Sichuan International Studies University
Sichuan International Studies University (Chinese: 四川外国语大学) is a public university located in Chongqing, China. It is colloquially known in Chinese as Chuan Wai (川外). Originally founded as Russian Training School of Southwest Military University of PLA in May 1950, it is the only university specialized in foreign language studies in the Southwest region of China. Due to its close relationship with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is one of the few direct recruitment spots of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China. The total student body amounts to 11,000, including foreign students and short-term students. According to the latest Wu Shulian Chinese Universities Rankings, Sichuan International Studies University is ranked No. 4 among all Chinese international studies universities.
Sichuan International Studies University is an important base for foreign language education and scientific research and information consultancy center in the southwest as well. Over the past six decades, plenty of foreign language teaching and research talents have gathered here in the university, we have accumulated rich experience in foreign language teaching, made remarkable achievements in foreign language research, built advanced philosophy for foreign language teaching, created good environment for foreign language learning, and deposited profound cultural heritage on the campus.
Foreign languages offered in the college include Russian, English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese and Arabic . A number of non-language specialties have been added to its curriculum, such as law, journalism, Chinese as a foreign language, advertising, and tourism management. Six master degree programs have been offered, namely, Russian Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and World Literature.
Location
SISU main campus is located in ShaPingBa district of Chongqing, near the beautiful Gele Mountain by Jialing River with a total area of 770,000 square meters. (construction area is about 230,000 square meters) Due to its wonderful surroundings, this college has been granted the title of "garden-like unit" by Chongqing local government.
Student
The majority of students are from liberal arts background in middle school. Out of 12,000 current-enrolled students,8000 are four-year or three-year undergraduate students and 2500 are in adult and continuing education programs, while the rest are in short-time training programs.
Main Academic Departments
- International Students' Department
- Postgraduate Department
- Graduate Institute of Interpretation & Translation
- English Department
- International Cultural Exchanges College
- Department of English Language & Culture
- International Business School
- School of Journalism and Communications
- Department of Russian
- Department of French
- Department of German
- Department of Spanish
- Eastern Languages College
- Department of Chinese Language & Literature
- College of Applied Foreign Languages
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of Social Sciences
- Adult Education Institute
- Intensive Language Training Center
- College of Interpretation & Translation
External links
- Official web-site(Spanish, English, French and Chinese)
