Sichuan Foreign Language University
| Sichuan Foreign Language University | |
|---|---|
| motto | Cohesion, diligence, thoroughness, search for truth (团结 、 勤奋 、 严谨 、 求实) |
| founding | 1950 |
| Sponsorship | State |
| place | Chongqing, People's Republic of China |
| management | Le Keyong |
| Students | 14921 |
| Employee | 1228 |
| including professors | 365 |
| Website | http://www.sisu.edu.cn/ |
The Sichuan Foreign Language University (Chinese 四川 外国语 大学 ，, English Sichuan International Studies University, abbreviation SISU) is a university for foreign languages and international research in Chongqing . It is the only state foreign language university in southwest China and an important research center for international affairs.
The university is not a full university and offers a comparatively narrow range of subjects focused on foreign languages. In addition to foreign languages, the university offers courses in economics, the humanities and social sciences, such as B. International Economics, International Relations and Media Studies .
With 77 universities from 22 countries, the university has established partnerships at the university-wide and faculty level. Every year over 400 students are sent abroad through 94 exchange programs; conversely, over 400 foreign students come to Chongqing to study at the Sichuan Foreign Language University.
history
The history of the Sichuan Foreign Language University goes back to 1950. That year, the Russian Language Group was established at the Southwest Army College.
In 1951, the group evolved into a Russian learning association that was part of the Chinese People's Army's Second Infantry College. In 1953, the learning association was expanded to become the south-western technical college for Russian language.
In view of the ever increasing communications with foreigners, the demand for professionals with knowledge of foreign languages increased. Against this background, the Sichuan People's Commission decided in 1959 to transform the Southwestern University of Applied Sciences for Russian Language into the Sichuan Foreign Language Institute. Two four-year courses in Russian and English were offered, and in the following years several foreign language subjects such as German and French were introduced.
In 2013, the Sichuan Foreign Language Institute was renamed the Sichuan Foreign Language University with the approval of the Ministry of Education.
Study programs and research
Foreign language subjects
A total of 14 foreign languages are taught at Sichuan Foreign Language University:
- English
- German
- Russian
- French
- Spanish
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Hungarian
- Hebrew
- Arabic
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Thai language
German faculty
staff
Dean: Prof. Dr. Li Daxue
The German faculty currently has 27 lecturers (as of 2018), including 3 professors.
history
The subject of German studies was introduced in 1960. In 1985 the German faculty was established. In the same year, the young German faculty organized the international symposium “Schiller and China”.
Since 1996 the German faculty has been offering a master's degree in German studies with a focus on German literature . In 2014 the German faculty received the right to award doctorates. According to the evaluation report for subjects and universities in China (2017-2018), the subject of German studies at the Foreign Language University of Sichuan ranks fourth among more than hundreds of universities that offer German studies.
courses
The German faculty offers a wide range of German lessons, covering language levels from A1 to C2 and comprehensively promoting listening , speaking , reading and writing skills. In addition to language courses, courses in cultural studies, translation, interpreting, intercultural communication, German literature, intercultural learning and the history of Germany are offered. For the 2018/2019 winter semester, 435 Bachelor students and 82 Master students and doctoral students are enrolled at the German faculty.
Research Center
The German faculty has the Goethe Research Center, Heinrich Heine Research Center and the Center for German Studies, which is financially supported by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance of China.
International cooperation
The German faculty has established partnerships with 8 universities and scientific institutes. They are Osnabrück University, Viadrina European University, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf University, Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf, LMU Munich, Free University of Berlin and Adam Mickiewicz University.
Scientific institutions
- Center for German Studies
- Research center for foreign languages
- Institute for Comparative Cultural Research
- Research center for international economy and foreign trade
- Research Center for Judaism and Israel
- Research center for lexicography
- Chongqing International Strategies Research Center
campus
The university is located in the west of Chongqing, on Zhuangzhi Street in Shapingba District. It is located at the foot of the Gele Mountain and has an area of 71 hectares. The Sichuan Foreign Language University has two campuses. The east campus is the old campus on which the teaching buildings, the auditorium, the cafeteria, the sports field and the residential area for teachers are located. The west campus is the new campus on which the teaching buildings, the chairs, the university administration, the library, the cafeteria, the sports field and the student dormitories are located.
The two campuses are connected by many stairs, which is why the university is known as a mini-mountain town in the mountain town of Chongqing. The students and lecturers can reach the other campus in about 5 minutes with the university bus.
In 2010 the new library was built on the west campus. It has an area of 26,000 square meters and offers around 2500 user workstations. The conventional media inventory comprises around 1.15 million paper books and around 2.27 million electronic books. The library has 74 Chinese and foreign language databases.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.sisu.edu.cn/xxgk.htm . Brief introduction to SISU. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.sisu.edu.cn/jgsz.htm# . Faculties of the SISU. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ↑ http://dyx.sisu.edu.cn/yxgk/dyxjj.htm . Brief introduction to the German faculty at SISU. Retrieved November 10, 2018.