SISU Intercultural Institute (SII)

Established in September, 2006, the SISU Intercultural Institute (SII) initiates, supports, and coordinates the intercultural research of related disciplines in SISU to increase academic exchanges and cooperation for intercultural communication (IC) projects at home and abroad, as well as provides intercultural education, consulting, and training for schools, companies, and public institutions. In addition to seeking to integrate disciplinary, intellectual, and geographical advantages in the cultivation of international-oriented talents, the SII aims to develop advances in intercultural research, intercultural education, corporate training, and public awareness. Our goal is Developing a Discipline to Develop People. 

The SII faculty team now offers a curriculum of 8-10 courses and annually advises 15-20 post-graduate IC English majors and 2-4 Intercultural Mass Communication majors. The SII also works closely with the College of International Business and its related SISU MBA program to provide intercultural training for business students, managers, and companies. It also maintains ties with the College of Western Languages, primarily the German Department (where Prof. Wang Zhiqiang offers MA courses in Intercultural Germanistic), Spanish, Russian, French, as well as Japanese majors, and the College of International Relations (School of International Diplomatic Affairs, SIDA), for which SII faculty have served on the editorial board of the international Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies It’s under SISU Institute of Middle-East Studies (in Asia).

Website: http://sii.shisu.edu.cn/_t72/2174/list.htm; Email: icinstitute@shisu.edu.cn