Xi'an Foreign Studies University

Xi'an Foreign Studies University is one of the first four foreign language universities established in New China, and the only university with a complete range of major foreign languages in Northwest China. In 1951, with the approval of the Ministry of education of the Central People's government, northwest Russian college, the predecessor of Xi'an Foreign Studies University, was established by the merger of the Russian Department of Lanzhou University, the Russian section of the Department of foreign languages of Northwest University, and the Russian specialty. In 1952, the Russian class of the Party School of the Northwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China was merged into the northwest Russian college, and the college began to recruit students.

In 1958, it was renamed Xi'an Institute of foreign languages. In 1979, it began to recruit graduate students. In 1986, with the approval of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, it officially became an authorized unit for master's degree. In 2006, approved by the Ministry of education, the University changed its name to Xi'an Foreign Studies University. In 2011, it was listed as a high-level university during the 12th Five Year Plan period by Shaanxi Provincial People's government. In 2013, it was approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council as a doctoral degree awarding unit, and was granted the right to confer a doctoral degree in the first level discipline of foreign language and literature. In 2014, with the approval of the Ministry of human resources and social security and the national post doctoral Management Committee, the post doctoral research mobile station was established. After more than 60 years of construction and development, the university has realized the transformation from a single subject foreign language university to a multi-disciplinary foreign language university which highlights the characteristics of foreign language education and foreign humanities and social sciences research, with humanities as the main body and the coordinated development of Social Sciences, management disciplines and science disciplines. It is an important foreign language talent training base in the western part of China, and plays an important role in foreign language education and teaching in the northwest region The research field plays an irreplaceable role.

The school covers an area of 1593 mu with a construction area of 810000 square meters. The school has perfect infrastructure, advanced teaching equipment, multimedia network classroom, language laboratory, computer laboratory, simultaneous interpretation room, simulated tour guide laboratory, news editing laboratory and other modern facilities. The advanced satellite receiving system can receive TV programs in different languages. The library implements computer management and has a large electronic academic journal library. In 2009, the school was awarded the provincial "civilized campus".

The university has 35 Colleges (departments) and other teaching institutions, 45 undergraduate majors and 7 minor majors. It has a first-class doctoral program in foreign language and literature, four first-class master programs in foreign language and literature, Chinese language and literature, business administration and education, 13 second-class doctoral programs and 59 second-class master programs, covering literature, economics, management, law and education It is a professional degree training unit for master of translation, master of Chinese international education, master of tourism management, master of accounting, master of Journalism and communication, master of education, and cooperates with nine foreign universities to train doctoral candidates. The first level discipline of foreign language and literature is the characteristic discipline of philosophy and Social Sciences in ordinary universities of Shaanxi Province; English language and literature, French language and literature, German language and literature are the key disciplines of Shaanxi Province; English major is the pilot of comprehensive reform of national major; English, Russian, French, tourism management, translation and other five majors are the national characteristic majors, accounting (ACCA) and Tourism Management (English) English, German, French, Russian and Japanese are famous majors in Shaanxi Province, and English, Russian, French, Spanish, tourism management, translation, German, accounting (ACCA) and Japanese are characteristic majors in Shaanxi Province As a national excellent course, English intensive reading, English writing, English translation, French intensive reading, basic Japanese, German intensive reading, English simulated tour guide, Russian translation, English literature, English audio visual speaking, Chinese cultural interpretation, management, French literature history, translation and practice, international trade and practice, business English writing and other 16 courses are provincial excellent courses Business accounting was rated as the national bilingual teaching model course, financial accounting, international business law and other two courses were rated as the provincial bilingual teaching model course; "English writing" was rated as the national excellent resource sharing course, "financial accounting", "business analysis", "tourism Overview", cross-cultural human resource management, finance, international trade practice, economic geography, humanities " Geography, principles of urban planning, ESP course for foreign language teacher education, tourism geography and other 11 courses have been rated as provincial excellent resource sharing courses; "applied translation talents training mode innovation experimental zone" has been rated as national talents training mode innovation experimental zone, international business, applied translation, international tourism, international foreign language teacher education, international accounting, international application Seven innovative experimental zones of talent training mode, including innovative financial talents and International Business Administration (CIMA), have been rated as provincial-level innovative experimental zones of talent training mode; French literature and translation teaching team is a national teaching team, including French literature and translation, Chinese and foreign tourism culture, international business, translation, English writing, main courses of business administration, theory and practice of tourism law, and business administration（ CIMA), Finance (CFA) international innovation, international trade bilingual, regional tourism and urban-rural community planning, tourism operation management and other 12 teaching teams are provincial teaching teams. "Research, innovation and practice of translation teaching mode" and "innovation and practice of international business talent training mode" won the special prize of Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award. The university has cooperated with Global Times Online (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd. to establish a literature practice education base, which has been approved as a national and provincial practice education base for college students. The management practice education base established in cooperation with Xi'an Pepsi Cola Beverage Co., Ltd. has been approved as a provincial practice education base for college students. The university is a non lingua franca batch enrollment institutions, recommend outstanding undergraduate examination free postgraduate institutions and receive recommended students qualification institutions. At present, there are more than 20000 doctoral students, master's students, junior college students, foreign students and various training students.

The university has strong scientific research strength, with 31 academic and research institutions including European and American Literature Research Center, foreign linguistics and Applied Linguistics Research Center, Shaanxi Tourism Research Institute and Human Geography Research Institute. European and American literature research center and foreign linguistics and applied linguistics research center are the key research bases of philosophy and Social Sciences in Shaanxi universities. The university has also cooperated with the China Association for international exchange of education to build a research center for international exchange of education, forming a relatively complete foreign language and interdisciplinary scientific research system with a certain scale, undertaking a number of scientific research projects funded by the national, provincial and ministerial levels and the Ministry of foreign culture, and publishing large-scale dictionaries, monographs, translations, papers and teaching materials of high quality. Foreign language teaching, human geography, Journal of Xi'an Foreign Studies University and other academic journals founded by the university are the core journals of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences and Chinese Geography with certain influence in domestic and foreign academic circles. Among them, foreign language teaching and human geography have been selected as CSSCI source journals for many years, and Journal of Xi'an Foreign Studies University is an expanded version of CSSCI Source journals.

The University adheres to give full play to its own advantages, widely carries out international academic exchanges, and has established friendly cooperative relations with 169 universities and educational institutions abroad. The university has been identified by the Ministry of education as the designated institution of Fulbright program and the training unit entrusted by the Chinese government scholarship program for international students in China. With more than 100 foreign universities to carry out joint training doctoral, master, Bachelor "double campus" project, opened up the United States, Singapore, Thailand, France and the United Kingdom and other overseas practice bases. In 2014, in response to the national strategy of building the Silk Road Economic Belt, the University established the Central Asia College, which specializes in the education of foreign students from Central Asian countries. The school has established three Confucius Institutes and one Confucius Classroom in the United States, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Austria. In 2012, the multilingual base for international promotion of Chinese (Xi'an) was established with the approval of Hanban. The University cooperates with Humboldt State University in the United States to establish Humboldt College of western culture, and with modal Institute of fashion art and design in Paris, France to establish Paris Institute of fashion art and design; and cooperates with the association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the association of management accountants to establish ACCA, CIMA and CFA teaching reform classes. The Korean Academy of culture, Goethe College of Germany and Pucheng English group of the United States have set up "Shizong school", "Goethe Language Center" and "Qin Suzanne English Center" in the school respectively. The school has also built a Russian language and culture center with Novosibirsk National University of technology in Russia. In addition, the school also has the Training Department of the Ministry of education for overseas students, the preparatory education center of the national study abroad fund commission, and the training base of China (Ministry of Education) study abroad service center.

The school has made great efforts to improve the quality of personnel training and achieved remarkable results. The graduates are welcomed by employers for their "solid foundation in foreign languages, strong communication skills, high comprehensive quality, quick adaptation to work, dedication and dedication, down-to-earth and willing to work, and potential development". The employment rate of graduates has remained at a high level for many years. College students have participated in the volunteer work of the Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo, Xi'an World Horticultural Exposition, Shenzhen World University Games, Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Eurasian Economic Forum and other major activities. The college volunteer team has been awarded "China's 100 excellent volunteer service groups" and other honors. In order to meet the needs of social development and economic construction in the new century, the university will grasp the historical opportunity of the great development of national higher education and the western development, "based on Shaanxi, serving the northwest, radiating the whole country and facing the world"

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