The International Communications College of Communication University of China
(CUC) has celebrated its 5th anniversary in the golden fall of October 2004.
Five years ago, The International Communications College was born at the
times’ call. It was the need of the era and a sign of social progress.The International
Communications College was founded on October 16, 1999, formerly known as the
Department of Foreign Languages , which was one of the three initial departments
in BBI. Over the years, The Department of Foreign Languages has successively run
undergraduate programs in 23 foreign languages, including English, Persian, Turkish,
Italian, Swahili, Urdu, Pashto, Tamil, etc., seven of which were first offered
in the nation’s history of higher education. Under the auspices of the Central
Propaganda Department of CPC, General Administration of Radio, Film and Television,
and Ministry of Education, The Department of Foreign Languages launched a new
undergraduate program in International Journalism in 1982, a corresponding MA
program in 1986, and a PhD program in 1999. The Department of Foreign Languages
has laid solid foundations in faculty, textbook and equipment, etc. for further
expansion and growth.
In the recent years, The International Communications
College mapped out educational schemes for undergraduate programs in English Broadcasting,
Film-dubbing, Network English and Foreign Languages other than English, in an
effort to carry on with its innovative and entrepreneurial tradition.
With the support from the university and from its faculty, staff and students,
the International Communications College has changed a lot in its 5 years’ development.
From one English teaching program, the college has grown to include journalism,
communication studies and International Relations. The college now boasts 25 foreign
languages programs, including German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese,
Nepali and Bengali. The International Communications College has become one of
the national training centers for “minor languages” talents with bachelor’s degree.Studies
on International Relations have been strengthened and is aiming higher goals for
further development.
In The International Communications College there
are four academic departments: Department of International Communications, Department
of the English Language and Literature, Department of Foreign Languages, and the
Department of International Relations. It also hosts the Research Institute of
International Journalism, the Research Center for Sino-Canadian Information and
Communication and the recently established Foreign Languages Training Center.
The International Communications College has 122 faculty members, among
them there are 10 professors and 40associate professors. 9 of the faculty are
doctoral degree holders and 16 are now part-time candidates for doctor’s degrees.
We have a lively, highly-qualified, well-structured and creative faculty and staff.
The college stresses on the students’ academic learning and also
on their formation of character and morality. We have been trying in recent years
to enhance the students’ qualities in every aspect, and cultivate them into qualified
compound talents of international communication.
“Education is an important
indication of progress and prosperity achieved by human civilization. It is an
important drive for this country’s economic and social development.” CUC is a
nationally and internationally recognized higher education institution for media
communication and journalism studies and trainings. Through a multidisciplinary
approach the International Communications College is now becoming a training base
for researchers and practitioners in the field of international communication.
Over the years the college has formed a multidisciplinary approach, combining
courses of journalism, communication and international relations in its curriculums
and has provided quality education to a great number of talented young people
with a journalistic perspective and with an international outlook. Many of The
International Communications College’s graduates have become accomplished newscasters
or important figures in China’s foreign affairs.
Entering an increasingly
highly competitive new era, the college is now trying to build the nation’s most
important modern institution for international communication studies and trainings.
Cai
Guofen,a professor of ICC, with graduate Students at BTV
Dubbed-film seminar sponsored by ICC
