Language Summer School

If you have started to learn Chinese and would like to practice and improve your language, this two-week summer school can help you to achieve this.

The 2025 CI Language Summer School will run from the 6th July to the 19th July.

Deadline for application: 29th March 2025

Venue and accommodation: Beijing Normal University, China.

Programme content

  • 30 hours of language learning plus an assessment

  • 8 cultural workshops and immersive experiences including brush painting, ceramics, taichi, calligraphy, fan making, tea ceremony, market visit and making dumplings
  • A visit to the Great Wall and some local historical sites in Beijing.

Upon arrival in Beijing, you will be streamed into a class based on your language level. There will be spare time to explore the city of ancient civilisation and modernity and meet other learners from across the globe.

Eligibility

You must have studied 20 hours of Mandarin at Manchester Confucius Institute since September 2022 before the programme starts OR studying in the University of Manchester Chinese Studies Department.

Please fill out this form to apply for the Summer School no later than 29 March 2025.

Before you fill out this form you should have a recent portrait style photograph of yourself, a photograph of your passport, copies of any HSK certificates you already have and be able to write 300 words describing your current level of Chinese and commitment to language learning and how you will benefit from learning Chinese academically, personally and in terms of your career.

The scholarship will cover your tuition, accommodation and social programme of the two-week study. You are expected to pay for your international flights and daily expenses. Please note that this trip will require an X2 Student Visa. This Visa will invalidate other Visas you may already have obtained to China so please take this into account before applying.