北京第二外国语学院英文介绍

A Brief Introduction of Beijing International Studies University Beijing International Studies University (BISU, the former Beijing Second Foreign Languages Institute) was founded in 1964 thanks to Chinas late Premier Zhou En Lais great care. A nationwide renowned key school of higher education, the university has developed into a multi-disciplinary educational establishment that offers courses in studies of foreign languages, tourism management, liberal arts, management, economics，law and philosophy, with the studies of foreign languages as its dominant disciplines and the studies of tourism and tourism management as its specialized subjects. To suit the national needs of economic and social advance, the school endeavors to educate and train its students into internationally-minded professionals that are proficient in foreign affairs, tourism industry, economics, business and trade. There are eight foreign language departments and eight schools that specialize in language instruction and research. The eight departments are: English Department, Japanese Department, Russian Department, German Department, French and Italian Department, Spanish and Portuguese Department, Arabic Department, and Korean Department. The eight schools are: School of Tourism Management, School of International Economics and Trade, School of International Communication, School of Law and Politics, School of Translation, School of Continuing Education, School of International Cultural Exchange, and School of International Education. There are other departments and institutions, such as College for the Teaching of English, Research Institute for Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Sports and Physical Education Department, the Academy of Tourism Development, and Institute for Comparative and Transcultural Studies. In addition, the university has a wide range of research centers, such as Research Center for Public Signs Translation, Research Center for Literature and Arts, Research Center for Tourism-related Laws and Regulations, Expo-Research Center, Research Center for Sino-Australian Tourism, Research Center for Touristic Impacts, Research Center for Chinas Hotel Industry, and Research Center for International Service in Cultural Business and Trade. The university is an authorized school eligible to offer thirteen post-graduate courses in foreign languages and related liberal arts, namely, English, Japanese, Russian, German, French, Arabic, tourism management, studies of foreign languages and applied linguistics, corporate management, international trade, aesthetics, contrastive literature and world literature, and Asian and African Languages (only Korean language available now). Following the policy of providing higher education for its students on a multi-level- and-purpose basis, the university offers 23 special areas of study for undergraduate students majoring in English, Japanese, Russian, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Korean, Translation and Interpreting，Tourism Management (including second Bachelors degree), Marketing, Accounting Management, Event Economy and Management, International Economics and Trade (including second Bachelors degree), Finance, Chinese Language and Literature, Journalism, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, International Politics, Science of Law, and the Chinese Language (for international students). The university recruits overseas students for various levels of study, ranging from postgraduate, undergraduate to short-term language studies. Moreover, the university provides tertiary vocational education of English major, undergraduate courses of adult education, college education, international cooperation education programs, and so on. Currently the university has a total of more than 10,000 enrolled students. The school enjoys a rational and well-structured composition of teaching faculty and technical support staff in terms of age, academic degrees, areas of specialization, and academic titles. Of the total of 800-plus teachers and support staff members, over 200 teachers are professors and associate professors. Most of the teachers have studied abroad, either for a degree or for further pursuance in the chosen subjects. The university also keeps each year over 60 foreign teachers on its faculty. More than 120 part-time guest professors are regularly invited every year as well. As far as educational facilities and equipment are concerned, the university possesses a variety of establishments, such as language labs, simultaneous interpretation practice labs, digital language labs, a journalism lab, a lab for simulated trading and transactions, a tourism planning and designing lab, and a moot court, as well as internet computer classrooms, campus internet service and a satellite-TV reception system. The school library has a rich collection of books, newspapers and periodicals. Its large newspaper- magazine-periodical reading rooms, special-subject reading rooms, electronic reading rooms furnished with audio-visual and microfiche viewing, and on-line networking computer services enable their users to have easy access to a wide range of resources. The university has been consolidating and upgrading its infrastructure and sports facilities, so as to create a good living and studying environment for its students. Aware of the importance of international cooperation, the school has established at different times long-term cooperative or exchange programs with 114 universities from U.S., UK, Japan, Korea, Australia, France, Canada, Germany, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Egypt, Syria, Malaysia, Hong Kong, etc. Mutual academic interactions, exchange of scholars and students, joint training programs, etc. are frequent. Every year a large number of students are sent abroad to continue their studies. Meanwhile, nearly one thousand foreign students come to this university. To promote students all-round development in terms of morality, intelligence, health and virtues, the university, adhering to its spirit of Virtue, Perseverance, Enlightenment and Competition, attaches importance to the cultivation of students overall qualities and professional ethics by practicing the principle of combining theory with practice, and combining book knowledge with practical skills. The university enjoys an environmentally good campus, and it is conveniently located in Chaoyang District of Beijing, adjoining the famous Beijing CBD (Central Business District). 北京第二外国语学院是在敬爱的周恩来总理的亲切关怀下于 1964 年创立的，是一所以外国 语言文学为主体学科、以旅游管理为特色学科，文学、管理学、经济学、法学等多学科门 类协调发展的知名特色大学，是中国外语、翻译、旅游、经贸教学与研究的重要基地。 学校设有英语学院、日语学院、旅游管理学院、国际经济贸易学院、跨文化研究院等 22 个教学科研机构。现有 26 个本科专业，其中日语、阿拉伯语、英语、旅游管理为教育 部特色专业建设点，阿拉伯语、日语、英语、俄语、旅游管理、德语 6 个专业为北京市特 色专业建设点。学校拥有外国语言文学、工商管理、中国语言文学、应用经济学 4 个一级 学科硕士授权点，1 个美学二级学科硕士授权点，拥有翻译（MTI）、旅游管理（MTA）和 工商管理（MBA）3 个专业硕士学位授权点，拥有外国语言文学（一级学科）、旅游管理、 企业管理、国际贸易学 4 个北京市重点建设学科，北京旅游发展研究基地等省部级研究基 地。 学校拥有一支年龄、学历、专业、职称结构合理的师资队伍。现有专任教师 500 余人， 绝大多数教师在国外进修或攻读过学位。学校还聘请兼职教授 120 多人，拥有外国专家 60 余名。学校有 1 个国家级教学团队、3 个北京市优秀教学团队、7 个北京市学术创新团队。 在校学历生近万人，包括本科生、研究生、留学生和成人教育学历生。 学校拥有众多规格不同、性能各异的现代化教学设施，主要有数字语言实验室、同声 传译实验室、多媒体教学实验室、新闻学实验室、金融模拟实验室、旅游规划与策划实验 室、模拟法庭、法律诊所等，同时还建有校园网、电视台和地面卫星接收系统。图书馆藏 书丰富，设有大型期刊阅览室、专业阅览室、电子阅览室以及计算机网络服务系统。学校 不断加强基础设施建设，各类体育场馆齐备，为广大学生创造了良好的学习和生活环境。 经过近半个世纪的办学实践，学校形成了“学用结合，注重实践”的办学特色。外语 专业强调“技能领先，注重实训”，狠抓“听、说、读、写、译”基本技能训练；非外语 专业依托优势外语教学资源和多元文化环境，坚持“应用导向，强化实践”，走产学研一 体化道路。学校明确了“国际导向、专业复合”的培养特色，坚持外语复语式、外语+专业、 专业+外语的国际性应用型人才培养模式。学生国际视野宽阔、创新精神和实践能力突出， 综合素质高，就业竞争力强。从二外走出的数万名毕业生，遍及大江南北和世界各地，涌 现出国台办主任王毅，商务部副部长高虎城、陈健，中国驻朝鲜大使刘洪才，中国国旅集 团董事长盖志新，中信集团公司董事长、党委书记常振明，中国银行香港分行总裁和广北、 美国新生代华裔电影导演胡安等一批政界、外交界、商界、文教界杰出人士。 学校注重国际化办学，与美国、日本、德国、法国、澳大利亚、俄罗斯、韩国、埃及 等 20 多个国家和地区的 120 多所高校及教育机构建立了全方位、多层次、实质性的交流与 合作，每年选派一定数量的教师出国进修、访学、合作科研，从事对外汉语教学等，年均 赴外留学学生 300 多人，来校外国留学生 1000 多人。学校还在墨西哥、摩洛哥、英国、法 国承办了 4 所孔子学院，积极参与国家汉语国际推广工作。 学校的发展目标是：立足北京，服务首都，辐射全国，面向世界，努力建设成为办学 实力和整体水平位居全国同类院校先进行列，若干学科达到国内领先水平，在国际上享有 较高知名度的高水平多科性教学研究型大学。 An Introduction to School of Tourism Management(STM) The history of the School of Tourism Management goes back to 1981 when the Department of Tourism was set up, offering only two specialties in Tour-guiding and Tourism Economics. In 1992, the Beijing International Studies University established the Department of Hotel Management and the Department of Tourism and Foreign Trade; the School of Tourism Economics and Foreign Trade in 1997, and the School of Tourism Management Department in 1999 respectively. The STM now offers two masters degree programs in Tourism Management and Business Management of Enterprise, bachelor degree courses in Tourism Management (including Tourism Management, Hotel Management) Event Economy Management, Accounting Management and Marketing, and a second BA degree program in Tourism Management. Tourism Management and Business Management of Enterprise are key disciplines sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Government. Tourism Management, at the same time, is a brand discipline of Beijing. At present, STM has around 1500 students, 131 of whom are postgraduates, 95 of whom are second BA degree students, and 53 of whom are international students from 18 countries. At present STM has 4 full professors, 12 associate professors and 9 lecturers, 15 of whom are doctoral degree holders and 5 of whom are taking doctoral courses. STM also invited over 40 professionals in the field of tourism as visiting professors. Attributed to the research strength, STM has taken on 2 research projects for the central government, 37 research projects for various provinces and 30 research programs for ministries and the Beijing Municipal Education Committee. STM has ever won 1 national award, 7 provincial or ministry award, 1 universitys art and sociological award, and 7 other awards. STM is currently taking on totally 25 research projects, 1 of which is a Tenth Five-Year Plan of Education Ministry, 3 of which are relevant to philosophical and sociological program of Beijing Municipal Government, 2 of which are National Administration of Tourisms program, and 9 of which are appointed by Beijing Municipal Education Committee. STM has 1 professor with the Beijing municipal reputation, 6 textbooks listed among the Tenth Five-Year Plan of education, and 2 well-chosen textbooks of Beijing municipal. STM has the most advanced facilities, including a 4D tourism planning lab funded jointly by Finance Ministry and the local government, a hotel informationalization management lab, and an event informationalization management lab. Other fundamental facilities like multi-media classrooms, language labs, computer rooms, and labs for hotel rooms simulation are certainly equipped. STM also has an abundant library of 25600 books, various audio/video resources, and around 211 kinds of foreign language magazines and periodicals. Based on the principle of balancing theoretical education and field work, STM created a nurturing model that sets research and production into the teaching procedure. STM and Beijing Municipal Administration of Tourism jointly take on the responsibility of tourism professionals training for Beijing region. Targeted at the realistic problems of Chinas tourism development, STM collaborating with Beijing Capital Tourism Group, China Tourism Group, Xian Tourism Group and other national tourism companies bears more than 20 research projects which have great practical value. Many of them have brought great economic and social benefits for Chinas tourism industry. Besides, STM set up three funds, that is, Wei Jing Mainland-HongKong tourism Fund, Venture Fund, and Li Zh