Welcome to the China Center
Dear prospective student,
We invite you to study at the China Center in Hangzhou, whether you are matriculated in Global College (formerly the Friends World Program) of Long Island University at the Brooklyn campus, or a transfer or visiting student from another campus or university.
While our program is designed for one entire academic year of study, we welcome students entering in either the fall or spring semester to study for just one semester or up to two years.
We offer a safe, open and supportive environment and welcome students of any race, nationality, class, creed, party, age, gender, or sexual orientation. Our goal is to foster an environment conducive to learning and to building a strong sense of community where we can explore this fascinating culture together.
Best wishes,
The China Center faculty and staff
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"The Chinese outnumber everyone else on this planet and they are also the most widely distributed ethnic group on earth, but they are perhaps among the least-known and least-understood people in the world too."
—Frena Bloomfield, author of The Book of Chinese Beliefs
Mission Statement
Global College takes as its mission the development of well-educated world citizens, men and women from a broad spectrum of nationality and social class who participate in an undergraduate liberal arts program that enables them:
• to combine first-hand experience of diverse cultural realities with the critical study of academic disciplines and human and ecological problems;
• to test intellectual theories and skills against the demands of practice and service;
• to carry out specialized field study under expert guidance that synthesizes cross-cultural understanding; and
• to develop a broad world view and a level of achievement in a chosen field sufficient to prepare for a life of committed action in the interest of the world community.China Center Video
Please take a tour of the China Center in Hangzhou and our field trips to Suichang, Mount Jiuhua, Beijing and Tibet by viewing a student digital video.
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