The Department of French established the majors French and Italian in 1950 and 1962 respectively.Now there are totally 342 undergraduate students, 43 graduate students and 8 doctoral students majored in French. There are abundant books, audio and video learning materials in the department, and all of the classrooms are equipped with multi-media teaching facilities. The French Department has set up the Center of French Learning Materials, the Research Center for Swiss Studies, the Research Center for Canadian Studies and the Research Center for Quebec Studies.
The Department of French has a strong faculty team in the disciplines of language, literature and translation. Besides, the department abounds in talents and professionals in Simultaneous Interpretation, International Politics, EU Law and Foreign Language Instruction. At present, the number of the faculty members is 31, including 5 professors, 14 associate professors. All of the young instructors has a master’s degree or above. Moreover, 3 long-term French experts and 2 short-term lecturers are invited to work at the Department of French every year.