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Beijing International Studies University

Founded in 1964, Beijing International Studies University (BISU) is a nationwide renowned key comprehensive university of higher education and has developed into a multi-disciplinary university incorporating liberal arts, management, economics and law, with the specialities of foreign languages and tourism as its most distinguishing feature. Selecting students nationwide, the university takes it as its main task to train professionals proficient in foreign languages, tourism, economics, trade and finance, for the national economic construction and social advance.

Besides the modern language departments that teach English, Japanese, German, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Korean, the university offers courses in different schools. These are The School of International Communication, The School of Law and Politics, The School of International Cultural Exchange, The School of Continuing Education, The School of Advanced Vocational Education and The Academy of Tourism Development. There is also The Institute for Transcultural Studies and Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Institute.

The University offers 18 specialties providing undergraduate programs. These are: English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, French, Korean, German, Portuguese, Chinese Language and Culture, International Politics, Law, Tourism Management, Marketing, Finance Management, International Economics and Trade.

Postgraduate programs are: English, Japanese, Russian, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Enterprise Management, International Trade and Tourism Management.

The students in Japanese and Korean Department won multiple top awards in international language competitions. Currently the university maintains exchange programs with nearly 70 universities and institutions in the world and it has an enrolment of more than 10.000 Chinese students plus 1.000 international students including postgraduate, undergraduate and language students.

Chinese – Language learner program

The School of International Cultural Exchange of Beijing International Studies University is mainly responsible for the carrying out of Chinese course teaching. It is a special school that enrols and teaches foreign students. The School of International Cultural Exchange of BISU provides the specialty of Chinese (including tourism route and finance route) for undergraduate program and also Chinese language learner programs.

The School of International Cultural Exchange of BISU is among the first batch of organizations that are authorized to hold the HSK Exam in Beijing. The HSK exam is held three times annually: in May, July and December.