Yang Fujia was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a renowned nuclear physicist and a Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, England.
10 Facts About Yang Fujia
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Yang Fujia was President of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
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Yang Fujia was born in Shanghai, graduated from Shanghai Gezhi High School and obtained a degree in physics from Fudan University.
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Yang Fujia was a lecturer and professor of physics at Fudan, serving as President of the university from 1994 to 1999.
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Yang Fujia has held visiting professorships at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark; Rutgers University, US; the State University of New York at Stony Brook, US; and the University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Yang Fujia held honorary degrees from Soka University of Japan, the State University of New York, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Nottingham, England; and the University of Connecticut, US.
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Yang Fujia was installed as the University of Nottingham's sixth Chancellor on 4 July 2001, the first time that a Chinese academic has become Chancellor of a UK university.
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Yang Fujia stepped down on 1 January 2013 and was succeeded by Sir Andrew Witty.
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Yang Fujia continued to hold the office of President at UNNC, presiding at Graduation Ceremonies and engaging closely with students who have followed Yang's original dream of moderating and reforming China's higher education circumstance.
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Yang Fujia died in Shanghai on 17 July 2022 at the age of 86.