A Brief Introduction for School of Foreign Studies

Founded in 1983, School of Foreign Studies was then known as the Teaching Division of Foreign Languages. It was renamed Department of Foreign Languages in 1995 and got its present name in 2003. Now School of Foreign Studies comprises English Language and Literature Department, Japanese Language and Literature Department, Applied English Department, Translation Department, College English Teaching Center, International Communication, Teaching and Research Center, and Language Experimental Center. There are 4 research institutes in the School, including English Poetry Research Center, Translation Research Center, Japanese Research Center and ESP Research Center. It also boasts a domestically advanced Simultaneous Interpretation Laboratory. The School has 124 full-time teachers, among whom 23 are full or associate professors, 20 obtained or pursuing doctoral degrees, 4 awarded the title “Outstanding Teacher” at the provincial level, and 4 selected in the “100-100-10 Talents” Program of Guangdong Province (campus level). In the past 5 years, 30 scientific and teaching research projects supported by Guangdong province have been taken on.

With registered full-time undergraduate and graduate students totaling over a thousand, the School of Foreign Studies offers an MA program in English Language and Literature and BA programs in English, Japanese, Translation and Business English. The faculty has been dedicated to providing its students with a humanistic and holistic education that enables them to think globally and innovatively and make practical use of their distinctive personalities, professional knowledge and specialized skills required for smooth cross-cultural communication and transferable skills well-suited for a wide range of jobs. Not surprisingly, over the past years the students have triumphed in various competitions and have long enjoyed a good reputation in job market and graduates have been well received by their employers, which can be proved by the fact that almost all the full-time pre-service graduates have either found employment or have engaged in further studies.