ECNU is China Institute’s partner in China Institute’s Concucius Institute at China Institute (CI@CI), and CI@CI established an office on the ECNU campus in Feb. 2008

ECNU is widely regarded throughout China as one of the country’s premier universities.  It is one of China’s “key universities” under the direct auspices of the Ministry of Education, is now a member of the prestigious “211 Project” and “985 Project”, both of which consist exclusively of China’s best institutions of higher learning.

ECNU was founded in 1951, and was the very first ecole normale superieure set up after the birth of new China.  ECNU has two campuses covering a total of 500 acres with beautiful scenery, earning it the reputation of “Garden Institution of Higher Learning.”

ECNU has 68 professors, and 101 assistant professors.  Twelve of ECNU’s professors are members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (six are members of both).

ECNU is the only nationwide training center for provincial high school principals and other senior administrators in education, and teaching Chinese as a second language is one of its biggest strengths.

www.ecnu.edu.cn/english

Shaanxi Normal University (SNU), founded in 1944, is one of the 6 normal universities directly affiliated to the State Educational Ministry in China.  The university is located in Xi’an, well-known for its cultural history, covering an area of 3000 mu. China’s Ministry of Education granted the university a title of “Civilized Campus” for its beautiful environment, and the campus is grand in scale, with advanced equipment and modern facilities.

The university contains 16 colleges and departments, 58 majors, 6 doctoral mobile programs, 2 postdoctoral centers of first rank discipline, 26 doctoral programs, and 95 master programs. It also has one national key discipline, 29 provincial key disciplines, 2 national bases of fundamental learning and personnel cultivation, 1 human science research base under China’s Ministry of Education, and 46 other research centers.

The university has a faculty of 2,600, among whom there are 800 with higher professional qualifications, and over 50% of whom have degrees of MA and Ph.D.

www.snnu.edu.cn/english/index.html

The China Institute Summer Study in China six-week summer language program for high school students is held on the campus with Beijing Yucai School.

Beijing Yucai School is a nationally recognized public school with elementary, middle and upper divisions. It was first established in 1937 in Yanan and is now located in Beijing on the ground of an imperial temple dating back to the Ming Dynasty. It has more than 4,000 students, including more than 100 international students, and approximately 400 faculty and staff.

Beijing Yucai School is located in the Xuanwu district of Beijing in a residential neighborhood that is home to many small restaurants and shops. The school is not far from numerous areas of interest in the city such as, the Temple of Heaven, Qianmen, Tiananmen Sqaure, Forbidden City, Taoranting Park and some of Beijing’s remaining hutongs,- small lanes and alley’s with courtyard houses from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

Beijing Yucai School’s 70,000 square meter campus houses both ancient and modern buildings, as well as magnificent green cypress and pine trees that were planted centuries ago by former emperors.

www.bjyucai.com

In 1035, the original Suzhou Middle School was founded in the Southern Yangtze River Area by Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan, of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the school has been in continuous operation since that date. Originally the Suzhou Middle School taught scholars who were studying for the Imperial Examinations. Today its mission continues to be the multicultural education of tomorrow’s leaders. The school is renowned for its excellent teaching staff and talented, hard-working pupils. Over 80 percent of its graduates go on to attend leading universities, situated both at home and abroad.

As the City of Suzhou expanded beyond its old boundaries, to encompass surrounding growing high-technology areas, the educational needs of the citizenry grew in proportion. Because the original Suzhou Middle School is constrained by its location within the “Old Town,” still surrounded by the Old Moat, the decision was made to expand Suzhou Middle School into three campuses, to better serve the surrounding new high-technology areas. The newest such branch campus is Suzhou Middle School – SIP

Suzhou High School – SIP was founded in 2003 and opened its doors in 2005. The campus holds six grades (Grades 7 – 12) in 28 classes, currently containing a total of 984 students, with 137 supporting staff. The students range in age from 12 – 19. All students are taught both Mandarin Chinese and English. Most of the teaching staff is bilingual. Many teachers have studied abroad, including in the U.S., the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan.

www.shssip.cn/enghome.asp