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Chinese Year Abroad Options

Study abroad and summer opportunities for Chinese (Mandarin)

I. Study abroad for one or two semesters (SMLC links)

(1) Harbin Institute of Technology, China (one semester)

  • available to Warwick undergraduate students with Chinese in their degree title
  • study Chinese and other courses in English
  • work experience as a teaching assistant
  • accommodation is provided and paid

(2) Qingdao University, China (one semester)

  • available to Warwick undergraduate students with Chinese in their degree title
  • study Chinese and other courses in English
  • work experience as a teaching assistant with allowance
  • accommodation is provided and paid
  • Join TEFL in CHINA Training programme with separate payments and the Certification awarded upon completion of the training

(3) Chinese Internship in Montargis, France (SMLC students) (1-6 months)

Franco-Chinese work experience at the Montargis Chinese Museum, France.

A good internship opportunity for students of Chinese to improve their proficiency while staying in France!

The Chinese Internship in Montargis (warwick.ac.uk)

For two-language students who prefer to spend a full academic year in the country of their first language, or three-language students who only have the summer in which to spend time in the country of their third language, links have been established as follows, where we can recommend the summer schools below:

(4) Beijing Normal University (summer)

We have a well-developed relationship with Beijing Normal University, where students go every summer.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre/services/studychina/

(5) Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China (summer)

Currently, SMLC students can go to Shaan’xi History Museum for work experience straight after their study in Beijing Normal University. Free on-campus accommodation is provided by Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. Students will be provided with a certificate after their work experience.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/languagecentre/services/xian

Summer schools in China (available to all students who learn Chinese in Language Centre)

  • study Chinese intensively
  • internship possibility

See Beijing Normal University and Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

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(Online exchanges between Warwick and Chinese Universities)

As one of the outcomes of your virtual exchange, you will be awarded a record in your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR: HEAR FAQs (warwick.ac.uk)) alongside your academic transcripts.

Our students can visit their virtual exchange partner in their Year Abroad periods.

Carys met her VE partner virtually in her first year at Warwick. They were so happy to meet each other in person at one of Carys' YA placements. Here were they on campus of Qingdao University. Carys met her VE partner Qingdao China

II. Study abroad in China for one or two semesters (university-wide links)

  • available to all Warwick undergraduate students
  • study Chinese and other courses in English

The following institutions are university-wide links. Their information can be accessed in

https://warwick.ac.uk/study/studyabroad/partners/partnersasia/

  • Tsinghua University (Beijing) - Mandarin-speaking region
  • Shanghai Jiaotong University - Mandarin and dialect-speaking environment outside university
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen Campus) - Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking environment outside university
  • Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) - Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking environment outside university
  • Xiamen University (Fujian province) - Mandarin and dialect-speaking environment outside university
  • University Nottingham Ningbo Campus - Mandarin and dialect-speaking environment outside university