Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing Foreign Studies University
	北京外国语大学
Motto	(兼容并蓄博学笃行)
Established	1941
Type	National
President	Chen Yulu
Academic staff	1,413
Students	8,600
Location	Beijing, China
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.bfsu.edu.cn/

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Beijing Foreign Studies University (Chinese: 北京外国语大学; pinyin: Běijīng Wàiguóyǔ Dàxué) is a foreign language and international studies university in China^{[citation needed]}, often named "the cradle of diplomats" in the country.^{[citation needed]}

It is located in Weigongcun, Beijing, People's Republic of China. The campus occupies 304,553 square meters, with a student dormitory area of 40,000 m² and a library of 9997 m², and is divided in two by Beijing's Third Ring Road. Other facilities on campus include an audiovisual center, dining halls, and tennis courts. The university is popularly known as Běiwài (Chinese: 北外) in Mandarin and BFSU in English.

The university has evolved from the Yan'an School of Foreign Languages based on the Russian Language Unit of the Third Branch of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political College. The latter was established by the Communist Party of China during the Japanese invasion. BFSU takes pride in^{[weasel words]} its contacts with the Party Central Committee and such Chinese leaders as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. BFSU has been China's principal base offering foreign language training. BFSU was affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its establishment to the early 1980s and is now a key university under the Ministry of Education.

BFSU qualified for the first round of the competition in its efforts to enter Project 211, a university development programme launched by the Ministry of Education in 1996.

Some 115 faculty members are recognized by the state for their academic performance and receive state subsidies.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Schools and Departments

[edit] Schools

The gym of Beiwai

Law School

School of Asian and African Studies
- Department of Korean Studies
- Department of Southeast Asian studies
  - Cambodian Studies
  - Lao Studies
  - Malay Studies
  - Indologie
  - Vietnamese studies
  - Burma studies
  - Thai studies
  - Filipinology
- Department of South Asian Studies
  - Sinhala
  - Hindi
  - Urdu
- Department of West Asian and African Studies

School of Chinese Language and Literature
- Department of Chinese Language
- Department of Chinese as a foreign language

School of English and International Studies
- Department of English Studies
- Department of International Journalism and Communication
- Department of Translation and Interpretation
- Department of Irish studies

School of European languages and Culture
- Department of Eastern and Southern European Studies
  - Albanology
  - Bulgarian Studies
  - Czech studies
  - Slovak Studies
  - Romanian Studies
  - Hungarian studies
  - Italian Studies
  - Latin
  - Maltese Studies
  - Polish Studies
  - Serbian Studies
  - Croatian studies
  - Slovene Studies
  - Greek Studies
- Department of Northern European Studies
  - Danish Studies
  - Dutch Studies
  - Estonian Studies
  - Finnish Studies
  - Icelandic Studies
  - Latvian Studies
  - Lithuanian Studies
  - Norwegian Studies

School of International Business
- Department of Accounting
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of E-commerce and Information Management
- Department of Finance
- Department of International economics
- 国际金融与商务研究所

School of International Relations and Diplomacy
- Department of Diplomacy
- Department of International Politics
- 国际问题研究所

School of Russian Studies Институт Русского Языка
- Russian Studies
- Ukrainian studies

Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation

[edit] Departments

Department of Arabic Studies
- Arabic Studies

Department of French and Francophone Studies
- French Studies
- Swiss Studies

Department of German Studies
- German Studies
- Swedish Studies

Department of Japanese Studies
- Japanese Studies

Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Spanish Studies
- Portuguese Studies

[edit] Languages

English
French
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
Portuguese
Persian
Thai
Vietnamese
Arabic
Greek
German
Russian
Turkish
Hebrew

You will see many other languages in the website through the address below.

[edit] References

^http://edu.sina.com.cn/gaokao/2007-04-29/120080720.html

[edit] International students

International students told the Global Times newspaper they were highly satisfied with the Chinese language program. The report also said the facilities are modern and the teaching staff is dedicated.^[1] ^[2]

[edit] Notable faculty, administrators, and alumni

[edit] Faculty

Wang Zuoliang 王佐良-literary critic and poet, professor of English literature
Xu Guozhang 许国璋 – famous educator, author of English, nicknamed by users as Xu Guozhang English
Zhou Jueliang 周珏良-literary critic, professor of English literature
Hu Wenzhong 胡文仲-Co-host of BBC English language teaching program Follow Me!, professor of Australian literature, educator
Chen Lin 陈琳 – famous educator
He Qixin 何其莘 – co-author of New Concept English