1. Training Goal

Editor Notes: This progam is designed to cultivate students with proficiently using Chinese language.

Focusing on cultivating high, general and complex levels of Chinese so as to meet the requirements of different countries in the world.

2. Program Introduction

Editor Notes: This program is opened to teach the basics of the Chinese language and help students pass the HSK.

• This program is designed to meet the global popularity of "Chinese-learning fever".

• It provides different levels of Chinese language courses to students.

• There are in total three class levels, each of which has 20 periods per week.

• There are six levels (A—F) of courses with qualified class arrangements designed for all sorts of learners.

3. Program Structure

Editor Notes: This progam includes 8 main courses and some optional courses.

3.1 Main courses

3.2 Optional Courses

3.3 Extracurricular Activities

There are field trips, excursions, seminars, and some social activities with Chinese students.

4. Study and Assessment

Editor Notes: This program will be introduced in these three aspects, which are placement & assessment, rules of attendence, graduation.

4.1 Placement & Assessment

• Paying much attention to the prescribed study and assessment.

• Students will be divided into different classes according to their scores in the placement test.

• If the teachers and the ISO approve, students can be placed into a more suitable class upon your application.

• Students who fail the final exam for a particular course or miss it can be given a supplemental exam.

• Students who pass the supplemental exam, in the first situation, the score will be just "Pass", while in the next situation, the score for this course will be the real score he/her gets in the exam.

• Students' performance in both the final exam and the classes will determine their final scores.

• If the student fails in two exams, they can not carry on to the next-stage study.

4.2 Rules of attendance

• Students should be approved by the teacher of the lesson, and then submitted to the International Students Office for file in the period of leave which is no more than one day.

• And students should be approved by the International Students Office, and the students concerned should go through the relevant formalities in the period which exceeds one day.

• Students' absence from a particular course which includes all kinds of absence with or without leave should not exceed one third of the total periods of this course.

4.3 Graduation

• The students can get a certificate of this program if he/she has successfully accomplished all the prescribed courses.

• The student will get a proof of study according to the situation if he quits the study.

5. School Introduction

Editor Notes: NBU is laying greater emphasis on improving its quality, raising its level, and heightening its status. Ningbo university is located in the historical and cultural city of Ningbo of Zhejiang Province, bordering on the East China Sea. Ningbo has long been acclaimed as a thriving commercial port and a shining pearl near the East Sea, and it has gradually grown to be a major city in the Southern part of the Yangtze Delta and a key trading port in the East China.

6. International College

Editor Notes: International College boasts advanced academic facilities and enjoys an international atmosphere.

• The College introduces advanced international education resources and exports China's higher education to foster international students and globalized professionals.

• The college has participated in several joint programs at various levels.

• The total faculty have overseas educational background and 10 to 15 foreign teachers are employed each year.

• The college hosts some regular academic and student activities of internationalization and professionalism.

7. Campus Life

Editor Notes: The School provides international students the opportunities to join different clubs such as Chinese Kongfu, Calligraphy, Painting, Traditional Instruments.

Studying

Travelling

Traditional Culture Club

Note:

Application Time :All year round.

• Ningbo University is one of the places that officially holds the HSK Exam.

• The university has kept close relationship and has cooperationed with nearly 80 well-known institutions of higher education in more than 30 countries.

• Northern Lights Confucius Institute has been founded by the University in Reykjavik University (Iceland).

• Many cultural and sports activities have been organized for international students.