Baicheng Normal College(白城师范学院)

Baicheng Normal University was founded in 1958, formerly known as Baicheng Teachers College. In August 2000, the Baicheng Forestry School—originally subordinate to the State Forestry Administration—merged with the college. It was upgraded to an undergraduate institution in March 2002 and officially renamed Baicheng Normal University. The university covers a land area of 637,100 square meters with a building area of 245,800 square meters. It currently employs a faculty and staff of 946, including 331 teachers with senior or associate senior professional titles, and 719 teachers with doctoral or master's degrees. The full-time student enrollment is 14,275. The university comprises 19 teaching units and offers 50 undergraduate majors across 9 disciplines: Law, Education, Literature, History, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Management, and the Arts.

Academic Excellence and Research Platforms

The university boasts an impressive array of academic and research distinctions, including:

• National-Level: 1 first-class undergraduate major construction site, 2 characteristic majors, 2 off-campus practical teaching bases for college students, 2 first-class undergraduate courses, and 1 excellent online open course.

• Provincial-Level: 2 characteristic high-level discipline groups, 2 characteristic high-level major groups, 4 characteristic high-level majors, 9 first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 brand majors, 3 pilot majors for the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan, and 1 pilot major for innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.

• Research Facilities: 23 provincial-level teaching and research platforms. Notable centers include the Key Laboratory of Clean Energy in Western Jilin Province, the Baicheng Saline-Alkali Land Management Engineering Technology Center, the Jilin Provincial Technological Innovation Laboratory for Photocatalytic and Electrode Material Development and Utilization, the School-Enterprise Joint Technological Innovation Laboratory for Ecological Sponge City and Green Building, the Tongyu New Year Picture Art Research Center, the Tang Honglujing Carved Stone Research Center, the Couplet Culture Research Center, and the Jilin Provincial Research Base for Cultivating the Cultural Literacy of College Students in the New Era.

Domestic and International Partnerships

Baicheng Normal University has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 40 universities overseas and outside the Chinese mainland, including Ural State Pedagogical University in Russia and Daegu Catholic University in South Korea. It is a member of the ChinesePlus (Chinese International Education Foundation), the Sino-Russian Alliance of Universities with Cooperative Education Programs, and the China-ASEAN International Cooperation Alliance for Vocational Education.

Domestically, it jointly cultivates master's students with Jilin Normal University, Changchun Normal University, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, and Liaoning Technical University. The university also offers a preparatory class for ethnic minorities, enrolls provincial publicly-funded normal students (Targeted Excellence Teacher Training Plan), and jointly cultivates undergraduate students with Northeast Normal University, Harbin Normal University, and Northeast Forestry University.

Historical Contributions and Honors

Over the 67 years since its establishment, the university has consistently upheld its founding aspiration and mission to serve basic education and the western region of Jilin. By cultivating numerous senior specialized talents and developing key scientific research achievements, it has made positive contributions to the local economy and society. The university has been recognized with numerous honors, including:

• National May Day Labor Certificate

• National Civilized Unit

• National Training and Practice Base for Youth Science and Technology Educators

• Folk Culture Education Demonstration School of the Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association

• Jilin Provincial Civilized Unit

• Jilin Provincial Demonstration School for Law-Based School Governance

• Jilin Provincial Science Popularization Education Base

• Jilin Provincial Demonstration School for the Standardization of Spoken and Written Language

Current Developments and Institutional Reforms

Currently, the university is comprehensively implementing the fundamental task of fostering character and civic virtue (Lide Shuren), yielding significant developmental achievements.

• Academic Milestones: Selected as a key supported institution in the Ministry of Education's Normal Education Collaborative Quality Improvement Plan. Its teaching team won a second prize in the 3rd National University Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition. It was also approved for the reserve institution project of the "14th Five-Year Plan" Education Power Promotion Project to expand campus space, and was approved as a Class B university for master's degree-granting construction. Its high-level scientific research projects have hit historic highs.

• Governance and Reform: Spearheaded the "Western Jilin +" School-Local Collaborative Innovation Alliance. The university completed the provincial party committee's inspection rectification to a high standard, improved the "Triple Major and One Large" decision-making system (major issues, appointments, projects, and large funds), built a "Supervision +" five-in-one oversight system, and executed a special work-style rectification campaign. It launched a comprehensive performance-based pay reform, deepened personnel system reforms, and promoted socialized service reforms.

• Campus Culture: Promoted Party building using the "Six-Direction Work Method," initiated an "Excellent Seedling Plan" for young cadres, and built a university cultural system characterized as "One Main, Five Strengths, Ten Dimensions." The university has held three Lilac Cultural Festivals, created the "Most Beautiful Baishi Person" honor system, advanced a "one-stop" student community management model, and launched an "Intangible Cultural Heritage into the Campus" project.

• Employment: Graduate employment work has been praised by the Provincial Department of Education for three consecutive years, earning the university a second-prize performance award for retaining talent in Jilin.

Future Vision and Strategic Goals

Moving forward, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, the university will adhere to its motto: "Great Virtue, Clear Discrimination, Extensive Learning, and Earnest Practice." Rooted in its educational philosophy of "Rooted Education," and its operational philosophy of "basing upon strengthening teacher education, featuring non-teacher education, and serving local development," the university embraces the cultural values of "one diligence, two hearts, three directions, and four actions." Under its "14th Five-Year Plan," it will systematically execute the "345" strong university action plan and fulfill the tasks set by its Third Party Congress. The ultimate goal is to run a high-level, application-oriented normal university that satisfies the people, cultivating well-rounded socialist builders and successors, and contributing to new breakthroughs in the comprehensive revitalization of Jilin.

(Data as of March 20, 2026)