The Confucius Institute at Al-Quds University (CIAQU) aims to strengthen academic and educational cooperation among Chinese universities by means of Chinese language teaching and cultural exchanges, so as to meet Palestinians’ growing need for Chinese language learning, to enhance the Palestinian people's understanding of Chinese languages and culture, to inherit and consolidate the traditional friendship among the two peoples, and to promote mutually beneficial collaborations between the two countries.

Al-Quds University (AQU) first started Chinese language education in September 2012. Since 2016, the Confucius Institute Headquarters of China has been sending Chinese teachers to AQU. In 2018, AQU and Confucius Institute Headquarters signed the agreement on the establishment of the Confucius Institute, and CIAQU was officially licensed. Jiangxi Normal University is the Chinese executive institution of the Institute. CIAQU was officially inaugurated on December 16^th, 2019.

The Institute conducts the following activities: Teaching Chinese language and providing Chinese language teaching resources; Training Chinese language instructors; Holding the HSK examination (Chinese Proficiency Test) and tests for The AQU and JXNU have worked together to draft the Development Plan (2019-2023)for CIAQU. According to the plan, CIAQU will be established as a major Chinese teaching center, Chinese language teacher training center, and Chinese language test center, and an important educational and cultural exchange platform.

For the moment, five Chinese teachers are working in the Institute, providing Chinese language education for four universities and two government institutions.  In 2023, 4805 people participated in a Chinese course provided by the Institute in 18 sections. The Institute owns 400 categories and nearly 10,000 volumes of Chinese language and culture books or other media files.

Jiangxi Normal University (JXNU), situated in Nanchang, capital city of Jiangxi Province, is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangxi Provincial Government. It is listed in the Midwest University Fundamental Capacity Building Project. JXNU offers degrees in Literature, History, Philosophy, Economics, Management Science, Law, Natural Science, Engineering, Education, and Art. The University is quite influential in the political, economic, cultural and social development of Jiangxi Province. It designated as a key local (teacher-training oriented) university enjoying priority in development.

There are 22 colleges under the university, in addition to an independent college (College of Science and Technology). JXNU consists of two campuses, i.e., Yaohu Lake Campus and Qingshan Lake Campus, with a total area of 233 hectares. The university library possesses 3.04 million volumes of hardcopy literature and 3 million volumes of e-books.

The University possesses 5 Postdoctoral Workstations, and offers 9 doctoral degree programs of first-level disciplines, 63 doctoral degrees programs of second-level disciplines, 30 master’s-degree programs of first-level disciplines, 16 professional master’s-degree programs and 87 bachelor’s-degree programs. Its disciplines of chemistry, is rated among the world's 1% disciplines by ESI.

JXNU has over 2,600 faculty and administrative staff members on its payroll, including over 1,700 full-time teachers, over 700 doctoral degree holders. 22.16% of the faculty members are35 years old or less; 53.73% attain senior academic rank; 84.67% hold Master’s or higher degrees.

Nearly 30,000 full time bachelor program students, over 5,000 master and doctoral program students, 10,000 continuing education students and 400 international students are studying in the university.

For more information, please visit the website: www.jxnu.edu.cn

Al-Quds University, founded in 1984, is a Palestinian university, and the only university in the world to be situated by a separation wall. The main campus of the University is located in Abu Dis with four further campuses in Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah, Beit Hanina and Rammalh (al-Bireh). AQU provides higher education and community services within the Jerusalem area as well as the neighboring towns, villages and refugee camps in the West Bank.

With over 13,000 students, AQU is wide reaching with members from all over the West Bank, including from the districts of Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah, Tulkarem, and Qalqilia. With fifteen academic faculties including Arts, Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Qur'an and Islamic Studies and Engineering, AQU has huge academic diversity and offers something for everyone.

AQU is a hub of creativity and offers a vibrant learning environment by encouraging an exchange of ideas and freedom of expression, as well as leading innovative research.  This allows for the highest standard of education for our students, as well as encouraging them to be active engaged citizens, who are open and cooperative, as well as well informed and interested in world cultures.

In order to stay at the forefront of academia, AQU has international partnerships with American and European universities. It is also affiliated with over 30 institutes and engaged in innovative research around the world.

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As China's economy and exchanges with the world have seen rapid growth, there has also been a sharp increase in the world's demands for Chinese learning. Benefiting from the UK, France, Germany and Spain's experience in promoting their national languages, China began its own exploration through establishing non-profit public institutions which aim to promote Chinese language and culture in foreign countries in 2004: these were given the name the Confucius Institute.

Confucius Institutes/Classrooms adopt flexible teaching patterns and adapt to suit local conditions when teaching Chinese language and promoting culture in foreign primary schools, secondary schools, communities and enterprises. 

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