中英雙語話中國名校 第2期:北京大學

Peking University

北京大學

General Information

基本概況

Peking University is a national key comprehensive teaching and research orientated university emphasizing the liberal arts and science，and is also one of the first group of universities aamitted to "project 211"ng the former Jing Shi Da Xue Tan(the Metropolitan University)of the Qing Dynasty，opened in December 1898 Metropolitan University was the most prestigious institution of higher learning but also the highest administrative organization of education in China.

北京大學是一所以文理教學和研究爲主的綜合性全國重點大學，是國家首批“211工程”建設的高校。北京大學創辦於1898年11月，又名京師大學堂，是第一所國立綜合性大學，當時既是中國的最高學府，也是中國最高的教行政機關。

In May 1912，the Metropolitan University was renamed "Peking University". Yan Fu，an outstanding educationist philosopher，was chosen as the first December 1916,its presidency was taken up by Mr. Cai Yuanpei，an outstanding scientist educationist and democratic revolutionary who played an active role in the reform and development of the university

1912年5月，京師大學堂改名北京大學，著名的教育家、啓蒙思想家嚴復出任北京大學第一任校長。1916年12月，著名的科學家、教育家主革命家蔡元培先生出任校長，對學校的改革和發展發揮了積極的作用。

Peking University is situated at the northeast of the Haidian District at the western suburbs of Beijing with an area of 2661581 campus is known as“YanYuan the gardens of Yan. It stands near the Yuan Ming Gardens and the Summer Palace.

北京大學位於北京西郊海淀區的東北部佔地2 661 581平方米。北京大學校園又稱燕園，與圓明園、頤和園相毗鄰。

Peking University has a glorious revolutionary tradition In 1919，the anti-impe-rialist and anti-feudal May 4th Movement was initiated from the university，which had been the Centre of the Chinese New-Culture Movement and the earliest basefor the dissemination of Marxism in China. Chen Duxiu，Li Dazhao and Mao Ze-dong，founders of the Chinese communist Party，as well as Lu Xun，a great writer，thinker and chief leader of the Chinese New-Culture Movement，all either taught or held offices in the university. In order to carry on the revolutionary tradition of the May 4th Movement，the university decided after the new China was founded，that the 4th of May be set as the date on which to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the university.

北京大學具有光榮的革命傳統，作爲新文化運動的中心和中國最早傳播馬克思主義和民主科學思想的發祥地，1919年的反帝反封建主義的“五四”運動就是從北大點燃。中國共產黨的創始人陳獨秀、李大釗、毛澤東以及著名作家、思想家、中國新文化運動的領導人魯迅等一批傑出人才都曾在北京大學任職或任教。新中國成立後，爲了繼承“五四”運動的革命傳統，學校決定每年的5月4日爲北京大學的成立紀念日。

Peking University has 4574 faculty and staff，including 49 academicians of theChinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)and 8 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE)，9 academicians of the Third World Academy of Sciences，14 chief scientists of "Project 973 57 special professorsof“Cheungkong Scholars Program”and 2691 full or associate professors (including 1287 doctoral supervisors)ng University has a total enrolment of 29 617 students of all kinds including 14 240 undergraduates，8 498 master candidates，4 234 doctoral candidates and 1 776 foreign students.

北京大學現有教職工4 574人，其中中國科學院院士49名、中國工程院院士8名、第三世界科學院院士9名、“9項目”首席科學家14人、長江特聘教授7人、2 691名教授或副教授(其中博士生導師1 287名)。北京大學有29 617名各類在校學生，其中普通本科學生14 240人、碩士生8 498人、博士生234人，1 776名留學生。

The university comprises 5 councils，45 colleges and departments，271 institutes(research centers)，16 state key labs，18 affiliated and teaching hospitals. It has 102 specialties for undergraduates，4 specialties for the Second Bachelor's degree，221 specialties for Master candidates and 199 specialties for Doctoral candidates，81 state key disciplines and 3S post-doctor ng University ranks first in the number of the academicians of CAS，chief scientists，professors，doctorate tutors and Chang Jiang scholars as well as the number of state key disciplines and labs

共有5個學部、45個院系、271個研究所(中心),16個一國家重點實驗室、18個附屬和教學醫院;102個本科專業、4個第二學士學位專業、221個碩士點、199個博士點、81個全國重點學科、35個博士後科研流動站。北京大學的中科院院士、"973項目”首席科學家、教授、博士生導師、長江學者以及國家重點學科、重點實驗室的數目，均居全國高等院校之首。

Peking University Library is the largest university library in Asia and has a collection of 703 million ng University has made an effective combination of the research on important scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization。The university has become a center for teaching and research and a comprehensive university of the new type，consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences，social sciences，the humanities，Medical sciences and sciences of management and education

北京大學圖書館爲亞洲最大的大學圖書館，現有藏書'703萬餘冊。北京大學注重將重大科學研究和培養我國社會主義現代化建設所需要的高水平專業技術人才相結合，已經成爲一所以教學科研爲中心的，擁有自然科學、應用科學、社會科學、人文科學、醫藥科學、管理科學、教育科學等多種學科的新型綜合性大學。

"Member of Peking University" is a glorious name which represents not only excellence and brilliance but also diligencne and dutyThe tradition of Peking University member of Peking University，has best and devote himself to peking university today and China in the future.

北大人”—這個光輝的名字不僅代表着優秀與才華，更着勤奮和責任。北大的傳統滲透到每個北大人的血液裏，鞭策每一個北大人不懈努力，爲今日之北大與明日之中國而奮鬥不息 。

Glorious History

歷史變遷

Peking University the former Jing Shi Da Xue Tang(the Metropolitan University)，was founded in December y 1912，the Metropolitan Universify was renamed"Peking University" 1917，its presidency was taken up by Mr. CaiYuanpei an outstanding scienfisteducationist and democraticrevolutionary，who played an active role in the reform and development of the university. By 1919，the university developed into the country's largest institution of higher learning，with 14 departments and an enrollment of more than 2 000 students.

北京大學創於1898年12月，初名京師大學堂。1912年5月改爲現名。1917年，著名教育家和民主主義革命家蔡元培出任北京大學校長，他爲北京大學的改革和發展發揮了巨大的作用。至1919年，北京大學發展爲國家的最大高等學府，有14個系，2000餘名在校生。

During the War of Resistance Against n，Peking University moved to Kunming，a city in Yunnan Province，together with Tsinghua University and Nankai Universify，formed the National Southwestern Associated University. In 1946，after the victory of the war，Peking University moved back to Beiping(then the name of Beijlin)At that time，the university comprised six schools(Arts，Science，Law，Medicine，Engineering and Agriculture)，and a research institute for the total enrollment of student grew to 3 000.

抗日戰爭期向，北京大學與清華大學、南開大學一起遷往昆明，改稱國立西南聯合大學。1946年，杭戰勝利後，北京大學遷回北平(當時的北京)。當時，北京大學由6個學院(藝術、科學、法律、醫藥、工程、農業)和一個人文研究院組成。在校生達到3 000人。

After the founding of the People's Republic of China，the government carried out in 1952 a nationwide readjustment of colleges and universities with the aim topromote higher education and quicken the training of personnel with specialized knowledge and skill by pooling the country's manpower and mnterial r the readjustment，Peking University became a university comprising departments of both liberal arts and sciences and emphasizing the teaching and research of basic sciences. By 1962，the total enrollment grew to 10671 undergraduatestudents and 280 graduate April 2000，a new Peking UniversitY was founded on the basis of the merging of Peking University and Beijing University of Medical Sciences.

中華人民共和國成立後，全國高校於1952年進行院系調整，以推動高等教育的發展，加快國家急需專門人才的培養。北京大學成爲一所以文理基礎教學和研究爲主的綜合性大學。1962年，在校本科生達到10 671人,2000年4月北京大學和北京醫科大學合併成立新的北京大學。