China Normal University, Central Teachers College, Hainan Teachers College established the Central Higher Normal School (Central Ecole Normale Superieure). Central China Normal College In 1953 the school was renamed the Central China Normal College. Part of Hubei University incorporated in 1962. Part of the South China Institute for Nationalities, Hubei Teachers Training College, Hubei Correspondence School incorporated in 1972. Central China Normal University In 1985 the school was renamed to Central China Normal University, by Deng Xiaoping who wrote the school motto. 2005: entered the 211 key development universities list. 2007: received special funds from the 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines Project. Present Since the 7th Five-Year Plan was implemented the teaching staff have conducted scientific research projects such as the national high-tech project 863, national "Torch Program". The university is one of the first institutions in China to offer doctoral and postgraduate degrees as well as confer titles of professor, associate professor and doctoral supervisor. It has established undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral programs and set up full-time adult-education programs. The national social science research work of CCNU ranked 10th in China and its social science research work ranked 6th for four consecutive years by the Ministry of Education. CCNU has cooperation with more than 20 universities, colleges and research institutes in America, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France, Italy, Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Brazil. Foreign experts and teachers are invited to teach at the university and faculty members have gone abroad for joint research. Facts School area: 1,266,500 square meters, school building area: 896,293 square meters Colleges: 27 Undergraduate programs: 68 National key disciplines: 8, National key (cultivating) discipline: 1 Provincial and ministerial key disciplines: 22 National bases for Personnel Training and Scientific Research in Arts and Sciences: 3 National Engineering Research Center: 3 National Humanities and Social Sciences key research bases: 3 Key laboratories supervised by the Ministry of Education: 3 Postdoctoral research programs: 13 First-grade disciplines for Doctor's Degree: 14, First-grade disciplines for master's degree: 33 Ph.D. programs: 94, Master's Degree programs: 184 Professors: 478, Associate Professors: 579, PhD Supervisors: 269 Full-time faculty: 1,834, Faculty and staff: 4,017 Full-time students: 30,000, Postgraduates: 10,475, International students: 1,341 Library area: 39,689 square meters, book collections: 2,962,000 National Key Disciplines The Ministry of Education chose CCNU as one of the national key universities for a number of disciplines. They consist of Chinese and Foreign Political Systems, Theoretical Physics, Scientific