I. Brief Introduction to Capital Normal University

      Dated back to the year of 1965, Capital Normal University (CNU) became one of the first 23 universities qualified for Chinese language teaching for international students in China. CNU enrolls approximately 2,500 international students for long-term and short-term programs each year.

      So far CNU has set up 5 Confucius Institutes, 2 independent Confucius Classrooms and 1 Coordination Office for Confucius Classroom Consortium, CNU is the Demonstration Base for International Students Education of Ministry of Education, Base of Preparatory Education for International Students Pursuing Bachelor’s degree in China with Chinese Government Scholarship, Beijing's “Belt and Road” National training base, Chinese Language Education Base of Beijing Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and HSK testing center.

      College of International Education of CNU has designed various types of online and on-site Chinese language courses. There are more than 50 professional teachers in CIE and all of them are well-experienced. 30 of them had obtained doctoral degrees, 30 were titled senior professional teachers. 80% of them have oversea teaching experience. Apart from winning awards in competitions during schooling time, CIE students contributed to Sino-foreign cultural communications after graduation. Our alumni later became simultaneous interpreters for national leaders. Some of them engaged in Chinese language teaching and literary translation. There are also students contributed significantly for business cooperation with Chinese economy.

II. Program Introduction

1.Prospective students

      The program is designed for international non-Chinses native speaker who intend to improve Chinese in a short time. The age requirement is 16 – 45 years old. Applicants are expected to be in good health.

2.Time for Application / Study

      Deadline for applications: July 31

      Study period: Aug. 2-Aug. 27

      Daily class hour: 20:00-21:30 (GMT+8)

      We will try to make appropriate teaching plans for student groups or learners with other personalized needs.

3.Teaching Objectives

      Through semester-based Chinese intensive courses, the Chinese proficiency level of the students will be improved significantly to the following level in 4 weeks:

      For the rudimentary level learners, they will be able to use Chinese for daily conversation;

      For the elementary level learners, to HSK3;

      For the intermediate level learners, to HSK4.

4.Curriculum Arrangement

      According to different Chinese proficiency levels, there are 3 grades, namely rudimentary class, elementary class and intermediate class. The following is the teaching arrangement of different classes:

Length of Study	Class	Course
4 weeks (Mon. - Fri.) Aug. 2 – Aug. 27	Rudimentary	Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course I
		Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course II
4 weeks (Mon. - Fri.) Aug. 2 – Aug. 27	Elementary	Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course III
		Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course IV
4 weeks (Mon. - Fri.) Aug. 2 – Aug. 27	Intermediate	Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course V
		Chinese Comprehensive Crash Course VI

5.Teaching Arrangement

      2 hours per lesson, 5 lessons per week, 40 hours in total for the training class, 2 credits offered.

III. Teaching Form

      Online platforms: ZHUMU, Tencent Meeting, Confucius Institute Online Platform, etc. (more information to be released before class)

VI. Tuition

      Application Fee: RMB450

      Tuition: RMB2,100

      More than five students can start up the class.

V. Application Procedure

1. Log in the registration system for international students of CNU: https://cnu.17gz.org/. Fill in personal information and upload application documents.

2. Pay the application fee online. Tuition can be paid through bank transfer. Please upload payment voucher in time.

3. After receiving the verification information of successful payment, applicants may start the course.

VI. Preparation for Class

      Please download WeChat APP and register an account. Make sure the email or other contact ways are available.

VII. Certificate

      CNU will issue Certificate of Completion of CIE to the students attending the program. Students with excellent performance will have preference in admission and eligible for scholarship if they apply for award-seeking courses of Capital Normal University.

VIII. Contact Us

      Admission Office for International Students

      College of International Education

      Capital Normal University

      Add: RM 725, South Building, Int'l Cultural Plaza, North Campus #1, CNU,83 Xi San Huan Bei Lu, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China

      Zip Code: 100089

      Tel: +86-10-68902651; +86-10-68902796

      Fax: +86-10-68416837

      E-mail: cie@cnu.edu.cn

      Website: http://studyinbeijing.cnu.edu.cn; http://cie.cnu.edu.cn

     Online Application Website for International Students: https://cnu.17gz.org/