In January of 2006, with the approval of Degree Committee of the State Council, our school became the Conferring Unit of Doctor's Degree which formally gave the qualification of recruiting and training doctors. At present, WIPE＊s student population stands at about 10,000 full-time students, including 600 postgraduates. There are an additional 3,500 adults enrolled in WIPE's continuing education programs.
WIPE has undertaken many research projects under the sponsorship of the National Natural Science fund and National Social Science fund and has also undertaken key, provincial, research projects, WIPE has received many awards for scientific and technological accomplishments and has been awarded national patents for inventions. In December 2001, the National General Administration of Sports gave WIPE the designation of ※key research base for sports social science.§ In July 2003, Hubei Education Department gave the institute the designation of ※Hubei sports industry research center.§
WIPE excels in competitive sports and has developed superior,sports skills programs, such as, for boating and martial arts. It also produced many outstanding athletes who, like Olympic gymnastics champion Yangwei, have brought glory to China in international competition. Students successively won 326 gold medals, 236 silver medals, 269 bronze medals in international and domestic great matches such as the Olympic Games, Asian Games, and National Games. WIPE is recipient of the National General Administration of Sports ※Award for Contributions to Success in Sports,§ and WIPE has been designated as ※national, elite athletes＊ training base for boating§ and the ※national training base for Chinese martial arts for young athletes.§
International academic exchange is another area to which the institute has attached great importance, To date, sound working relationships on exchange and cooperation have been established with some 20 institutes of physical education in countries, such as, the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, Ukraine, as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong in China. Nationally, WIPE cooperates with some 30 provinces and cities, as well as with several physical education associations in China.
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