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China Three Gorges University（CTGU） was founded with approval of the Ministry of Education. CTGU is a comprehensive university, which comprises the former University of Hydraulic & Electric Engineering/Yichang and Hubei Sanxia University, and is one of the key universities which are being constructed in Hubei Province. The history of CTGU dates back to 1923, and it has experienced the construction of “Project 211”. Besides, CTGU is one of the first universities which are conferred the qualification of recruiting international students, and it was awarded as “Excellent” in the Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation of General Universities organized by the Ministry of Education in 2005.

CTGU consists of 21 colleges, 32 programs for postgraduate students, 35 specialties for master program and doctoral program which are under construction. There are 55 specialties for undergraduate students, which cover 8 fields, including science, engineering, medicine, arts, management, economics, law and pedagogy. There are totally over 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, more than 1,300 postgraduate students, over 400 international students, and 12,000 adult students.

CTGU has more than 1,600 full-time teachers, including 833 professors and associate professors, 27 Chutian Scholars and Three Gorges Scholars who are specially appointed as professors, and 375 instructors of postgraduate candidates. Meanwhile, CTGU has employed 268 part-time professors, including 10 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 35 famous foreign scholars, some of whom are Nobel Prize Winners. The university has a total area of 252 hectares. There are 59 various laboratories(lab centers), and the total value of teaching and research equipment is RMB 190 million yuan.The university has 1 national key field scientific observation station, 5 provincial or ministerial key laboratories, 2 provincial engineering technology research center, and 1 provincial key research base for humanities and social science. Now the frameworks of 5 discipline groups, i.e. engineering of hydroelectric energy, hazard protection and environment, computer information technology and control engineering, Three Gorges culture and tourism, and life science and biological technology, have been under construction.

The university is located in Yichang City, Hubei Province, where there are worldwide famous Three Gorges Dam, Gezhouba Dam, and Qingjiang Geheyan Water Power Plant, the largest dam in Hubei Province. There is a long historic culture on celebrities and folk-custom, rich resources of Chinese traditional medicine and special ecological environment.The university holds all kinds of advanced teaching facilities. The campus is so beautiful that all of the students think it is an ideal place for them to study.

Library
The University library, which is one of the largest modern libraries in Hubei province, provides access to a collection of more than 2,129,000 volumes of books and periodicals. The computer-assisted management system, electronic library, internet access including periodcials, and index system of medical literatures have been established in the library.

Tuition Fees
Undergraduate program: US $ 2,700 for the first year and US $ 2,000 every year for subsequent years.

Other Fees
[1] Registration Fee: US $ 50
[2] Food: US $ 350-600 per year (in student’s cafeterial)

Hostel Facility
[1] Hostel accommodation: US $ 500 per year/per student shared by two students in a room. Hostel stay is compulsory for all international students.
[2] Air conditioner, private bathroom, TV, telephone, broad band internet connection outlet, water dispenser, two beds with required amenities and furniture. Students are required to by their drinking water and must pay the excess electricity and water.
[3] Food: The university has three huge students’ canteens, each with the sitting capacity of more than one thousand students at a time, where all kind of dilicious Chinese & other continental foods are available.

Health Insurance
The health insurance premium for students per year is about US $ 20. The details of the insurance coverage will be provided by the insurer. Health insurance is compulsory for all international students.