Approved Summer Programs

The Chinese Language Scholarship Funded by the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation[1]

Program / Location / Application Deadline / Program Dates / Levels / Notes / Distinctive Features
Associated Colleges in China (ACC) / Beijing (Minzu University of China) / Feb 15, 2016
(Information for 2017 not out yet) / Jun 16 – Aug 12, 2016
(Information for 2017 not out yet) / 2nd year onwards (i.e. for those have studied at least Chinese for 1 year) / ▪ Host families to visit over weekends
▪ Long-established program
CET Academic Programs / Beijing (Capital Normal University), Harbin (Harbin Institute of Technology), Kunming (Yunnan University) / Mar 1, 2017 / Jun 14 – Aug 13, 2017 / Beijing: No language prerequisites
Harbin: 3rd year onwards / 4 semesters of Chinese
Kunming: 2nd year onwards / 2 semesters of Chinese / Beijing program
▪ Beginning and Advanced Beginning level courses available
▪ Chinese roommates
Harbin program
▪ For intermediate – advanced students
Kunming program
▪ Local roommates
▪ Yunnan minority, environmental issues
Duke in China / Beijing (University of International Business and Economics in Beijing) / Feb 1, 2017 / Jun 2 – July 29, 2017 / 2nd year onwards / ▪ Host family option for 3rd year and above.
▪ Local language partners
▪ Midterm program-sponsored trip
▪ Popular colloquialisms class
Harvard Beijing Academy / Beijing (Beijing Language & Culture University) / Jan 17, 2017 / Jun 9 – Aug 12, 2017 / 2nd year onwards / at least one year of college level Chinese / ▪ Competitive admissions
▪ Double dorm rooms
Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) / Beijing (Tsinghua University) / Jan 29, 2016 (rolling admissions)
(Information for 2017 not out yet) / Jun 12 – Aug 12, 2016
(Information for 2017 not out yet: from mid-Jun to early Aug) / 3rd year onwards / at least two years of college level Chinese / ▪ Competitive admissions
▪ Most students find and rent their own apartments off-campus
▪ Popular among graduate students and students with near-native fluency
▪ Possibility of tailoring syllabus to student's interests
▪ Very well-established program
International Chinese Language Program (ICLP) / Taipei (National Taiwan University) / Mar 15, 2017 / Jun 6 – Aug 11, 2017 / No language prerequisites / ▪ Beginning and Advanced Beginning level courses available
▪ Popular among graduate students and students with near-native fluency
▪ Possibility of tailoring syllabus to student's interests
▪ Taiwanese culture
▪ Traditional characters
▪ Very well-established program
Princeton in Beijing (PiB) / Beijing (Beijing Normal University / Jan 15, 2017 (with financial aid); Jan 31, 2017 (regular) / Jun 26 – Aug 18, 2017 / 2nd year onwards / at least one year of college level Chinese / ▪ Competitive admissions
▪ Famously intensive and rigorous
▪ Very well-established program

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[1] Also cf http://www.yale.edu/iefp/light/programs/index.html#chinese for reference.