Spanish belongs to the Romanesque family of Indo-European languages. It is the official language of Spain and Latin American countries (except Brazil and Haiti), one of the working languages of the United Nations and the most widely used language in the world except English. In the United States, Spanish is widely used in New York, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California (in New Mexico, Spanish and English are official languages). In addition, Spanish is also spoken in the Philippines, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea and the west coast of Africa. Spanish is beautiful and beautiful, and it is known as the language of dialogue with God.

Spanish major was founded in 1959. Bachelor of Spanish Language and Literature 1960, Master of Spanish Language and Literature 1986, and Doctor of Comparative Studies between China and Spain in 2005. This major has a teaching and research team with solid foundation and reasonable structure. At present, there are 14 professional teachers with overseas study, further study or work experience, including professor 1 person, 3 associate professors, 7 lecturers and 3 teaching assistants. In addition, foreign experts are invited to give long-term or short-term lectures.

This major has made outstanding achievements in teaching and scientific research. The study of Spanish involves phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, rhetoric and other language levels, and has published monographs and teaching materials such as New Spanish Practical Grammar, Spanish Rhetoric, Spanish Practical Prepositions, Spanish Phonetics, Spanish Practical Writing and Spanish Reading Course. In terms of Chinese and Western bilingual reference books, more than 0 kinds of Chinese and Western bilingual dictionaries 10 have been compiled and published, among which Concise Western Han Dictionary 1982 won the Shanghai Excellent Works Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, and New Chinese and Western Dictionary 1999 won the Shanghai Excellent Works Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences. New Era Western Han Dictionary won the 4th China Publishing Group Book Award (2009), the 5th China Publishing Group Honorary Award (20 10), the 2nd China Publishing Government Award Book Award Nomination Award (20 10), and the 10th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award (20/kloc-0). New Chinese-Western Dictionary and Western Han New Times Dictionary are the best reference books of their kind at home and abroad, which are widely praised by users all over the world.

This major has carried out extensive international cooperation, and has established cooperative relations with many universities and cultural institutions in Spain, Mexico, Argentina and other countries, and carried out cooperative exchanges of teaching research and books and materials. In 2000, this major began to send undergraduates abroad for further study in the form of inter-school exchange, and will cooperate with the University of Alcala in Spain to offer business administration courses.