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["Photos/Stanford_Me/10.jpg","Main Quad of Stanford"],
["Photos/Travel_Germany/10.jpg","Cologne and me: Cologne Cathedral(officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne, under the administration of the Roman Catholic Church and is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture and of the faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary."],
["Photos/Tongji_Me/10.jpg",'Jiading campus seems like "Xanadu" of noisy Shanghai.'],
["Photos/Hometown_Family/30.jpg","Tianxi Garden of my hometown."],
["Photos/me/20.jpg","I am very good at Chinese Kongfu - once won a champion from \"Zhangjiang Cup\" (college student martial arts competition in Shanghai), and I serve as a master of \"Martial Arts Association at Tongji\"."],
["Photos/me/40.jpg","Grand Canyon of Zhejiang"],
["Photos/me/50.jpg","Chiang Kai-Shek Shilin Residence:
Chiang Kai-shek, served as Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to 1948. How spectacular the view from his house, is view isnt is?"]
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function SlideShow_Stanford()
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['Photos/Stanford/image1.jpg','Stanford Memorial Church:
In 1876, former California Governor Leland Stanford purchased 650 acres of Rancho San Francisquito for a country home and began the development of his famous Palo Alto Stock Farm. He later bought adjoining properties totaling more than 8,000 acres. The little town that was beginning to emerge near the land took the name Palo Alto (tall tree) after a giant California redwood on the bank of San Francisquito Creek. The tree itself is still there and would later become the university\'s symbol and centerpiece of its official seal.'],
['Photos/Stanford/image3.jpg','The Main Quad:
Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and, like many of his wealthy contemporaries, made his fortune in the railroads. He was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a U.S. senator. He and Jane had one son, who died of typhoid fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in Italy. Leland Jr. was just 15. Legend has it that the grieving couple said to one another after their son\'s death, \"the children of California shall be our children,\" and they quickly set about to find a lasting way to memorialize their beloved son.'],
['Photos/Stanford/image4.jpg','The old Union:
The Stanfords visited several great universities of the East to gather ideas. An urban legend, widely circulated on the Internet but untrue, describes the couple as poorly-dressed country bumpkins who decided to found their own university only after being rebuffed in their offer to endow a building at Harvard. '],
['Photos/Stanford/image5.jpg','Biology:
They did visit Harvard\'s president but were well-received and given advice on starting a new university in California. From the outset they made some untraditional choices: the university would be coeducational, in a time when most were all-male; non-denominational, when most were associated with a religious organization; and avowedly practical, producing \"cultured and useful citizens\" when most were concerned only with the former.'],
['Photos/Stanford/image6.jpg','Hoover Tower:
The prediction of a New York newspaper that Stanford professors would \"lecture in marble halls to empty benches\" was quickly disproved. The first student body consisted of 559 men and women, and the original faculty of 15 was expanded to 49 for the second year. The university??s first president was David Starr Jordan, a graduate of Cornell, who left his post as president of Indiana University to join the adventure out West.'],
['Photos/Stanford/image7.jpg','Green Library:
The Stanfords engaged Frederick Law Olmsted, the famed landscape architect who created New York??s Central Park, to design the physical plan for the university. The collaboration was contentious, but finally resulted in an organization of quadrangles on an east-west axis. Today, as Stanford continues to expand, the university??s architects attempt to respect those original university plans.'],
["Photos/Stanford/place/01.jpg" ,"The Place: Palm Drive is the main entrance to the Stanford campus, which is an awe-inspiring 8,180 acres, the largest contiguous college campus in America."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/05.jpg" ,"The People: Approximately 75 percent of Stanford students receive some sort of financial aid and students are not expected to take out loans to pay for their education."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/12.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford students, faculty and alumni are responsible for everything from the laser and the synthesizer to the first heart transplant."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/03.jpg" ,"The People: Professor Douglas Osheroff is not only the winner of the Nobel prize in Physics, but he also teaches an introductory seminar to freshmen - in photography."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/11.jpg" ,"The Mission: Stanford students typically declare a major, in consultation with the Undergraduate Advising & Research Office, by the end of sophomore year."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/01.jpg" ,"The Mission: Approximately 75 percent of undergraduate classes at Stanford have fewer than 15 students."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/01.jpg" ,"The People: Nearly all Stanford students live on campus in an eclectic assortment of living options including Xanadu, Bob, the Enchanted Broccoli Forest and Mars (pictured here)."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/02.jpg" ,"The Place: In less than an hour, Caltrain takes students, faculty and staff from the main entrance to campus in Palo Alto into either the heart of downtown San Francisco or San Jose, the birthplace of Silicon Valley."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/02.jpg" ,"The Mission: Every Stanford freshman is assigned 2 academic advisors - one is a faculty advisor and the other is a full-time professional advisor in the Undergraduate Advising & Research Office."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/02.jpg" ,"The People: California weather enables outdoor teams to enjoy year-round action. Stanford's Women's Water Polo Team placed third at the 2008 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/03.jpg" ,"The Place: San Francisco, a thriving metropolis known for its Bohemian and creative communities, is bordered by the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, and is just 35 miles north of campus. 'The City' is a popular weekend destination and where freshmen embark on a scavenger hunt during New Student Orientation each year."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/03.jpg" ,"The Mission: Gates is home to Stanford's legendary Computer Science department, including professors like Sebastian Thrun who is the Director of Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Lab."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/04.jpg" ,"The People: Approximately 40 percent of Stanford students pursue graduate study immediately after graduation. Stanford alumni are widely known for their entrepreneurial spirit, a spirit responsible for the creation of Mondavi Wines, the global symbol of American wine and food, and Odwalla Juices, an earth-friendly juice company whose mission is to 'nourish people everywhere.'"],
["Photos/Stanford/place/11.jpg" ,"The Place: Over 12,000 bicycle permits are granted each year, making biking arguably the most popular mode of transportation on 'the Farm.'"],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/04.jpg" ,"The Mission: GPS, the IQ test and the MRI were all invented at Stanford, as was the Klystron Tube, Recombinant DNA and Modern Portfolio Theory."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/04.jpg" ,"The Place: San Francisco is a city of neighborhoods including Russian Hill, North Beach, the Castro, Japantown, the Mission, Little Saigon and Chinatown, home to the largest Asian community on the West Coast."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/05.jpg" ,"The Mission: Green Library is just one of the many libraries on campus - partly responsible for Stanford garnering a space on Wired Magazine's annual list of Most Wired Colleges."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/06.jpg" ,"The People: Approximately half of Stanford students are women; half are men."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/14.jpg" ,"The Place: Outdoor cafes dot the Stanford Campus. Among them are Olives, NetAppetit, Nexus, the Thai Cafe, and Bytes, located in front of the David Packard Electrical Engineering Center. In a recent exit interview of Stanford seniors, however, it was the Treehouse, a casual Mexican restaurant that was voted as the 'favorite place to eat.'"],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/06.jpg" ,"The Mission: In Stanford's Structured Liberal Education Program, students confront central questions that have perplexed humans throughout the ages. SLE freshmen live and learn in three residential houses."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/07.jpg" ,"The People: The Stanford campus has a thriving arts scene with scores of student organizations dedicated to the creative and performing arts while Stanford Lively Arts, an incubator for local talent, recently forged a partnership with New York's Public Theater."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/20.jpg" ,"The Place: The Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden contains 40 wood and stone carvings of people, animals, and magical beings that illustrate creation stories and cultural traditions."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/08.jpg" ,"The People: Current Stanford faculty include 16 Nobel prize winners and several recipients of both the National Medals of Technology and Science. Since its founding, 26 faculty and alumni have won the Nobel prize."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/05.jpg" ,"The Place: The TransAmerica pyramid is the Bay Area's most iconic (and tallest) skyscraper. In the foreground is North Beach, the heart of San Francisco's Italian-American community and the home to the west coast movement of the Beat Generation."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/07.jpg" ,"The Mission: Sophomore College brings together up to 400 incoming sophomores before the beginning of fall quarter for 3 weeks of intensive, small-group studies and high-level research."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/09.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford students come from all 50 states and approximately 60 different countries. More than 17 percent of Stanford freshmen are the first generation in their families to attend college."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/06.jpg" ,"The Place: Stanford's Marguerite provides free shuttle service to the Caltrain Station, Downtown Palo Alto, the Medical Center, and the bustling Stanford Shopping Center."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/08.jpg" ,"The Mission: Current Stanford faculty include 1 of the 100 'most influential lawyers in America' and the co-inventor of the scratch-off lottery ticket."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/10.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford students cheer for 35 Cardinal varsity sports but they are also actively play in more than 20 intercollegiate club sports and nearly 2 dozen intramural sports ranging from sand volleyball to 3 v 3 basketball."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/07.jpg" ,"The Place: Closer to home, the city of Palo Alto is adjacent to campus. University Avenue is Palo Alto's main drag, lined with a movie theater, a Border's bookstore, an Apple store and scores of outdoor cafes and restaurants. "],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/09.jpg" ,"The Mission: Stanford is home to 7 schools including 4 graduate schools - all accessible to undergraduate students - in business, education, law and medicine."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/11.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford Women's Volleyball Team defeated UCLA in the regional final to advance to last year's NCAA Division I Final Four tournament."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/08.jpg" ,"The Place: Old Union is the centerpiece of student life and is home to the late night eatery, the Axe and Palm, popular on campus for its sushi and crepes. Pictured here is Stanford's annual 'Day of the Dead' celebration sponsored by El Chicano Centro, one of the many ethnic community centers on campus."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/10.jpg" ,"The Mission: Stanford students are permitted to use their work-study grants to secure employment with non-profit organizations, enabling them to do service and still get paid."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/19.jpg" ,"The Place: Old Union is home to several of the more than 600 registered student organizations that operate on campus. The central courtyard, with its fountain and benches, serves as a popular space on campus to relax and catch some rays."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/12.jpg" ,"The People: Thousands of students in a sea of red flood the Red Zone during home football games in Stanford Stadium, a stadium which once played host to the NFL Superbowl."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/13.jpg" ,"The Place: Over 22 organizations - Jewish Queers among them - are supported by Stanford's LGBT Community Resource Center, housed in the Fire Truck House."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/13.jpg" ,"The Mission: Stanford's Undergraduate Research & Public Service Program provides a forum for students to present their research, creative projects and public service to the broader university community."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/13.jpg" ,"The People: The Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band is affectionately known as the 'world's largest rock n' roll band.'"],
["Photos/Stanford/place/09.jpg" ,"The Place: Lagunita Court is one of 4 all-freshmen residences on the Stanford campus. All freshmen live on campus."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/14.jpg" ,"The Mission: Stanford's Introduction to Humanities seminar-style sections offer students opportunities to engage in sustained intellectual discussions from the freshman year."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/14.jpg" ,"The People: Former Stanford students include Reese Witherspoon & Tiger Woods, recently named the number 1 golfer in the world - who once played on Stanford's NCAA Division I Men's Golf Team."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/15.jpg" ,"The Place: The Arrillaga Center for Sports & Recreation is the hub of Stanford's fitness scene, complete with yoga studios, basketball courts and weight-training rooms."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/15.jpg" ,"The Mission: Through the Bing Overseas Study Program, Stanford students not only study abroad at 11 global campuses, but also take advantage of international field trips sponsored by the Bing family. Here, Stanford students (joined by Director of the Florence Program, Linda Campani and the Academic and Student Services Coordinator, Fosca D'Acierno) visit the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy. "],
["Photos/Stanford/people/15.jpg" ,"The People: 'Pro Fros' from New York City join Shawn Abbott, Director of Admission, during Admit Weekend, a three-day celebration for admitted students which takes place on campus every April."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/16.jpg" ,"The Mission: The academic calendar at Stanford is a unique one - distinguished by 4 distinct ten-week academic quarters. Students typically take classes for 3 of them each year."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/18.jpg" ,"The Place: The Clark Center is the centerpiece of Stanford's Bio-X program, an interdisciplinary institute bridging the worlds of biology, medicine, engineering and the physical sciences."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/10.jpg" ,"The Place: Branner Hall is one of nearly 80 residence halls on campus. More than 95 percent of Stanford students live on campus."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/17.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford's faculty to student ratio is a virtually unrivaled 6.4 to 1. Among the faculty is NPR's Weekend Edition 'Math Guy.'"],
["Photos/Stanford/people/17.jpg" ,"The People: DeAngela Burns-Wallace, Assistant Dean of Admission, is a Kansas City native and Stanford alumna who directs Stanford's diversity outreach efforts."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/16.jpg" ,"The Place: The Cantor Arts Center is home to the largest collection of Rodin sculptures outside of Paris."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/18.jpg" ,"The Mission: With more than 100 to choose from, Stanford's Introductory Seminars give every freshman and sophomore the opportunity to interact in small-groups, each capped at 16 students."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/18.jpg" ,"The People: International students like break-dancing champion, Julian Gropp '11 from Berlin, Germany, comprise approximately 6-8% of Stanford's undergraduate student body."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/17.jpg" ,"The Place: The chic Cool Cafe, operated by a local San Francisco restaurateur, overlooks the Rodin Sculpture Garden and is housed within the world-class Cantor Arts Center."],
["Photos/Stanford/place/12.jpg" ,"The Place: Though just 13% of Stanford students join Greek-letter organizations, fraternities and sororities have been a part of the Stanford culture since 1891."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/19.jpg" ,"The People: Stanford's Annual PowWow is the largest collegiate celebration of its kind in the nation and takes place in the Eucalyptus Groves each May."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/20.jpg" ,"The People: Hispanic.online ranked Stanford the number 1 university in America for Chicano & Latino students. Hispanic Magazine consistently ranks Stanford among the top 10."],
["Photos/Stanford/mission/19.jpg" ,"The Mission: The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has helped yield key discoveries in elementary particle physics, studies that provide insight into the fundamental composition of matter. The 426-acre facility, which includes a two-mile linear accelerator, is operated by the University for the U.S. Department of Energy. 3 Stanford physicists have won Nobel Prizes for work they conducted there."],
["Photos/Stanford/people/21.jpg" ,"The People: The Mendicants were founded in 1963 and are one of 10 a capella groups that perform on the Stanford campus. The others include Counterpoint, Everyday People, Fleet Street Singers, Gospel Choir, Harmonics, Mixed Company, Raagapella, Talisman, and Testimony."]
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function SlideShow_China()
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['Photos/China/10.jpg','Forbidden City:
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum.'],
['Photos/China/20.jpg','Forbidden City:
For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government. Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square metres (7,800,000 square feet). The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere. The Forbidden City was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987, and is listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.'],
['Photos/China/30.jpg','The throne in the Palace of Heavenly Purity:
The Palace of Heavenly Purity is a double-eaved building, and set on a single-level white marble platform. It is connected to the Gate of Heavenly Purity to its south by a raised walkway. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the residence of the Emperor. However, beginning from the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor lived instead at the smaller Hall of Mental Cultivation to the west, out of respect to the memory of the Kangxi Emperor. The Palace of Heavenly Purity then became the Emperor\'s audience hall. A caisson is set into the roof, featuring a coiled dragon. Above the throne hangs a tablet reading \"Justice and Honour\".'],
['Photos/China/40.jpg','National Centre for the Performing Arts:
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (National Grand Theatre), and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People\'s Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m2 in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.'],
['Photos/China/50.jpg','National Centre for the Performing Arts:
The exterior of the theater is a titanium accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It is said to look like an egg floating on water. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable, like the Sydney Opera House.'],
['Photos/China/55.jpg','Inside of National Grand Theatre:
Internally, there are three major performance halls: The Opera Hall is used for operas, ballet, and dances and seats 2,416. The Music Hall seats 2,017 seats. The Theater Hall is used for plays and the Beijing opera. It has 1,040 seats.'],
['Photos/China/57.jpg','Inside of National Grand Theatre:
The location, immediately to the west of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, and near the Forbidden City, combined with the theatre\'s futuristic design, created considerable controversy.'],
['Photos/China/60.jpg','Beijing National Stadium:
Beijing National Stadium (also known as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the \"Bird\'s Nest\", is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.'],
['Photos/China/65.jpg','Beijing National Stadium:
Located in the Olympic Green, the US$423 million stadium is the world\'s largest steel structure.[5] The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003, after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. The design, which originated from the study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearance of a \"Bird\'s nest\".'],
['Photos/China/67.jpg','Inside of Beijing National Stadium:
The eastern and western stands of Beijing National Stadium are higher than northern and southern stands, in order to improve sightlines. A 24-hour per day rainwater collector is located near the stadium; after water is purified, it is used throughout and around the stadium.'],
['Photos/China/70.jpg','National Aquatics Center:
The Beijing National Aquatics Center (better known as the Water Cube, is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Despite its nickname, the building is a cuboid (rectangular box), not a cube.'],
['Photos/China/75.jpg','Inside of National Aquatics Center:
The Aquatics Center hosted the Swimming, Diving and Synchronized Swimming events during the Olympics. Water Polo was originally planned to be hosted in the venue but was moved to the Ying Tung Natatorium.'],
['Photos/China/76.jpg','The summer palace:
The Summer Palace or Yihe yuan (literally \"Gardens of Nurtured Harmony\") is a palace in Beijing, China.'],
['Photos/China/77.jpg','The summer palace:
The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water.'],
['Photos/China/79.jpg','The summer palace:
In its compact 70,000 square meters of building space, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.'],
['Photos/China/81.jpg','Shanghai Pudong:
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai. The tower, surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, creates a picture of \'twin dragons playing with pearls\'. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round.'],
['Photos/China/85.jpg','The Oriental Pearl TV Tower:
This 468 meters high (1,536 feet) tower is the world\'s third tallest TV and radio tower surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia. However, even more alluring than its height is the tower\'s unique architectural design that makes the Oriental Pearl TV Tower one of the most attractive places anywhere.'],
['Photos/China/87.jpg','The Oriental Pearl TV Tower:
Visitors travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators that can hold up to fifty people at the rate of seven meters per second. The elevator attendants recite an introduction to the TV Tower in English and Chinese during the rapid 1/4-mile ascent.'],
['Photos/China/91.jpg','Shanghai People Square:
People Square is a large public square just off Nanjing Road in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. People Square is the site of Shanghai\'s municipal government building, and is used as the standard reference point for measurement of distance in the Shanghai municipality.'],
['Photos/China/95.jpg','Shanghai People Square:
In the 1990s, major changes were made to the square. The Shanghai Municipal Government was moved from the former HSBC Building, and the Shanghai Museum was also moved away from its previous site in a former office building. More recent additions include the Shanghai Grand Theatre and the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.'],
['Photos/China/100.jpg','Shanghai Grand Theatre:
Shanghai Grand Theater is located on the west of the People\'s Square, the center of Shanghai. Designed by well-known French architect Jean Marie Charpentier, it is in concise and graceful geometrical shape as the crown-like white arc-shaped roof stretching to the blue sky.'],
['Photos/China/105.jpg','Inside of Shanghai Grand Theatre:
On the top of the theater are outdoor theaters and a mid-air garden, which are in the shape of a treasure bowl, symbolizing the broad-mindedness of Shanghai in attracting the cultural art of the world.'],
['Photos/China/110.jpg','Inside of Shanghai Grand Theatre:
The building, as a magnificent addition to Shanghai\'s resurging arts and culture scene, facilitates the city\'s enthusiastic pursuit of the world culture and arts as well as its flexibility ever since ancient times.'],
['Photos/China/140.jpg','Panda:
Panda cubs drink milk at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, April 17, 2008. The giant panda is one of the world\'s most endangered species and is found only in China. An estimated 1,600 wild pandas live in nature reserves in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, and 217 are kept in captivity. Panda together with Tibetan antelope, swallow, fish and the spirit of the Olympic flame are represented by the five stylised doll mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.']
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function SlideShow_Tongji()
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['Photos/Tongji/10.jpg','Jiading campus:
Tongji University, colloquially known as Tongji, located in the northeast part of the Shanghai city, has more than 70,000 students and 8,008 staff members (1 September 2007). It offers degree programs both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As one of the oldest modern universities in China, Tongji was established in 1907 by Erich Paulun, a German doctor in Shanghai.'],
['Photos/Tongji/20.jpg','Jiading campus:
The history of Tongji University can be traced back to 1907 when Tongji German Medical School was founded by Erich Paulun. The name Tongji suggests cooperating by riding the same boat. The school was expanded to include engineering in its programs and got its new name as Tongji Medical and Engineering School in 1912.'],
['Photos/Tongji/39.jpg','Tongji-German Institute :
Tongji-German Institute was established on February 18th, 1998, on the initiative of the Chinese and German governments. It aims at producing quality professionals with international backgrounds in collaboration with leading universities in Germany. As one of the cooperative projects in the cultural exchange agreement between Chinese and German Governments, Tongji-German Institute serves as a showcase for exemplifying the cooperation with Germany in education, technology and economy.'],
['Photos/Tongji/42.jpg','Civil Engineering:
The College of Civil Engineering has the traditionally advantageous civil engineering programs that are the oldest, strongest and most comprehensive in Tongji University. The College consists of The Department of Structural Engineering, the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, The Department of Bridge Engineering, the Department of Surveying and Geo-informatics and Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Prevention.'],
['Photos/Tongji/45.jpg','The Sanhaowu Garden:
As a university which had established a reputation for its research, Tongji became one of the first batch of universities which were authorized by the China State Council to establish its Graduate School. As one of the leading universities, it was successful in its application for the 211 Program which provided universities with substantial government fund.'],
['Photos/Tongji/50.jpg','Library of Siping campus:
In 1995 the university became one to be jointly supported by the State Education Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Government. In 1996 the university merged with Shanghai Institute of Urban Construction and Shanghai Institute of Building Materials. The merger was acknowledged by the State Council as \"Tongji Model\" in the system renovation of higher institutions in China.'],
['Photos/Tongji/60.jpg','Library of Jiading campus:
The university now registers over 70,000 students at all levels from certificate and diploma courses to Bachelor\'s Degrees, Master\'s, Ph.D. programs and post doctoral attachments. There are over 4,200 academic staff for teaching and/or research, among whom there are 6 Members of Chinese Academy of Science, 7 Members of Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 530 professors and 1,300 associate professors.'],
['Photos/Tongji/62.jpg','Inside of the Jiading Library:
The university offers diverse courses in its 81 Bachelors Degrees, 151 Masters, 58 PhD programs and 13 post doctoral mobile stations. Tongji University is particularly famous for its Civil Engineering and Architecture programs. Its Civil Engineering and Architecture programs are ranked Top 1 in P.R. China. As one of the state leading centers for scientific research, the university has 5 state key laboratories and engineering research centres.'],
['Photos/Tongji/65.jpg','Bridge of butterfly:
The university is active in promoting cooperation and exchanges with other countries. It has established links with Australia , Austria , Canada , France , Germany , Japan , Switzerland , UK and USA in the fields of education, science, technology and economics. A number of international joint programs have been established between the university and its counterparts in other countries in recent years. In 2006, the university enrolled 1829 international students.'],
['Photos/Tongji/80.jpg','College of Architecture and Urban Planning:
The College of Architecture and Urban Planning was developed from the Department of Architecture, which was founded in 1952 by a merger of the Civil Engineering Department of Tongji University, the architecture departments of St. John\'s University, Zhijiang University and Hangzhou Arts School, as a result of the nationwide university restructuring in the 1950s.'],
['Photos/Tongji/85.jpg','Green Shade:
Tongji University is titled the State-level Garden Unit for Excellent Afforestation. lts five campuses are located in the municipal city of Shanghai, covering an area of 2,460,000 m2. The Siping Campus is situated on Siping Road; the West Campus on Zhennan Road; the North Campus on the Gonghexing Road; the East Campus on Wudong Road and the Jiading Campus now under construction is located in Shanghai International Automobile City in Anting.'],
['Photos/Tongji/90.jpg','Graduate administration:
Tongji University is one of the leading universities directly under the State Ministry of Education. At present, there are schools and departments covering the subjects of science, engineering, liberal arts, law, medicine, business and management.'],
['Photos/Tongji/100.jpg','School of Medicine:
The Medical School of Tongji University has offered medical education to a large number of students has enjoyed an excellent reputation both at home and abroad since it was established in 1907 as Tongji German Medical School. In 1950, the medical school of Tongji University moved to Wuhan. In 2000, Tongji University acquired Tiedao University and the medical school of Tiedao University became medical school of Tongji University. Now the Medical School is under the Faculty of Medicine and Life Science faculty of Tongji University, and consists of the School of Stomatology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tongji Hospital, Railway Workers Hospital, and Oriental Hospital.'],
['Photos/Tongji/110.jpg','Jiading:
The College of Traffic and Transportation Engineering boasts having first-class teaching and research in comprehensive land traffic and transportation. Its major disciplines can be dated back to 1951. The departments in the College are the Department of Roads and Airports, the Department of Traffic Engineering, the Department of Transportation Management and the Department of Traffic Information Engineering.'],
['Photos/Tongji/115.jpg','Swan:
Tongji University has a long history of foreign language teaching. The German language was taught as early as 1907 when the German doctor Erich Paulun founded Tongji German Medical School. In 1946 the University set up a Foreign Literature program and some well-known scholars like Feng Zhi and Suo Tianzhang were invited to teach here.'],
['Photos/Tongji/120.jpg','Bridge Engineering:
The College consists of The Department of Structural Engineering, the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, The Department of Bridge Engineering, the Department of Surveying and Geo-informatics and Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Prevention.'],
['Photos/Tongji/130.jpg','College of Ocean and Earth Science:
The College of Ocean and Earth Science, originating from the Department of Ocean and Earth Science founded in 1975, was established in 2002. After resumption of the academic degree system in 1982, it was one of the first colleges that was authorized to confer the Master degree ill Marine Geology. In 1983 the College set up tile first and only doctoral program ill Marine Geology in China. In 1992 the previous State Education Commission approved the laboratory of this college to be an open laboratory, making it China\'s first and only key laboratory of Ocean Geology under the authority of Ministry or the State Department.'],
['Photos/Tongji/140.jpg','Teaching building:
The College of Software Engineering, which was established in September 2001, is one of the 35 national pilot institutes of software engineering approved by the State Ministry of Education and the State Development and Planning Commission. One of its education targets is to mm out multi-level, application-oriented software engineers with international competitiveness.'],
['Photos/Tongji/145.jpg','Inside of Teaching building:
The Women\'s College was jointly established by Tongji University and Shanghai Women\'s Association in July 2000. The College distinguishes itself by offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to women students inside a state key university. Wu Qidi, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Education is Honored Chairman of College Counsel.'],
['Photos/Tongji/150.jpg','Great Hall of Siping:
The College of Electronics and Information Engineering is composed of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, The Department of Control Science and Engineering, The Department of Information and Communication Engineering, The Department of Electrical Engineering, The Department of Electronic Science and Technology, CIMS Research Centre, CAD Research Centre and Research Institute of Semiconductor and Information Technology.The College of Electronics and Information Engineering is composed of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, The Department of Control Science and Engineering, The Department of Information and Communication Engineering, The Department of Electrical Engineering, The Department of Electronic Science and Technology, CIMS Research Centre, CAD Research Centre and Research Institute of Semiconductor and Information Technology.'],
['Photos/Tongji/155.jpg','Great Hall of Jiading:
Tongji University has a long history of foreign language teaching. The German language was taught as early as 1907 when the German doctor Erich Paulun founded Tongji German Medical School. In 1946 the University set up a Foreign Literature program and some well-known scholars like Feng Zhi and Suo Tianzhang were invited to teach here. Since then the German language teaching and research in Tongji have been enjoying an international reputation.'],
['Photos/Tongji/160.jpg','Conference Center:
The College of Material Science and Engineering was established in 1996 on a merger of The Department of Building Materials established in 1956 and The Department of Material Science and Technology established in July, 1958. In February, 1987, the Department of Material Science and Technology was renamed as the Department of Material Science and Engineering.'],
['Photos/Tongji/170.jpg','Walking Street of Jiading:
The College of Sciences consists of the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Physics, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Engineering Mechanics and Technology, and the Institute of Acoustics. The College has a state key discipline - Engineering Mechanics, two key disciplines of Shanghai ?C Condensed State Physics and Solid Mechanics, a Solid Mechanics Key Laboratory of the State Ministry of Education, a National Teaching Base for Engineering Physics and a Tongji University Teaching Base for Engineering Mathematics.'],
['Photos/Tongji/180.jpg','Dormitory:
During the recent years, the researchers in the College have taken on a number of state key programs, such as 863 High-tech Project and National Nature Science Foundation. The College also win the awards like Ten Grand Progress on Science and Technology of Chinese Universities, the first prize of state-level Teaching Achievement and National Nature Science Award. Innovative courses, the remarkable teaching and research achievements and the frequent national and international academic exchanges have made the College well known among its counterparts both at home and abroad in the field of teaching and research.'],
['Photos/Tongji/190.jpg','Yifu Building, Siping campus:
Sino-French Institute of Engineering and Management (IFCIM) of Tongji University was jointly established by Tongji University and ParisTech, a consortium of the eleven most prestigious graduate engineering institutes in France on November 2, 1999. It aims at producing high-level professionals by taking advantage of the rich resources of prestigious universities and big companies in both countries.'],
['Photos/Tongji/200.jpg','Symbol of Tongji:
On the afternoon of February 27th, the University President Pei Gang met with Julia Kristeva, the distinguished French philosopher, linguist, literary critic, psychoanalyst, feminine ideologist and professor of University of Paris VII. Prin...']
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