No. 2 High School Attached to East China Normal University

No. 2 High School of East China Normal University 华东师范大学第二附属中学
Address
555 Chenhui Rd, Zhangjiang Shanghai, 201203 China
Information
Type	Public School, Boarding School
Motto	卓然独立 越而胜己
Established	1958
Principal	He Xiaowen (何晓文)
Staff	140
Gender	Co-ed
Age	15 to 18
Enrollment	1400+
Campus	Suburban, 50,879 square metres (13 acres)
Affiliations	East China Normal University
Website	www.hsefz.cn

No. 2 High School Attached to East China Normal University
Traditional Chinese	華東師範大學第二附屬中學
Simplified Chinese	华东师范大学第二附属中学
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huádōng Shīfàn Dàxué Dì Ér Fùshǔ Zhōngxué

No. 2 High School of East China Normal University is a high school located in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Pudong, Shanghai, China.

Overview

Founded in 1958, No. 2 High School of East China Normal University is the only 'key high school' in Shanghai that is under direct auspices of the country's Ministry of Education other than Shanghai Foreign Language School, a school specialized in foreign language. It is most well known for its outstanding performance in international, continental, national and regional science contests. A number of 22 gold medals is won in International Mathematical Olympiad, International Physics Olympiad, International Chemistry Olympiad, International Olympiad in Informatics, and International Biology Olympiad as of 2009, the most in Mainland China.

The school locates in the Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park with convenient transportation, and covers an area of 10 ha with first-class basic establishment. No. 2 High School Attached to East China Normal University is a boarding school and at present, has a total of more than 1400 students and a total staff of 140. In 1999,its International Division was established and was approved by the Shanghai Municipal Government for enrolling foreign students, aged 12 to 18, for junior and senior high school education.

The school serves as an HSK testing center, as well as a 'Base' under the direct auspices of the Office of Chinese Language Council International of the People's Republic of China for teaching Chinese as a foreign language. In addition, the school provides Chinese language teaching as an established subsidiary of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council.

Alternative names

The school has (or has had) the following names:

• No. 2 High School of East China Normal University, official English name since 1999.
• No. 2 Secondary School of East China Normal University, school name used by College Board.
• No. 2 Secondary School attached to East China Normal University, out-dated since 1999, when International Department was built and the school planned moving from its original address (896 Zaoyang Rd., since built to 2002) to Pudong district in Shanghai.

School view

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School panorama

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School panorama

See also

• No. 1 High School Affiliated to East China Normal University

External links

• No. 2 High School of ECNU official website
• International Division of No.2 High School of ECNU
• No.2 High School of ECNU, Chinese Language Education Service for Foreigners
• UNESCO program: Strengthening the Second Secondary School attached to East China Normal University