Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Founded in 1964, Tianjin Foreign Studies University is one of China’s eight traditionally renowned foreign language universities. It is Tianjin’s only university with a full range of major foreign languages, distinctive characteristics and coordinated development across literature, economics, management, law, education, art and engineering. It was among the first universities selected to develop Innovative Practice Bases for High-Level International Talent Training.

It has Wudadao and Binhai campuses covering 470000 square meters in total. Wudadao Campus consists of three courtyards in Tianjin’s historic architectural and cultural tourism district. Binhai Campus is in the Dagang Higher Education Ecological Park in Binhai New Area, with scenic lakes and greenery.

It has 57 undergraduate programs, including 34 foreign language and literature programs covering 31 foreign languages, and 23 other programs in Chinese, journalism and other literary fields, economics, management, law, education, art and engineering. It has China’s only doctoral talent training project serving special national needs in “Translation of Important Party and State Documents for International Audiences,” 7 first-level disciplines authorized to award master’s degrees covering 29 training directions, and 7 professional master’s degree categories covering 23 training directions.

It has more than ten thousand full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students from all 34 of China’s provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and special administrative regions. It has over one thousand faculty and staff, including over seven hundred full-time teachers, including foreign teachers. More than 60% of full-time teachers have studied or worked overseas, reaching 100% in some programs.

It pursues an international educational approach and actively serves the Belt and Road initiative. It has friendly partnerships with more than 400 universities and educational institutions in over 50 countries. It hosts students supported by the Chinese Government Scholarship, International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship, Tianjin Municipal Government Scholarship for International Students, and special scholarship programs including the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship master’s training program for foreign translators, the Chinese and Overseas University Language Partner Program, and the China-Indonesia Joint Training Program for International Chinese Language Education students. It also offers the Tianjin Foreign Studies University Scholarship for International Students. With Tianjin Vocational Institute and other institutions, it jointly provides Chinese Language + Vocational Skills training for international students. Each year, it receives over 2500 long- and short-term international students from more than 60 countries for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees or short-term study. More than 80% receive scholarships, and over 50% come from Belt and Road partner countries and regions.

It has jointly established 9 Confucius Institutes with universities in countries including South Korea, Portugal and Russia. The Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon in Portugal has been approved as a Global Model Confucius Institute. Several have received the Advanced Confucius Institute honor, and the university has twice been named a Global Outstanding Chinese Partner Institution for Confucius Institutes.

Its international student residence, the International Exchange Center, was completed in 2011 and accommodates more than 500 students, with comprehensive facilities and attentive services.