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College of International Culture

Capital Normal University began international cultural exchange in1965. In 1999, College of International Culture was founded, mainly responsible for international culture exchange and foreign affairs. The college plays an important role in enhancing teaching, scientific research and internationalization by introducing foreign specialists, taking in foreign students, carrying out Sino-foreign teaching cooperation, implementing long and short-term educational training, exploring cooperative scientific research projects and offering studying-abroad advisory services. There are several departments: Cultural International Exchange, Foreign Students, Foreign Chinese Teaching Center, Studying-abroad Advisory Service Center, Training and Foreign Hotel, with a total of more than 70 staff members.

The Chinese Teaching Center for Foreigner specializes in teaching Chinese for foreign students. Among 50 teachers, most of them hold Ph.D degree (including in-school Ph.D) and master's degree. 90 percent of teachers have working experience in instructing Chinese abroad or studied abroad for a very long time. The Center also undertakes State Chinese Level Test (HSK) for Secretary and Research on Chinese-Teaching-for-Foreigner Network Education Share Platform and Resource Database Criteria, a project of State Chinese Language Office during the 10th Five Year Plan, to be carried out in collaboration with Tsinghua University. It is also approved to be a State Test Base for Chinese Language for Foreigners and a test site for HSK.

Studying-abroad Advisory Service Center is one of the first intermediaries that is approved by Ministry of Public Security to be qualified for studying-abroad service. Besides the service, it also holds various foreign languages-training classes. It can handles formalities related to studying abroad including Japan, Germany, France, British, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

The college is now actively cooperating with foreign universities in teaching, and has established cooperative relationships with universities in USA, British, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea. In the mean time, it implements long and short term educational training projects like vocational training, qualification training, foreign language training for domestic organizations, schools and enterprises.