Why does Lanzhou University ride a camel?

"Camel of Lanzhou University" is just a typical example of campus cultural identity. Lanzhou University is located in the northwest, and people associate the northwest with the desert. It is said that Lanzhou University rides a camel at school, which is inevitably misunderstood.

Lanzhou University is a comprehensive national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It was jointly established by the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Ministry of Education. It is a world-class university (Class A) and a key construction university of "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project".

Lanzhou University was founded in 1909, and its predecessor was Gansu Law and Politics School established during the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. 1928 extended to Lanzhou Sun Yat-sen University; 1946 was named National Lanzhou University. 1952 was identified as one of the four comprehensive universities in China.

Postgraduate education begins at1954; 200 1 The Ministry of Education and the Gansu Provincial Government signed a provincial and ministerial key construction agreement; In 2002 and 2004, the former Gansu Grassland Ecology Institute and Lanzhou Medical College were merged into Lanzhou University.

Characteristics of Lanzhou University

As of March, 20021year, Yuzhong and Chengguan campuses of the school cover an area of 3,544 mu, with 42 teaching and research units and 103 undergraduate majors. There are 2 postdoctoral research stations 1 each, 25 first-class doctoral programs, professional doctoral programs1each, 47 first-class master programs and professional master programs 2 1 each.

As of March, 20021,there were 2,790 full-time and part-time teaching and research personnel, including professors, researchers112, and 788 associate professors and associate researchers. There are 203 1 graduate tutors.

There are 220 post-doctors in the station; Professor of clinical medicine 1 16, 266 associate professors. Academician of the two academies 19; 26 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; Two national cultural experts and winners of the "Four Groups" talent project.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lanzhou University