Would Shihezi University have a language department for exchange students?
Tongue in cheek, but you should really consider Xinjiang universities when you consider a study exchange in China. Why? Because its universities employ the best professors that China has to offer.
The professors with the novel ideas, the ideas that don’t fall comfortably on communists’ ears, can all be found in Xinjiang. When a professor crosses a boundary, expresses ideas that are just a little too revolutionary for the cadres in Beijing, they’re send to western China. “Part of an academic co-operation programme,” is the official reading of these forceful migrations. It’s just another way of saying that such thinkers are no longer welcome in the mainstream of Chinese academia.
Hello! Wonderful site. I’m interested in applying to Xinjiang University, but even after browsing the XJU website for hours, I haven’t gotten any closer to understanding how the process works and how I can go about applying. I’d appreciate any advice you have! Thank you!
Hi Mary, you’ll find (a little) more information at the ‘Xinjiang: Far West China’-blog. It lists contact details of the ‘foreign affairs department’ as well. If you can’t open that website, check Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forums.
I trust you found your way to XJU’s foreign affairs department. Your best bet will be to contact them directly, by phone.
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