The following is a brief introduction of the top three:
1, Beijing Foreign Studies University (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Foreign Studies University), a university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), is the first batch of "2 1 1 project" in China, and has been selected as "985 Innovation Platform of Engineering Superiority Discipline" and "201plan". As one of the six "small-scale pilot universities" of the Ministry of Finance, and a member of the International Federation of University Translation Colleges, with a graduate school, it is a national key university with a long history, the largest number of teaching languages and complete school-running levels among foreign language colleges in China, and is known as the "cradle of diplomats in China".
2. Shanghai International Studies University, referred to as Shanghai International Studies University for short, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education and co-founded with the national "2 1 1 Project" Shanghai * * *. Founded in 1949 and 65438+February, the school is the first foreign language institution established after the founding of New China. Its first president was Jiang Chunfang, a famous Russian translator, publisher and founder of the encyclopedia of China. Later, it was officially renamed as Shanghai International Studies University on 1994 after being inherited and transformed by the Foreign Language School affiliated to East China People's Revolutionary University, Shanghai Russian Institute and Shanghai International Studies University. It has a complete teaching system for undergraduate, postgraduate, junior college (higher vocational), adult education, online education and international students.
3. Peking University, abbreviated as Peking University, was born in 1898, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall. It was the first national university in modern China, and it was also the earliest school established in the name of "University". Its establishment marks the beginning of modern higher education in China. Peking University is the only school established as the highest institution of higher learning in modern China. At first, it was also the highest educational administrative organ of the country, exercising the functions of the Ministry of Education and being in charge of national education. Peking University gave birth to the earliest modern academic system in China and initiated the earliest university disciplines in China, such as liberal arts, science, social sciences, agriculture and medicine. He was the founder of modern higher education in China.