Chinese Language Summer Program(one mounth)

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) is a research-oriented university with information technology and telecommunications as its main feature. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications enjoys a global reputation for English-medium Bachelor’s degree courses E-Commerce Engineering with Law, Internet of Things Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering with Management as well as English-instructed Master’s degree course Software Engineering. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications possesses all the top-end experimental instruments necessary for Information and Communication sciences, with one of the highest instrument-value to student ratios among all of China’s higher educational institutions. Those who desire to pursue career triumph in the field of information technology and telecommunications can make their dreams come true at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

The Summer Program is designed for:

• Students from all over the world who want to attend a one-month course in July. (From July 8 to August 2)
• Non-native Chinese Speakers who want to improve Chinese language skills and learn about Chinese culture.

Program Features:

• Intensive Chinese language instruction designed to improve Chinese language skills.
• Limited enrollment to guarantee small classes and individual instruction from professors.
• Short courses about Chinese culture taught by famous Professors, including Chinese martial art, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, seal cutting, Chinese knot.
• Enjoy your life on campus.
• Location is near to the old district of Beijing City, weekend excursions (4 famous scenic spots and historical sites) will be arranged.
• Tourist visa for duration of the program.
• Living in safety on the beautiful campus. 50RMB/day.
• Total cost of 4,500 RMB, includes registration, tuition, textbooks, and all travel expenses during the study tour.
• Free campus card (170 RMB in your campus card, you can use it for meal, Gymnasium and supermarket in campus, and you can recharge it, when the summer program finish, it will be taken back )
• Free Internet access ( use your campus card)

With information technology and telecommunications as its distinct characteristic, research-oriented Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications teaches subjects including engineering, management, humanities and sciences, most of which are related to applied science and engineering. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications is renowned for innovation in advanced research and learning in information and communication technology. It now serves as one of the most important teaching and research bases for information technology and telecommunication industry in China.

                    
BUPT is one of the 56 universities in China that are authorized to formally form a Graduate school by the General Office of the Academic Degree of the State Council after a long time of painstaking experiment. The Graduate School has developed complete graduate programs that cover the disciplines of engineering, science, economics, administration, law and philosophy. It is also one of the earliest universities in China that has officially been authorized to offer doctoral and master programs.

BUPT has fourteen schools. Currently, BUPT has over 16,200 full-time students and 12,000 long-distance and E-learning students, among full-time students there are 10,800 undergraduate students, 4650 master students and 805 doctoral students.

BUPT endeavors to foster students mentally and academically. Except for their daily academic studies, students take an active part in various national and international contests. Every year BUPT students take part in the National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest, National and International Undergraduate Math Modeling Contest and many other contests. Their achievements are always among the best of the successful higher learning institutions competing in China. In the International Math Modeling Contest in the United States in 2004, four delegations of BUPT won the First-Class Award and two delegations won the Second-Class Award, taking first place among the institutions of higher learning that participated in the contest.

BUPT has one ministry-level Engineering Center under the leadership of Ministry of Education-“Research Center of Information Network Engineering”, and one National University Science Park-“Information Valley”.

BUPT possesses all the top experimental instruments necessary for Information and Communication sciences, with one of the highest instrument-value to student ratios among all of China’s higher educational institutions. And BUPT’s library houses 970,000 books of 152,000 kinds, notably providing first-class modern data retrieval and information inquiry services.

BUPT is one of the national key universities combing various specialties in engineering, management, humanities, sciences and language. This university mainly trains students working for the PhD, the master’s and bachelor’s degrees.

BUPT is located in the north of the 3rd loop of China’s Capital, a cultural and educational region with many famous universities in it. The campus of BUPT faces Tucheng Park, the ruins of ancient Yuan Dynasty capital walls, and Xiaoyue River scenic area. It has a quiet, comfortable environment and is very convenient for transportation.
     
             
In order to promote cultural exchanges with other countries and enhance mutual understanding and friendly relationship with peoples the world over, BUPT has held short-term or long-term Chinese language courses since 1986 and achieved great success in this field. The participants were from various counties, including Japan, U.S.A. Canada, France, Sweden, Great Britain, Republic of Korea, Spain，Denmark, Russia etc. Through these courses, BUPT has trained a great number of foreigners to acquire a very good knowledge of Chinese.

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications warmly welcomes those who have interest in studying Chinese as well as other subjects.
 

A. Apartment for student
Two-bedroom apartments with separate bathroom (shower bathtub).
Color TV, refrigerator, air-conditioner, telephone and Internet outlet will be provided, some with an additional kitchen.
Features:
1.Hot water supplied all day round and free Internet at present.
2.At the end of the semester, students can still keep paying student’s price for another ten days.
3.Rooms for couples are currently unavailable.

B. Housing
Local dwelling houses near the campus are also available.
Now there are 2 apartments for the International Students:

	Single bedroom	Twin room
No.1 Apartment	84RMB Yuan /room *day (more than 3 months)	42RMB Yuan/bed* day (more than 3 months)
	100RMB Yuan/room*day(less than 3 months)	50RMB Yuan /bed* day (less than 3 months)
No.2 Apartment	90RMB Yuan/room* day	45RMB Yuan /bed* day

Additional explanation
Each room is provided with independent toilet, air-conditioning, color TV set, telephone and internet interface.
 

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

Non-native Chinese Speakers who want to improve Chinese language skills and learn about Chinese culture.

1. Photocopy of valid passport
   With name, passport number & expiration date, and photo included
2. Passport photo
   A recent passport-sized photo of the applicant
3. Certificate/diploma of highest education
   Graduation certificate in languages other than Chinese or English should be translated into Chinese or English and be certified by notarization.
4. Health certificate
   Not needed during application. But may required when applying for visa.