Faculty
Now the university has 27 academic schools, colleges, and departments with 39 majors and 7 minors. It has 19 graduate programs of different foreign languages. It is now considered by many to be one of the top five foreign language universities in China.
There are also 22 centers in fields such as foreign languages and literature, foreign language and teaching, human geography, bilingual dictionary compiling and editing.
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“A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”
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