Beijing Foreign Studies University, formerly known as Yan 'an Foreign Language School, was founded in 194 1, based on the Russian Brigade of Kangsan Branch. She was founded by the China * * * Production Party to meet the needs of the development of the situation in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. From the very beginning, she received the cordial care and specific guidance from the CPC Central Committee, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation. Since the founding of New China, it has been the main base for training foreign language talents in China, especially in diplomacy, foreign trade, foreign cultural exchanges and foreign affairs translators. Before 1980, the school was led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after 1980, it was directly led by the Ministry of Education. 1994, the school was renamed Beijing Foreign Studies University. At present, Beijing Foreign Studies University has developed into a national key university with multi-disciplinary and multi-level development, focusing on multilingual foreign language teaching. The school implements the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the party Committee. Professor Yang Xueyi, Party Secretary, and Professor Hao Ping, President.
Beijing Foreign Studies University has seven colleges, including English College, Russian College, Advanced Translation College, Continuing Education College, International Business School, International Exchange College, and Online Education College, and there are German Department, French Department, Arabic Department, Spanish Department, Japanese Department, Asian-African Department, European Language Department, Social Science Department, College English Department, and Sports Teaching and Research Department 10. Foreign Language and Culture Research Institute (including Foreign Language Research Institute, Foreign Literature Research Institute and Institute of International Studies), China Foreign Language Education Research Center (the first national key liberal arts research base named), Japan Studies Research Center and other research institutions publish core publications such as Foreign Literature, Foreign Language Teaching and Research, International Forum, and other teaching auxiliary units such as libraries and educational technology centers. It offers 44 undergraduate majors in English, Russian, German, Chinese as a foreign language, information management and information system, international economy and trade, diplomacy, law, finance and journalism, and has the right to award degrees in literature, law, economics and management. In Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Arabia, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sinhalese, Turkey, North Korea, Swahili, Hausa, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia.
Beijing Foreign Studies University is one of the first authorized units for master's and doctor's degrees in China. There are 9 doctoral programs in English language and literature, Russian language and literature, German language and literature, Arabic language and literature, Japanese language and literature, Spanish language and literature, European language and literature, foreign linguistics, foreign language and literature and applied linguistics. Including English, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Arabic, Spanish, European languages, Asian-African languages, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, linguistics and applied linguistics, comparative literature, diplomacy, etc. 13, covering all the more than 30 foreign languages and Chinese and diplomacy majors taught by the school. On-the-job personnel have 6 degree authorization points. English language and literature major and German language and literature major are national key disciplines, while Russian language and literature major and Arabic language and literature major are Beijing key disciplines. China Foreign Language Education Research Center is the first national key liberal arts research base named.
As a foreign language university with the largest number of foreign languages and the most comprehensive disciplines in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University has a group of powerful professors and scholars in the fields of foreign languages, literature, culture and translation, and enjoys a high academic reputation in the society. The teaching staff is quite strong. There are 576 full-time teachers in the school, including 4 1 doctoral supervisor, 22 1 master supervisor, 65438 professor1associate professor 177, including 2 members of the discipline group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and1national foreign language teaching steering committee of the Ministry of Education. For decades, they have achieved many high-level teaching and scientific research achievements in their respective fields, and made great contributions to the cultivation of high-quality foreign language talents and the teaching, scientific research, discipline construction and development of Beijing Foreign Studies University. Many of them have become academic leaders of similar disciplines in China and enjoy a high reputation in academic circles. In addition, the school has 122 experts and teachers from 24 countries and regions around the world, and has established academic cooperation and exchange relations with 172 universities and educational institutions in 50 countries and regions around the world.
Beijing Foreign Studies University is a "garden-style campus" with a strong learning atmosphere and beautiful environment. The school covers an area of 3 1000 square meters, the library covers an area of 9,997 square meters, with a collection of 800,000 books and more than 763 Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals, including more than 390 foreign periodicals and more than 3,000 Chinese electronic periodicals.
The goal of the school is: by 20 10, the school will be built into a multilingual, multidisciplinary, multi-level, multilingual and compound foreign language professional with strong ability to use foreign languages such as economy, management, diplomacy, journalism and law, as well as a first-class teaching and research-oriented socialist university with important international influence in China.
School-running characteristics
After more than half a century of hard work and unremitting efforts, Beijing Foreign Studies University has become the oldest, largest and most multilingual foreign language school in China, with obvious advantages in personnel training, teaching quality, textbook construction, academic level, scientific research and comprehensive strength. In particular, after 1996 passed the pre-examination of "2 1 1 project", the school started various construction projects of "2 1 1 project" with self-raised funds.
Discipline construction is an important standard to measure the teaching and research strength and development prospect of a university. For many years, Beijing Foreign Studies University has been following the principle of "multi-discipline, multi-language and multi-level". Through long-term unremitting efforts, it has now formed a disciplinary pattern dominated by literature and linguistics, supplemented by economy, trade and diplomacy. At present, there are 2 national key disciplines, 1 post-doctoral mobile station, 9 doctoral programs, 13 master programs, and 6 in-service personnel master degree authorization programs.
Literature and linguistics are two characteristic disciplines with traditional advantages in Beijing Foreign Studies University. Beijing Foreign Studies University has a large number of experts and scholars who enjoy a high academic status in the field of language education at home and abroad and have certain influence in the world. In the field of public language, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is in a leading position in China, such as English language and literature, Russian language and literature, German language and literature, Spanish language and literature, Arabic language and literature, Japanese language and literature and so on. And there are leading teachers in China.
Among the existing foreign language and literature disciplines in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University is not only among the best, but also covers a wide range of disciplines, among which many non-common language disciplines are the only disciplines in this field in China.
With the deepening of China's reform and opening up and the development of its own disciplines, Beijing Foreign Studies University has set up eight new majors, including international economy and trade, diplomacy, finance, law, journalism, information management and information system, in accordance with the instructions of Vice Premier Li Lanqing 1994 on cultivating compound talents, and actively explored new ways to combine foreign languages with economy and trade, diplomacy, law and journalism.
There are 22 non-universal language majors in Asian-African and European Languages Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, most of which are the only majors in China. The specialty of non-common languages in our university has made great contributions to the construction of non-common languages and the cultivation of indispensable non-common language talents for the country.