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Brief introduction of Chongqing University School of Foreign Languages
The college is now composed of English Department, Japanese Department, German Department, research base of language cognition and language application, university foreign language education center, modern education and teaching Chinese as a foreign language center, international language training and cultural exchange center, etc. Thanks to the unremitting efforts of major foreign language talents in the past dynasties, the college has made great achievements and great progress in discipline construction, scientific research, teaching reform and management, teaching staff construction and international exchanges.

There are currently 77 faculty members/kloc-0, including 57 professors and associate professors, 24 doctors, 3 doctoral supervisors, 35 master supervisors, 3 experts enjoying special government allowance from the State Council, 3 selected for the New Century Talent Support Program of the Ministry of Education, 4 Baosteel Scholarships, and 4 Chongqing famous teachers/kloc-0. Many teachers in the college have taken on important work in national or provincial professional societies and other groups, enjoying a high academic reputation in the academic community.

The college has three undergraduate majors: English, Japanese and German. In "20 14-20 15 China Undergraduate Education University Competitiveness Ranking", English major was rated as a "five-star" major and Japanese major as a four-star major. The college has the right to award master's degrees in foreign languages and literature, and four two disciplines master's degrees in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, English language and literature, Japanese language and literature, and curriculum and teaching theory; Have the right to award master's degrees in translation and Chinese international education; The United Computer College has established doctoral programs in two disciplines: language, cognition and intelligent computing. Foreign linguistics and applied linguistics are the first batch of key construction disciplines in Chongqing and the key disciplines in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, while foreign languages and literature are the key disciplines in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Chongqing universities. The research base of language cognition and language application, established on the basis of college-level disciplines, consists of seven research institutes, two laboratories and the editorial department of Foreign Language and Literature Research. In 2006, it was approved as the key research base of humanities and social sciences in Chongqing.

The University Foreign Language Education Center undertakes the foreign language education for non-English majors. College English teaching has achieved remarkable results in many aspects, such as the construction of curriculum system, teaching materials, the reform of teaching modes and methods, the construction of teachers and the construction of resource platforms. It was listed as one of the first demonstration sites of college English teaching reform by the Ministry of Education, and was rated as a national excellent course. It was successfully applied to the national teaching team and won the national, provincial and ministerial teaching achievement awards, which played a good demonstration role for the national college English teaching reform.

In the past five years, the college has undertaken more than 20 scientific research projects 10, including the national social science fund project10, with a research funding of 6.05 million; Won the 18 award; Published 130 papers in important international and domestic academic journals, including 5 articles retrieved by SSCI, A &;; HCI retrieved 1 article and EI retrieved 5 articles; Published 25 academic monographs and textbooks 1 1; Held national academic conferences and seminars nearly 10 times; Held more than 0/00 high-level lectures/kloc.

There are 862 students in the college, including 543 undergraduates and 294 postgraduates. By holding a series of academic lectures, professional foreign language competitions, foreign language culture festivals and other activities, the college has created a good foreign language environment, prospered the foreign language culture on campus, and improved students' language practice ability, academic research awareness and comprehensive quality. College students have achieved excellent results in national competitions for many times, and won the first prize of the FLTRP Cup National College English Debate Competition, the first prize of the 2 1 Century Cup National College English Speech Competition, and the special prize of the China National Japanese Speech Competition. In recent years, more than 40 students have gone to famous foreign universities for exchange and study, and more than 30 students have gone to Italy and other countries to teach Chinese as a foreign language. The quality of students' training has been continuously improved, and the comprehensive competitiveness of graduates' employment ranks in the forefront of all colleges in the school.

The College has carried out extensive cooperation with famous universities in Britain, the United States, Japan, Germany, Australia, Taiwan Province Province and other countries and regions. In the past five years, the college has sent teachers to the University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge University, Newcastle University, Dresden University and other internationally renowned universities for further study and visits for more than 50 times. On behalf of foreign language education circles in China, university teachers were invited to give speeches at international academic conferences or sub-conferences.

Through the efforts of several generations of important foreign language professionals, the former Foreign Languages Department has developed into one of the largest liberal arts colleges in Chongqing University, making positive contributions to the cultivation of foreign language talents in China. The School of Foreign Languages will continue to carry forward the excellent humanistic tradition and make due contributions to promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries and building a world-class university.