Du4 Ke4 Posted September 22, 2005 at 05:04 AM Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 at 05:04 AM Hi guys.. First post! Has anybody heard of this place and if so, do you know what it is like? I am looking at studying there next year. If there is a better place to go then I would really like to know. This site is awesome and I would like to congratulate admin for its smooth browsing and excellent content. My needs are this: I have almost finished a year of mandarin (mandarin 1) at Canberra Institute of Technology in Canberra ACT Australia. I have the basics with a vocab around 500 with a reasonable number of characters. I am looking to study for 6 months to a year. I would like to get good results and am willing to pay around A$1600 for 6 months which is about $1900US. I have looked through these forums and dont think I will go with private tutoring as I am not breezing through for a month or so at a time and I am determined to focus only on my studies and also would like certification after. I have decided to go with a Uni and the one I have the info for is the University if International Relations. Any input would make me truly happy! Cheers, Chris aka Du Ke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliliang Posted September 23, 2005 at 12:30 AM Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 at 12:30 AM Do you mean the Beijing Foreign Affairs University (http://www.cfau.edu.cn/)? My wife went there for a year about a year ago to study Chinese and she was very happy with it. They were excellent. They don't focus on the HSK however. If you want to focus on taking the HSK, you might also want to consider BLCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du4 Ke4 Posted September 23, 2005 at 01:17 AM Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 at 01:17 AM Correction: Oops sorry. I converted to US$ the wrong way. It should have gone down by 400 to about $1200US! In answer to your question, it was the 'UIR'. This is the website. http://www.uir-cie.com/ Would somebody be able to advise what this place is like? Cheers, Du Ke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du4 Ke4 Posted September 23, 2005 at 01:21 AM Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 at 01:21 AM Also... Are all of the language Universities located in the same region? If anyone has a map of the areas that contain Uni's I would be very grateful for a peeky-boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
小林 Posted September 23, 2005 at 03:59 AM Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 at 03:59 AM I believe this thread should be placed in the Studying in Beijing subforum, but anyway. I'd like to add to Duke's quesions, do you really need to enroll to these universities before the cut off dates? Because alot of the cutoff dates seem to be in November and December, however I'll be arriving in early January. So I'd like to take my time and have a look around before I enroll anywhere for a late February start. Do you think I'll still be able to get into one of the Universities if I apply late? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Du4 Ke4 Posted November 9, 2005 at 12:41 PM Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 at 12:41 PM Hello, Does any one have an answer to this question from 小林? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mi.g.c Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:49 AM Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 at 04:49 AM Does anyone know if UIR is a good school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcode Posted December 18, 2005 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 at 09:32 PM Hi all, Could anyone please share experience or knowledge of learning mandarin at University of International Relation (UIR) as I am weighting my options betweer UIR and BCLU. Is the following address close to BCLU ? How Far ? Center for International Education, UIR Bldg. 15 DongWangZhuang, Haidian District, Beijing , 100083 P.R. China Thank you in anticipation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mi.g.c Posted December 20, 2005 at 02:11 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 at 02:11 AM hi, i can't help much since i've never been to china. im planning on going next year. but i had the same questions as yours. there's a mini map at http://www.iscbeijing.com/imgs/map.gif site. i'm not sure if it would be that helpful or accurate, at the very least, but it shows that blcu is close to uir. also, i enrolled at blcu instead of uir since i asked my friend from blcu if she's heard about uir, and she hasn't. she's been there 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxham Posted December 21, 2005 at 10:51 AM Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 at 10:51 AM Dongwangzhuang is mainly a housing area about 5-10 minutes walk from BLCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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