Tianjin Foreign Studies University 2026 Tianjin Government Scholarship for International Students Admission Guide — International Students Admissions Office

About the university

Tianjin Foreign Studies University (TFSU), abbreviated as "Tianjin Waidai" or "TFSU", is a full-time regular institution of higher education sponsored by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government and administered by the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission. It is a key municipal university in Tianjin, one of the first eight independent higher foreign language institutions in China, a recipient institution for Chinese Government Scholarship international students, and an advanced Chinese partner institution of global Confucius Institutes. Founded in 1921, Tianjin University of Commerce was one of its predecessors, while the main predecessor was Qinhuangdao Foreign Language College, established in 1964, later renamed Hebei Foreign Language College and Tianjin Foreign Language College. In 1970, it merged with other institutions to form Tianjin Normal College. In 1974, it was restored and renamed Tianjin Foreign Language Institute. In 1981, it was approved as one of the first batch of master's degree-granting units. In 2010, it was renamed Tianjin Foreign Studies University. On August 15, 2025, the first Kazakhstan Research Center in Tianjin, established by TFSU, was inaugurated in Tianjin. As of May 2025, the university has two campuses, Wudadao and Binhai, covering a total area of 470,000 square meters (697 mu). It offers 58 undergraduate programs, 7 first-level master's degree authorization points, and 7 categories of professional master's degrees. It has over 10,000 full-time graduate and undergraduate students and over 1,000 faculty and staff. As of June 2025, there are 14 teaching units. In 1964, under the care of Premier Zhou Enlai, TFSU was established to meet the needs of New China's foreign affairs, with its main predecessor, Qinhuangdao Foreign Language College, being founded. In 1965, it was renamed Hebei Foreign Language College, and in 1969, it was renamed Tianjin Foreign Language College. In 1970, Hebei University moved to Baoding, Hebei, and its foreign language and Chinese departments were merged into Tianjin Foreign Language College, with Hebei University's Machangdao campus becoming the Machangdao campus of Tianjin Foreign Language College. In 1974, the school was renamed Tianjin Foreign Language Institute. In 1977, it resumed enrolling full-time undergraduates, and in 1979, it began enrolling master's students in English and Japanese. In 1981, it was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of master's degree-granting units. In 2002, the Binhai campus was established in the Dagang Higher Education Ecological Park of Tianjin Binhai New Area. In 2010, with approval from the Ministry of Education, the school was renamed Tianjin Foreign Studies University, and the Tianjin Institute of International Development was established in the same year. In November 2011, the university jointly established the "Central Documents Translation Research Base" with the then Central Compilation and Translation Bureau. On September 29, 2020, the China-Mongolia Research Center of Tianjin Foreign Studies University was inaugurated. In October 2020, the School of Marxism signed a cooperation agreement for the "Hongqiao District Integration Alliance for Ideological and Political Education in Universities, Middle Schools, Primary Schools, and Kindergartens." On May 14, 2023, the university held the Sino-Foreign System Comparison Academic Seminar and the unveiling ceremony of the Key Laboratory for Ideological and Political Courses on Sino-Foreign System Comparison. In November 2023, the "Belt and Road" Digital Intelligence Economics and Trade Industrial College was established. On September 18, 2024, the Digital Intelligence Animation Media Industrial College was established at TFSU. On January 2, 2025, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Communication Center" of the School of Journalism, jointly built by the university and the municipal department, was established. In April, TFSU signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tianjin Maritime Court. In July, the unveiling ceremony of the "Thousand Character Classic" International Education and Communication Center and the "Thousand Character Classic" Research and Practice Base was held at TFSU. On August 15, the first Kazakhstan Research Center in Tianjin, established by TFSU, was inaugurated in Tianjin. On October 11, the inaugural meeting of the International Intelligent Communication Industrial College of Tianjin Foreign Studies University was held.