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International College
The International College of Zhejiang University is a special teaching and administrative unit responsible for the enrollment and placement of international students. There are at present more than 1,000 international students from over 90 countries throughout the world in the university. The college itself runs an undergraduate program of Chinese Studies in addition to various long and short-term programs of the Chinese language and culture. With students from a great number of nationalities, the college is virtually a miniature international community, which offers the students good opportunities to understand and experience different cultures.

Academic Programs for International Students:

Undergraduate, master-level and doctoral programs in a wide range of disciplines, with courses offered in both English and Chinese;

Undergraduate programs of Chinese Studies, including the Chinese Language, culture, economics and law;

Chinese language and culture programs for international learners;

Short-term (from 1 week to 3 months) programs for group or individual learners, catering for different deeds of international students/visitors, with courses of the Chinese language, culture, economics, traditional medicine, agriculture, etc. offered in Chinese or English, accompanied by field-study activities such as sightseeing, visits to factories, business companies or educational institutions.

Chinese Language and Culture Programs

Degree Programs:

1. Undergraduate Program of Chinese Studies (with Focus on Economics and Trade)

A 4-year bachelor-degree program which gives students systematic training in all Chinese language skills, enables them to have a good mastery of the Chinese language as well as a good understanding of China and Chinese culture and helps them to lay a solid foundation for further study of China and the Chinese language or for exchange and cooperation with China.

Main courses: basic Chinese, intermediate Chinese, advanced Chinese, listening, speaking, translation, writing, modern Chinese grammar, a survey to China, spoken and written Chinese for international trade, Chinese cultural history, foreign trade in China, China's foreign-trade laws, etc.

Non-degree Programs:

1. Preparatory Language Courses for Non-Language Students

Preparatory language courses are offered by the International College to improve the Chinese language proficiency of non- language students before they begin studying their desired specialties in other schools or departments.

2. Programs of the Chinese Language and Culture

Each semester, the International College organizes language-teaching classes at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Students are to be placed in classes that suit them best by taking a proficiency test. A class is usually composed of 15-20 students. The spring semester starts around mid-February and the fall semester in mid-September. A semester usually consists of 18 weeks. Each week students may have 20 class hours of language courses and there are also 10 elective courses for students to choose from. Field trips are arranged once or twice each semester.

3. Short-Term Chinese Language and Culture Programs

The college also runs short-term programs for groups of international students all year round. Courses can be specially designed upon request. Individual short-term students are accepted with no time restriction and are to be placed in appropriate classes if he/she has studied Chinese Language for at least 200 hours.

Courses Arrangement of Chinese Language Programs:

A. Required Courses:

• Elementary : (1) Basic Chinese (2) Listening comprehension
  (3) Practical conversation (4) Practical writing (5) Reading comprehension
  
• Intermediate : (1) Intermediate Chinese (2) Listening and conversation
  (3) Newspaper reading (4) Practical writing.(5) HSK pre-test training
  
• Advanced : (1) Advanced Chinese (2) Topic discussion (3) Newspaper reading
  (4) Practical writing (5) HSK pre-test training

B. Elective Courses:

(1) Chinese calligraphy (2) Chinese painting (3) Taiji
(4) Gong-fu (5) Business Chinese conversation (6) A Survey of China
(7) Ancient Chinese language (8) Chinese literature (9) Chinese history
(10) Appreciation of classic Chinese movies (11) Chinese characters input and process
(12) Study of Chinese characters (13) Chinese culture

C. Lecture Series:

• Art and Culture:
  
  (1) Chinese customs (2) Tea culture and Chinese cuisine culture (3) Chinese Drama
  (4) Chinese folk music (5) Appreciation of cultural relics
  (6) Traditional Chinese medicine
  
• Social Science:
  
  (1) Chinese philosophy (2) Traditional Chinese religion (3) Chinese aesthetics
  (4) Education in China (5) Chinese politics and laws.
  
• Economics and Business Management:
  
  (1) Chinese economy (2) Administration of China-foreign joint ventures
  (3) Marketing in China (4) Doing business with China

D. Fieldwork

Program-related field trips, including visits, tours, interviews, sightseeing, are to be organized once or twice each semester for long-term students.

Student Services, Facilities and Surroundings

1. Students are expected to live in the International Students Dormitory, where single and twin rooms are available. At present, room conditions vary in dormitories of different campuses. Almost every room is equipped with central heating facilities and a telephone set. Most rooms have private shower bath and toilet, some are installed with air-conditioners. Language labs, self-study rooms, reading rooms, game rooms, E-mail terminal, public kitchens and washing machines are also accessible to students in the dormitory. A new international students dormitory capable of holding 500 students is now under rapid construction on the Yuquan Campus and will be completed by the end of 1999, in which most rooms will be single rooms, together with twin rooms and family apartments. As a self-contained building, it has classrooms, conference rooms, multimedia labs, multifunction halls, a lobby bar and a gymnasium.

2. A dining-hall is adjacent to the International Students Dorm, where one can have very nice meals at the cost of only 2 to 4 US dollars per day. The University has also on all its campuses convenient and inexpensive canteens where a good variety of Chinese and Western foods are served.

3. Every campus of Zhejiang University has a clinic, where international students can get medical service at low cost.

4. On campus there are a lot of sports and recreational places as well as diversified student clubs for extracurricular activities.

5. Partial scholarship or room rent discount can be offered for international students who take part in on-campus or off-campus foreign language teaching programs for Chinese students organized by the University.

6. The University campuses enjoy tranquil and convenient surroundings. All kinds of daily necessities are provided in the off-campus supermarkets at low price. Post offices and banks are all near the main gate of each campus. Bus routes connect all campuses with downtown, scenic spots and the train station.

Extracurricular Activities and Holiday Travel
1. Orientation
2. Downtown tour ( West Lake sight-seeing )
3. Watching performances and sports games
4. Buffet party
5. Dancing party
6. Singing and speech contest
7. Sports games (football, table tennis, badminton, billiards, chess, darts, etc.)
8. Exhibition of essay-writing, photography, painting and calligraphy.
9. Chinese cooking and international foods preparation.
10. Visits to museums, factories (silk, fan making, embroidery, etc.) and farms.
11. Short trips to nearby cities and tourist resorts (for reference: Shaoxin, Wuxie Waterfall, Yaolin Fairyland, Mogan Hill, Wuzhen Town).
12. Holiday travel (for reference: Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Yunnan, Three Gorges, Huangshan Mountain, Thousand-island Lake, Putuo Buddhist Hill, etc.).

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