Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Tianjin Foreign Studies University, founded in 1964, is one of the eight traditional prestigious institutions of higher learning for foreign languages in China. It is the only university in Tianjin with a complete range of major foreign languages and a coordinated development of multiple disciplines including literature, economics, management, law, education, art, engineering, etc., with distinctive features. It is one of the first universities in China to build an innovation and practice base for cultivating high-level international talents.

The university has two campuses, Wudadao and Binhai, covering a total area of 470,000 square meters. The three courtyards of the Wudao campus are located within the Tianjin Historical and Architectural Cultural Tourism Zone. The Binhai campus is located in the Dagang Higher Education Ecological Park in Binhai New Area, with beautiful scenery reflected in the lake.

The university offers 58 undergraduate programs. Among them, there are 33 foreign language and literature programs (31 foreign language programs), 25 other literature programs such as Chinese and journalism, and 25 programs in economics, management, law, education, art, and engineering. The university has the only national special needs doctoral program for Translation Studies of important Documents of the Party and the State, 7 first-level discipline points for master's degree authorization (covering 29 master's degree training directions), and 7 master's professional degree authorization categories (covering 23 training directions).

There are more than 10,000 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students at the university, covering all 34 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and special administrative regions of China. The school has more than 1,000 staff members, including over 700 full-time teachers (including foreign teachers). More than 60 percent of the full-time teachers have overseas study or work experience, and 100% in some specialties.

The school adheres to the path of internationalization, actively serves the Belt and Road Initiative, and has established friendly cooperative relations with more than 360 universities and educational institutions in over 50 countries around the world. The school is a recipient of various scholarship programs, including the Chinese Government Scholarship, the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship, the Tianjin Government Scholarship for Foreign Students, the International Chinese Language Teacher Scholarship - Master of Foreign Translation Program, the Language Partnership Program between Chinese and Foreign Universities, and the China-Indonesia Joint Program for Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. It also offers scholarships for international students at Tianjin Foreign Studies University. The university also collaborates with institutions such as Tianjin Vocational University to offer "Chinese Language + vocational skills" programs for international students. Each year, more than 2,000 long-term and short-term international students from over 60 countries come to the university to pursue undergraduate, master's, doctoral degrees or short-term studies. Among them, scholarship students account for more than 80 percent, and international students from countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative account for more than 50 percent.

The university has 10 Confucius Institutes in partnership with universities in South Korea, Portugal, Russia and other countries. The Confucius Institute at the University of Lisbon in Portugal has been approved as a global model Confucius Institute, and many Confucius Institutes have been awarded the title of "Advanced Confucius Institute". The university has twice been recognized as an advanced Chinese partner of global Confucius Institutes.

The university built an international student apartment (International Exchange Center) in 2011, which can accommodate more than 500 students at the same time. The facilities are complete and the services are excellent.