| Beijing Language and Culture University | |
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| 北京语言大学 | |
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| Established | 1962 |
| President | Cui Xiliang |
| Vice-president | Lin Guoli, Huo Mingjie, Han Jingtai |
| Chairperson of the University Council | Wang Lujiang |
| Admin. staff | 829 |
| Students | 13,000 (9,000 international; 4,000 Chinese) |
| Location | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former names | Higher Preparatory School for Foreign Students (1962-4), Beijing Language Institute (1964-1996) |
| Nickname | Beiyu (北语) |
| Website | www.blcu.edu.cn |
Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU; Chinese: 北京语言大学; pinyin: Běijīng yǔyán dàxué), colloquially known in Chinese as Beiyu (Chinese: 北语; pinyin: Běiyǔ), has the main aim of teaching the Chinese language and culture to foreign students. However, it also takes Chinese students specializing in foreign languages and other relevant subjects of humanities and social sciences, and trains teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. It used to be the only institute of this kind in China. After the push for massification of higher education starting in the 90's, nowadays many other universities in almost every major city in China have a similar offe. Thus bachelor, master or post-doc degrees in "Teaching Chinese to Foreigners" , as well as bachelor and master degrees in several foreign languages are no longer only to be found at BLCU or a "specialized" university. [1]
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Early in the 1950s when the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL) was still at the initial stage, the first generation of BLCU teachers took an active part in the pioneering work. As a result, the first school of higher education specially oriented to foreign students, "Higher Preparatory School for Foreign Students", was established in June 1962. In 1964, the school was officially named "Beijing Language Institute" and later renamed as "Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言文化大学）" in June, 1996, this was shortened to Beijing Language University (in Chinese) in July, 2002 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. September 6, 2002 witnessed the celebration of the 40th anniversary of BLCU, for which General-Secretary Jiang Zemin and Vice-Premier Li Lanqing wrote letters of congratulations, and the Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Li Peng wrote words of encouragement.[1]
Located in the Haidian District of Beijing, close to Tsinghua University and Peking University. It is on Xueyuan Lu 学院路 and Chengfu Lu 成府路 and near the Wudaokou 五道口 subway station on line 13.
The Global Times newspaper ranks the Chinese language school for foreigners very highly, citing a good campus life, lively location and an experienced faculty [2][3]
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