With comprehensive development of China economy and deeper level of China’s integration into the globalization, more and more people are willing to study Chinese language. According to related reports, in oder to develop Chinese language, Chinese examinations started in 1991, there were 128 Singapore candidates at that times, and until 2014 the number of study Chinese was increased to 30 thousand. At the end of 2013, the people who participated in various Chinese examinations include national certification exams, Confucius institutes or classrooms testing, online testing and so on is over 5 million. In 21 century, some statistics show that there are over 1.5 billion people had studied Chinese language until 2014 and about 6500 universities opened Chinese Language class for students around 114 countries and regions.
In order to meet the growing demands in modern times, today, Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) has become a communication card for students who want to study in China, a required condition for applying for China Universities and an important basis for hiring, pay and promotion.
With improvement of people’s living standards, more international students who prefer to study Chinese Language in local environment and put what they learned in class into practice better. Can you guess how many international students who want to study in China? On the basis of statistics in CUCAS platform, the Chinese Learners account for 43.21% in 2015 among all international students, and Chinese Language program win high attention degree 22.14% among all programs(100 programs as sample data), which shows the continuous focus in Chinese language.
2016 QS University Rankings of Language
Which universities did they prefer to go to study Chinese Language? Let me show you the top universities for modern languages by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015.
2016 CUCAS Recommending Universities
According to the analysis of data in CUCAS, People who want to study Chinese Language will have various course selection based on different study time and different employment directions, like Semester Chinese Language Program,Short-term Chinese Language Program (<3 Months),Chinese Language and Literature, Business Chinese Program, HSK Training Program, Chinese Practice Programs,Chinese Minority Languages and so on, all of these related Chinese programs still attract international students. Following is the course proportion of students study.
As for choosing university to study Chinese, many students who prefer to study Chinese in Language universities.Here, combing following five factors, CUCAS Popularity(means the number of applicants through CUCAS), Acceptance Easiness (means whether this univeristy is easily apply for an international student),Tuition Fee Affordability( higher tuition fee or normal for students in the same education industry), Accommodation Level (means whether this university provides comfortable and clean living environment), and the last one, City Attention Degree (which judged by city located province), CUCAS recommends top 5 universities to study Chinese Language for international students.
Top 1: Beijing Language and Culture University
Recommending reasons
1. CUCAS Popularity
2. Acceptance Easiness
3. Tuition Fee Affordability
4. Accommodation level
5. City Attention Degree
Top 2: Beijing Foreign Studies University
Recommending reasons
1. CUCAS Popularity
2. Acceptance Easiness
3. Tuition Fee Affordability
4. Accommodation Level
5. City Attention Degree
Top 3: Shanghai International Studies University
Recommending reasons
1. CUCAS Popularity
2. Acceptance Easiness
3. Tuition Fee Affordability
4. Accommodation level
5. City Attention Degree
Recommending reasons
1. CUCAS Popularity
2. Acceptance Easiness
3. Tuition Fee Affordability
4. Accommodation level
5. City Attention Degree
Top 5: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Recommending reasons
1. CUCAS Popularity
2. Acceptance Easiness
3. Tuition Fee Affordability
4. Accommodation level
5. City Attention Degree
Studying Chinese in China is a better choice for international students, and students can choose different universities according to their conditions. Welcome you study Chinese in China in 2016.