General Information
Beijing International Studies University was founded on October 24, 1964. The founding of the university was suggested by the former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who, after a visit to a number of countries overseas, realized that China was in need of more college graduates in foreign studies to facilitate its communication and improve its relations with foreign countries.
According to the official website of BISU, the university aims to develop into a teaching oriented university with foreign studies as its major focus and tourism management as a key research area, combining scholarly and/or professional disciplines of literature, management, economics, and law studies.
As of 2007, BISU has 8 departments, 8 schools and 3 research institutes. They are English Dept, Japanese Dept, Russian Dept, German Dept, French & Italian Dept, Spanish & Portuguese Dept, Arabic Dept, Korean Dept, School of Tourism Management, School of International Trade and Economics, School of Broadcasting, School of Law & Politics, School of Translation Studies, School of Professional Training, School of Further Education, School of International Cultural Exchange, Research Institute of Tourism Development, Research Institute of Cross Cultural Studies, and Research Institute of Foreign Literature and applied Linguistics.
In 2007, BISU offers 20 degree programs on the undergraduate level (please refer to details below) and 12 on the postgraduate level (English, Japanese, German, French, Arabic, Tourism Management, Foreign Literature and Applied Linguistics, Corporate Management, International Trade, Aesthetics, Comparation Literature and World Literature). It also offers a program in Chinese Literature and Culture for international students.
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