Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL) is a provincial university in Dalian, Liaoning, China. Formerly known as Dalian School of Japanese Language, it was founded in 1964 with the gracious attention of late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. It aimed at training foreign affairs officials, Japanese translators and Japanese interpreters. It is now under the administration of the Education Commission of Liaoning Province. Through 40 years of development, DLUFL has fledged into a multi-disciplinary foreign language university which also offers programs in other fields like arts, economics, management, engineering, law and pedagogy in addition to instruction in a wide range of languages.
1. History
Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL), formerly known as Dalian School of Japanese Language which was officially founded in 1964 with the gracious support of the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. In the 1970s, the English school and the Russian school were established. Other language departments were then built to meet the needs of Economic reform in China, which began in 1978. In the mid-1980s, the university was authorized by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to offer postgraduate courses.
In 2007, the university moves its main campus to Lvshunkou District. Its Dalian City Campus remained until 2013, when the School of Chinese Studies also moved to Lvshunkou District. The Lvshun Campus nestles under a mountain and is faces the sea, spanning over 1,260,000 square meters (311 acres), with a building area of 500,000 square meters (123 acres). Mingyang Lake, an artificial lake on the campus, is a favorite scenic spot for international students and local residents.
Through half a century of growth, while upholding the motto of Intellectualis et Eclectic, DUFL has become a fully-fledged multidisciplinary university of international studies, also offering programs in other areas like art, economics, management, engineering, law and pedagogy in addition to instruction in a wide range of languages. DLUFL is currently under the jurisdiction of the Education Department of Liaoning Province.
2. Discipline and Programs
Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL) offers thirty-three undergraduate programs of which twenty-four lead to graduate programs. Students can also pursue a doctoral program in Diplomacy Studies. Undergraduate programs include Japanese, English, Russian, French, Korean, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Chinese Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Art Design, Tourism Management, International Economics and Trade, Computer Science and Technology, Information Management and Information Systems, Software Engineering, Journalism and Musicology. The Japanese, English and Russian Language and Literature programs (accredited by the Ministry of Education) are designated as key disciplinary majors at national level.
3. Academic Facilities and Research Centers
Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL) consists of twenty schools or departments and twenty-one research centers. DLUFL has a highly competitive faculty, among the 1,000 faculty and staffs it employs, 400 have Professor or Associate Professor Titles. There are 10 prominent professors receiving the Special Allowances from the State Council of P.R.C. DLUFL has a total enrollment of nearly 15,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate and graduate students. The library of the university holds 765,000 copies of books and 600,000 electronic books with the electronic reading rooms.
4. Dalian University of Foreign Languages Achievement
DUFL has been entrusted with the management of Confucius Institutes in Russia, Japan, Korea, Columbia, Guyana, Brazil and Armenia. It is also an accredited host institution for students on international Chinese government scholarships and is home to a number of organizations, centers and institutes, including the University League of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Sino-Russian Students Exchange Center (China), the International Promotion of the Chinese Language Base, the School for Confucius Institute Reserve Teachers, the University of Hong Kong-Mainland Students and Teachers Exchange Program, the International Youth Center, the Ukrainian Studies Center, the Provincial Base for Humanities Research, and the Center for Russian Studies ( sponsored by the Russian World Foundation).
DLUFL has an official pre-departure training center for students going abroad for further studies. There is also a national testing center, directly supervised by the Ministry of Education, and administering over twenty language tests. The University is a cradle for foreign language talents and a bridge leading to the world.
5. Communication and International Cooperation
In order to promote diversity and an internationalized campus culture, Dalian University of Foreign Languages is regularly employs over 60 foreign teachers from 15 countries including but are not limited to the United States, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Canada, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. As one of the largest international centers of instruction in Northeast China, DLUFL attaches great importance to international exchanges and pursues these in a variety of ways. It has entered into partnerships with over 180 tertiary institutions and twenty civil society structures from about thirty countries.
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