Inner Mongolia University

Inner Mongolia University is located in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China and a historic and cultural city, more than 400 kilometers from Beijing. Founded in 1957, it was the first comprehensive university established in an ethnic minority region after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It began admitting postgraduate students in 1962, was designated a national key university in 1978, gained doctoral degree awarding authority in 1984, and was approved as a key university under the national Project 211 in 1997. In 2004, it became a university jointly supported by the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Ministry of Education. In 2012, it was selected for the national Plan to Enhance the Comprehensive Strength of Universities in Central and Western China. In 2016, the State Council designated it for support under the One Province, One University high-level university development initiative in central and western China, and the autonomous region’s government selected it as the priority institution for Double First-Class development support.

The university has 26 schools and 30305 students of all types. Its disciplines cover 10 categories: philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, management and the arts. In fields such as Mongolian studies, biology, ecology and chemistry, it has 6 ministerial key research platforms, including a Ministry of Education key humanities and social sciences research base, a Ministry of Science and Technology cultivation base for a national key laboratory jointly supported by the province and ministry, a Ministry of Agriculture key laboratory, a Ministry of Education key laboratory, and a Ministry of Education engineering research center. It also has 35 autonomous-region key laboratories, engineering technology research centers and key humanities and social sciences research bases. Chinese ethnic minority languages and literatures and zoology are its 2 national key disciplines, and ecology is its 1 national key discipline under cultivation. It has 18 autonomous-region key disciplines and 8 autonomous-region key disciplines under cultivation. It offers 87 undergraduate programs, with 144 undergraduate teaching laboratories and 104 on- and off-campus teaching and internship bases. It offers doctoral degrees in 7 first-level and 3 second-level disciplines, master’s degrees in 26 first-level and 6 second-level disciplines, 10 professional master’s degree categories, and 7 postdoctoral research stations.

Inner Mongolia University is one of the first demonstration bases for international education in China approved by the Ministry of Education, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s Chinese-language preparatory base for international students, and a host university for international students supported by the Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People’s Government Scholarship. To date, it has admitted more than 3000 international students of various types from over 40 countries and regions on 5 continents. More than 800 international students from over thirty countries across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa currently study at the university.

The university has developed a relatively comprehensive international education system covering language students, visiting students, undergraduates, master’s students and doctoral students. Tailored to international students’ needs, it offers introductory, elementary, intermediate and advanced Chinese courses, regularly holds HSK preparation classes and actively organizes extracurricular learning activities to improve students’ practical Chinese skills and deepen their understanding of Chinese culture. Courses in comprehensive Chinese, reading, listening, writing and speaking strengthen students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities and overall proficiency. To enrich international students’ campus life, it organizes suitable extracurricular academic, cultural, sporting, recreational, social practice and cultural experience activities. These help international students better understand Chinese language and culture, encourage their interest in learning Chinese, enhance mutual understanding and friendship between Chinese and international students, and promote cultural exchange.