Overview

The English programme adheres to the guiding principle of "solid foundations, robust competencies, high calibre, and broad career pathways". It integrates the strengths of Chinese and Western education, leveraging a diverse curriculum to meet individual development needs. This approach achieves a blend of specialisation and generalist training, emphasising an immersive language environment. Distinctive features include small-group teaching conducted entirely in English, international collaborative teaching, personalised course design, diverse development pathways, and an interdisciplinary training model. The programme cultivates internationally-minded, versatile, and application-oriented talents equipped with knowledge in English linguistics, literature, culture, translation, and interdisciplinary fields such as international business and trade. Graduates possess a sense of national pride, global perspective, critical thinking, and strong cross-cultural communication skills, empowering them to contribute to future smart city development. As a universal language with extensive global reach, English offers graduates broad and diverse career prospects, enabling them to excel in research, translation, foreign trade, e-commerce, education, and related fields.

Why choose English?

• Personalized Development Paths: English major tailors personalized development paths for each student, tracks their learning progress throughout, and provides academic guidance. Some courses are open to students across different grade levels, allowing them to choose courses based on your interests and diverse development needs.
• Interdisciplinary Training Model: The program adopts an "English +" distinctive talent cultivation model that responds to the demands of the intelligent era. It offers highly distinctive theoretical and practical courses that cater to students’ interests and career plans, helping them leverage personal strengths and achieve diversified development.
• Immersive Language Environment: By integrating advanced Chinese and Western teaching methods and models, English major provides an authentic language environment that ensures participatory and creative learning. With all-English instruction and small class sizes, it fully enables teacher-student and student-student interaction, highlighting each student's individuality.
• International Collaborative Teaching: Some courses are co-taught by domestic and international faculty, fully leveraging the strengths of teachers with overseas study backgrounds. This implements high-impact teaching models, motivates students' active learning, and makes them the master of the classroom.
• Well-established Practice Platforms: The program emphasizes students' productive skills such as speaking and writing, and collaborates with internship and training bases to provide them with industry-aligned practice platforms.

Basic Information

• School International Business School
• Study Mode Full-time
• Program Length 4 years
• Degree English (Bachelor of Arts)

Knowledge and Skills

Graduates of this programme will possess the following competencies:

• MasteryofEnglishlanguageandliterature,alongwithbroadinterdisciplinaryknowledge;
• Stronghumanitiesanddigitalliteracytoaddressglobalissuesandchallenges;
• Effectivecommunicationandcollaborationininterculturalcontextsusinglanguageknowledgeandskills;
• Independentthinkingandproblem-solvingthroughcriticalthinkingandaninnovativemindset;
• Commitmenttolifelonglearningandcontinuousexplorationandinnovation;
• Adeepsenseofpatriotismcoupledwithaglobalvision,servingbothlocalandinternationalcommunities.

Message from the Programme Director

Curriculum Structure

Employment

Graduates of the English programme are widely recognised and highly regarded by employers for their strong bilingual proficiency, cross-cultural communication skills, and industry practical abilities. The employment rate stands at 90%, with over 80% securing positions directly related to their field of study. Primary career paths include translation, teaching, e-commerce, foreign trade, media, finance, and public institutions, offering broad and stable professional development trajectories.

Over 30% of English graduates pursue postgraduate studies domestically or internationally, with many progressing to prestigious universities in China, the UK, and Australia. Specialisations include English language teaching, translation and interpreting, applied linguistics, Asian studies, and literature.