Beijing Foreign Studies University, or BFSU, is a prestigious Chinese university under the direct leadership of the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is one of China’s top universities listed under Project 985 and Project 211 comprising China’s top universities. Founded in 1941, BFSU specializes in language education and teaches the largest number of languages (101 by April, 2019) in China. BFSU offers education at different levels in a range of areas, such as foreign languages and literature, Chinese language and literature, journalism and communication, political science, law, management science and engineering. Over 400 past and present ambassadors in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are BFSU alumni. “Language Education” and “Internationalization” are at the heart of BFSU.

Consisting of BFSU International Curriculum Centre, the Test Training Centre, the Study Abroad Counselling Centre, and the Multilingual Foundation Programme Centre, the School of International Education provides an immersive solution of high-quality international education for students planning to study abroad at school or undergraduate level. The school runs a full-time BFSU International Curriculum Centre (BFSU-ICC) offering iGCSE and A Level programme. It also provides counselling, exam training, university application, visa and overseas assistance services to students going abroad. It offers pathway programmes (Eagle Plan) preparing junior middle school students for their international high school education home or abroad; academic English programmes preparing senior middle school students who are targeting top overseas universities; customized programmes preparing young students of CAE level targeting high scores in IELS/TOEFL examinations, and multilingual foundation programmes preparing senior middle school students for their university education with destinations including Germany, Italy, France, Russia and Spain.