Go North! A Directory of DongBei Schools

[venture160]

Maybe I am biased but I think 东北 or the "North-East" of China is the best place to study Chinese, maybe its the accent or the long winter nights that force you to stay in and study, either way, here are a list of schools up north that have Chinese programs, feel free to add more. 东北 includes 黑龙江,吉林以及辽宁。 Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning

HeiLongJiang 黑龙江省

Haerbin 哈尔滨

哈尔滨工业大学 Harbin Institute of Technology

http://studyathit.hit.edu.cn/hypx.asp

Usually about 300 students a semester, also home to the American CET Harbin program (5-30 students a semester) Probably the best program in the city. Good facilities, large Russian and Korean population.

哈尔滨理工大学 Harbin University of Science and Technology

http://www1.hrbust.edu.cn/zuzhijigou/hustfao/fao/lhlx.html

哈尔滨师范大学 Harbin Normal University

http://www.hrbnu.edu.cn/gjjl/gjjlgk.htm

哈尔滨工程大学 Haerbin Engineering University

http://www.hrbeu.edu.cn/xxgk2/jigousz/wsc/lhlx.htm

黑龙江大学 Heilongjiang University

http://www.hlju.edu.cn/international/

东北农业大学 NorthEast Agricultural University

http://gjxy.neau.edu.cn/wglxs.asp?typeid=37&BigClassid=60&newsid=513

东北林业大学 NorthEast Forest University

http://www.nefu.edu.cn/ico/english.htm

QiQiHaEr 齐齐哈尔

齐齐哈尔大学 Qiqihaer University

http://www.hlju.edu.cn/international/

MuDanJiang牡丹江

牡丹江师范学院 MuDanJiang Normal University

http://www.mdjnu.cn/gjjl/hyjx/index.htm

吉林 Jilin

东北师范大学 NorthEast Normal University

http://iso.nenu.edu.cn/

吉林大学 Jilin University

http://oic.jlu.edu.cn/oic/lxjd/lxjd_introduce.php

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[G - Steven]

Have you heard of the ARAQ network? it provides support for foreigners who go to Dongbei. THis is the link:

http://www.hyccchina.org/english/araq/

tell me what you think of this

[stephanhodges]

I also took a weekend trip up from Jilin University (which is also northeast, and a very very nice place), to Jiamusi. The school there has (if I recall) about 200 foreigners, mostly russian or korean. They also have another 150 indian and pakistani studying medicine, but in english.

I will be travelling up to qiqihar in about 2 two weeks to look over the university, so it's serendipidous that you posted it now.

[stephanhodges]

Hmmm. I think the link for Qiqihar is incorrect. It says (on the Engish version), that it's for Haerbin.

[venture160]

Thanks, its fixed, if you have some field reports from these Universities feel free to post them!

also, how is Jiamusi? as a city that is

[stephanhodges]

I only spent one day in Jiamusi, with a friend who lives there. They have a very large active Budhist temple grounds, with many buildings. It's very beautiful.

When we were there, they were just building their ice city on the river. smaller than Haerbin, but it was interesting.

I enjoyed the underground shopping, of course, considering the temperatures.

University is quite large, with new swimming facilities, several campuses. I only saw a small part of the campus, because we were touring around a bit.

I don't pay attention to night life types of activities so I don't know what they would be like. Someone else told me "there's not much to do in Jiamusi", but I can't vouch for that. It's fairly large by USA standards, but not by Chinese standards, of course.

[venture160]

I think if you wanted to really study chinese and chinese culture(how well does dongbei represent chinese culture?), Jiamusi would be a great place. You would be so isolated that there would be nothing to do but throw yourself into the Chinese society. this of course can be done in larger cities but its much harder. Also, its great to study in a city where you can understand what people say on the street. (forget anything south of Beijing)

[venture160]

吉林师范大学 Jilin Normal University

http://web.jlnu.edu.cn/wsc/lhlx/lhlx.htm

吉林华侨外国语言学院 Jilin Huaqiao Foreign Language Institute

http://www.huabridge.com/

长春理工大学 Changchun University of Science and Technology

http://iec.cust.edu.cn/index1.asp?id=93

长春大学 Changchun University

http://iec.ccu.edu.cn/