Yingshi University

Yingshi University (Traditional Chinese: 英士大學, Simplified Chinese: 英士大学), was a defunct university of Zhejiang Province, China.

Brief history

At beginning, the university was a war-period university during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During the war time, the Zhejiang Provincial Government founded the university in November 1938, and formally opened it to the public in Feb 1939.

1939-1943, it was a Zhejiang provincial public university (省立英士大學/省立英士大学). 1943, it was promoted to the status of "National", namely "National Yingshi University" (國立英士大學/国立英士大学), till its dissociation in 1949. [ [http://www.zjda.gov.cn/archive/platformData/infoplat/pub/archivesi_12/docs/200712/d_70024.html 浙江档案网 ] ]

Auguest 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, the Jinhua Civic Military Control Committee (金華市軍管會/金华市军管会) controlled the university and further dissociated it. Many of its faculties joined the Zhejiang University, and most of its students who wanted to continue their educations were transferred into the Zhejiang University. [ [http://baike.baidu.com/view/606259.htm 英士大学_百度百科 ] ]

List of Presidents

* Wu Nanxuan (吳南軒/吴南轩)
* Du Zuozhou (杜佐周)
* He Bingsong (何炳松)
* Zhou Shang (周尚)
* Yang Songda (楊公達/杨公达)
* Tang Jihe (湯吉禾/汤吉禾)
* Deng Chuankai (鄧傳楷/邓传楷)

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