1. The Education Target

(1) Professional goal: The education target of the Department of French aims to cultivate the ability to integrate applications of double foreign language (French and English) professionals, to train students for the right communication skills in foreign languages, to develop translation, business, journalism, tourism and the hotel and catering industry, so as to promote the mastery of foreign language ability as a transversal competence.

(2) The goals of holistic education: The department guides students in the acquisition of language skills, train them to the characteristics of holistic education, offers varied apprenticeships, training to sharpen their observation skills, their thoughts and their ability to critically analyze, develop their sense of responsibility and professional ethics.

(3) Language skills: Students must have communicative, appropriate and correct language skills in French, and pass testing standards set by the Department.

2. Future Development of Department

The department relies on the development goals set by the education system and institutional as well as professional development trends. It takes into account the profile of each student and as-sesses the conditions for its own development. Development priorities are set as follows:

(1) Strengthening the interdisciplinary practical education of students: 

The license, internships and job research are combined to nurture students to achieve the goal 1 + 2 + 1 (a diploma, two foreign languages test certificate and a professional license).

(2) High-end professional foreign language talent cultivation: 

The French Department jointly plan to integrate master's program with the German Department and Spanish Department in working together to open a master class and an integrated research institute. Moreover, within the framework of partnership, the Department of French offers bachelor’s and master’s dual degree programs.

(3) Develop training materials in French to improve the quality of education: 

The Department will develop various French language learning materials, digital pursuing production of educational materials online, so as to densify the network of digital university. 

(4) Develop active exchanges with foreign partner universities:

With the possibility to transfer the creation of a joint research community in a partner university, to establish exchanges between partner universities or teachers to facilitate the establishment of distance education, to conclude with a partner university planning seminars and invite expert speakers. 

(5) Develop cooperation between the university and the business world:

Actively develop the commitment to continue to invite professors, experts and foreign teachers, and encourage teachers to promote pluralism and experiences abroad.

(6) To attract and actively recruit highly qualified staff, to continue our commitment to invite professors, experts and foreigner teachers, and encourage teachers to promote themselves and benefit from their experiences abroad.