For purposes of enriching the campus life of international students,the College of International Education successfully conducted cultural and extra-curricular activities, established cultural and teaching practice bases, and promoted cross-cultural communications between Chinese students and foreign students such as the followings.
UPC Culture and Arts Festival
UPC Anniversary Celebration Gala
UPC Sports Meet
Christmas and New Year's Gala
International Student Scholarship Award Ceremony
National “Perceive China-Charming Qingdao" cultural experiences
China Bridge Contest
Qingdao Chinese Character Competition
China Arts Competition in the Qingdao West New Area
Voluntary educational and entertaining activities in the Zhushan primary school
Beijing opera, paper-cut and Tai Chi cultural experience activities
Sports Week and Five-a-side football leagues
Mid-Autumn moon cake DIY activities
Spring Festival Annual Meeting and Qingdao Lingzhushan Temple visit
International student SPE Petroleum knowledge contest
Chinese and English speech contest
Dongzhi Festival and dumplings making
With the aim of meeting the needs of the school’s open development and implementing the school’s open development strategy, the college of International Education (CIE) of China University of Petroleum (East China) was established in 2011.CIE is a comprehensive international education institution, integrating the education of foreign students and the international promotion of Chinese, mathematics, management and research.
The college’s management structure is composed of the college office, the academic affairs office, the admission office, the student affairs office, the visa service center, as well as teaching and research institutions such as the department of Chinese international education, Shandong international education research base, and international education research office. The main functions of the college include teaching Chinese as a foreign language, international education research, international enrollment publicity,student affairs management, visa management, dormitory management and so on. Equipped with full-time teachers of profound academic background, rich teaching experience and well based cross-cultural communication skills. The staff have a keen sense of responsibility, enterprising spirit, good communication skills and professional conduct. A significant proportion of faculty members have overseas study and work experience, as well as experiencein international education management and research.