TUT is among the recommended Chinese-learning institutions by the Ministry of Education of China. The School of Chinese Language and Culture (known earlier as the College of International Education) at Tianjin University of Technology (TUT) is a school established especially for recruiting international students who want to study abroad in China for TUT, offering programs in intensive Chinese language study (long-term, short-term, summer, winter courses) and degree programs in various fields of language, science, engineering, management, literature, art and law.