Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Foreign Studies University
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Simplified Chinese	北京外国语大学
Traditional Chinese	北京外國語大學
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Wàiguóyǔ Dàxué

Beijing Foreign Studies University
Motto	兼容并蓄博学笃行
Type	National
Established	1941
President	Yang Dan
Academic staff	2,428
Students	8,579 (932 international students)
Undergraduates	5,088
Postgraduates	2,559
Doctoral students	440
Location	Beijing, China
Campus	Urban
Website	global.bfsu.edu.cn/en/

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; Chinese: 北京外国语大学; pinyin: Běijīng Wàiguóyǔ Dàxué), commonly known as Beiwai (Chinese: 北外) in Mandarin, is a public university in Beijing, China. BFSU boasts of the oldest language programs in China, offering the largest number of foreign language majors on different educational levels. Located in Haidian District of Beijing, BFSU is divided into two campuses – west and east. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.^[1]

BFSU is a notable research university specializing in foreign studies according to recent collegiate rankings.^[2] BFSU ranked the 17th out of 2,965 universities in China according to the statistics conducted on scores of test takers from 2012 to 2019 for the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao).^[3] BFSU retained its ranking in 2020.^[4]

BFSU alumni are well-known for Chinese diplomacy circles, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China. Around 400 ambassadors and over 1,000 counselors graduated from BFSU. BFSU is thus known as “Cradle of Diplomats”.^[5] BFSU was affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its establishment in 1941 to the early 1980s and was classified a key university under the Ministry of Education. BFSU is praised for offering the widest range of language studies in China: as of September 2019, there are 101 foreign languages being taught in this university.^[6] The university consistently features in the top 100 international universities in linguistics as ranked by the QS World University Rankings by subjects.^[7]

BFSU qualified for the first round of the competition in its efforts to enter Project 211, a university development plan launched by the Ministry of Education in 1996.^[8] BFSU is directly under the leadership of the Chinese Ministry of Education. BFSU is one of China’s top universities listed under “Project 211” and "Project 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines". The government-sponsored campaign selected BFSU to governmentally support BFSU.^[9]

BFSU has more than 1,000 international students from all over the world, more than 100 countries. Especially, South Korean, German, Malaysian (IBS) and Japanese students (School of Chinese Language and Literature) are the largest ethnic groups on campus. Some foreign students study only in Mandarin with Chinese students but most of the foreign students select international business school undergraduate program which is taught in English and can take Chinese language courses. More than 70 years, over 90,000 people have graduated from the Beijing Foreign Studies University.^[10]

Teaching institutions[]

West Campus of BFSU

International Business School (IBS)
School of International Relations and Diplomacy (SIRD)
School of English and International Studies (SEIS)
School of Law (BFSULAW)
School of English for Specific Purposes (SESP)
School of European Languages and Cultures (SELC)
School of International Journalism and Communication (SIJC)
School of Asian Studies
School of African Studies
School of Arabic Studies
School of Russian
School of Marxism
School of Chinese Language and Literature
School of Art and Research
Graduate School for Translation and Interpreting
School of French
School of German
School of Spanish and Portuguese
School of Japanese
School of Computer Science
School of Physical Education
School of Information Science and Technology
School of History

Notable people[]

A Chinese French novelist Gao Xingjian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "For an Oeuvre of Universal Validity, Bitter Insights and Linguistic Ingenuity." graduated from the department of French, Beijing Foreign Studies University.^[11]

References[]

^ "教育部财政部国家发展改革委关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".
^ "高校排名：2014年中国语言类大学排行榜". Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "【2018版中国大学近5年录取分数排行榜】". Huadong Normal University. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "2020版中国大学录取分数排行榜". 搜狐新闻. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ "大学简介". 北外官方网. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "About BFSU".
^ "Linguistics". Top Universities. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
^ "网站地图—中国教育在线". www.eol.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2018-09-03.
^ "211工程大学名单". China Education Online Service (中国教育在线）. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ "大学简介". 北外官方网. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000". Nobelprize. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

External links[]

Coordinates: 39°57′15″N 116°18′15″E / 39.95417°N 116.30417°E / 39.95417; 116.30417

[Chinese_Department_of_Education-1] "教育部财政部国家发展改革委关于公布世界一流大学和一流学科建设高校及建设学科名单的通知 (Notice from the Ministry of Education and other national governmental departments announcing the list of double first class universities and disciplines)".

[2] "高校排名：2014年中国语言类大学排行榜". Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[3] "【2018版中国大学近5年录取分数排行榜】". Huadong Normal University. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[4] "2020版中国大学录取分数排行榜". 搜狐新闻. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

[5] "大学简介". 北外官方网. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[6] "About BFSU".

[7] "Linguistics". Top Universities. Retrieved 2021-03-06.

[8] "网站地图—中国教育在线". www.eol.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2018-09-03.

[9] "211工程大学名单". China Education Online Service (中国教育在线）. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[10] "大学简介". 北外官方网. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[nobel-11] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000". Nobelprize. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

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