Institute for Chinese Studies
The nerve-centre of the present teaching programme on China is the Institute for Chinese Studies, which stands in the heart of central Oxford.
Apart from hosting academics and teaching/seminar rooms, the Institute holds a well-developed lending library, designed to support teaching programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, a computer room for graduate students, an up-to-date language lab, and facilities for receiving satellite broadcasts in Chinese. The common room, located in the basement, offers a welcoming venue where teaching staff, students and visitors can meet informally.
As part of the latest developments taking place at the Institute for Chinese Studies, the Chinese language instructors are collaborating on a new project known as the Centre for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CTCFL), whose objective will be to develop new multimedia language-teaching materials in modern Chinese. See our section on "Learning Chinese" for more details.
The Institute also plays host to regular seminars, conferences and workshops organised by the Chinese Studies academics, or by the Contemporary China Studies Programme (CCSP).
The Oriental Studies Faculty, where the Institute for Chinese Studies administratively sits, administers a number of degrees at postgraduate level:
- MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies
- MPhil in Modern Chinese Art
- MPhil in Modern Chinese Art and Literature
- MSt in Chinese
- MSt in Oriental Studies
For more information on these degrees and their course outline, please have a look at the Chinese Studies home page.