Beijing Language and Culture University

北京语言文化大学; 北京语言大学; 语言学院; Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
founding	1962
Sponsorship	state
place	Beijing , People's Republic of China
president	Cui Xiliang (崔希亮)
Students	13,000
Employee	829
Website	www.blcu.edu.cn

The University of Language and Culture Beijing ( Chinese 北京語言大學 / 北京语言文化大学 , Pinyin Běijīng Yǔyán Dàxué ; English Beijing Language and Culture University , BLCU) is a state university in Beijing ( PR China ), where mainly foreigners study chinese language .

history

The Beijing Language and Culture University was first known in 1962 as the Peking Language Institute ( Běijīng Yǔyán Xuéyuàn , 北京语言学院, Beijing Language Institute) and is considered to be the leading institution in China in this field. It reports directly to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1980s, the institute prepared many scholarship holders from other developing countries and from socialist countries for regular studies at other Chinese universities. Today paying students, especially from South Korea , make up the bulk of the students.

HSK

The standardized Chinese examination for foreigners HSK (汉语水平考试; Pinyin: Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì) was developed at the institute, which is now crucial for the acceptance of foreign students at Chinese universities.

Personalities

Mulatu Teshome (ሙላቱ ተሾመ) - President of Ethiopia (October 7, 2013 -)
Liang Xiaosheng (梁晓声) - writer
Da Chen - writer
Chris Lonsdale (龙飞虎; Pinyin: Lóng Fēihǔ) - psychologist, linguist
Valerie Grosvenor Myer - writer

location

The BLCU is located in the Haidian District, in close proximity to Peking University and Qinghua University . In recent years the university district has been better connected to the city center through the construction of a new subway line and a motorway ring, and large blocks of flats and many restaurants have been built around the BLCU.