A Brief Introduction of Hainan University
Hainan University, officially established in August2007with the approval of the Ministry of Education, is a national key comprehensive university. It is the merger of both the former South China University of Tropical Agriculture (SCUTA), and the former Hainan University (HU). As one of the national “211 Project” universities, it isjointly supported by the Ministry of Education and the Hainan Provincial Government.
The university runs three campuses, namely Haidian, Chengxi, and Danzhou. Its main campus is located on Haidian Island of Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province. The Haidian Campus is nestled along the coast of the South China Sea.Sourounding lakes, long coconut leaves fluttering in refreshing sea breezes, and fragrant tropical flora help create a beautifull tropic sight and an ideal place for learning. Danzhou Campus is located in Danzhou City, west of Hainan Province, and well known for being “The hometown of poetry in a sea of songs”. Chengxi Campus is also west of Haikou. The total area of the three campusescovers 741 acres. What’s more, the library contains more than 3,035,000 books on different subjects, among which 1,970,000 are paper back, while the other 1,065,000 are electronic.
The university is the proud home to a high-level team of full-time faculty and staff made up of 1,400 full-time faculties, including over 760 professors and associate professors. Programs covering 8 categories of disciplines in philosophy，economics， law， literature， natural sciences，agriculture，engineering，and managementare offered.. The above categories then fall into 4 major academic divisions: Tropical Agriculture and Life Science Engineering，Electrical and Mechanical Engineering，the Humanities, and Social Sciences.. The university hosts 20 colleges,three general education divisions，a state key discipline，two key disciplines of the Ministry of Agriculture，10 provincial key disciplines，three key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, two Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education，five provincial key laboratories, and two provincial Engineering Centers. It offersa post-doctoral research station, 11 doctoral programs,74 master's programs, 68 undergraduate programs, and 7state-class specialized coursesand two state-class elaborate courses.
The university has extensive international academic exchanges and cooperation. Currently, the university has signed agreements on academic cooperation and exchanges with more than 60 well-known overseas universities and institutions from more than 20 countries and regions including France, Singapore, Russia, and Taiwan. Each year outstanding undergraduates and graduates are selected to furthertheir studiesat these universities. As one of the 22 Chinese Education Bases in China with the approval of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the university has cultivated thousands of foreign students so far.
In 2008Hainan Universities Collage of International Culture Exchange obtained approval of HSK from the Office of Chinese Language Council , which makes taking the HSK test very convenient for the foreign students and other foreigners.. This willhelp topromote a more rapid and sound educational development for international students at Hainan University!
Hainan University warmly welcomes international students who wish to study in China.
A Brief Introduction of
College of International Cultural Exchange (CICE)
In September 1996, the Ministry of Education authorized Hainan University to enroll foreign students. Ever since then, thousands of foreign students from nearly 30 countries and regions have studied Chinese here. In June 2006, with the support of the university leadership and the overseas Chinese associates, the College of International Cultural Exchange (CICE) was founded.
More than 85% of the teachers have obtained the Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language Certificate authorized by the National Ministry of Education. The teachers are well-known for flexible methods and offer a rich teaching experience.
The CICE is in charge of the enrollment, teaching, international cooperation, international communications, and the management of all the foreign students at our university. The CICE specializes in running the International Students’ Office and houses the full-time staff who manage and serve the foreign students from all around. With the purpose of increasing the friendship between the Chinese people and people from all around the world, the college enrolls all kinds of foreign students through promoting the cultural and technological communication with one another. These students include both long-term and short-term Chinese language learners, undergraduate and postgraduate students of different disciplines, and short-term Chinese Language Training, etc. The Chinese language learners are mainly streamed into four levels: beginners, elementary (A, B, C), intermediate and advanced according to their Chinese proficiency. In addition, we offer HSK tutorial classes, and short term courses including: Chinese history, Chinese painting and calligraphy, martial arts (shadow boxing), Peking opera and Hainan opera as well.
The college will continue to make great efforts to develop Chinese education worldwide by taking effective measures to explore a unique way of attracting more international students to study at Hainan University, and make full use of the advantageous location of Hainan. We will actively reach out to establish relationships with overseas universities and welcome them to visit our university in order to seek bilateral or multilateral cooperation with the pattern of “going out” and “coming in”. By relying on the existing characteristics and advantages of Hainan Province and Hainan University, we will create top-ranking disciplines to meet the needs of students both at home and abroad in the light of international educational standards and practices. We believe that high-quality education and good service will appeal to more international students who wish to study the Chinese language and culture at our college makingthe Collage of International Cultural Exchange one of the high-quality brands of Hainan University.
Programs for International Students
ACADEMIC DIVISIONS
Ⅰ.Chinese Language and Culture
Long-term Programs: Chinese Language and Culture (Elementary Level A, Elementary Level B, Elementary Level C, Intermediate Level, and Advanced Level), and Elective Coursesthat include Chinese History, Chinese Painting, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Military Arts, Shadow Boxing, and Peking Opera Arts, to name a few.
Short-term Programs: In order to enhance the cultural communication between China and foreign countries, Hainan University carries out short-term programs of different kinds for international students all the year round. We Warmly welcome delegations, groups of colleges and universities, or institutions from any country to come to Hainan University and participate in the short-term study programs. We will adjust the curriculum to meet the group’s specific needs and time requirements.
Classes on Testing Techniques in HSK are available for international students at any time.
Ⅱ. Undergraduate Diploma, Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree Programs
Academic Division of Tropical Agriculture and Life Science:
There’re four colleges in this division: College of Agriculture, College of Horticulture and Gardening, College of Environment and Plant Protection, and College of Ocean Sciences.
College of Agriculture:
Included arethe Departments of Agriculture,Biological Technology, Agricultural Resources and Environment, andPractaculture Science and Zoology.
Majors for Undergraduate students include：CropGenetics and Breeding, Crop Cultivation and Farming System, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Science and Technology of Rubber, Energy Botany, Soil Science, Plant Nutrition, Practaculture Science, Forestry Cultivation, Plant Molecular Genetics, Germplasm Resources, Agricultural Biological Technology, Developmental Biology, Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding, and Wildlife Conservation and Utilization.
Majors for Master applicants：covers all the undergraduate majors in this college.
The college runs a mobile research station for the post-doctors in First Class Discipline---Crop Science, and owns authorization of doctoral degree in First Class Discipline---Crop Science. There’re seven authorizations of doctoral degree in Second Class Discipline---Crop Genetics and Breeding, Crop Cultivation and Farming System, Plant Molecular Genetics, Germplasm Resources, Agricultural Biological Technology, Science and Technology of Rubber, and Energy Botany.
There’s a national key discipline---CropGenetics and Breeding, a key discipline of the Ministry of Agriculture---CropGenetics and Breeding, two provincial key disciplines---CropGenetics and Breeding, and Crop Cultivation and Farming System. In addition, it also has three university key disciplines---CropGenetics and Breeding, Crop Cultivation and Farming System, and Biological Technology, and two provincial key and elaborate courses---Tropical Crop Breeding, and Genetics.
College of Horticulture and Gardening：
Includes the Departments of Horticulture, Gardening, and Facility Agriculture.
Majors for Undergraduate studentsinclude：Horticulture, Gardening, and Facility Agriculture
Sciences and Engineering.
Majors for Master applicants：Botany, Southern Medicine Science, Pomology, and Ornamental Plants and Horticulture
Doctoral Majors：Botany and Southern Medicine Science.
Gardening was chosen by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as one of the special majors of national level in 2007.
College of Environment and Plant Protection:
Majors for Undergraduate students：Plant Protection, Quality and safety of Agricultural Products, and Environmental Science.
Majors for Master applicants：Molecular Plant Pathology, Crop Pestology, Plant Protection,
Phytopathology, Agriculture Entomology and Pest Control, Microbiology, Pesticide Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Forestry Protection.
Doctoral Majors：Molecular Plant Pathology and Crop Pestology.
Plant Protection was chosen as one of the special majors atthe national level, and the Plant Protection Teaching and Demonstration Center was ranked among the Teaching and Demonstration Center at the provincial level. Entomology is the elaborate course of provincial level. Plant Pathology, Agriculture Entomology and Pest Control, and Ecology are key disciplines of Hainan University.
College of Ocean Sciences:
Majors for Undergraduate studentsinclude ：Aquiculture, Pharmaceutical Engineering, and Ocean Science.
Majors for Master applicants：Aquiculture, Ocean Science and Agricultural Popularization in the field of fishery.
There’re the Marine Organisms Teaching and Experiment Centers, and Tropical Organisms Resources Lab of the Ministry of Education level, covering Lab of Marine Animals Breeding and Diseases Control, Lab of Germplasm Improvement of Marine Animals, and the Lab of Marine Organisms Research. In addition, there’s a provincial key lab --- Lab of Tropical Hydrobiology.
Academic Division of Engineering:
This division consists of five colleges: College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, College of Food Science, and College of Civil Engineering, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and College of Information Science and Technology.
College of Materials and Chemical Engineering：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Chemical Engineering and Technology, Biological Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Chemistry and Materials and Engineering of Polymers
Majors for Master applicants：Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Biological Chemical Engineering, Materials Physics and Chemistry, and Materialogy.
This college runs the Tropical Organisms Resources Engineering Center of the Ministry of Education level, provincial key Lab of Fine Chemistry, provincial Engineering Lab of Chemistry Technology, and the Ministry of Education key Lab of Tropical Organisms Resources---Lab of Biological Amylose. Professor Yang Zhenning, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, and Academician Bai Chunli, famous scientist of nano materialand vice president of Chinese Academy of Sciences, are all visiting professors of the college.
College of Food Science：
Majors for Undergraduate studentsinclude：Food Science and Engineering, and Quality and Safety of Food. Among them, Food Science and Engineering is ranked among the state level elaborate courses.
Majors for Master applicants：Processing and Storage of Agriculture Products, Food Science, and
Processing and Safety of Food as a Agricultural Popularization Program.
This college possesses a provincial key discipline, Processing and Storage of Agriculture Products, of the Ministry of Agriculture level.
College of Civil Engineering：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Civil Engineering, and Architecture.
Majors for Master applicants： Geotechnical Engineering
College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering：
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Department of Automobile Engineering
Majors for Undergraduate students：Electrification Engineering and Automation, Agricultural Mechanization and its Automation, Mechanical Design and Manufacture and its Automation, Mechatronic Engineering, Transportation, and Vehicle Engineering.
Majors for Master applicants：Agricultural Mechanization Engineering, and Agricultural
Mechanization and Agricultural Popularization.
The college runs three comprehensive labs of Mechanical Engineering,Electrical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, a Training Center of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, and more than 30 labs that included:the Lab of Digital Control, Lab of Virtual Apparatus and Embedded System, Lab of Electrical Engineering, and Lab of Automobile Integrated Testing and Inspection.Among the above listed labs are two are provincial and University demonstration centers, and three are jointly supported by the provincial government and the ministries.
College of Information Science and Technology：
The Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Department of Applied Mathematics, Department of Communication Engineering, Public Computer Center of Experiment and Teaching, and Public Mathematics Teaching Centerare all included within the college..
Majors for Undergraduate students：Electronic Information Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Communication Engineering, Information and Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Applied Mathematics.
Majors for Master applicants：Communication and Information Systems, Computer Applied Technology, Signal and Information Processing, and Applied Mathematics.
Communication and Information Systems is ranked as a provincial key discipline.
Academic Division of Humanities:
There’re five colleges (sections) in this division: College of Humanities and Communication, College of Foreign Studies, College of Arts, College of International Cultural Exchange, and Section of Physical Education.
College of Humanities and Communication：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Chinese Language and Literature, Advertising (Internet Communication), Theater, Movie and Television Literature (Writer and Director), and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.
Majors for Master applicants：Theory of Literature and Art, Comparative and World Literature, and Ancient Chinese Literature whichwas awarded asa provincial elaborate course.
College of Foreign Studies:
Majors for Undergraduate students：English Language, Japanese Language, and Russian Language.
Majors for Master applicants：English Languages and Literatures
The college has an elaborate course---Fundamental English and Advanced English, a key discipline of the university---English Languages and Literatures, and a good course of the university---Fundamental English and Advanced English.
College of Arts：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Vocal music, Fine Arts, Choreographer and Artistic Design.
Majors for Master applicants：Fine Arts
Artistic Design is the key discipline of the university. Chorus, as a curriculum, is the provincial elaborate course.
Academic Division of Social Sciences:
There’re four colleges in this division: College of Law, College of Politics and Public Administration, College of Economics and Management and College of Tourism.
College of Law：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Science of Law
Majors for Master applicants：Science of Procedure Laws, Science of Labor and Social Security Law, Science of Economic Law, Criminal Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence, Legal History, International Law, and Science of Environment Law,
College of Politics and Public Administration：
This college runs the Teaching Center of MPA, Department of Administration Management, Department of Education in Ideology and Politics, and Department of Public Relations.
College of Economics and Management：
Majors for Undergraduate students：International Economics and Trade, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, and Statistics.
Majors for Master applicants：World Economy, Finance, Enterprises Management, and Master of Business Administration (MBA).
College of Tourism：
Majors for Undergraduate students：Tourism Management, Marketing, The Administration of Natural Environmental Resources and Urban-Rural Area Plan, and Human Recourse Management.
Majors for Master applicants：Tourism Management, Foreign and Applied Linguistics, Enterprises Management, and Computer Application Technology.
International Admissions
I. Admission Requirements
- The candidate should be aged 18 or older, healthy, and self-dependent.
2. The candidate should have good character, abide by the laws of the Chinese Government, observe the regulations of Hainan University, and respect the Chinese traditional customs and culture.
3. The requirement for Chinese language and culture programs is according to the provisions listed above.
4. The candidate can study undergraduate programs at Hainan University on the condition that he/she has obtained a high school certificate and can show the official transcript of their grades. The candidate can study graduate programs at Hainan University on the condition that he/she has completed his/her undergraduate studies and obtained a bachelor’s degree, as wells as recommendation letters from two programs at Hainan University on condition that he/she has completed his/her graduate studies and obtained master’s degree, and recommendation letters from two experts (professor or associate professor).
5. Requirements for language:
(1).The candidate for undergraduate programs should be capable of studying his/her specialized courses in Chinese. They can apply for admission of undergraduate to Hainan Universityafter having completed Band 4 of the HSK.. If he/she is not capable of studying his/her specialized courses in Chinese, he/she ought to study Chinese for a period of time in order to obtain the certificate of Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK Band 6), and then can resume his/her undergraduate studies.
(2). The graduate and doctoral candidates should be capable of studying his/her specialized courses in Chinese. They can apply for undergraduate admission to Hainan University (HSK Band 4 and HSK Band 6 at graduation); and also must obtain the certificate of English Test (IELTS 6.5), (TOEFL iBT 75) (applicants from non-English speaking countries)