The new campus of Tarim University rises, the first phase of the project opens in March next year

Tarim University new campus construction site. Photo by correspondent Liu Yisong

   Tianshan Net News (Reported by reporter Fan Qiongyan) A road is separated, and the new campus of Tarim University rises on the east side of the main campus. On September 25, the reporter saw at the construction site of the first phase of the new campus of Tarim University that construction vehicles were busy shuttled. Construction of the project started in July this year and will be put into use in March next year, when 4,000 students will be welcome to move in.

   Every few days, Peng Zexi, a 2019 student of the Faculty of Plant Sciences of Tarim University, has to go to the campus network to learn about the development of the new campus. "From laying foundations to erecting and climbing , one can see that each building continues to rise. The pride of being a student of' Tower University' is born spontaneously." Peng Zexi said.

Busy construction vehicles on the construction site of the new campus. Photographed by correspondent Liu Yisong

   Tarim University is a comprehensive university located in Alar, the first division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. It has 12 colleges and 67 undergraduate majors. It recruits students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country, with 24,000 students and 1,450 faculty members. It is an advantage of agriculture and life sciences as its characteristics. Agriculture, science, engineering, culture, management, law, economics, education, A university with coordinated development of multiple disciplines such as art and history.

Tarim University campus. Shiliyun/Xinjiang Daily reporter Zhang Wande photo

   In order to expand the scale of running a school, the construction project of the new campus of Tarim University is planned and constructed according to the scale of running a school of 15,000.The total construction area is 485,000 square meters, and the total investment is more than 2.5 billion yuan.

   The planning concept of the new campus of Tarim University takes the red gene as the inheritance, the Populus spirit as the guide, and the green as the background, constructing the campus space pattern of "axis + learning community". Among them, one axis is the innovation axis, which is the north-south axis of the new campus of Tarim University; 4 learning communities and 1 international learning community are built around the axis. In addition, the new campus also has an engineering innovation center, a graphic information center, a training center, a cooperative graduate school, and a multi-functional cultural and leisure sports area.

   Tarim University President Zhang Chuanhui introduced that after the completion of the new campus, the total area of ​​Tarim University will reach 5,000 acres. The new campus will be mainly engineering students. The first phase of the new campus has a construction area of ​​71,000 square meters, including comprehensive teaching buildings, dormitories, canteens, etc., and is currently under construction.

   "In March 2022, the new campus will welcome the first batch of students, with a scale of about 4,000 people, and another 3,000 people will be admitted to the new campus in September." Zhang Chuanhui said.

   According to reports, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the number of students at Tarim University will reach 35,000.

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