Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU; Chinese: 北京外国语大学) is a public university in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It is managed by the Ministry of Education. BFSU is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction, two national programs that support top universities in China. History BFSU was first under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from its founding in 1941 until the early 1980s. During that time, it mainly trained diplomats and foreign language experts for China’s foreign service. In the 1980s, the university began to offer more subjects, including international studies and academic research. In December 2014, BFSU founded the Institute for Global History to support research on global connections and exchanges. Three years later, in December 2017, the School of History was set up. References