Tianjin Normal University (TNU) is situated in Tianjin, which is about seventy minutes from Beijing by train, and is one of the four municipalities governed directly by the central Chinese government. TNU, first founded in 1958, is now the only key university in Tianjin featuring teachers’ training. Ambassadors from Beijing embassies and senior educational officials as well as some Chinese-speaking-contest winners were once educated under its care. It has been granted the privilege of being one of the 94 universities to admit international students funded by the Chinese Government Scholarship Programs. It is the Key Research Base for Humanities Studies funded by the Education Ministry of China. It is also one of the 9 authorized training universities involved in the China International Chinese Teacher’s Volunteer Program, one of the 16 hosting universities for the Confucius Institute as well as one of the universities in hosting the HSK (Chinese Proficiency) Test in China.
TNU now offers 56 BA/BSc programs, 11 primary subject conference point master programs, 96 secondary subject conference point doctorate programs, 3 primary subject conference point doctorate program, and 22 secondary subject conference points for doctorate programs. There are nearly 40,000 students at TNU. The university’s library has a collection of more than 2,000,000 volumes, maintaining in an area of 680,000 square metres of its campuses as a whole. It has already developed broad intercollegiate collaborative exchanges with more than fifty-two universities from twenty different countries around the world.
TNU is progressing towards achieving a status as a first-rate comprehensive university with teaching and scientific research as its features.
BA Programs
Program Structure
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Entry Requirements
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Application Documents
(Chinese or English)
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Tuition & Fees
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Undergraduate Programs
(4 Years)
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High school graduate certificate;
18 years of age or older
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☆ A certificate of HSK Grade 3
☆ Graduation certificate of high school
☆ Academic record of high school
☆ 2 recommendation letters from teachers
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Tuition: 14,400 RMB/year
Application fee: 240 RMB Registration fee: 200 RMB
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BA Program for Transferred Students
(2-3 years)
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Three-year Higher Education Diploma
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☆A certificate of HSK Grade 3
☆A certificate of enrollment
☆Academic record of all courses of the 1st and 2nd year
☆2 recommendation letters
from professors
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Introduction of Specialties
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Politico-moral Education
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Software Engineering
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Management of Administration
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Performance
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International Economy & Trade
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Journalism
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Physics
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Advertisement
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English
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Educational Technology
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Journalism for Radio and TV
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Accounting
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Japanese
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Biology
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Musical Performance
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Archival Science
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Russian
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Chemical Biology
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Politics & Administration
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Elementary School Education
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Korean
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Management of Logistics
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Social Work
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Musicology
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Computer Science and Technology
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Pedagogy
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Economics
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Dancing Arts
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Information Engineering
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Pre-school Education
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Art of Radio & TV Anchoring
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Study of Art
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Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
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Applied Psychology
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Artistic Design
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Geography
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Information and Computing Science
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History
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Resource Environment and Urban Rural Planning & Administration
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Housework
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Physical Education
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Tourism Administration
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Business Administration
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Geographical Information Systems
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Chinese Traditional Sports
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Chinese Language & Literature
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Literature of Drama, Film and Television
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Chemistry
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Electronic Information Science & Technology
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Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
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Information Management & System
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The Science of Law
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Note:
☆Students should apply to the Admission Office for the above mentioned programs on 20 May 2006 to 30 June 2006, and the necessary documents must be included at the same time.
☆The costs of textbooks are excluded from tuition.
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MA Programs
Program Structure
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First Degree Required
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Application Documents (Chinese or English)
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Tuition & Fees
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Master’s Programmes
(3 years)
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Obtained a
Bachelor’s Degree
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☆ A certificate of HSK Grade 6
☆A certificate of bachelor’s degree
☆ Academic record of undergraduate courses
☆2 recommendation letters from professors
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Tuition: 19,200 RMB/year
Application fee: 400 RMB
Registration fee: 200 RMB
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Introduction of Specialties
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Marxist Philosophy
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Political Economics
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History of Economic Ideology
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History of Economics
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Western Economics
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Global Economy
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Demography, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
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National Economics
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Regional Economics
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History of Law
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Constitution and Administrative Law
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Civil and Business Law
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Law of Economics
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Theories of Politics
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Political Systems of China and Other Countries
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Movements of Scientific Socialism and International Communism
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History of the Communist Party of China
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Theory of Marxism
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Development History of Marxism
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Research on the Development of Marxism in China
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Research on the Development of Marxism in Counties outside China
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Ethics Education
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International Politics
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International Relations
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Diplomacy
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Sociology
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Fundamental Principles of Education
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Curriculum and Pedagogy
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History of Education
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Comparative Education
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Pre-school Education
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Higher Education
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Adult Education
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Professional Technological Education
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Special Education
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Educational Technology
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Fundamental Psychology
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Developmental and Educational Psychology
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Applied Psychology
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Physical and Anthropic Sociology
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Literary
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Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Chinese Philology
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Ancient Chinese Philology
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Ancient Chinese Literature
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Modern Chinese Literature
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Chinese Ethnical Minorities’ Languages and Literature
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Comparative Literature and World Literature
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English Language and Literature
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Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Journalism
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Mass Media Studies
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Fine Arts
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Artistic Design
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Historiography and Theory and History
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Archaeology and Museum Science
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Historical Geography
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Historical Philology
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Specific History
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Ancient Chinese History
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Modern Chinese History
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World History
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Basic Mathematics
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Accounting Mathematics
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Applied Mathematics
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Theoretical Physics
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Particle Physics and Nucleus Physics
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Nucleus and Molecule Physics
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Plasma Physics
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Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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Acoustics
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Optics
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Radio-physics
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
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Physical Chemistry
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Astrophysics
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Natural Geography
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Humanity Geography
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Botany
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Zoology
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Hydrobiology
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Genetics
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Cell Biology
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Bionomics
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History of Scientific Technology
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Material Physics and Chemistry
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Electric System
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Computer Application
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Environmental Science
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Administration and Engineering
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Business Management
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Technological Economics and Management
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Administration Management
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Library Science
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Information Science
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PhD Programs
Programs Structure
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First Degree Required
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Application Documents
(Chinese or English)
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Tuition & Fees
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Ph.D. Programme
(3 years)
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Master Degree
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☆ A certificate of HSK Grade 6
☆A certificate of master’s degree
☆ Academic record of all MA courses
☆2 recommendation letters from professors
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Tuition: 22,400RMB/year
Application fee: 400 RMB
Registration fee: 200 RMB
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Introduction of Specialties
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Political Theories
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Political Systems between China and Other Counties
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Movements of Scientific Socialism and International Communism
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History of the Chinese Communist Party
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International Politics
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International Relations
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Diplomacy
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Theory of Marxism
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Research on the Development of Marxism in China
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Ethics Education
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Fundamental Psychology
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Educational Psychology
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Applied Psychology
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Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Historiography Theory and History
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Archaeology and Museum Science
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Historical Geography
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Historical Philology
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Specific History
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Ancient Chinese History
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Modern Chinese History
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World History
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Note:
☆ Students should apply to the Admission Office for the above mentioned programs in May of each year, and the necessary documents must be included at the same time.
☆ The costs of textbooks are excluded from tuition.
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Non-degree programs
1.Long-term Programs
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Program Structures
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Documents Required
(Chinese or English)
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Tuition & Fees
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Description, Application & Admission
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Students of Advanced Chinese Level
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Fill out Application Form (refer to the Annexes);
Certificate of
Enrolment Statement at current institutions and Academic Record accordingly
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Tuition: 6,400 RMB /semester;
Application Fee: 200 RMB;
Registration Fee: 200 RMB
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☆ About 20 weeks per semester with 20 academic hours per week.
☆ Application for the first semester starts from April to August with the enrolment in the early September.
☆ Application for the second semester starts from November to the next January with the enrolment in late February.
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Students of Intermediate Chinese Level
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Students of Elementary Chinese Level
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2.Short-term Programs
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Program Structures
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Documents Required
(Chinese or English)
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Tuition & Fees
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Description, Application & Admission
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Short-term
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Application Form,
Certificate of Enrolment at current institution and Academic Record accordingly
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Tuition: 800 RMB for the first week and 400 RMB for subsequent week
Application fee: 200 RMB
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☆ Extend from 2 to 8 weeks with 20 academic hours per week.
☆This program is arranged regularly during winter, summer vacations as well as at any other time through the year if minimum number of students is met.
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One on One
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Idem
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Tuition: 1200 RMB /week/person
Application fee: 200 RMB
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☆ It may be arranged at any time to offer 15 academic hours per week.
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Customised Short-term
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Idem
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Can be arranged according to actuality
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It refers to a customised program for students with various special demands. Advanced individualized language programs can also be arranged at any time through the year if the minimum entrant number is met.
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Note:
☆The costs of textbooks are exclusive from tuition.
☆Optional courses available each semester range from Appreciation for Film & TV, Taichi Boxing (free of charge), Phonetic Comparison between Chinese and Korean, Chinese Culinary Practice, pre-HSK Course, Chinese calligraphy (a little charge for rice-paper etc.).
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