Beijing Language and Culture University is a public university of linguistics in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university has the main aim of teaching the Chinese language and culture to foreign students. It is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is the only …
Beijing Language and Culture University is a public university of linguistics in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university has the main aim of teaching the Chinese language and culture to foreign students. It is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is the only international university founded by the People's Republic of China named after "language" and with the main mission of spreading Chinese language and culture. However, it also takes Chinese students specializing in foreign languages and other relevant subjects of humanities and social sciences, and trains teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. It used to be the only institute of this kind in China. After the push for higher education starting in the 90s, nowadays many other universities in almost every major city in China have a similar offer. Thus bachelor, master or post-doc degrees in "Teaching Chinese as a second language to Foreigners", as well as bachelor's and master's degrees in several foreign languages, are no longer only to be found at BLCU.
Other name: Bei Yu (北语)
Former names: Higher Preparatory School for Foreign Students (1962–4), Beijing Language Institute (1964–1996)
Established: 1962
President: Peng Duan
Vice-president: Cao Zhiyun, Qi Dexiang, Dong Lijun
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