars who joined the wartime faculty.中国经济学家薛暮桥是抗战时期汇聚于该校的知名学者之一，其经济理论研究对新中国的统计与计划工作影响深远。
• Huang Xianfan, a historian and founder of Zhuang studies, taught at the college and is remembered for his research on Guangxi's indigenous society.历史学家、壮学奠基人黄现璠曾在校任教，以其对广西本土社会与壮族历史的研究著称。
• Ouyang Yuqian, a dramatist and pioneer of modern Chinese theatre, was part of the same wartime academic community.戏剧家、中国现代戏剧先驱欧阳予倩也属于同一时期的任教群体，推动了戏剧教育在桂林的发展。
• Lin Liru, an influential educational theorist, served on the faculty during the institution's years in Guilin.教育家林砺儒在学校桂林办学时期曾任教，对师范教育理论与课程建设有重要贡献。
• Yang Hansheng, a playwright and cultural organiser, taught at the college during the War of Resistance.剧作家、文化工作者阳翰笙在抗战期间曾于学校任教，参与了桂林文化城的戏剧活动。
• Liu Dingxin, a 1913-born graduate, became a major general in the People's Liberation Army.刘鼎新生于1913年，毕业于该校，后成为中国人民解放军少将。
• Wang Yungui, born in 1992, is an entrepreneur and businesswoman who studied at GXNU.Wang Yungui 生于1992年，是毕业于学校的女性企业家。
• Mo Hua, born in 1964, served as Communist Party secretary of Yulin after graduating from the university.莫桦生于1964年，毕业于学校，曾任中共玉林市委书记。
• Peng Xiaochun, born in 1961, is a former vice chairman of the Guangxi branch of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.彭晓春生于1961年，曾任广西壮族自治区政协副主席。
• Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong film producer and philanthropist, funded the Shaw Building on the Yucai campus, though he was a benefactor rather than an alumnus.香港影视制片人、慈善家邵逸夫捐资兴建育才校区的邵逸夫楼，他是学校的捐助人而非校友。