The short-term class for the Chinese language is run by universities, colleges of arts, and teachers’ college, mainly intended for students from foreign universities, high schools, friendship groups, company staff members, and whoever loves the Chinese culture. Short-term classes are divided into primary, medium and advanced levels according to different Chinese proficiency of the learners.

The Chinese culture class focuses on Chinese politics, economy and trade, foreign relations, and traditional culture, conducted either in Chinese or English, or with an interpreter. Classroom teaching is combined with visits to factories, rural areas, residential areas, and scenic spots. The Chinese traditional medicine class, which is run by colleges of traditional Chinese medicine in local areas, offers courses on acupuncture and moxibustion, massage, and internal medicine to overseas practitioners of Chinese medicine, acupuncturitsts, undergraduate and graduate students of medicine who know Chinese or English. The courses are conducted in the form of classroom lectures and clinical practices.

The law study class offers courses on China’s Constitution, civil laws, economic laws, and laws an regulations on Sino-foreign joint investment, and organizes visits to law firms, court trial auditing, and discussion with law workers.

The calligraphy and painting class mainly focuses on theories and skills of Chinese calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting, including mountain-and-water painting, flower-and-bird painting, and figure painting.

The ancient architecture class offers lectures on the history of architectural development in ancient China, ancient China’s architectural engineering technology. Students can also visit ancient Chinese buildings and gardens characteristic of various styles and times.

The gastronomy or cooking class focuses on the characteristics and cooking skills of major Chinese cuisines, with every student having the opportunities to make dish independently.

The sports training class focuses on traditional Chinese martial arts, qigong, and modern sports items. But different classes can give particular priority to different items.

In addition to the above short-term classes, Chinese universities can also offer short-term classes of other subjects to foreigners. For further information, please check subjects introduction of Chinese universities, or simply contact related university directly.