Lijiang Normal University is a public higher education institution officially approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education. It has a history of teachers’ education for over one hundred year starting in 1906 at Lijiang Minzu Normal School. Through the various periods of development and integration of different schools, it was reorganized into Lijiang Teachers College in 2006 and moved to a new site in 2010. And in 2025, it is upgraded to Lijaing Normal University. The university has trained more than 65 thousands of graduates over the century. All of them made great contribution to the social and economic development, national unity and progress, and frontier harmony and stability of the Northwestern Yunnan. The college is also praised as “the cradle of teachers in Northwest of Yunnan”.
Lijiang is the home of “Three World Heritage Sites”. With its grand mountains and beautiful natural sceneries, many ethnic groups inhabit Lijiang. The unique ethnic cultures draw more and more scholars and experts who study and conduct research in this magical land.
Lijiang Normal University covers an area of 940 mu (around 62.7 hectares) and is well-equipped with many modern facilities like labs and sports fields. To 2024, there are more than 460 teachers, 77.78% of whom have Master or Doctor degrees .
The college currently has 12 secondary schools: School of Physics and Health Education, School of Arts, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, School of Tourism and Economy Management, school of Foreign Languages, School of Preprimary Education, School of Literature and Media, etc.
It has provided 39 majors. There are 149 on-campus experimental training rooms and 136 off-campus intership and training bases. From 2018, the students have won 820 awards in the national and provincial competitions for students’ teaching skills, sports, innovation and entrepreneurship, and oral English.
The university attaches importance to the international exchanges and cooperation. The international students program was established in 1995. Foreign students from abut 20 countries have completed their Chinese language and cultural studies in the institution. There are teachers and students of short exchange from Singapore, United States and Germany to join our classroom to learn Chinese painting, calligraphy and so on. At present, the college has elementary, intermediate, advanced Chinese classes, and other culture related classes like martial art, Chinese painting, and Dongba culture study. The college has established cooperation with Lijiang Dongba Cultural Research Institute and is one of the educational practice bases of the institute. Qualified Chinese teachers teach international students, and a wealth of experience and great success in offering Chinese courses has been achieved in the past fifteen years. The staff of the Chinese language-teaching program of Lijiang Normal University understands the importance of cultural exchange in Lijiang. Lijiang City, together with the university is heading for a bright future. Lijiang Nomal University warmly welcomes international students to join our community.
