Minzu University of China

Minzu University of China (MUC) is one of China’s most important comprehensive universities, and is one of the 38 key universities receiving direct support from the Chinese government. The university is renowned for its highly distinctive ethnic characteristics. It also has a beautiful garden like campus, something rarely seen in northern China.

Focusing on Humanities and featured by Ethnic Studies, MUC has a comprehensive set of disciplines, covering liberal arts, science, engineering, medical science,management, education, economics, politics, law, arts and physical education. MUC has 23 colleges, offering 60 undergraduate programs, 140 master programs and 39 doctoral programs, all open to international students. Its Ethnology, Chinese Ethnic Minority Arts, and Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literature rank the first in Chinaand are well-known globally. Today, MUC has a faculty of 2065 members, among whom 1106 are full time teachers, including 663 professors and associate professors. MUC has established cooperation with 119 universities and institutes in 33 countries and regions. Each year, many well-known scholars in different academic fields come to exchange and teach at MUC.

At MUC,multiple cultures are harmonious with each other. Not only does it have ahigh-quality, top-level faculty with ethnic backgrounds, but also 54.9% of its 16,053 full-time students are ethnic minorities.MUC is a microcosm of the big family of Chinese ethnic groups, and it is theonly university inChinawhere all ofChina’s56 ethnic groups are represented in its faculty and student body. The multiplecultures of the 56 ethnic groups harmoniously mix together here.

MUC isone of the most well-known institutions in teaching Chinese as a secondlanguage inChina.It is also one of the first 8 universities inChinathat enrolled internationalstudents and began teaching and researching in this field. It also acceptsinternational students with CSC Scholarship and ‘Confucius InstituteScholarship. Each year, over 800 international students from more than 40 countries study here. The College of International Education is the special agency that is responsible for recruitment, Chinese teaching and management of as well as service to all international students at MUC. The college offers non-degree Chinese language courses and undergraduate program on Chinese to international students, while it provide master program on Teaching Chinese to Students of Other Languages and doctoral program on International Chinese Language Education to both Chinese and international students.It has all necessary facilities and excellent teachers. The teachers have a lot of teaching experiences. For international students, MUC provides small classes, and there are tutors and study partners helping to solve the difficulties in studies and daily life after class.

International students from all over the world are welcome to study at Minzu University of China!