GlobaLinks Learning Abroad and Minzu University
Location
China: Beijing
Description
You can study abroad for a semeter or year abroad at Minzu University with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad. Your study abroad experience is all about you!
GlobaLinks Learning Abroad is here to help you assist you in your path of discovery throughout the study abroad experience. We design our programs so that our local and overseas staff are available 24 hours a day to support you in health and safety matters and are also key in enhancing your study abroad experience. Through our planned activities and resident directors personal recommendations for activities you can undertake while abroad, you will be directed on a path of personal, academic, cultural, social, and professional discovery. This team, which supports you throughout your experience, will ensure that you have the most fulfilling experience possible - one that is unique to you! So... What Will You Discover?
Imagine yourself immersed in the vibrant cultures and customs of the East as you witness unprecedented growth of Asian economic giants and their impact on the future of our global economy.
Minzu University of China, formally Central University for Nationalities, is one of China's most important comprehensive universities, and one of the country's 38 key government supported institutions of higher education. The Humanities is its main focus and Ethnic Studies is its defining specialty, ranking first in China. It is the only university in China where all of China's 56 ethnic groups are represented in its faculty and student body. Minzu University is also one of the most well-known institutions in China for teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It is one of the first eight universities in China that enrolled international students and began teaching and researching Chinese as a foreign language.
The campus is located in the university district of Beijing near the National Library of China and the Chinese 'Silicon Valley' known as the Zhongguancun High-Technology Industry Base. The campus has a garden-like characteristic, and public transportation is convenient with subway access at the entrance to campus.
Highlights
Minzu University, with its signature strength in language instruction and Chinese Ethnic Studies, is the ideal university for hosting visiting international students.
All participants will enroll in intensive Chinese language instruction (8 hours of instruction per week), along with a subject on Chinese Ethnic Studies. Participants may select an additional subject or participate in a part-time internship.
Cultural excursions are led every other Saturday where participants will interact with other visiting and local students attending both Minzu University and Peking University.
Internship Option
Students may participate in an academically supervised and credit-awarded internship. Internships are available in a variety of fields such as business, media, NGO, law, and I.T. Students will complete 180 hours of work over the course of the semester.