Chongqing

YCIS Chongqing offers a unique education philosophy that integrates the best elements of both Eastern and Western cultures. This educational approach ensures that students will enter the 21st century as "world citizens", fluent in at least two major world languages (English and Chinese) and be highly skilled in information technology. The teachers know that sound academic training, an ability to effect accurate and relevant research and to think critically, are vital components of a rounded, global education that will place each child in a sound position to lead a happy and successful life. This, coupled to an understanding of and respect for different cultures, underpinned by sound moral and spiritual values, will affirm the worth and dignity of each individual.

Chongqing University is a nationally famed comprehensive key university in China, directly under the State Ministry of Education, also a university listed among the first group of "211 Project" universities gaining preferential support in their construction and development from the Central Government of China. Currently, Chongqing University runs a graduate school and offers a wide range of undergraduate programs covering diverse branches of learning such as sciences, engineering, liberal arts, economics, management,law and education.

Sichuan International Studies University (SISU), an institution of higher learning with a glorious educational tradition, was founded in May 1950. SISU, is the only college in southwest China specialized in foreign language teaching, and is a key school in this part of China from whose graduates the Chinese Foreign Ministry finds its recruits.

Chinese, a language spoken by more than a quarter of the population in the world, is said to be one of the most important languages to learn in the 21st century. Most Chinese speakers are in China and Southeast Asia but Chinese all over the world speak Chinese and carry Chinese traditions and culture. It is also one of the official languages of the United Nations