Wuhan University College of Chinese Language and Literature () is a school that awards undergraduate and graduate degrees with majors related to Chinese language and literature. Established by Wuhan University in 1917, the college is categorized under the

Faculty of Humanities A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

. The dean is Xianfeng Tu. The college was ranked among the top ten in a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education of China.

History

*1917, Division of Chinese was established by the National Wuchang Higher Normal College. *1922, the division was expanded into a School of Chinese. *1927, National Wuchang Zhongshan University was established based on the previous college. The School of Chinese was part of the new University. *1928, National Wuhan University was established in the same fashion. The school was renamed the College of Chinese. Yiduo Wen became the first dean. *1953, the college, later renamed back to the School of Chinese, went through mergers and readjustments due to politics. *1997, the college was re-established. *1999, merged with the Schools of History and Philosophy to become the College of Humanities. *2003, split into three schools.

Academics

The College of Chinese offers the following majors:

Undergraduate

*Chinese Language and Literature *Teaching Chinese as a Second Language *Humanities *Sinology

First Class Doctoral and Post-Doctoral

*National Key Concentrations: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature *National Key Concentrations in Progress: Classic Chinese Literature *Provincial Key Concentrations: Chinese Language and Literature *Provincial Excellent Concentrations: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature *Provincial Special Concentrations: Classic Chinese Literature

First Class Doctoral and Masters

*Literary Theory *Linguistics and Applied Linguistics *Chinese Philology *Chinese Classical Bibliography *Chinese Classical Literature *Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature *Comparative Literature and World Literature *Chinese History of Literary Criticism *Creative Writing Theory and Practice *Teaching Chinese as a Second Language *Sinology in China and Abroad *Ancient Bibliography Collation and Research, etc.

Professional degrees

*Master in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language *Master in Teaching Chinese as a First Language

Confucius Institute

The College has established a Confucius Institute with the University of Pittsburgh.The Confucius Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
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References

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