Since its founding in 1953, the College of Chinese Language and Culture of Jinan University has been offering programs of Chinese language & culture, as well as pre-university courses to overseas students. Being the biggest in scale and the greatest in strength in South China, the College is a recognized authority on teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language and overseas Chinese education.
It has been authorized the National Base of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language by the Ministry of Education and the Overseas Chinese Education Base by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. The College is the HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) centers for all levels and C.TEST centers. It is also the training and testing center for certifying qualification to teaching Chinese as a foreign language in Guangdong province and an examination venue for the National Entrance Examination of Chinese Universities for overseas students.
The college consists of the Department of Teaching Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, the Department of Overseas Chinese Education, the Department of Applied Linguistics, Pre-University Department, Correspondence Course Department, Overseas Chinese Education Researching Institute, Overseas Chinese Researching Center, and Internet & Educational Technology Center. Currently, there are 204 staff members in the college, among whom there are 13 senior professors, 20 associate professors, and 70 lecturers. 26 of the staff hold doctorate degrees, while 68 hold master degrees. There are also 3 doctorate candidates’ supervisors and 17 master candidates’ supervisors.
The college offers multi-form, multi-level courses in various forms. In 2006, there were altogether 3,716 students at different levels, in which 147 were graduate students, 155 undergraduates from mainland China, 1,082 pre-university students, 1,041 full time international students for Chinese learning, 721 students in training courses, and 570 international students in correspondence courses.
Fees
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Type of study
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Application fee
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Fee for one year
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Undergraduate
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$73
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$1724-2732
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Postgraduate
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$73
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$2044-2482
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Doctoral
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$73
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$2920-3650
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