Shanghai International Studies University
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上海外国语大学 | |
Motto | 格高志远 学贯中外[1] |
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Motto in English | Integrity, vision, academic excellence[1] |
Type | National |
Established | December, 1949 |
President | Li Yansong (李岩松) |
Academic staff | 1,305 |
Undergraduates | 5,972 |
Postgraduates | 2,827 |
Location | Shanghai , China |
Campus | Urban 74.7 hectares |
Colors | SISU Blue |
Nickname | SISU, or ShàngWài |
Website | en.shisu.edu.cn |
Shanghai International Studies University | |||
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Simplified Chinese | 上海外国语大学 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 上海外國語大學 | ||
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Shanghai Russian School | |||
Simplified Chinese | 上海俄文学校 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 上海俄文學校 | ||
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The Shanghai International Studies University (SISU; Chinese: 上海外国语大学) is a Chinese university specialising in languages, literary studies, comparative culture and diplomatic studies. It is one of the top eight foreign studies universities in China, and is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double First Class Discipline University, with Double First Class status in certain disciplines.[2]
SISU is known for being one of the earliest institutions where China's higher education in foreign languages took shape. SISU was among the first batch of schools admitted to the Project 211. The Ministry of Education has designated SISU's English Literature a National Key Subject along with the English Literature of Peking University.
History[]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the East China office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央华东局) and the government of the Shanghai Municipality decided to establish an institute for higher education in Russian studies to cultivate qualified diplomats and translators for international affairs. With the support of Mayor Chen Yi, the Shanghai Russian School (上海俄文学校) was officially established in December 1949. Jiang Chunfang, one of the most famous Russian translators in China and the first chief editor of the Encyclopedia of China, was appointed the school's first president.
In 1950, the department of English was established and the college was incorporated as the foreign language school affiliated to the East China People's Revolution University (华东人民革命大学). The department of oriental language and literature was founded in April, 1951 and languages as Burmese, Vietnamese, Indonesian had respectively been introduced to teaching.
Later in 1952, a nationwide restructuring of institutes of higher education began in China, and the department of oriental language and literature was incorporated into Peking University. The college was renamed as Shanghai Russian College that specialise in teaching Russian language. The university was used to be widely known as Shanghai Foreign Language Institute (上海外国语学院) since its expansion in 1956 and became a national key university approved by the State Council in 1963 with the department of Russian, English (re-established), French, German, Japanese, Arabic and Spanish.
Approved by the Ministry of Education in 1994, it was officially renamed as Shanghai International Studies University (上海外国语大学). In the same year, it was listed as one of the first colleges and universities jointly supervised by the national Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Shanghai. In 1996, SISU passed the evaluation process of Project 211 directed by the Ministry of Education, and became one of the nation's “100 key universities for the 21st Century.”[3]
Academics[]
Schools and Departments[4][5][]
School | Program |
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School of English Studies | English |
Translation and Interpreting | |
School of Asian and African Studies | Arabic |
Korean | |
Persian | |
Vietnamese | |
Indonesian | |
Thai | |
Hebrew | |
Turkish | |
Hindi | |
Kiswahili | |
School of European and Latin American Studies | Spanish |
Portuguese | |
Italian | |
Greek | |
Dutch | |
School of Japanese Studies | Japanese |
School of Russian and Eurasian Studies | Russian |
Central and Eastern European languages (Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish, Czech) | |
Central Asian languages (Uzbek, Kazakh) | |
School of French and Francophone Studies | French |
School of Germanic Studies | German |
Swedish | |
School of Law | Law |
School of Economics and Finance | International Economics and Trade |
Finance | |
Accounting | |
School of Business and Management | Business Administration |
Public Relations | |
Information Management and Information System | |
MBA Center | |
School of Journalism and Communication | Journalism |
Broadcast Journalism | |
Advertising | |
Educational Technology | |
Online Journalism and New Media | |
School of Education | Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages |
English Education | |
Business English | |
School of Chinese Studies and Exchange | Chinese |
Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT) | Translation and Interpretation |
Translation Studies |
Ranking[]
Shanghai International studies university is ranked the 76th in the QS BRICS 2016, the 142nd in the QS Asian University Rankings, and its linguistics is ranked 151–200 in the QS ranking by subject.[6]
Graduate Education[]
There are 33 Master's Programs:(30 research programs) Adult Education, Ancient Chinese Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, Asian-African Languages and Literatures, Chinese and Foreign Political Institution, Chinese Linguistics and Philology, Communication, Comparative Literature and World Literature, Corporate Management, Curriculum and Teaching Methodology, Diplomacy, Education in Ideology and Politics, Educational Technology, English Language and Literature, European Languages and Literatures, Finance, French Language and Literature, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, German Language and Literature, International Politics, International Relations, International Trade, Japanese Language and Literature, Journalism, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Russian Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, Technology Economy and Management, Translation Studies; (3 taught programs) Translation and Interpreting (MTI), Business Administration (MBA), Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL).
There are 12 Doctoral Programs: English Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, Asian and African Languages and Literatures, Translation Studies, International Relations, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, International Politics, Diplomacy.
The Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT) of SISU is awarded the highest ranking by AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, as the only Asian university among the 15 top professional conference interpreting schools in the world.[7]
Global Presence[]
The University has entered into partnerships with 286 universities and institutions in 55 countries and regions.[8]
Campus[]
SISU has two campuses, one in Hongkou District and one in Songjiang District.
Hongkou Campus[]
The Hongkou campus is located in the center of Shanghai, covering 16.9 hectares.
Songjiang Campus[]
The Songjiang campus is in Shanghai's Songjiang New District, covering an area of 53.3 hectares.
Notable people[]
Notable alumni[]
- Wang Yeping - Former First Lady of China (wife of Jiang Zemin)
- Li Linsi - Former diplomatic consultant to Chiang Kai-shek
- Yang Chao - Former Chairman of China Life Insurance Company, Fortune Global 500 and China's biggest insurance corporation
- - President of China Minmetals Corporation, ranked 192 among Fortune Global 500
- Li Jinjun - Chinese Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, former Vice Minister of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
- Joan Chen - Chinese American actress, film director, screenwriter, and film producer
- Zhang Hanhui - Ambassador of China to Russia and formerly Kazakhstan
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b enabout,000667.shtml "Mission and Vision" Check
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value (help) on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014. - ^ "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)".
- ^ (zh) "The History of SISU". Shanghai International Studies University. 2006. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
- ^ "SISU | 上海外国语大学 | 院系设置". www.shisu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ "SISU | 上海外国语大学 | 专业列表". www.shisu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ "Shanghai International Studies University". Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ (en) "Shanghai interpretation school bounds into world top 15". People's Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 2005.
- ^ (en) "Global Partners". Shanghai International Studies University. Shanghai International Studies University. 2014. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12.
Further reading[]
- The Compilation Committee (1989). A Concise History of Shanghai Foreign Language Institute:1949-1989. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. ISBN 7-81009-403-3.
- The Compilation Committee (1996). A History of Shanghai International Studies University. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. ISBN 7-81046-094-3.
External links[]
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- Shanghai International Studies University
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