Logo of the Confucius Institute.
'Confucius Institute' () is a non-profit public institute which aims at promoting
Chinese language and
culture and supporting local Chinese teaching internationally through affiliated Confucius Institutes. Its headquarters is in
Beijing and is under the
China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. After establishing a pilot institute in
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, in June 2004, the first Confucius Institute opened on
November 21,
2004 in
Seoul,
Korea and many more have been established in other countries, such as the
U.S.,
Germany and
Sweden, where Chinese enjoys an increasing popularity. The latest opening was in Las Cruces, New mexico, USA in 30 August 2007. The first Confucius Institute in
South Eastern Europe was opened in August 2006 in
Belgrade,
Serbia[1]. The
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China estimates that, by the year 2010, there will be approximately 100 million people worldwide learning Chinese as a foreign language, and it plans to set up more than 100 Confucius Institutes worldwide
[2].
List of Institutes
Listed by alphabetical order according to country of location.
Australia
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University of Adelaide [1]
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University of Melbourne [2]
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University of Western Australia
Austria
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University of Vienna [3]
Belgium
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Université de Liège
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Brussels China Academy [4]
Canada
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British Columbia Institute of Technology [5]
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University of Waterloo
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Confucius Institute (Moncton, New Brunswick). Opening fall 2007.
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Dawson College [6]
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Université de Sherbrooke
France
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L’Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot [7]
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Université de Poitiers
Germany
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Free University of Berlin [8]
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Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nurenberg [9]
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University of Duesseldorf [10]
Hungary
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Eötvös Loránd University [11]
Ireland
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University College Dublin [12]
Israel
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Tel Aviv University [13]
Italy
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University of Rome [14]
Japan
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Aichi University [15]
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Hokuriku University [16]
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Obirin University [17]
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Ritsumeikan University
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Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University [18]
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Sapporo University [19]
Kenya
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Nairobi University [20]
Lebanon
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Confucius Institute at Saint-Joseph University (CIUSJ) [21]
Mexico
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Huaxia Chinese Culture College [22]
The Netherlands
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Confucius Institute The Hague [23]
New Zealand
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University of Auckland [24]
Pakistan
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Pakistan National University of Modern Languages [25]
Philippines
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Ateneo de Manila University [26]
Poland
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Jagiellonian University [27]
Portugal
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University of Minho [28]
Rwanda
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Kigali Institute of Education [29]
Serbia
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Confucius Institute in Belgrade [30]
Singapore
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Nanyang Technological University[31]
South Africa
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Stellenbosch University [32]
South Korea
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Kangwon National University [33]
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Keimyung University [34] Announced
April 25,
2007
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Daehul University [35] Announced
June 19,
2007
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Chungbuk National University [36] Established on
September 28,
2006
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Woosong University [37]
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Donga University [38]
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Dongseo University [39]
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Honam University [40]
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Chungnam University [41]
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Confucius Institute in Seoul [42]
Sweden
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Stockholm University [43]
Thailand
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Chiang Mai University [44]
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Kasetsart University[45]
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Khon Kaen University [46]
United Kingdom
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London School of Economics [47]
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University of London [48]
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University of Manchester [49]
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University of Sheffield [50]
★ The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the
University of Edinburgh [51]
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University of Leeds [52]
United States
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Arizona State University [53]
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Bryant University [54]
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Chicago Public Schools [55]
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China Institute (New York) [56]
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
[57]
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Miami University in Ohio [58]
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Michigan State University [59]
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New Mexico State University
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North Carolina State University [60]
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Portland State University [61]
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Purdue University [62]
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San Francisco State University [63]
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University of Hawaii [64]
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University of Iowa [65]
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University of Kansas [66]
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University of Maryland [67]
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The University of Memphis
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University of Massachusetts [68]
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University of Oklahoma [69]
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University of Pittsburgh [70][71]
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University of Rhode Island [72]
References
1. Article "State Councilor Tang meets Serbian deputy PM" at Xinhua Online
2. Article "'China threat' fear countered by culture" at People's Daily
See also
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Alliance française
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British Council
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Goethe-Institut
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Instituto Cervantes
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Instituto Camões
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Società Dante Alighieri
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Japan Foundation
External links
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China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
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MonkeyKingSoft.com Software used by several Conficius Institutes.
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