2025 BFSU ISS Calls for International Experts
ABOUT BFSU
Beijing Foreign Studies University, or BFSU, is one of China’s top universities under the direct administration of the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE). It is listed under Project 985, Project 211 and the Double First-Class Project of China.
Today, BFSU houses China’s largest non-general language teaching cluster that offers courses in some less commonly taught European, Asian and African languages, as the first of MOE’s special teaching programs. While best known for its excellence in foreign languages and literature, BFSU has also launched programs in fields such as humanities, law, economics, management and education. It now offers courses in languages including (in chronological order) Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Japanese, Arabic, Cambodian, Lao, Sinhalese, Malay, Swedish, Portuguese, and more. To better serve China’s diplomatic efforts, it now teaches all the official languages of countries in diplomatic relations with China.
Guided by its motto “Learn with an open mind; Serve a great cause”, BFSU has trained a significant number of professionals with strong language competence who went on to work in and outside China as diplomats, translators/interpreters, educators, entrepreneurs, journalists, lawyers, and bankers, among other occupations. In the BFSU alumni community, over 400 have worked as ambassadors, and over 2,000 as counselors. BFSU is thus known as “a cradle for diplomats”.
ABOUT BFSU ISS
Since 2016, BFSU has been successfully hosting the annual International Summer Session (ISS), offering more than 160 courses in total and welcoming over 4,000 students. The ISS courses are now included into the BFSU undergraduate compulsory curriculum. Every year, apart from academic training, BFSU ISS program also organizes various activities through which all participants can explore Chinese culture and share ideas.
BFSU is now calling for international experts for the 2025 ISS Program, which is designed to provide students with an opportunity for international exposure and to improve their academic competence. We would also like to create a platform for intercultural communication for students.
TIME
The 2025 BFSU ISS is scheduled from June 30th to July 25th, 2025, 4 weeks in total. Instructors can choose from the following two types of class arrangements depending on the duration of the course:
| TYPE | DURATION OF THE COURSE |
| A | June 30th – July 11th |
| B | July 14th – July 25th |
The class time is from 8:00 to 11:35, with 4 class periods for each day and 8 days in total.
LOCATION
The 2025 BFSU ISS will be held on BFSU campus, Beijing, China.
APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS
1) Full professor (or equivalent) or associate professor (or equivalent).
2) Influential scholar in his/her academic field.
3) Good at designing undergraduate general education programs.
4) Capable of traveling long distances and living abroad.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
STUDENT
BFSU ISS is open to first-year to third-year undergraduate students. Students registered are basically at B1-level of English (equivalent to IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL 70) or above.
LANGUAGE
Courses can be taught in English, German, Spanish, Japanese, French, Arabic, Russian, or other languages.
COURSE SIZE
The courses will accommodate 15 to 50 students. Courses with less than 15 enrollments will be canceled.
COURSE SUBJECTS
BFSU ISS prefers but is not limited to the following course subjects:
1) History, Philosophy and Comparative Civilizations
2) Literature, Art and Culture Studies
3) Social Sciences, Country and Area Studies
4) Economics and Management
5) Language, Translation and Cross-cultural Communication
6) Science, Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Social Development
7) Health and Self-development
CREDITS AND HOURS
All ISS courses are compulsory for BFSU undergraduate students and adopt the credit hour system. 32 credit hours are assigned to each 2-credit course, including teaching and exams.
FINAL ASSESSMENT
A final assessment is required for each course, in the form of a test or a paper. The final course grade is calculated as follows: attendance (20%), class performance or after-class assignments (10%), and final assessment (70%).
BENEFITS
| Pre-tax Remuneration | |
| Full professor (or equivalent) from world top university[1] | 56,000 RMB |
| Full professor (or equivalent) | 37,600 RMB |
| Associate professor (or equivalent) | 26,000 RMB |
[1] 2025 QS Ranking Top 200 List is used as a reference for world top universities.
BFSU will provide on-campus accommodation, economy class round-trip air tickets, and pick-up and drop-off services.
PROCEDURE
1. ONLINE APPLICATION
The following are some registration tips. All international instructors are expected to finish the registration before February 16th, 2025.
If this is your first time applying, please follow the steps:
STEP 1: Account Creation
1) Open the ISS website: https://iss.bfsu.edu.cn/
2) Click REGISTRATION at the top right corner
3) Choose FACULTY APPLICATION
4) Key in your registration e-mail address
5) Go back to the mailbox and click the link for verification
STEP 2: Login and Registration
1) Click FACULTY LOGIN at the top right corner
2) Input your account and password
3) Complete and upload your information as required
4) Click SAVE and then SUBMIT
If you have ever registered on BFSU ISS website, you can directly enter the login page by clicking FACULTY LOGIN; if you forget your password, please click Forget your Password on the login page to retrieve it.
2. EVALUATION
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will invite BFSU scholars to evaluate and select courses for the 2025 BFSU ISS and notify the applicants about the results before March 31st, 2025.
3. ANNOUNCEMENT
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will update the information of the selected courses (including course description, instructor profile and course syllabus) on the BFSU ISS website: http://iss.bfsu.edu.cn/
The applicants will also be notified by email of the course review result.
4. COURSE ENROLLMENT
BFSU will start the procedure to assist your course arrangements in April 2025, depending on the student enrollment for each course. The course will be canceled if its enrollment is fewer than 15 by May 16th, 2025. The threshold for non-English courses can be adjusted appropriately.
5. PRE-UP WORK BEFORE COMING TO CHINA
If your course meets the threshold for opening, the Office of Undergraduate Studies will contact you by email to sign a work contract with you, offer work invitation documents, and communicate about other matters of your trip to China and your course. An assistant will be assigned to each international instructor to assist with your work.
2025 BFSU ISS SCHEDULE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact: Office of Undergraduate Studies, BFSU
Email: summerschool@bfsu.edu.cn
Tel.: +86 10 88818557
Fax: +86 10 88817915
Address: Beijing Foreign Studies University
2# North Xisanhuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China, 100089
