page_title: Beijing Language and Culture University
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Beijing Language and Culture University / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: East gate of Beijing Language and Culture University. 中文（简体）‎: 北京语言大学东校门。
context_page_description: Beijing Language and Culture University, colloquially known in Chinese as Yuyan Xueyuan, has the main aim of teaching the Chinese language and culture to foreign students. However, it also takes Chinese students specializing in foreign languages and other relevant subjects of humanities and social sciences, and trains teachers of Chinese as a foreign language. It used to be the only institute of this kind in China. After the push for massification of higher education starting in the 90s, nowadays many other universities in almost every major city in China have a similar offer. Thus bachelor, master or post-doc degrees in "Teaching Chinese as a second language to Foreigners", as well as bachelor's and master's degrees in several foreign languages, are no longer only to be found at BLCU. Beijing Language and Culture University is often called "Little United Nations" in China because of its very large number of international students from various countries.
context_section_description: The campus of BLCU is located in the Haidian District of Beijing. It takes about 330,289 m², and total building area is about 427,342 m². Most teaching facilities, including the main building, library and gym are in the teaching area, while dormitories  for Chinese students are there as well. The special dormitory for foreign students is Building 17, located in the living area with apartments for staff and families. Some grocery stores are can be found in both the teaching and living areas, and the only market zone is near the north exit of the living area.
caption: East gate of BLCU
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