Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, which enjoys a high degree of internationalization, is a birthplace of competent graduates of international caliber. It leads South China in the research of foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies. The university offers 61 bachelor-degree specialties and teaches 18 foreign languages. In 2014, it boasted 20189 undergraduate students and 2818 postgraduate and doctoral students, and over 12000 students of continuing education and overseas students. The school has a state-level key discipline and seven province-level key disciplines. The state-level key discipline of Foreign Language and Literature is given priority in the third-phase development of Guangdong province’s Project 211 (the provincial government’s plan to build up 11 key universities, which is an extended version of the Chinese government’s Project 211– in the 21st century, the government is to build up 100 top universities and 100 key disciplines). The school has established close ties with a host of international organizations and leading academic agencies. As South China’s first university that signed a cooperation memorandum with the United Nations, it is one of the world’s 21 universities qualified to supply competent interpreters and translators to the international organization. It is also the only university of foreign languages in China that is included in Campus Asia.

The English School

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English School (Helsinki)

The English School (Helsinki) is a private international school in Helsinki, Finland. It is bilingual school, so most students can graduate according to Finnish and English school systems in the time students on either country would normally study according to their own system only.

The English School (TES) offers instruction in 2-year preschool/Kindergarten (5-6-years-olds), comprehensive school (classes 1-9) and high school. The curriculum follows the national guidelines, but places a special emphasis on both English and Finnish languages.

The school was founded by Catholic nuns in 1945.

Accreditation and Authorization

Accreditation

The English School primarily follows Finnish school system, but students can get international accretion through:

English School attached to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

The English School is a boarding school founded in 1993 in the Baiyun District of Guangzhou in South Central China. It has 5300 students and 730 teaching members of staff across 60 elementary school classes and 76 middle school classes.

The school uses English orientated teaching and provides English classes with foreign teachers.

The school's website lists links with the following schools, colleges and universities:

References

Coordinates: 23°12′02″N 113°17′22″E / 23.20052°N 113.28938°E / 23.20052; 113.28938

Guangdong

Guangdong (Chinese: 广东; Jyutping: Gwong²-dung¹) is a Chinese province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. Formerly known as Canton or Kwangtung in English, Guangdong surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79.1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year; the total population was 104,303,132 in the 2010 census, accounting for 7.79 percent of Mainland China's population. The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in China. The population increase since the census has been modest, the province at 2013 end had 106,440,000 people.

Since 1989, Guangdong has topped the total GDP rankings among all provincial-level divisions, with Jiangsu and Shandong second and third in rank. According to state statistics, Guangdong's GDP in 2011 reached RMB 5,267 billion, or US$815.53 billion, making its economy roughly the same size as the Netherlands. Guangdong has the fourth-highest GDP per capita among all provinces of Mainland China, after Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Liaoning. The province contributes approximately 12% of the PRC's national economic output, and is home to the production facilities and offices of a wide-ranging set of multinational and Chinese corporations. Guangdong also hosts the largest import and export fair in China called the Canton Fair in Guangdong's capital city Guangzhou.

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