Shanghai University

Chinese Language and Literature

Shanghai University
The Chinese Language and Literature at Shanghai University is a 3 Years long program for international students, taught in Chinese.

IntroductionIntroduction

If Shanghai is like New York, then isn’t Shanghai University the New York University of China? Although not as influential as NYU, Shanghai University is still one of China’s best 100 universities. In addition to Mandarin study programs, it is one of the few schools in China that provide 100% English-language MBA programs and attracts over 2000 international students annually.

Shanghai University was founded in May 1994, by consolidating four former institutions of higher learning: Shanghai University of Technology, Shanghai University of Science & Technology, Shanghai Institute of Science & Technology and the former Shanghai University. Until now, SHU has offered English-taught MBA and MIT courses for Master’s degree for international students, which is ranked top one in China. Besides, Chinese Languge couse available there is within easy access. You can pass HSK easily if you study Chinese language in SHU.SHU attracts over 2000 international students annually.


ProgramAbout the Program

1. Cultivation Aims This program includes three majors: ancient Chinese literature, modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Chinese philology, theory and criticism of literature and arts. The research directions are: 1. history of development of the literature from pre-Qin to Ming and Qing dynasties. 2.developomeng of Chinese literature of 20th century. 3.modern Chinese dialectology and grammar. 4.literary criticism and methodology of 20th century, contemporary literature and the development of culture. This program aims to cultivate qualified students who are well developed to lay a solid theoretical foundation in the Chinese language, literature and culture, acquire systematic specified knowledge and fairly good practical ability. They are also required to be able to undertake teaching, literature research and other social work. 2. Duration of the Program This program generally lasts three years. 3. Majors and Research Directions 1) Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 1. History of 20th century Chinese literature 2. Contempory literature and studies of culture 3. Modern and Contemporary Chinese literature and Chinese Folk Culture 4. Gender Politics and Modern and Contemporary Chinese literature 2) Ancient Chinese literature 1. Chinese Poetics 2. Tang and Song Literature 3. Ming and Sing Literature 3) Chinese Philology 1. Chinese dialectology 2. Chinese Grammar 3. Graphology 4. phonology 4) Literary Theory and Criticism 1. Criticism and methodology 2. Theory of Film Literature 3. Theory and Criticism of Contemporary Culture 4. Course Content (as listed below) Category Course Number Course Name Period Credit Term Remarks Academic Degree CoursesPolitical Theoretical Course 001000701 Theory and Practice of Scientific Socialism 30 2 1 001000703 Selected Readings of Marxist Classics 60 3 2 First Foreign Language 001000704 Public English 100 3 1, 2 021000701 Professional English 40 2 4 Basic and Specialized Course 021102701 Studies of Culture and Chinese Modernity 40 4 1 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Chinese Classical Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism,Chinese Classical bibliography, Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102714 Monographic Studies of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 40 4 2 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 021102715 Studies on history of Western Literary Criticism of 20th century 40 4 1 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literary Theory and criticism, Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102716 Studies of Chinese literary Thought of 20th century 40 4 2 Literary Theory and criticism 021102711 Theory of Comparative literature 40 4 3 Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102705 Studies of Ancient Chinese Bibliography 40 4 1 Chinese Classical Literature, Chinese Classical Bibliography 021102706 Monographic Studies of Chinese classic Writers and literary theory 40 4 3 Chinese Classical Literature 021102717 Study of edition and collation of Classical texts 40 4 2 Chinese Classical Bibliography 021102707 Theoretical Linguistics 40 4 3 Chinese Linguistics and Philology 021102708 Studies Modern Chinese 40 4 1 021102709 Study of History of Chinese 40 4 2 Required courses Specialized Courses required Specialized Courses requiredLiterature Reading Seminar 021102901 Reading of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Periodicals 40 4 4 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 021102902 Basic theory of culture studies 40 4 3 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literary Theory and criticism, Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102903 Studies of documents of History of Modern Chinese Literary thought 40 4 3 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literary Theory and criticism 021102932 Studies of documents of History of Contemporary Chinese Literary thought 40 4 3 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature 021102933 Studies of Chinese Thought and Culture of Late-Qing Dynasty 40 4 2 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literary Theory and criticism, Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102946 Studies of documents of Western literary theory 40 4 4 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Literary Theory and criticism, Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102935 Studies of History of Euro-American Literature 40 4 2 Comparative Literature and World Literature 021102936 Studies of documents of comparative literature 40 4 4 021102937 Monographic Studies of documents of Euro-American writers 40 4 3 021102938 Studies of documents of Chinese classic aesthetics 40 4 4 Literary Theory and criticism 021102939 Methodology of literary criticism 40 4 3 021102947 (to be confirmed) 40 4 3 021102940 Studies of documents of media culture 40 4 2 021102910 Studies of Poetry and Sao 40 4 3 Chinese Classical Literature 021102913 Introduction to Wen Xin Diao Long 40 4 3 021102915 Reading of Tang and Song dynasty poetry 40 4 2 021102941 studies of history of Chinese novel research 40 4 3 021102911 Bibliography of Qing dynasty Literature 40 4 4 Chinese Classical Literature, Chinese Classical Bibliography 021102942 Studies Of literature of Yuan and Ming dynasty 40 4 2 021102927 Bibliography and collation of classical texts 40 4 3 Chinese Classical Bibliography 021102928 Textual studies and collation of classical texts 40 4 3 021102943 An introduction to Zhuzi 40 4 3 021102944 Historical Studies of intellectual of Qing Dynasty and Min-guo 40 4 3 021102916 Documental reading of graphology 40 4 2 Chinese Linguistics and Philology 021102945 Documental reading of phonology 40 4 2 021102918 Documental reading Chinese dialectology 40 4 3 021102919 Documental reading of and Han and Zang linguistics 40 4 3 021102920 Reading of documents of theoretical linguistics 40 4 4 021102921 Documental Reading of Grammar 40 4 4 Academic Seminar 2 5. Research and Thesis 5.1 After acquiring all the credits as required, candidates are eligible for conducting research on their theses. 5.2 Candidates begin the research work under guidance of their supervisors, conduct seminars on documentary resources, thesis preliminary conference and periodical reports on their theses during the second year. After consulting the discipline panel and obtaining the approval of the panel, candidates can start their specific studies and thesis writing. There must be 3 professors and associated professors attending the thesis preliminary conference. 5.3 Candidates must take part in the professor's research item. The thesis must be printed out and then submitted to the defense committee, which will make arrangement for the evaluation and defense of the theses. 5.4 The thesis writing should be conducted in accordance with "The Quantification Index on Research Achievements of Shanghai University for Master's and Doctoral Candidates." 5.5 The completed theses should be assessed and degrees conferred in accordance with "Regulations Concerning Academic Degrees in the People's Republic of China" and "Rules Concerning Academic Degrees in Shanghai University."

About Shanghai University

Shanghai University Libraries is composed of three libraries. The main library is on the new Baoshan campus, Wenhui library is located on Yanchang campus, and Lianhe library resides on Jiading campus. The University library, with a total floor space of 55,000 square meters, has 25 reading rooms and 3,000 seats. The main library occupies approximately 38,000 square meters.

The libraries contain more than 3 million volumes, more than 4,600 periodicals, and many electronic resources including Elsevier, Ebsco, Kluwer, and Academic Press. The library materials are comprehensive and cover diversified areas. In cooperation with Shanghai Writer’s Association, the main library has a collection room for Shanghai writer’s works.

The library includes the departments of acquisition, cataloging, periodicals, circulation, information reference, technical service, reading, and special collection. The administrative offices include the Director’s Office and Office of General Affairs. The director of library is Professor Yuanda Dong, a famous material scientist.



As a member of IFLA (International Federation of library Associations), Shanghai University libraries have established contacts and academic exchanges with many other universities, institutes, and libraries, both domestic and abroad.

Shanghai University Libraries have paid great attention to the development of an unique, automatic, modern, and digital library. There are more than 300 computers that provide all kinds of services. The library website provides all the electronic resources including accessing and connecting to China Academic Library & Information System, and the Shanghai Education Network Library. Through the campus network system, users can access the electronic databases of Shanghai University Libraries. The campus network of the university is built upon an infrastructure of the gigabit Ethernet and the three campuses are interconnected by the fiber optic backbone. The libraries adopt SUN Enterprise 5500 as the main server and HORIZON library automation system for library and information management.

The libraries has established an interlibrary loan and resource-sharing system with most of the universities in Shanghai.



 

Accommodation

Yanchang Campus

The international students' dormitory consists of four apartment buildings linked together, named Building Xinyuan, which started using in the year of 2002.With 193 rooms (only 4 double rooms)in which there are 198 beds, the building can accommodate 198 students.

Staff members are particularly assigned to take the responsibility of the security and service 24 hours a day. Boiled water is available in wash rooms of each floor. All the rooms are well furnished and equipped and look neat and beautiful.

There is a laundry room each floor with pre-paid washing machines and a mini-shop selling foods and articles for the daily life for the convenience of international students.

The types of rooms are as follows: (Price is subject to change due to the inflation each year and Y-C rooms are limited for couples only)

Type

Equipments

Charges 

(RMB per person per day)

Long-term

Short-term

Y-A

Single room with TV, air-conditioner, 
telephone, shower, toilet, furniture

70

85

D-A

Double room (3 double rooms & 1 single room in a suite), 
with TV, air-conditioner, telephone, furniture, 
shared shower, toilet

35

45

D-B

Single room (3 double rooms & 1 single room in a suite)
 with TV, air-conditioner, telephone, furniture, 
shared shower, toilet

60

80

               

  

Baoshan Campus

The international students' dormitory consists of four apartment buildings linked together, named Building V and Building Z & W, which started using in the year of 2001, 2006 & 2008. With 186 rooms & 280 rooms in which there are 259 beds & 360 beds, the building can accommodate 245 & 360 students.

Staff members are particularly assigned to take the responsibility of the security and service 24 hours a day. Boiled water is available. All the rooms are well furnished and equipped and look neat and beautiful. Each building has its own elevator except Z & W building. Life turns out to be convenient.

There is a laundry room with pre-paid washing machines in each building and a mini-shop only in V building selling foods and articles for the daily life for the convenience of international students.

The types of rooms are as follows (V building): (Price is subject to change due to the inflation each year)

 

Type

Equipments

Charges
(RMB per person per day)

Long-term

Short-term

X-A

Single person in double room with TV,air-conditioner,telephone, 
shower, toilet, furniture & shared refrigerator

60

75

X-B

Double room with TV, air-conditioner,telephone,shower, toilet, 
furniture

35

45

X-C

3 single-room in one suite with air-conditioner and furniture;a living

room with telephone, TV and shower and toilet and refrigerator 
shared
 by three students.

45

60


The types of rooms are as follows (Z & W building): (Price is subject to change due to the inflation each year)

Type

Equipments 

 Charges

(RMB per person per day)                

Long-term

Short-term

Z-A

Double room with TV, air-conditioner, telephone, shower,
toilet, furniture & shared refrigerator

35

45

Z-B

Double room with air-conditioner, telephone, toilet, furniture 
& shared
 refrigerator and shower

25

30

W-A

Double room with air-conditioner,telephone, shower, toilet, 
furniture & shared refrigerator

35

45

W-B

Single room with air-conditioner, telephone, shower, toilet, 
furniture & shared refrigerator

70

90

 


Fees

Application Fee:
$ 150 USD
Service Fee:
$ 50 USD
Tuition fee:
$ 3611 USD/per year
 
¥ 26000 CNY/per year

Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1

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2

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3

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Entry Requirements

1. Undergraduate graduation, hold a Bachelor's Degree
2. HSK 6
3. Aged 18 - 40

Application Materials

1.  Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2.  Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3.  Bachelor's degree diploma
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4.  Transcript of undergraduate school

5.  Two recommendation letters
From professor,associate professor or equivalents.

6.  Certificate of English proficiency test
IELTS or TOEFl will only be required if the applicant is not a native English speaker.

7.  Certificate of Chinese language education
For applying Chinese-medium programs.

8.  Study plan
Including study purpose, research interest and research plan in brief. (at least 1 A4 page)

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