The history of the School of Foreign
Languages is one of dedication and commitment by a team of remarkable people
who set up and nurtured what has now developed into one of the top institutions
in China for foreign language teaching and research. The School, grown out of
the Foreign Languages Department (1977-2007), started to enroll undergraduates
in 1978 and graduate students in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in 1985
respectively, one of the first institutions in China offering such programs.
With the approval of the Ministry of Education in 2010, the School now offers doctoral
programs in all fields related to Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Faculty in the School of Foreign Languages
includes more than 100 scholars working at the forefronts of linguistic,
literary and translation studies in a professionally oriented research
environment, a vigorous academic community dedicated to the success of its
students and to the advancement of research.

The School has all the advantages that a
nation’s prestige university can have—a wide range of excellent undergraduate
and postgraduate programs and a variety of faculty and research disciplines to
cater for the needs of any individual student.

The School’s full degree programs (BA, MA, and
PhD) feature the application of computer technology in language and translation
teaching and research, corpus-based linguistic studies and translation studies,
cognitive linguistics, and rhetoric and communication. Labs are open to both
faculty and students interested in corpus-based linguistic research,
computer-aided translation research, and language teaching research.

The School of Foreign Languages offers many
options for language- and culture-related study and research through the
following Departments and Divisions:

Department of Applied English

Department of English Literature

Department of German Studies

Department of Linguistic Science and
Engineering

Department of Rhetoric and Communication

Department of Russian Studies

Department of Translation and
Interpretation

Division for Teaching English as a Second
Language (non-English major postgraduates)

Division for Teaching English as a Second
Language (non-English major undergraduates)

An array of programs are provided by the
Departments and Divisions, allowing students to customize their course
schedules based on individual needs and achieve their professional goals.

The School has close ties with the
international community. Its strategic partners are worldwide, including
leading universities in Australia, Germany, Russia, UK, and US. Every year,
both faculty and students benefit from many of its exchange programs, joint research
projects, and summer school programs.

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