Three virtual teaching and research offices at Yunnan University were recently selected among the first batch of pilot development projects in the fields by the Ministry of Education.
To help teachers and students from Yunnan University, or YNU improve their English paper writing levels - and boost the success rate of submissions and the international influence of its academic research - YNU and the world-class academic journal Nature held a natural science research lecture on Feb 16-18.
The first applied mathematics center in Southwest China's Yunnan province was approved to be established on Dec 22.
The Ministry of Education recently announced its first batch of philosophy and social science laboratories, with nine pilot laboratories and 21 cultivation laboratories approved nationwide. The Belt and Road Institute of Yunnan University was selected as the cultivation laboratory.
Lei Chaozi, director-general of the Department of Science, Technology and Informatization at the Ministry of Education, conducted a field survey of the Institute of Palaeontology at Yunnan University (YNU) on Oct 13.
In 2016, Yunnan University (YNU) took the lead in the country to establish an Asian elephant research institution – the Asian Elephant Research Center of Yunnan University.