Chinese Language Center for International Students (The Center)

Yunnan University (YU), PRC

Enrolling International Students

In Chinese Language Courses

ⅠA Brief Introduction

     YU, founded in 1923, is located at the center of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province. With favorable natural environment and abundant natural resources, Yunnan is renowned as Kingdom of Animals and Plants, Kingdom of Nonferrous Metals .In Yunnan; there live 25 ethnic minorities, the cultures of which with distant sources and long streams are bright and colourful. Kunming has a pleasant weather without intense heat in summer, without bitter cold in winter. All the four seasons in a year here are spring days, thus being with high praises entitled "The City of Eternal Spring ",famous touristy attraction in China.

     YU is the only comprehensive university in Yunnan that is admitted into the state Project-211, covering disciplines in humanities, science, technology, linguistics and administration; comprising 24 colleges, 3 departments of fundamental curriculums, 52 undergraduate specialties, 3 state bases for training educational researchers, 1 state base for the research of humanities and social science, 1 state open key laboratory (nominated by the Ministry of Education) and 1 state-level center for product research and development. YU has been authorized to grant doctoral degrees of 13 specialties and to grant master's degrees of 50 specialties. Besides, this university has established 3 centers for circulative post-doctoral studies, 1 enterprise affairs station for post-doctoral studies. Among the faculty, there are 244 professors and 395 associate professors. And over 16400 full-time students are enrolled by now.

     YU has been attaching great importance to international exchange and cooperation, which are soundly developed respectively between this university and 79 universities in Europe, America, Australia, Southeastern Asia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the regions of Taiwan, Hongkong also.

     The Center, a special institution under Yunnan University, is in full charge of Chinese Language and Chinese culture teaching for international students, including enrolling, teaching, daily administrating and logistic serving. The Center has accepted more than 4000 students from nearly 30 countries and regions since 1986, when Yunnan University was authorized by the Education Ministry of China to be one of first-batch institutions of higher learning in Yunnan Province to accept international students. In recent years, the Center has accepted 450-odd international students each year. The ratio of the number of the students from Euro-American countries to those from Asian countries is one to one.

     In 2001, Yunnan University was honored by the Development Center for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Under the Education Ministry of China to be "one of the Key University Supporting Chinese Teaching in Bordering Countries". And in 2002, the Center has initiated the short-term training course for teachers of Chinese from over the sea (mainly from Southeastern Asian countries), with tuition, board, lodging and observation tours fully funded by Yunnan University and has compiled Chinese textbooks adapted for native teachers of Chinese Language. In the first half of 2002, the Center trained 54 teachers of Chinese Language from the Northern Thailand and Bangkok, free of charge.

ⅡTeachers

     The Center has 14 full-time teachers, 60% of whom hold senior academic titles. A majority of these teachers are experienced in teaching and are used to varied milieus as they have ever taught refresher courses in the U.S., Australia, Italy, Thailand and other countries. The Center also engages about two dozen part-time expert teachers in different subjects.

ⅢCategories of students and period of schooling

     The Center enrolls international students both long and short-term refresher students of Chinese and undergraduates in the subject of modern Chinese at any time all the year round.

1.     1.   Long - term refresher students of Chinese

     Enrollment begins in spring and fall with a more than three-month period of schooling. The spring term lasts 18 weeks from late February to early July. The autumn term also lasts 18 weeks beginning in late August and ending in late December (before Christmas). Students may send in their applications and be enrolled at any time in spring and fall, and in relation to their Chinese proficiency, are free to attend the primary, intermediate and advanced classes, each class accepting around ten participants; they may also choose to learn through the one teacher-one -students approach.

2.     2.   Short-term refresher students of Chinese

    Winter holiday classes, summer holiday classes and students group classes are organized for a period less than three months. The winter holiday class starts in late December and completes towards late February, and the summer holiday class starts in late July and winds up in late August. The student group class enrolls all the year round and when to start can be negotiated. The length of schooling time for other short-term training courses can be decided by the students if they can form a class of at least four.

3.       3.   Undergraduates major in modern Chinese

     This four -school- year major, which starts in late August each year, recruits international students aged 18 and above with completion of senior school education (relevant certificate needed.). Students may skip grades in line with their HSK results.

4.       4.   Short-term training for teachers of Chinese language from southeastern Asian countries.

     The Center enrolls trainee teachers of Chinese language in various kinds of schools and universities from Southeastern Asian countries. The concerned schools, universities or other organizations of these countries can via Chinese Embassies or Consulates, send the Center the list of names of the applicants who are willing to be trained in the Center. YU will provide the admitted applicants with lodgings and board, free of charge, and tuition is also free of charge. Training period usually lasts one month for each class. When to start training can be negotiated.

ⅣCurriculums

1.     1.   For long-term refresher students

Intensive reading of Modern Chinese

Listening to Modern Chinese

Speaking Modern Chinese

Reading in Modern Chinese

Writing in Modern Chinese

2.     2.   For short-term refresher students

     A flexible curriculum caters to the needs and requirement of the students, generally, courses of Chinese ABC, speaking, listening as well as special lectures on Chinese culture and the ethnic groups in China are offered.

3.     3.   For undergraduates

Intensive reading of Modern Chinese

Listening to Modern Chinese

Speaking Modern Chinese

Reading in Modern Chinese

Writing in Modern Chinese

Ancient Chinese

Outline of China

Chinese History

A history of Chinese Literature

Chinese Culture

Graduation Theses

4.     4.   Optional Course

     Chinese Culture, Outline of China, Chinese History, Chinese Customs, Chinese Idioms, Chinese Ethnic Groups and Religions, Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, Magazine and Newspaper Reading, Writing Chinese Characters, Chinese Kongfu (including the shadow boxing), Chinese National Music and Dance, Chinese Cooking (extra fee charged), HSK Guidance (extra fee charged).

5.     5.   Internships and study tours

     Students are, towards the end of each semester, organized to partake in the regularly held "Chinese Evening". Guided by tutors, the students themselves compose, rehearse and perform programs as short acts, cross talks, singing and dancing, etc. whereby the progress in the students is checked. Two cultural travels are organized at regular intervals each semester to have the students drink in local customs and practices, getting an idea of the unique culture of China.

ⅤTeaching & Living Facilities and Services

     The Center possesses one language lab, one computer room, one library, a reporting room, two meeting rooms and 30-odd classrooms. The Center also provides international students with four apartment-buildings of various standards. Single rooms, double rooms, suite rooms and nearly 380 beds (inside TV set, toilet, bathing room, writing desk, sofa, wardrobe are available) are accommodated and telephones are installed in most of the rooms. Services as international and domestic call, fax, photocopying, tickets booking, inquiry, laundry are provided by the general service desk. Nearby there is an activity center where there are dancing hall, ping-pong room and gymnasium. And there is a canteen that can hold 200 people, offering both Chinese and Western flavors. The Center, which connect the teaching area and living quarters together, boasts a delicate environment: besides shady tress and beautiful flowers, houses with gilded titles red walls give expression of Chinese culture.

ⅥCharges

1.     1.   Registration fees:

     Long or short term refresher students: US $15 per person; Undergraduates: US$30 per person.

2.Tuition:

l  l       Undergraduate: each term (18 weeks) $1000 per person.

l  l       Long-term students: each term (18 weeks) $700 per person.

l  l       Short-term students: decided on weeks and classes (Following shows details):

       Class hours

Weeks

 Tuition  ( US dollars per person ）

2hours/day

3hours/day

4hours/day

1

45

60

70

2

90

120

140

3

135

180

210

4

180

240

280

5

225

300

350

6

270

360

420

7

315

420

490

8

360

480

560

9

405

540

630

l  l       One to one learners: $8 per hour

3.Teaching materials: Fees are paid according to the prices of the materials.

4.Lodging: $6-8 per person per day for single room. $3-6 per person per day for sharing a double room. suite: $10-15 per day

5.Board: RMB8-15 per person/per day for snack; RMB35-70 per person per day for ten-person table meal; free choices are also available.

ⅦApplication procedures:

1.  1.        Applicants can obtain the Application Form for Enrollment of International Students to Yunnan University by means of correspondence, E-mail, fax and phone call.

2.  2.        The Filled-out Form and registration fees of $15 should be mailed or faxed to the Center two months prior to the opening of school.

3.  3.        Upon receiving the above items, the Center will mail the applicants or their agents the Entrance Notice and Visa Application Form for Foreign Students to China (JW202).

4.  4.        The applicant forwards the Notice to the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in their home country to apply, with Form 202, for X or F visa for entry into China for Study. Applicants who come to China on L visa or other types of visa are required to transfer their visa to X visa and to go through relevant procedures for residence.

ⅧMeans of contact

     Address: Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China

     Post code: 650091

     Open-account: Chinese Language Center for International Students of Yunnan University

     Bank account: Business Center, Yunnan Branch, and Bank of China

     Bank Account No: 01564008093001

     Tele No: 0086-871-5033559、5031207、5031430

     Fax：0086-871-5148513、5031509

     E-mail：ccfs@ynu.edu.cn

     Network: www.ynu.edu.cn; www.cscse.edu.cn; www.csc.edfu.cn