About the university
Shandong Vocational University of Foreign Affairs (SW) is a full-time undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. The University was founded in — as a college. After being approved by the People's Government of Shandong Province and registered through the Ministry of Education, the college was reconstructed as Shandong Vocational College of Foreign Affairs Translation which offered vocational education to full-time students in July —. The college was upgraded to be an undergraduate university with the approval of the Ministry of Education in December —. It was renamed as Shandong Vocational University of Foreign Affairs in May —. Li Zhaoxing, former Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC and former Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC, is the honorary President.
Since its establishment, adhering to the motto of "Integrating of Chinese and Western Characteristics, Unity of Knowledge and Action", the university has overcome many difficulties and has moved forward. With years of continuous efforts the university has made remarkable development in teaching, research, etc.. which has enhanced the university’s operation and reputation.
The university is comprised of two campuses— one in Weihai and the other in Jinan, covering a total area of 1.168 million with a building area of — square meters. The University consists of 16 teaching units, including Schools of Foreign Languages, International Relations, International Exchange, International Business, Management, Information and Control Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Nursing, Art, STEM Education, Continuing Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Comprehensive School, Departments of Ideological and Political Affairs, Basic Courses and Sports. And 56 majors are provided in the university for more than — undergraduates and college students, forming a system of disciplines comprising full-time education for undergraduates and college students with literature, economics, management, engineering, law, education, and art.
Our university has been paying high attention to bettering the basic teaching conditions as there are 4 experimental and practical teaching centers (Applied Foreign Language Training Center, International Business Training Center, Tourism Management Training Center and Computer Experimental Teaching Center), among which, Applied Foreign Language Training Center is Weihai municipal’s demonstrative training center, and Electronic Commerce and Technology R&D Center is the provincial-level engineering technology center. In addition, there are 114 on-campus experimental and training rooms, 146 off-campus practice and training bases, and 140 multimedia and E-interactive classrooms. And at the experimental teaching center for simultaneous interpretation, 7 languages can be simultaneously carried out, leading in China. Also the translation training room is equipped with internationally advanced software system for translation services, which supports two-way translation in 64 languages adequate for practice teaching.
With regard to digital campus full coverage of integrated intelligent management has been complete. And the TV broadcast control center can simultaneously broadcast programs in 11 foreign languages. The library moreover covers — square meters with 135,— paper books and 7.5TB of electronic books. The reading space is as large as — square meters. The library has a perfect automatic management system for books and reference materials as well as abundant online resources. Venues and other facilities for sports have been improved. The living infrastructures comprising student canteens and apartments for Chinese and international students are of higher levels.
Our University has been vigorously and consistently strengthening teaching staff and optimizing its structure. We currently have more than — faculty members, among whom 688 are full-time teachers, 241 of whom hold senior professional and other senior titles, 406 are double-professionally-titled teachers, 387 have doctoral or master degrees, 5 groups of teachers are of excellent provincial level, 5 are receiving special allowances from the State Council, 3 are committee members of the Ministry of Education of China, 3 are outstanding teachers of Shandong Province, 2 are high-end talents of Shandong Think Tank and 6 are entitled prominent teachers of Shandong Province. And there are a relatively stable group of foreign teachers residing in the university.
Taking teaching as the center and carrying out a top leadership project, our university has been actively in teaching quality diagnosis and improvement, cultivating skilled talents and teaching quality project. The university boasts 12 provincial-level distinctive and brand majors (groups), 12 provincial-level top-quality courses and top-quality resource sharing courses, has completed 10 provincial and ministerial-level teaching reform, and has been awarded with 4 provincial-level and above teaching achievement awards. In the evaluation of talents cultivation for higher vocational Institutions of Shandong Province in —, the 7 grade I indexes were all up to excellent levels with excellent scores.
Our university has attached great importance to research work and has always adhered to the guidelines " research leads and supports teaching" , and has provided various academic platforms. The Research Institute of Sun’s Art of War of Chinese Pre-Qin History Academy, Shandong Higher Education Research Institute, and Higher Education Development Research Center of Shandong Higher Education Management Research Association has been housed in our university. Moreover, in our university has established a Foreign Language Translation Research Center, Shandong E-commerce and Technology Research & Development Center, Northeast Asia Research Institute, Institute of Chinese Classics, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Gentleman Culture Research Center, Art Research Institute and other academic institutions.
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