The Communication University of China (CUC) is a public university in Chaoyang,

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. It is affiliated with the

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. The university is part of the

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and

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. CUC developed from what used to be a training center for technicians of the Central Broadcasting Bureau that was founded in 1954. In April 1959, it was upgraded to the Beijing Broadcasting College () approved by the State Council. In August 2004, the Beijing Broadcasting College was renamed the Communication University of China. CUC is located in the eastern part of Beijing near the ancient canal, which occupies 463,700 square meters of land and a total of 499,800 square meters of buildings.

History

CUC's history dates back to March 3, 1954, when the first training class for broadcasting professionals was held by the then Central Radio Administration. This then led to the founding of Beijing Broadcasting College in 1958. On September 7, 1959, CUC's precursor Beijing Broadcasting Institute (BBI) was established.

Confucius Institutes

Communication University of China has co-established three Confucius Institutes for providing Chinese language and cultural education for learners outside of China. *

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(in cooperation with

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, Serbia) *

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(in cooperation with

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, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, and the Municipality of Groningen.) *

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(in cooperation with the

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Modern foreign languages teaching

Communication University of China is one of the officially-sanctioned important base in China for teaching foreign languages and especially narrowly-used languages. It once offered English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and other language courses. There is a Center for Portuguese Studies (originally, ''Centro de Língua Portuguesa Dr.

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'') under a Cooperation Protocol between CUC, Camões Institute (Portugal) and IPOR (Macau) since 2005.

Rankings & Reputation

Communication University of China was a "

" university. Sohu regarded CUC as one of the most competitive universities for admission in China in 2018. In September 2017, CUC was selected as one of 140

universities approved by the Ministry of Education. In the fourth round of China University Subject Rankings (CUSR) by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2018, Communication University of China ranked first in mainland China with its two disciplinary areas evaluated as A+ disciplines, including "Journalism and Communication" and "Drama, Film and Television Studies" and ranked third with A− in "Art Theory", tenth with B+ in "Design", 19th with B in "Fine Arts" in China.

Notable alumni

Communication University of China is known for fostering media administrators, producers, journalists and TV presenters in China. Some of its notable alumni include: *

Luo Jing Luo Jing (; May 29, 1961 – June 5, 2009) was a prominent news anchor for China Central Television (CCTV), the main state broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. He was known all over China as an announcer for the 7:00 pm CCTV News ...

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, television host from

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, television host from

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, a Phoenix Television talk show host. * Li Yong, television host from

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, host from Hong Kong's

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, news presenter from Singapore's

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, a Phoenix Television talk show host. * Li Xiang, actress, television host and singer. *

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, Hong Kong actor *

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, singer-songwriter *

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, television and movie actress *

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, singer-songwriter, Rocket Girls 101's member * Fu Yaning, singer and actress

References

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