Beijing International Studies University was founded in 1964 under the loving care of the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai. The college is a teaching university with foreign languages ??and literature as its main subject, tourism management as its characteristic subject, and multiple disciplines such as literature, management, economics, and law. Adhering to the school-running philosophy of "morality, diligence, truth-seeking, and competition for excellence", it is based in Beijing, serves the capital, and radiates across the country, cultivating international applied talents in foreign affairs, tourism, economy, trade, culture, etc. for the country's economic and social development.
The main teaching and research institutions of the college include the Department of English, Department of Japanese, Department of Russian, Department of German, Department of French, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Department of Arabic, Department of Korean, School of Tourism Management, School of International Economics and Trade, and School of International Communication. , School of Law and Political Science, Vocational and Technical College, School of Continuing Education, School of International Cultural Exchange, Institute of Tourism Development, Institute of Intercultural Studies and Institute of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, with eight departments, eight colleges and two institutes. The college has 18 majors recruiting undergraduate students, including English, Japanese, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Korean, tourism management, marketing, financial management, and international economics and trade. , Finance, Chinese Language and Literature, Journalism, International Politics, and Law; 7 majors including English, Japanese, Russian, Tourism Management, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Business Management, and International Trade are recruiting master's degree students; Tourism Management and International The two majors of Economics and Trade recruit second bachelor's degree students; the two majors of English and Japanese recruit higher vocational education junior college students; the College of Adult Education recruits adult full-time junior college classes and high school and junior college undergraduate classes; the International Cultural Exchange College recruits long-term and short-term foreign students International students, nearly a thousand foreign students from all over the world study in the college every year, including master's students, undergraduates and language students. The college currently has more than 8,000 students with various academic qualifications.
The college has a teaching team with reasonable age, academic qualifications, majors and professional titles. There are more than 600 teachers and professional technicians, including more than 200 people with senior professional titles. The vast majority of teachers have worked abroad After continuing their studies or pursuing a degree, they can return to China and teach. The college also hires more than 60 foreign experts to teach at the school all year round, with a strong teaching staff.
The college has advanced teaching equipment and has many language laboratories, network computer rooms and multimedia teaching laboratories of different specifications. It also has a campus network, a TV station and an advanced ground satellite receiving system. The library has a rich collection of books and is equipped with a large periodical reading room, a professional reading room, an electronic reading room and an advanced computer network service system. The college continues to strengthen infrastructure construction and has various sports venues, creating a good learning and living environment for the majority of students.
The college has extensive connections with industries and departments such as foreign affairs, tourism, economics and trade across the country. It has various school-running forms that combine industry, academia and research, and has established partnerships with universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, and Australia. We have established good exchange relationships with more than 60 institutions of higher learning and institutions in countries and regions such as Russia, South Korea, Canada and Hong Kong, and we often invite well-known scholars at home and abroad to give lectures in the college, thus providing a basis for the college’s teaching, scientific research, social practice and talent exchange. Good conditions are provided.
In order to fully implement the party’s education policy and promote the all-round development of students morally, intellectually, physically and aesthetically, the college advocates the eight-character school motto of “morality, diligence, truth-seeking and competition”, and attaches great importance to cultivating students’ comprehensive quality and professional ethics, insisting on combining teaching with social practice, and combining imparting knowledge with cultivating abilities.
The college is located in Chaoyang District, Beijing, adjacent to the Beijing Central Business District (CBD). It has an excellent geographical location, convenient transportation, and an elegant campus environment.
PS: The reason why Beijing International Studies University was renamed China Tourism University
On February 1, 1983, the State Council issued an approval to transfer Beijing International Studies University to the Ministry of Education. It was placed under the supervision of the National Tourism Administration and became the only undergraduate institution directly under the National Tourism Administration. During this period, plaques bearing the names "Beijing International Studies University" and "China Tourism University" were hung on the school's gate.
In 2000, with the reform of the university system, Beijing International Studies University was once again placed under the jurisdiction of Beijing by the National Tourism Administration.
However, in the tourism industry, "Beijing International Studies University" is always referred to as "China Tourism University"