Baoji University of Arts and Sciences (BUAS) is a full-time, multi-disciplinary institution of higher learning under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. It includes such disciplines as liberal arts, history, philosophy, natural sciences, engineering, management, law and education with teacher training as its focus.

It was founded in 1958, first as Baoji University.

Baoji University of Arts and Sciences is situated in Baoji City, the hometown of Emperor Yan (one of the earliest Chinese emperors) and the cradle of the Zhou-Qin (Dynasties) culture. Baoji is the second industrial city of Shaanxi province, with the university located in the new state-level High Technology Development Zone. With the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Wei River to the north, the university covers an area of more than 900 thousand square meters.

Baoji University of Arts and Sciences now consists of 17 departments: philosophy(social science), politics and law, education, Chinese language and literature, foreign languages and literature, history, economic management, music, fine arts, mathematics, physics, chemistry and chemical engineering, geography and environmental engineering, machinery engineering, electronic and electric engineering, computer science and physical education.

41 specialties are offered for full-time undergraduates. Three of these specialties — chemistry, Chinese language and literature, mathematics and math application — are province-level key specialties. The university has its Adult Education College and Higher Professional Education College , and enrolls students from all over the country, and has been authorized to enroll students from abroad. The university now has over 1,6000 full-time students on its campus.

The strength of the university is in its teaching staff. The teaching and administrative staff number more than 1200, including 280 professors and associate professors and high-level personnel. Over 300 of the staff have Master's or Doctor's Degrees, and over 100 of Chinese and foreign famous experts were invited to be part-time professors. Currently there are 26 professors from Baoji University of Arts and Sciences helping students in 6 departments at Northwest University, Shaanxi Normal University, Northwest University of Agriculture and Forestry, and Yan'an University to gain Master's Degrees in 8 different majors.

Also, thirty teachers from Baoji University of Arts and Sciences have been awarded certificates of excellence, including: The National Certificate of Teaching Excellence, The Provincial Certificate of Teaching Excellence, The Provincial Certificate of Famous in Teaching, The National Certificate for Contribution to the Teaching Profession, The Provincial Certificate for Contribution to the Teaching Profession, The Provincial Certificate for Contribution to the Teaching Profession of Young and Middle-aged Experts and other state-level and province-level honours.

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