Communication University of China

The Communication University of China (CUC) (Chinese: 中国传媒大学; pinyin: Zhōngguó Chuánméi Dàxué) is a leading public university in Beijing. It is one of the China's key universities of “Project 211”, directly administered by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. CUC developed from what used to be a training center for technicians of the Central Broadcasting Bureau that was founded in 1954. In April 1959, it was upgraded to the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (BBI) (Chinese: 北京广播学院; pinyin: Běijīng Guǎngbō Xuéyuàn) approved by the State Council. In August 2004, BBI was renamed Communication University of China. CUC is located in the eastern part of Beijing near the ancient canal, which occupies 463,700 square meters of land and a total of 499,800 square meters of buildings.[1]

Communication University of China
中国传媒大学
Former names
Beijing Broadcasting Institute (1959 - 2004)
Motto立德、敬业、博学、竞先 (Chinese)
Motto in English
Integrity, Professionalism, Erudition and Competence
TypeNational
Established1954
PresidentLiao Xiangzhong
Academic staff
1115
Students14,623
Undergraduates9452
Postgraduates5171
Location
Beijing
,
China
CampusUrban 463,700 m2 (4,991,000 sq ft)
Websiteen.cuc.edu.cn

History

CUC's history dates back to March 3, 1954 when the first training class for broadcasting professionals was held by the then Central Radio Administration. This then led to the founding of Beijing Broadcasting College in 1958. On September 7, 1959, CUC's precursor Beijing Broadcasting Institute (BBI) was established. During the ensuing four decades, BBI remained a relatively small college and only known among the circles of Chinese media professionals.

On August 19, 2004, the State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the renaming of the institute to the Communication University of China. It has now developed into a comprehensive institute of higher learning with broadcasting, film production, journalism, drama, animation, advertising, newscasting, creative cultural industry, Communications engineering, foreign languages (especially minority language), management and media law education as its major academic disciplines.[2]

Academics

Overall academic situation

CUC upholds its ideology of offering courses that are centered on scientific based learning by emphasizing the application of a course and relevance to the particular discipline. As a result, an inter-relating and inter-influencing discipline system that covers journalism and communication, film and television arts, information science and technology, literature, engineering, management, economics, and law and science has been formed. There are currently six faculties that consist of one co-innovation center and five directly affiliated schools, which comprise two national key disciplines (journalism and radio and television arts).  There is also one national key cultivation discipline (communication), three Beijing municipal key disciplines (journalism and communication, art theory, theater film and television), four Beijing municipal key subordinate disciplines (linguistics and applied linguistics, communications and information systems, electromagnetic field and microwave technology, animation), seven post-doctoral research centers, seven doctoral programs, 35 doctoral programs (subordinate disciplines), 18 master programs, 95 master programs (subordinate disciplines), 8 professional master categories, and 84 bachelor programs.[3]

Faculties and schools

Faculty of Journalism and Communication

  • TV School (From 2004 to 2013, TV School and the School of Journalism were temporally merged into the School of Television and Journalism.)
  • School of Journalism
  • Institute of Communication Studies

Faculty of Art

  • School of Film and Cinematic Arts
  • School of Animation and Digital Arts
  • School of Music and Recording Arts
  • School of Presentation Art
  • Institute of Art
  • Art Education Center

Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Information Engineering School
  • School of Science
  • School of Computer Science
  • Experimental Teaching Center

Faculty of Literature and Law

  • School of Literature
  • School of International Studies
  • School of Politics and Law
  • School of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language
  • Sports Department

Faculty of Advertising, Economics and Management

  • Advertising School
  • School of Economics and Management
  • Business School
  • Culture Development Institute

Communication Strategy of China Co-innovation Center

  • New Media Institute
  • Institute of Media Science

Faculty of Continuing Education

  • School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education
  • School of Executive Education and Professional Training
  • Vocational and Technical School
  • Academy of Media and Public Affairs
  • Phoenix School

Independent Schools and Departments

  • School of Marxism
  • International Communication University of China (ICUC)
  • Computer and Network Center
  • Practical and Experimental Teaching Center (CUCTV)

Confucius Institutes

Communication University of China has co-established three Confucius Institutes for providing Chinese language and cultural education for learners outside of China.

Modern foreign languages teaching

Communication University of China is one of the officially-sanctioned important base in China for teaching foreign languages and especially narrowly-used languages. So far, CUC has successively offered 32 Bachelor's programmes in modern foreign languages since its establishment.[4] Some of programmes recruit students irregularly every few years according to admission plans sanctioned by the Ministry of Education. CUC is still the only university in China to offer Bachelor's programmes in Bengali, Tamil, Pashto and Esperanto.

The School of International Studies

English (since 1958), Spanish (since 1959), French, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (since 1960), Italian (since 1960), Hindi (since 1965), Bengali (since 1964), Nepali (since 1964), Assamese (since 1965), Urdu (since 1962), Tamil (since 1959), Sinhalese (since 1965), Pashto (since 1964), Persian (since 1988), Zulu (since 1965), Swahili (since 1960), Esperanto (since 1959), Turkish (since 1959), Swedish, Hausa (since 1965), Malay, Hebrew, Greek (since 1964), Hungarian, Dutch (since 1965), Laos (since 1965).[5]

Rank

Communication University of China is widely regarded as one of most competitive universities for admission in China.[6][7][8]

In September 2017, CUC was selected as one of 95 Double First Class Discipline University by the Ministry of Education, with Double First Class status in two broad subject areas, "Journalism and Communication" and "Drama, Film and Television Studies".[9]

In the fourth round of China University Subject Rankings (CUSR) by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2018, Communication University of China ranked 1st in mainland China with its two disciplinary areas evaluated as A+ disciplines, including "Journalism and Communication" and "Drama, Film and Television Studies" and ranked 3rd with A- in "Art Theory", 10th with B+ in "Design", 19th with B in "Fine Arts" in China.[10]

Campus location

CUC's 116.88 hectare main campus is located in Dingfuzhuang, eastern part of Chaoyang District, Beijing. It is just outside the Eastern 5th Ring Road, and is just along the Beijing-Tong County expressway. The campus is linked by the Communication University of China Station of Beijing subway Batong Line.

  • Main Building
  • Cultural Square
  • Old Apartment for Young Staff Members
  • No. 1 Teaching Building
  • Playground
  • Student Dormitory
  • motto
  • Sculpture: Our Alma mater

Affiliations

Established in 2004, CUCN is an independent private university in the southern city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is directly supervised by the board of directors, with CUC's former president as the honorary head of the board.

Notable alumni

Communication University of China is known for fostering media administrators, producers, journalists and TV presenters in China. Some of its notable alumni include:

Media administrators

Media celebrities

References
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  2. "History & Tomorrow". Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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  4. "中国传媒大学本科招生网-专业介绍". zhaosheng.cuc.edu.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  5. "===历届校友===". web.archive.org. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  6. "用大数据告诉你2018年中国传媒大学将会有多难考". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  7. "国内最难考的10所大学，每年还有一大批人挤破脑袋都想进！". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  8. "2018年中国重点高校录取难度排名，就是这些学校最难考". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  9. ""双一流"建设高校和学科名单公布—新闻—科学网". news.sciencenet.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. "China University Subject Rankings (CUSR)". www.chinadegrees.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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