Welcome to Peking University!

International Research Collaboration

at Peking University
Dr. LIAO Rikun
Division of Oversea Project
Office of Scientific Research
Jun. 24th , 2010
 Outline
• General Information
• Teaching and Research System
• Research at Peking University
• Development Strategy
• International Scientific Cooperation
General Information
 General Information

History

• Founded in 1898 - “Imperial University of Peking”

• From 1912 - “Peking University”
• Disciplinary Relocation in 1952

• Centennial Anniversary in 1998

-- Defined the goal to be world-class university
in the 21st century
• Merged with Beijing Medical University in 2000

• Re-constructed College of Engineering in 2005

 General Information

Fast Facts

• Students:
Undergraduates: 14,850
Master’s Students: 11,721
Ph.D. Students: 6,582
International Students: over 5000

Generally, graduate students are more

than undergraduate students.
 General Information

Fast Facts

• Faculty and staff: 19,029

Professors: 1676
Associate Professors: 2021
Other Teaching Staff: 2012
Administrative Staff: 1864
Support Staff: 6478
Maintenance Staff: 2625
Research Units Employees: 1387
Other Staff: 966
 General Information

Educational System

• Bachelor’s Degree: 4 years

– 110 Undergraduate Programs
• Master’s Degree: 2-3 years
– 278 Master’s Programs
• Ph.D. Degree: 3-5 years
– 229 Ph.D. Program
• MD program: 8 years
– Two years general education in main campus
• Postdoctoral Research Centers: 36
Teaching and Research System
 Teaching and Research System
Natural & Engineering Sciences
Schools/Colleges/Departments: 13
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physics
College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering
College of Life Sciences
School of Earth and Space Sciences
School of Electronics Engineering & Computer Science
School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences
College of Software & Microelectronics
Institute of Computer Science & Technology
College of Engineering (Reestablished in 2005)
Department of Psychology
 Teaching and Research System
Health Science Center
Specialties: 7
Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Preventive Medicine
Stomatology, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Medical Laboratory Diagnosis

Schools: 4
School of Basic Medical Sciences
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Public Health
School of Nursing

Affiliated Hospitals: 8
Teaching hospitals: 12
 Teaching and Research System

Labs and Centers

Level 1: Government Authorized
 National Lab of Molecular Sciences (Beijing) (1/6)
 State Key Laboratories (10/220)
 Key Laboratories of MOE (14)

Level 2: University ： Multidisciplinary Research

 Institute of Computer Sciences & Technology
 Institute of Molecular Medicine
 Beijing Center for NMR （ Nuclear Magnetic Resonation ）
 PKU-Yale Joint Lab for Protein Engineering
 PKU-HKU Joint Lab for Rear-earth Research…
 PKU-UCLA Joint Research Institute for Science and Engineering

Level 3: College or School: Joint with Top Companies

 IBM Innovation Institute, Motorola, Bell Labs…
 Teaching and Research System

State Key Labs: 10

• Laboratory for Artificial Microstructures and Mesoscopic Physics
• Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
• Laboratory for Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering
• Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology
• Laboratory of Machine Perception Delete
• Laboratory of Turbulence Research
• Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications
• Laboratory of Text Processing Delete
• Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control
• Laboratory of Natural and Bionic Drugs
• Laboratory of Nano/Micro Fabrication Technology
• Laboratory of Local Fiber-Optic Communication Networks & Advanced Optical
Communication Systems
Research at Peking University
 I. Awards

Science & Technology research highlights

Wang Xuan: the State Top Prize in Science & Technology winner
 Laser Typesetting Technology
 Over 90% coverage of Chinese newspapers in the world
Xu Guangxian: the State Top Prize in Science & Technology winner
 Rare Earth Solvent Extraction Separation and Functional Materials
 Over 90% highly purified product of rare earth in the world
 Increase millions of revenue for the country
 II. Facilities

Advanced facilities for research

 RMB 0.7 billion(2000) --- RMB 2.37 billion(2008)

 Animal facilities
 800MHz NMR ， XRD for macromolecular crystallography
 High performance computing
 Accelerator mass spectrometer
 High performance electron microscopes
 Nano-fabrication Lab
 ……
 III. Achievement
Publication
 III. Achievement
Technology transfer
 Encourage further development of technology based on new findings in
basic research
 1388 Authorized in China
 22 PCT
Development Strategy
 Development Strategy

Mission of the Nation: Innovative Country

• To promote high quality education and research of

Chinese Universities

• Chinese government launched 211/985 projects

-PKU received RMB 300 million from the 211 Project, 2002--2006
-PKU received RMB 2400 million from the 985 Project, 2004--2008
 Development Strategy

Destination of PKU
Cultivating leading talents with broad fields
of vision, leading ability in various fields as
well as a spirit of innovation
• Recruiting best scientists

Improving the quality of the faculty body
• Keep cutting-edge research

Focusing on advanced cross-disciplines

Establishing modern university system

Reforming of evaluation system

Creating innovation environment

More competitive education and research

breakthroughs in key areas.

Provide high quality education
• Serve the society
 Development Strategy

The Priorities in Research

• Information Science and Technology
• Nano-science and Technology
• Bio-medical Science
• Environment and Resource Studies
• Physical Sciences
• Humanities and social sciences
 Development Strategy

Budget for Researches 2009

• Totally: 1.14 Billion RMB

• For Natural Sciences, Engineering and Medicine:
1.04 Billion RMB
• The majority are from MOST and NSFC
• The funds from International Cooperation:
76.12 Million RMB
 Development Strategy

University Budget
 The revenue is about 4 billion RMB in 2008
 The research fund in Nature Science is about 1.04 billion RMB in 2008
Sources of income and research fund
Government
School enterprises Investment
University
Scientific 4% 13% Foundation
Research 2%
30%
Funding

28%
Special
23%
Funding
University Income

MOST: Ministry of Science and Technology

NSFC: Natural Science Foundation of China
MOE: Ministry of Education
International Scientific Cooperation
 Development Strategy

A Profile of International Research collaborations 2008

Supporters Number of Amount of the Funds

the projects (Million RMB)
International Companies 16 5.73
Internal Organizations 50 18.28
International Foundations 3 35.05
International Government 13 17.06
Sum 82 76.12
 International Cooperation and Exchange

Fast Facts
• Partner Universities:
about 260 sister universities from 50 Countries/Regions

• International Students: over 5,000 from 96 Countries/Regions

The rank of the students number: Korea, Japan, the U.S.A.

• Foreign Experts: around 600

• 53 State Heads since 1998

• About 10,000 visitors per year

 International Network

Currently, PKU has established bilateral exchange

relationship with more than 260 foreign universities
 International Projects

 Main Partner: USA/EU/JAPAN

 Top 6 Partners

 >30% International Cooperation Publications

700
 USA
600
 Japan
 Germany
500

USA
400
Papers

300

200
Japan
Germany
100

0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Year

USA Japan Germany Australia England South Korea

 Cooperation Styles

Cooperation Level
Personnel exchange

Bilateral workshop

Collaborative research

Collaboration
with industries

Joint Lab,
Research
center
 R&D Cooperation Partner

 Foreign Government
 International University
 Multi-national Corporation
 Joint R&D Organization
 Foreign Foundation
 Foreign Foundation

 Government foundation  Non- government foundation

 DFG  Bill-Gate foundation
 RCUK  …
 NEDO  Company scholarship
 NSF  P&G foundation
 NIH  Canon foundation
 …  …
 PKU-UCLA Joint Institute

University agreements lead

to visible action
 International Cooperation

 3835 SCI papers in 2008

 1181: international collaboration (30.8%)
 347 : with EU countries (9.1%)

Country Papers
GERMANY  154 
UK  73 
FRANCE  69 
SWEDEN  43 
NETHERLANDS  38 
SWITZERLAND  20 

* US 677
 International Cooperation

Research Priorities
FP Themes PKU Priorities
Health Health Sciences
Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Life Sciences
Information and Communication Information and Communication
Technologies Technologies
Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Material
and new Production Technologies Sciences
Energy Renewable Energy
Environment (including climate change) Environmental Sciences & Engineering
Transport (including Aeronautics)
Socio-economic sciences and Humanities Social Sciences and Humanities
Security
Space
 FP at PKU

EU’s Framework Programme

Year Awarded Projects Program
2003 1 FP5
2004 2 FP6
2005 3 FP6
2008 2 FP7
2009 5 FP7
2010 5(Applied) FP7

Subject SS & Human. Health Environ. ICT MCA

No. 4 3 2 3 1
 FP at PKU

Reasons for more FP programmes at PKU

1) Research-intensive university with a wide spectrum of disciplines

2) Best faculty team and students in China

3) Internationalization as a development strategy

4) Administrative Support:
Office of International Relations
Office of Scientific Research
Office of Humanities & Social Sciences
 Cooperation with Companies

• Last year, we invited our partners from overseas companies to

two symposiums for discussion of future collaborations.

• Over 30 companies participated in the symposium.

• 2010 “International Collaboration for Win-Win Progress” will

be held at middle of November.

• Open to all new ideas, suggestions, and potential patterns for

collaboration.
 2nd Win-Win Progress

1st Win-Win Progress

 International R&D with Multi-National Company

 Joint Lab
 Microsoft Statistical & Information Joint Lab
 IBM Senario Engineering Joint Lab
 Motorola Semiconductor Joint Lab
 Intel New Technology Joint Lab
 Renesas T-Engine Joint Lab
 Bell Software Joint Lab
 Altera EDA/SOPC Joint Lab
 Oracle E-Government Joint Lab

 Joint Center
 Fujitsu IT Technology Research Center
 Win-Win Targeted

Company Side
1 2 3
Fostering Strengthening Talent Spotting
Innovation Business with & Recruiting
Univ.
Enable innovative, cost Know how by access to Get indirect benefits by
efficient, exclusive & the complete potential training of future leaders
low risk pre-develop. of an Univ. or top managers.
 Win-Win Targeted

PKU Side
1 2 3
Industrial Technology Third Party
applications Transfer Financing

Easy access to and Transfer of scientific Sharpening of profile

intensive exchange research results into by highly relevant
about technology. practical applications. research.