Fujian Normal University

Profile of Fujian Normal University

Fujian Normal University (福建师范大学) is a key institution of higher learning in Fujian with a century-old history and a glorious tradition. Founded in 1907 by the famous late-Qing scholar Chen Baochen, who once served as the teacher of China’s last emperor, Fujian Normal University (FNU) is Fujian’s oldest university and one of China’s most time-honored teachers’ colleges. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the school, which by then had been renamed Fujian Provincial Normal College, merged in 1953 with such celebrated centers of learning as Fukian Christian University and Hua Nan Women’s College to form a new and significantly expanded Fujian Normal College, which acquired its current name of Fujian Normal University in 1972.

Located in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian province, Fujian Normal University is made up of two campuses, the Qishan Campus and the Cangshan Campus, with a total land area of about 230 hectares. Right now, the University consists of 28 colleges, which together offer 56 undergraduate programs, over 120 master programs (including those conferring professional degrees in pedagogy, public administration, physical culture and arts), about 50 doctoral programs and 7 post-doctoral research centers. By conferring a whole range of academic degrees, from bachelors to doctorates, these programs also enable FNU to set up a full-fledged educational system within its institutional framework.

International Education

Founded in 1988, The International College of Chinese Studies of the Fujian Normal University (formerly International Cultural and Educational Exchange Center, FNU), was authorized by the State Education Commission as one of the four Chinese teaching bases admitting from Southeast Asian countries students. In 1997, it got the present name. The International College of Chinese Studies of the Fujian Normal University undertakes the work of recruiting, teaching and administrating foreign students for degree and non-degree courses. The school has a well-equipped administrative system, qualified teachers, modest teaching and learning means, however complaints have been made by numerous students with regard to the living conditions. Buildings and dormitories often don’t meet appropriate safety standards.

With over 20,000 students are currently enrolled in the two campuses in Fuzhou, among whom over 4,600 are pursuing their graduate degrees and some others are international students from 17 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, also from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan or from overseas Chinese families around the world.