Welcome to UIBE
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Welcome to UIBE
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DIRECTORY
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Undergraduates Programs and Courses Post-graduate Programs and Courses |
A Brief The School of Foreign Studies (SFS) operates eight departments that include Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese. And there is the Sino-Italian Language Training Centre. By late 2003 there were about 450 undergraduates and more than 70 post graduates. SFS boasts a highly qualified faculty competitive on both lecturing and doing research. Out of a 60-member total, there are 12 full professors and 26 associate professors, 28 of whom serve meanwhile as supervisors to graduate students. Also in this team there are 11 who have earned or will have a Ph. D. degree to their credit. In addition, some foreign teachers are employed to supplement. The eight departments of the School are all members and /or standing members of their separate National Teaching Associations and Literature Societies. And some of the School professors are conveners and/or coordinators at these organizations. Over the past five decades, the School has maintained regular exchange relations with over 20 colleges, universities, and other institutions of other countries and regions. SFS faculty members are frequent visiting lecturers and conference participants to overseas destinations. About 80 per cent of the faculty has had training and studying experience of living abroad. And thanks to the assistance of the national education fund and other exchange programs, scores of undergraduates and /or post-grads are dispatched every year on overseas student missions and tours.
Undergraduates Programs and Courses The School of Foreign Studies accepts applications for placements in eight undergraduate programs - Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese, with the total enrolment now standing at about 450 students. What characterizes SFS and its programs is a combination of foreign languages with international business discipline. The mission statement is to produce professionals highly qualified in foreign trade with both a global perspective and a strong edge in one of the foreign languages offered. Target employers of our students are often colleges and universities, research institutions, government departments, international branches of State-owned companies, joint ventures, wholly-owned foreign businesses operating in China. Courses open to SFS undergraduates can be classified into two groups: foundational and advanced. Foundational courses include reading, listening comprehension, speaking, grammar, and many other compulsory and optional courses in each of the foreign languages listed above. Advanced courses for the third and fourth year students are further divided into two groups: trade and business courses, and language and literature courses. The business sector offers courses such as writing in corporate communication, reading in selected journals published in the west, interpreting and translating, and negotiation skills. And the language and literature component includes intensive reading, country briefs on cultural background information to the countries where the languages are spoken, literary criticism, poetry, literature reading, translation, newspaper reading, and second foreign languages. Electives to non-SFS majors:
Post-graduate Programs and Courses More than 70 post graduates are now enrolled at the SFS, reading for MA degrees in Japanese, Arabic, and Applied Linguistics of other Foreign Languages. Their majors range from foreign languages, literatures, and translation, to country studies and business communication. Beginning in 2004, the School accepts applicants for its "Global Business" Program leading on to a Master degree. In line with the long-term objectives of the University, post-graduate education will represent one of the core developments for the School, which therefore expects a substantial growth in this sector in the years to come.
Institute of Regional & Country Studies The Institute of Regional & Country Studies of UIBE was established in 2001, with Prof. Yang Yanhong, Dean of SFS, as its director, and Prof. Li Aiwen, Deputy Dean of SFS, as deputy. Under its umbrella, there are five research
centers: Each center has its own research programs on the politics, economics, literatures, cultures, linguistics, and other topics of the country or countries that the center specializes on.
Arabic Department Established in 1954, the Arabic specialty was one of the pioneering disciplines among the institutions of higher learning in China, and by far it presents a powerful faculty in both teaching and academic research. As a piece of evidence, its students and graduates have always been front-runners in past national tests of the Arabic language and related topics. At present the department has two professors, two associate professors, and two teachers who are doctorate graduates. Four of the teachers are meanwhile supervisors to post graduate students reading for MAs. The teachers of this department have so far published two academic books, 50 book translations, and more than 100 articles and papers. Students in this Program are required to take courses in the Arabic language, Arabic literature, economics and business communication, Arabic sociology and cultures, and other basic theories and topics. The designated objectives are to train graduates of ability and versatility qualified for teaching and research employment at government departments, overseas branches of State-owned corporations, and Sino-foreign joint ventures. Orientations: international business, business communication, the Arabic language, literature, and cultures. The Department offers such core courses as Foundational Arabic, Intensive Reading in Arabic, Selected Readings in Arabic Literature, Arabic-Chinese Translation Theories and Practice, Selected Readings in Journalistic Arabic, Business Communication in Arabic, Arabic Rhetoric and Writing, Selected Readings in Arabic Journals, Interpreting and Negotiating in Arabic, Listening and Speaking, Arabic Grammar, Introduction to Arabic States, and others. The Arabic Department provides to post-graduate students six orientations covering the Arabic language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The mandate is to produce students for satisfactory employment at government departments and businesses with strong training in systematic theories sufficient for teaching, research, and employment in their respective fields.
French Department Created in 1954, the French Department has a strong team of teachers, especially in business French and translation. At present the department has two professors, six associate professors, a doctorate degree holder, with four master supervisors among them. Faculty members of the department have all published many works ranging from books, translations, to academic research papers. The French discipline aims at producing executive and professionals for government departments and businesses alike, qualified for international business operation, foreign affairs communication, and joint ventures. Orientations: international business, business communication, French language, literature, and culture. Core courses offered are: Foundational French, Intensive Reading, Selected Reading in French Literature, Translation, Selected Readings in French Journals, Readings in Journalistic French, Business Communication in French, Interpreting and Negotiating in French, Listening and Speaking, French Rhetoric & Grammar, French Culture, Introduction to French-speaking Economies, and other topics. The French Department started to recruit master program students in 1981. The six orientations include the French language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies.
Italian Department Founded in 1959, the Italian specialty was one of the few available in China. This unique positioning and the strong faculty have combined to make it possible to rank it first across the country in terms of both teaching and researching. Now the department has two professors, four associate professors, with two of them serving as academic advisors to post graduates. Students in this Program are required to take courses on the Italian language, Italian literature, politics, economics, diplomacy, business communication, sociology, and other basic theories and topics. The mandate is to prepare qualified people for government departments, overseas branches of State-owned corporations, and joint venture businesses of foreign sponsorship based in China. Orientations: international business, business communication, the Italian language, literature, and culture. Core courses offered are: Foundational Italian, Intensive Reading in Italian, Selected Reading in Italian Literature, Translation, Negotiating and Interpreting in Italian, Listening and Speaking, Italian Grammar, Introduction to Italy, and others. The Italian Department provides to post-graduate students six orientations, including the Italian language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The focal objectives are to qualify students with strong training in theories and systematic knowledge adequate for teaching, research, and employment in their respective fields.
Japanese Department Founded in 1954, the Japanese specialty was one of the earliest foreign languages departments set up in China. Now the department has 11 teachers including two professors, seven associate professors, with two of them doctorate graduates. Seven of the teachers serve also as supervisors to post graduate students reading for MAs. Students in this Program are required to take courses on the Japanese language, economics and international business communication, Japanese sociological and cultural topics. The ultimate purposes in academic acquisition are to prepare qualified graduates of versatility for teaching and research employment at government departments, overseas branches of State-owned corporations, and Sino-foreign joint ventures. Orientations: international business, business communication, the Japanese language, literature, and culture. Core courses offered include Japanese, Intensive Reading in Japanese, Selected Reading in Japanese Literature, Listening and Speaking, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Culture, Readings in Journalistic Japanese, Business Communication in Japanese, Negotiating with the Japanese, and others. The Japanese Department provides to post-graduates six orientations including the Japanese language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The academic and professional objectives are to produce qualified students with strong training in systematic theories sufficient for teaching, research, and employment in their respective fields with obvious foreign biases.
Korean Department Created in 1952, the Korean specialty was one of the early disciplines of the University of International Business and Economics. Now the department owns two professors, three associate professors and two doctorate graduates. Five of these teachers also serve as academic advisors to post graduates of the department, which therefore is a strong establishment in both teaching and research qualifications. Over the past five decades, the department has demonstrated remarkable achievements in their language research and teaching capacities. They have, for example, published six academic books, six textbooks, and more than two dozen articles and papers, some of which were winners of prizes from national and provincial authorities. The designated portfolio of this department in academic existence is to prepare qualified graduates of versatility for teaching and research employment at government departments, overseas branches of State-owned corporations, and Sino-foreign joint ventures. Orientations: international business, business communication, the Korean language, literature, and culture. Core courses offered are: Basic Korean, Intensive Reading in Korean, Selected Readings in Korean Literature, Translation, Readings in Business Journals, Business Communication in Korean, Rhetoric and Writing, Readings in Journalistic Korean, Interpreting and Negotiating in Korean, Speaking and Listening, Korean Grammar, Introduction to North Korea, Introduction to South Korea, and others. It has been six years since the Korean Department started in 1999 fall to recruit post-graduates, and enrolment keeps growing. It now provides at this level six orientations: the Korean language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The mandate is to train personnel for employment in government departments including foreign affairs, and businesses of international trade, in such fields as international cultural exchange, scientific research, translation and teaching.
Russian Department Created in 1951, the Russian specialty was one of the pioneering disciplines for what was to become UIBE. Now the department has eight teachers including a professor, two associate professors, with two of them doctorate graduates. The School recruits teachers from other countries on regular basis. Besides their portfolio as teachers and researchers, Faculty members of the department are often on secondment to Chinese missions overseas. Furthermore, they are also productive writers and translators and editors. Students in this Program are required to take courses on the Russian language, Russian literature, politics, economics, diplomacy, business communication, sociology, and other basic theories and topics. Core courses offered are: Foundational Russian, Intensive Reading, Advanced Russian, Selected Readings in Russian Literature, Russian -Chinese Translation Theories and Practice, Listening and Speaking, Interpreting and Translation, Russian Rhetoric and Writing, Business Communication in Russian, Readings in Journalistic Russian, Negotiating in Russian, Introduction to the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russian Literature, Russian Culture, Russian Economics, and others. The Russian Department provides to post-graduates six orientations including the Russian language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The mandate is to train personnel for work in government departments and businesses of international trade, foreign affairs, international cultural exchange, scientific research, translation and teaching.
Spanish Department Created in 1954, the Spanish specialty was one of the earliest among its peers in China. Over the past 50-odd years the Spanish Department of UIBE has supplied many highly qualified personnel for the foreign trade and international cooperation fronts of the People's Republic. And till this day the department still enjoys high esteem among the 13 institutes of higher learning in the country that operate this discipline. Students in this Program take courses in the Spanish language, economic and business fundamentals, politics, diplomacy, business communication, Spanish literature, sociology, and other basic theories and topics. Graduates are expected to be qualified for teaching and research employment at colleges and universities, government departments, overseas branches of State-owned corporations, and Sino-foreign joint ventures. The Spanish Department provides to post-graduates six orientations including the Spanish language, literature, culture, economics, translation, and regional country studies. The target is to train personnel of abilities and qualifications for government agencies, businesses, and other foreign-related organizations as researcher, translators, and teachers.
Vietnamese Department The Vietnamese specialty was created in 1954, thus representing one of the early disciplines offered at UIBE. Over the past decades the department has produced many graduates versed in Vietnamese, who have been doing their bits for the national economic growth and Sino- Vietnamese friendship at their separate positions, which are typically government departments and large State-owned corporations. The Vietnamese Department provides training to prepare students who are, both in the language and in business conducting as professionals, adequately qualified for government agencies, international trade organizations, and joint ventures. Core courses offered at the department include Foundational Vietnamese, Vietnamese Grammar, Listening and Speaking, Introduction to Vietnam, Intensive Reading in Vietnamese, Interpreting & Negotiating in Vietnamese, Selected Readings in Vietnamese Business Journals, Selected Readings in Vietnamese Literature, Readings in Journalistic Vietnamese, Vietnamese -Chinese Translation Theories and Practice, Business Communication in Vietnamese, Rhetoric and Writing, and others. Among these Interpreting & Negotiating in Vietnamese, Selected Readings in Vietnamese Business Journals, and Business Communication in Vietnamese are three of the excellent offerings from the department faculty.
Employment Prospects As evidenced by statistics from recent years, all SFS graduates are employed upon graduation. Supply from some of the disciplines cannot even beat the market demand for graduates of our background. Nearly half of the students who came from beyond Beijing are recruited into satisfactory employment in the capital, which is generally considered a parameter of the success of an educational program. The secrets for this success are attributable to the design of our courses, to the combination of business with foreign languages, or the double up of a Band 6 certificate, of the College English Test (CET-6) in addition to a first foreign language such as Japanese or Arabic. Major employers of SFS graduates include government departments and or ministries, giant companies, and universities. Some of our graduates choose to continue their education in other countries where their acquired foreign language is spoken.
Foreign Exchange Programs The growing cooperation and exchange programs over the recent years have further highlighted the special features of UIBE designed and devoted to producing graduates with global dimensions. The University now maintains exchange relations with more than 60 universities and other institutions of higher learning in over 20 countries and regions. About 20 of these institutions have regular relations and programs with the School of Foreign Studies. SFS faculty members are frequent visiting lecturers and conference participants to overseas destinations. Half of the teaching faculty members of the School have been staff members to Chinese embassies in other countries and or other missions overseas. About 80 per cent of the faculty has had training and studying experience of living abroad. And at the moment about one fifth of the staff on roll are either students or course takers abroad. Thanks to the assistance of the national education fund and other exchange programs, scores of undergraduates and or post-graduates are dispatched every year on overseas student's missions and tours.
Languages Training Programs The School of Foreign Studies (SFS) operates both full-time and part-time languages training courses in the eight foreign languages it specializes, namely Arabic, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. The Training Department offers different courses, which range from Foundational, Intermediary, and Advanced levels. Each of these courses allows for both Spring Semester (starting on March 4) and Autumn Semester (starting on September 4) enrolments. A student is conferred on with a course diploma upon fulfillment of the designated courses and success passes of all tests and examinations. Sino-Italian Language Training Centre: Founded in 1986, the Center is the only Italian training institution stationed in China that is recognized by the Italian government. Also it is a cooperation development project between the Chinese and Italian governments. The major portfolio of the Center is to provide training in the Italian language to Chinese candidates chosen for Sino-Italian cooperation projects before they leave for Italy where they are trained in their respective industries. In addition, the center also provides similar service to anyone who wants to. Since its establishment the center has trained 920 people for Sino-Italian cooperation projects and 2100 others who have left for employment here in China, using their acquired Italian proficiency. The School of Foreign Studies (SFS) recommends and selects excellent students from among those who have taken four-semester courses in the Japanese Program for college education in Japan to be wholly or partially financed by the Japanese side. Students who have taken four-semester courses are eligible to take the First Japanese Aptitude Test in Japan, and will be awarded with proficiency certificates after they pass. Furthermore, the Japanese Department operates a Business Japanese course program for graduates, with such core courses as Japanese Economic Studies, Studies into Japanese Businesses, Japan Market, Translation in Business Japanese, and others. Students may apply for an MA degree after they have fulfilled the designated course work. Contact: Languages Training Programs |
