Tongji University International Cultural Exchange College — Chinese Language Program

Campus

The college occupies a teaching building at the Siping Road Campus with traditional Chinese architectural detailing. Tongji is among China's earliest institutions to admit foreign students; the ICEC has operated for over twenty years. Faculty hold doctoral degrees in a proportion exceeding ninety percent.

Courses

The non-degree long-term Chinese Language Program segments learners into seven levels: Elementary A, B, and C; Intermediate D and E; and Advanced F and G. Cultural electives of Tai Chi, Calligraphy, Painting, and Music are offered alongside language coursework. The college additionally operates a Ministry of Education–administered Pre-University Chinese Preparatory Program at the same Siping Road Campus, covering Comprehensive Chinese (sixteen weeks first semester, twelve weeks second), Listening, Chinese Characters, Spoken Chinese, Popular Scientific or Medical or Economic Chinese, Mathematical Chinese, and introductory Math, Physics, and Chemistry — a bridging track connecting international students to Chinese undergraduate admission. Completion of the Pre-University Program with a passing examination result earns a Tongji University certificate and priority consideration for undergraduate enrollment. The long-term language program accepts semester-to-two-year enrollment durations and awards a non-degree certificate on completion.