YU has accepted more than 15000 international students from nearly 30 countries and regions since 1986. In recent years, YU enrolls 550 international students each year.

YU was honored as one of the Ten Key Universities Supporting Chinese Teaching in Bordering Countries." by the Development Center for Teaching Chinese a Foreign Language under the Education Ministry of China. In 2002, YU initiated the short-term training course for teachers of Chinese from overseas (mainly from Southeast Asian countries), and compiled Chinese language textbooks for Southeast Asian countries. The University has hosted many workshops for China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, in which hundreds of Chinese Language teachers from South Asia have been trained.

Yunnan province

Yunnan is the most ethnically diverse province in China. As a home to 26 minority ethnic groups, Yunnan has colorful ethnic cultures. Due to its abundant natural resources, the province is renowned as the Kingdom of Animals and Plants, and the Kingdom of Nonferrous Metals.

Campus

Yunnan University is located by the side of Green Lake in Kunming. Kunming is reputed as "The City of Eternal Spring " because of it mild weather without intense heat in summer and without bitter cold in winter. Kunming is one of the most alluring travel destinations in China.

Contact information

Address
University of Yunnan - International Students department
2, Cui Hubei road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650091 - China

Tel: (+86) 871-5033470 / (+86) 871-5033917 / (+86) 871-5033559
Fax: (+86) 871-5148513
E-mail: cisynu@ynu.edu.cn, cisynu@hotmail.com
Website: http://web.fentin.net, http://www.ynu.edu.cn/english