The 2025 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe – Storytelling Contestconcluded on July 9 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Jocelyn (Chinese name: 曹秋慧CaoQiuhui), an international student from Indonesia studying at Nankai University, distinguished herself among 50 finalists from around the world and received the “Outstanding Eloquence”, one of three major individualawards. She was recognized for her strong command of Chinese and unique cultural perspectives.I
Nankai University held the opening ceremony for its 2025 International Summer School at Chern Building on the Balitai Campus on the evening of June 29. Chen Jun, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice President of Nankai University, delivered the keynote speech. The ceremony brought together distinguished scholars from around the world, alongside representatives of Nankai faculty and students, and was hosted by Li Yuelin, Assistant to the President and Director of the Teaching A
On June 26, the Nankai University-University of Glasgow Joint Graduate School held its 2025 commencement ceremony and degree conferral ceremony on Jinnan Campus.
On the afternoon of June 17, the College of Software held the graduation ceremony for its 2023 Master Program in Software Engineering (part of Foreign Aid Academic Education) at Shiing-ShenBuilding, Balitai Campus. The event was attended by Chen Jun, Vice President of Nankai University; Tong Jiadong, Chair Professor at Nankai University; and Fang Yong, Director of Foreign Economic Department of the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce. A total of 41 internationals students from 15 countries and
On June 8, the School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University held the “Bridging Cultures through Language and Drama: A SCO-Silk Road Showcase” thematicevent, offering a vibrant multicultural exchangethat drew domestic and international facultyand students, including those from Russia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the United StatesandItaly.The event began with a performance of theHorseman sDance, followed by a multilingual poetry recitationofTo the Seadelivered inChinese, Russian, English
On May 30, Chinese and foreign graduatesfrom the 2025 cohortatthe School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University gathered with Chinese and foreign facultyto celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and savor charming excellent traditional Chinese culture.The participantsexperienced folk activities including making sachets, weaving mugwort bouquets and colorful strings, and participated in interactive games including pitching-pot, making lacquer fans, and “fishing zongzi”.The event also featured a quiz
On May 30, Chinese and foreign graduatesfrom the 2025 cohortatthe School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University gathered with Chinese and foreign facultyto celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and savor charming excellent traditional Chinese culture.The participantsexperienced folk activities including making sachets, weaving mugwort bouquets and colorful strings, and participated in interactive games including pitching-pot, making lacquer fans, and “fishing zongzi”.The event also featured a quiz
Recently, the art exhibition by the 2025 cohort graduates of the Department of Oriental Art as well asthe Department of Art and Design, School of Literature, Nankai University officially kicked off on Balitai Campus.The graduation exhibition of the Department of Oriental Art is held at the first-floor gallery of the Oriental Art Building. The paintings, which cover themes such as landscape, figureandflower-and-bird, demonstratingthe students’ reflectionon the principleof “innovating on the basis
On May 24, Nankai University (NKU) held the award ceremony for the “VolcengineCup” AI Application Innovation Competition (the “Competition”) at the Fansun Buildingon Balitai Campus. Distinguished guestsat the ceremonyincluded:Chen Yulu, President of NKU;Sun Zhiliang, Full-time Deputy Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Education Working Committee;Li Tao, an eminent NKU alumnusand Vice Chairman of Beijing ByteDance Charity Foundation;Lan Shan, Technical Services General Manager of Beijing Volcano Engi
To celebrate the United Nations (UN)s16th Chinese Language Day on April 20, 2025,Nankai UniversityheldInternational Students Culture and Art Festival and the 2025 Chinese Language Dayon April 17. At the event, over 100 Chinese and foreign students participated in immersive experience activities on Chinese character civilization around the theme of Chinese: A gift that transcends time and space, to appreciate the beauty of words and the breadth of culture, and strengthen cultural exchanges and mu
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Delivers a Lectureon the Resurgence of Global IndustrialPolicyOn March 22, Joseph Stiglitz, an American economist, professor of Columbia University, and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences presented an academic lecture titled “The Resurgence of Global Industrial Policy” at the Chinese Path to Modernization Lecture Series at the Chern Institute on Balitai Campus.Read more athttps://en.nankai.edu.cn/2025/0402/c22795a566094/page.htmDialogue with Fields Medalist E
Agroup of international studentshave been immersed in intensive rehearsals of Peking Opera classics plays. This hands-on training course offers studentsa unique opportunity to experience the charm and rich artistry of traditional Chinese culture.Since 2019, College of Chinese Language and Culture (the “College”) has offered Peking Opera training course through “Sino-Foreign Youth Traditional Chinese Art Practice Baseat Nankai University”. The practicum engages professional instructors to provide
The Nankai University team claimed both the championship and runner-up titles in the AI WILL Space Robot Challenge at the recently concluded World Robot Contest Championships 2024 —Beijing, along with winning the Best Creativity Award.Four teams from Nankai University, all led by Li Wenyu from Professor Duan Feng’s team at the College of Artificial Intelligence, competed in the event.By embracing the philosophy of “enhancingthe global reachof scientific research and translating research findings
The Compiler System Design Contest(Huawei Bisheng Cup)and the Operating System Design Contest, both key components of the 2024 Computer System Development Capability Competition(CSCC), concluded from August 18 to 22 at Hangzhou Dianzi University. Two teams from Nankai University’s Collegeof Computer Science and Collegeof Cyber Scienceunder the guidance of Professor Wang Gang and Instructor Li Zhongwei, excelled among 209 participating teams nationwide, securing first prizesin the Compiler System
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of Thunderstorm, a classic play by Mr. Cao Yu, a celebrated dramatist and alumnus of Nankai University. Recently,facultyand students of the “Drama in Foreign Language” course group of the School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University were invited to perform the classic parts of Thunderstormin Italian and Portuguese at the Cultural Center of the Italian Embassy in China.Picture showing performance at Scene 2 of the Italian version of Thunde