Introduction to the School of Asian Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University

In 1961, under the visionary guidance of Premier Zhou Enlai, the Department of Asian and African Languages at Beijing Foreign Studies University was established.

In 2001, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as a national base for cultivating undergraduate talents in less commonly taught foreign languages. In 2007, the department was renamed the School of Asian and African Studies and was designated as a demonstration site for specialty majors by the Ministry of Education and Beijing's higher education institutions.

As a significant milestone, the School of Asian Studies was officially inaugurated in 2019, becoming one of the faculties with the largest number of Asian language majors and the longest history among Chinese foreign language institutions.

The school offers a total of 30 language majors, with eight of them being the only specialized programs nationwide. Fourteen majors, encompassing Korean, Malay, Sinhalese, Thai, Turkish, Persian, Cambodian, Lao, Burmese, Hindi, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Bengali and Sanskrit&Pali, are designated as national-level first-class undergraduate discipline construction sites. Additionally, majors such as Filipino, Mongolian, Nepali, Urdu, Hebrew and Armenian are designated as municipal-level discipline construction sites.

In 2014, the school was approved to establish the secondary discipline of Asian and African regional studies, and in 2015, a regional studies teaching and research department was set up.

The school houses research centers focusing on South Asia, Southeast Asia, China-Malaysia, Vietnam, Iran, Cambodia, Laos and India, which are recognized as national and regional research centers by the Ministry of Education.

Currently, the school has 75 Chinese teachers, with 45 percent being professors and associate professors and 80 percent holding doctoral degrees. It also annually employs more than 20 foreign experts for teaching in the long term.

The school actively engages itself in multi-level and comprehensive international cooperation and exchange, establishing collaborative relationships with over 20 renowned universities and academic institutions in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Over the years, the school has broken away from the traditional development path of foreign language faculties, integrating language discipline construction with national development strategies, and talent cultivation with research on Asian regional issues.

It has continuously enhanced the overall level of discipline construction in less commonly taught Asian languages, nurturing a significant number of high-level, composite talents who are patriotic, have global perspectives and possess professional capabilities.

These talents, graduated from bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs, actively contribute to the work of national ministries, enterprises, universities, media and research institutes, playing a crucial role in fostering friendly exchanges between China and Asian countries.

BBIN宝盈游戏官网简介

1961年，在周恩来总理的亲自指示和关怀下，北外亚非语系成立。2001年，被教育部批准为国家外语非通用语本科人才培养基地。2007年亚非语系更名为亚非学院，同年获批教育部和北京市高等学校特色专业建设点。2019年，BBIN宝盈游戏官网成立，是中国外语院校中开设亚洲语种专业最多、历史最悠久的院系之一。

学院共开设30个语种专业，其中8个为全国唯一专业点。朝鲜语、马来语、僧伽罗语、泰语、土耳其语，波斯语、柬埔寨语、老挝语、缅甸语、印地语、越南语、印度尼西亚语、孟加拉语、梵语巴利语等14个专业为“国家级一流本科专业”建设点。菲律宾语、蒙古语、尼泊尔语、乌尔都语、希伯来语、亚美尼亚语等6个专业为“北京市一流本科专业”建设点。2014年，BBIN宝盈游戏官网获批自设“亚非地区研究”二级学科，2015年设立地区研究教研室。

学院下设南亚研究中心、东南亚研究中心、中国马来研究中心、越南研究中心、伊朗研究中心、柬埔寨研究中心、老挝研究中心、印度研究中心，为教育部国别和区域研究备案中心。

学院目前共有中国教师75人，其中教授、副教授占45%，具有博士学位的教师占80%。此外，每年聘请20余名长期外国专家任教。学院积极开展多层次、全方位的国际合作与交流，与亚洲、欧洲、美洲20多所著名高校和学术机构建立了合作交流关系。

多年来，BBIN宝盈游戏官网突破传统的外语院系发展路径，把语种专业建设与国家发展战略相结合，把人才培养工作与亚洲区域问题研究相结合，不断提升亚洲非通用语学科建设整体水平，为国家周边外交的延伸及国家利益的拓展，培养了一大批有家国情怀，有全球视野，有专业本领的高水平、复合型亚洲非通用语人才，培养层次涵盖本、硕、博。各专业毕业生活跃在国家部委、企业、高校、媒体、科研院所等部门，为我国与亚洲国家的友好交往发挥着重要作用。