Rich historical heritage: founded in 1909, in its 110+ years of educational journey, it has created the 'eight academicians from one department' in chemistry, geology's 'three generations of teachers and students bravely exploring the three poles of the Earth', CAS 'Lanzhou University Legion', Longi Lanzhou University partners, and other 'Lanzhou University phenomena' renowned both at home and abroad.
Excellent overall strength: A comprehensive research university, a national '211 Project' and '985 Project' construction institution, in 2017 was selected as a world-class university construction institution (Class A), has an important strategic position in the national higher education landscape, and has significant influence and a good reputation both domestically and internationally.
Comprehensive range of disciplines: covering 12 discipline categories, currently offering 103 undergraduate programs, the interdisciplinary atmosphere helps cultivate students' comprehensive qualities.
Strong academic strength: 10 national key disciplines (including cultivation), with Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Grassland Science being selected for the world-class discipline construction list.
Advanced talent cultivation philosophy: Adopting a broad-based, wide-scope large-category training model, more than 70 majors recruit according to large categories, professional specialization is conducted at the end of the first or second academic year, solidifying students' professional foundation and accumulating their professional literacy.
Excellence in talent cultivation: Since the reform and opening-up, the number of graduates who have been elected as academicians of the two academies ranks among the top eight in the country, and the number of those who have received the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund ranks among the top eight among universities nationwide.
Flexible major transfer opportunities: From freshman admission to the second semester of sophomore year, students have multiple opportunities to change their major, including selection for base classes, transfer for new students, transfer for current students, and 2+2 program selection, fully meeting students' academic choices.
Rich achievements in basic research: remarkable research achievements in 4 first-class construction disciplines including chemistry, atmospheric science, ecology, and grassland science, as well as in magnetism, nuclear science, cell activity and stress adaptation, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, glacial permafrost, polypeptide drugs, Dunhuang studies, ethnology, Sinicization of Marxism, regional economics, and other fields.
Rich opportunities for international exchange: The university adheres to an open education approach, actively carries out international exchanges and cooperation, and has currently established exchange and cooperative relationships with more than 220 universities and research institutions in over 40 countries and regions around the world.
High recommendation rate: Among each cohort of undergraduate graduates, more than 40% of students continue to pursue graduate studies, with over 1,000 students recommended for admission without examination each year, accounting for nearly one-quarter of the graduating class.
