Shanghai International Studies University

Shanghai International Studies University
上海外国语大学

Motto	格高志远学贯中外^[1]
Motto in English	Integrity, vision, academic excellence^[1]
Type	National
Established	December, 1949
President	Cao Deming (曹德明)
Academic staff	1,305
Undergraduates	5,972
Postgraduates	2,827
Location	Shanghai, China
Campus	Urban 74.7 hectares
Colors	SISU Blue
Nickname	SISU, or ShàngWài
Website	en.shisu.edu.cn

The Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) (Chinese: 上海外国语大学) is an elite institution of higher learning in China. It's one of top eight foreign studies universities in China.

SISU has been one of the most acclaimed and influential universities cultivating intercultural professionals. SISU is known for being one of the earliest institutions where China’s higher education in foreign languages took shape. With a mission to “introduce the rest of the world to China” and “present China globally”, SISU has won an established reputation in linguistics, literary studies, comparative culture and diplomatic studies. Over the past 60-plus years, SISU graduates have been contributing to the economic and social development of China and to the promotion of friendly exchange with people around the world.SISU was among the first batch of schools admitted to the Project 211. Like its rival Beijing Foreign Studies University, SISU is known for its strict admission selection. The Ministry of Education has designated SISU's English Literature a National Key Subject along with the English Literature of Peking University.

History

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the East China office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (中共中央华东局) and the government of the Shanghai Municipality decided to establish an institute for higher education in Russian studies to cultivate qualified diplomats and translators for international affairs. With the support of Mayor Chen Yi, the Shanghai Russian School (上海俄文学校) was officially established in December 1949. Jiang Chunfang, one of the most famous Russian translators in China and the first chief editor of the Encyclopedia of China, was appointed the school's first president.

In 1950, the department of English was established and the college was incorporated as the foreign language school affiliated to the East China People's Revolution University (华东人民革命大学). The department of oriental language and literature was founded in April, 1951 and languages as Burmese, Vietnamese, Indonesian had respectively been introduced to teaching.

Later in 1952, a nationwide restructuring of institutes of higher education began in China, and the department of oriental language and literature was incorporated into Peking University. The college was renamed as Shanghai Russian College that specialise in teaching Russian language. The university was used to be widely known as Shanghai Foreign Language Institute (上海外国语学院) since its expansion in 1956 and became a national key university approved by the State Council in 1963 with the department of Russian, English (re-established), French, German, Japanese, Arabic and Spanish.

Approved by the Ministry of Education in 1994, it was officially renamed as Shanghai International Studies University (上海外国语大学). In the same year, it was listed as one of the first colleges and universities jointly supervised by the national Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Shanghai. In 1996, SISU passed the evaluation process of Project 211 directed by the Ministry of Education, and became one of the nation's “100 key universities for the 21st Century.” ^[2]

Academics

Schools and Departments

School of English Studies
- Department of English
- Department of Translation and Interpreting
School of Japanese Studies
- Department of Japanese
School of Asian and African Studies
- Department of Korean
- Department of Arabic
- Department of Persian
- Department of Vietnamese
- Department of Indonesian
- Department of Thai
- Department of Hebrew
- Department of Turkish
- Department of Hindi
School of European and Latin American Studies
- Department of Spanish
- Department of Portuguese
- Department of Italian
- Department of Greek
- Department of Dutch
Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies
- Department of Russian
- Department of Ukrainian
Department of French and Francophone Studies
- Department of French
Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of German
- Department of Swedish

School of Law
- Department of Law
- Department of International Politics
School of Economics and Finance
- Department of International Economics and Trade
- Department of Finance
- Department of Accounting
School of Business and Management
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Public Relations
- Department of Information Management and Information System
- MBA Center
School of Journalism
- Department of Journalism
School of Media and Communications
- Department of Radio and Television Journalism
- Department of Advertising
- Department of Educational Technology
School of Education
- Department of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
- Department of English Pedagogy
- Department of Business English
School of Chinese Studies and Exchange
- Department of Chinese
Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT)
- Department of Translation and Interpretation
- Department of Translation Studies

Ranking

Shanghai International studies university is ranked the 76th in the QS BRICS 2016, the 142nd in the QS Asian University Rankings, and its linguistics is ranked 151-200 in the QS ranking by subject.^[3]

Graduate Education

There are 33 Master's Programs:(30 research programs) Adult Education, Ancient Chinese Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, Asian-African Languages and Literatures, Chinese and Foreign Political Institution, Chinese Linguistics and Philology, Communication, Comparative Literature & World Literature, Corporate Management, Curriculum and Teaching Methodology, Diplomacy, Education in Ideology and Politics, Educational Technology, English Language and Literature, European Languages and Literatures, Finance, French Language and Literature, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, German Language and Literature, International Politics, International Relations, International Trade, Japanese Language and Literature, Journalism, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Modern & Contemporary Chinese Literature, Russian Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, Technology Economy and Management, Translation Studies; (3 taught programs) Translation and Interpreting (MTI), Business Administration (MBA), Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (MTCSOL).

There are 12 Doctoral Programs: English Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, Asian and African Languages and Literatures, Translation Studies, International Relations, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, International Politics, Diplomacy.

The Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT) of SISU is awarded the highest ranking by AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, as the only Asian university among the 15 top professional conference interpreting schools in the world.^[4]

Global Presence

The University has entered into partnerships with 286 universities and institutions in 55 countries and regions.^[5]

The Songjiang Campus of Shanghai International Studies University

Campus

SISU has two campuses, one in Hongkou District and one in Songjiang District.

Hongkou Campus

The Hongkou campus is located in the center of Shanghai, covering 16.9 hectares.

Songjiang Campus

The Songjiang campus is in Shanghai's Songjiang New District, covering an area of 53.3 hectares.

Notable people

Notable alumni

Zhou Shuchun - Vice President of Xinhua News Agency
Wang Yeping - Former First Lady of China (wife of Jiang Zemin)
Yang Chao - Former Chairman of China Life Insurance Company, Fortune Global 500 and China's biggest insurance corporation
Zhou Zhongshu - President of China Minmetals Corporation, ranked 192 among Fortune Global 500
He Chongyuan - Vice President of People's Daily
Li Jinjun - Chinese Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, former Vice Minister of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Zhi (Liria) Chen - Founder and director of Programa SOL
Wang Guoqing - Former Vice Minister of State Council Information Office
Joan Chen - actress and director
Rebecca Wei - General Manager, Asia, Christie's
Yifei Zhang - Financial Advisor

References

1 2 "Mission and Vision". Retrieved 10 July 2014.
↑ (zh) "The History of SISU". Shanghai International Studies University. 2006.
↑ "Shanghai International Studies University". Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
↑ (en) "Shanghai interpretation school bounds into world top 15". People's Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 2005.
↑ (en) "Global Partners". Shanghai International Studies University. Shanghai International Studies University. 2014.

External links

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University Southwest University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Shanghai

Education, Higher education, and Universities in China

National	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Municipal	East China University of Political Science and Law Shanghai Conservatory of Music Shanghai Finance University Shanghai Institute of Visual Art Shanghai Institute of Technology Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Normal University Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai Second Polytechnic University ShanghaiTech University Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai University Shanghai University of Electric Power Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Shanghai University of Political Science and Law Shanghai University of Sport University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Private	China Europe International Business School Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg New York University Shanghai Sanda University

Defunct or Merged	Aurora University Great China University Kwang Hua University St. John's University Shanghai Medical University Shanghai Second Medical University University of Shanghai Utopia University

See also: List of universities in China

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