Chongqing Three Gorges University

Chongqing Three Gorges University (CTGU), set up in 1956, is a state-owned general university under the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. It is located in Wanzhou, the heart of the Three Gorges Dam Areas by the Changjiang River. It presently has a total enrollment over 13 000 students. Bachelor Degree is available for the students. CTGU has established cooperation and exchange relationship with many universities both domestic and abroad including programs in respect of students, teachers and scientific researches. In 2007, CTGU founded a Confucius Institute at Community College of Denver in Colorado，U.S.A. CTGU occupies the leading position in China in the researches on the Three Gorges’ Cultural, the Three Gorges Folk Arts, Migration Economical Development, Environmental and Ecological Preservation of the Dam Areas. Besides the scholarship founded by Chongqing Municipal Government, Confucius Institute Scholarship (CIS) by Hanban, CTGU also set the “President International Student Scholarship” and has other preferential policies for the international students. 50% of the international students were awarded the Chongqing Municipal Government scholarship during 2006-2008.