College of Arts and Sciences, Yunnan Normal University

The CAS

Founded in 2000, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Yunnan Normal University is celebrating its 11th anniversary this year with a distinguishing achievement of becoming one of the greatest comprehensive colleges in Yunnan Province (it was rated “excellent” among the private higher education institutions of Yunnan province in 2010 by Provincial Association of Private Education) .

Throughout the eleven years, today, CAS has stepped into a modern college with strong faith of “developing students’ applicability and practical capacity under the circumstance of intensification of globalization”. There are about 8,000 students are currently studying at CAS under 8 different faculties:

The Faculty of Foreign Languages

The Faculty of Liberal Arts

The Faculty of Computer and ICT Science

The Faculty of Economics

The Faculty of Business Administration and Management

The Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Civil Engineering

The Faculty of International Studies

More than 26 majors covering hundreds of study directions open to Chinese and international students. Moreover, the college offers over 30 kinds of public elective courses with multi-categories and interdisciplinary criteria, combined with the requirement for professional qualification certificates and the cultivation of compound talents. CAS is the education project training base of ITAT (national Information Technology Application Training), the training centre of ITAT digital art and design, and the testing center of the certificate of secretary, public relations, human resources, marketing, property management, tea specialists and botanists. Different programmes mean that students can often tailor their studies to the needs.

International Partnership

In addition, CAS has established academic cooperative partnerships with 19 distinguishing Universities from 9 countries such as The University of Vermont (USA), The University of Northampton (UK), Rajamangala University of Technology (Thailand), Far Eastern University(Thailand), Suan Sunanta University (Thailand), Gwangjo University (Korea), Pai Chai University (Korea), Woosuk University (Korea), Ulsan University (Korea) and so forth. Those strong academic links with oversea universities offer our students a great opportunity and a broader sense for their further study and research. At the moment, CAS has opened “2+2” program with Woosuk University, Korea (2-year study at CAS, 2-year study at Woosuk University with diplomas granted by both universities) in majors of Teaching Korean as a Second Language and Urban Engineering), “Bachelor +Master” program with Woosuk University, Ulsan University in Korea and Northampton University in the UK as well as other kinds of academic cooperative programs with above mentioned oversea partners. Based upon the strong cooperative relationships, students of CAS can get to experience another culture and a new way of looking at their subjects. They can make new friends and grow as a person. The work that they do and the grades they achieve count towards their degree. Many students have the option to study, work or teach overseas. Ask anyone who has tried it - most say they had a brilliant time. Some say it changed their lives.

The Location

Meanwhile, there are 2 campuses of CAS located respectively in the downtown and eastern part of Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province. As one of the most important provinces in southwestern China, Yunnan is bordering on Burma, Laos and Vietnam. It is home to the richest ethnic groups in China. Its registered 25 minorities account for 40% of its population, which offer our international students a great advantage to discover the diversity of Chinese culture and thus gain a better understanding to China. Yunnan is a province also abounds in natural resources. It is known as the kingdom of plants, animals and home of non-ferrous metals and medicinal herbs. The province not only has more plant species of tropical, subtropical, temperate, and frozen zones than any other provinces in the country, but also has many ancient, derivative plants, as well as species introduced from foreign countries. Among the 30,000 species of plants in China, 18,000 can be found in Yunnan. More than 150 kinds of minerals have been discovered in the province. There are many things within the diversity of cultures and natural resources waiting there for our students to discover and learn either during their study or spare time. Kunming, which is also regarded as “the Spring City”, because of its pleasant climate and comparatively lower cost of living that is attracting a great number of people from different countries each year, is a highly internationalized city (It was rated as one of the most suitable cities for living in China). The city's cultural amenities include multi-ethnic park of Yunnan province, concert venues, leisure complexes and Foreigner Street to suit all tastes. Or you could enjoy the tranquility of the city's climate and its beautiful scenery. In kunming you can enjoy sophisticated fast-paced city life and yet in 20 minutes you can be in the middle of beautiful countryside. When you're not studying, there is plenty to see, do and explore in Kunming. From the college to the city and beyond you will never be bored.

The Style

As a modern college with young spirit, we pay more attention to student’s personal needs. Compassionate care will be given to every single student. Our students will never feel alone when studying at CAS because everyone loves to make new friends and is passionate to know new cultures. Each year, as a part of the content of “developing students’ applicability”, we held “cultural day” of countries that either has established cooperative partnership with us or where our students and teachers come from.This enables them to have a wonderful experience and better understanding of any other cultures. The number as well as popularity of these cultural days is increasing annually. They have not only attracted lots of students but also ambassadors, consul-generals, entrepreneurs of different countries. At the moment, we have “Korean Day”, “Thai Day”, “Spanish Day”, “German Day” , “French Day”…. We are expecting that more and more cultural days could be set by our future students.

CAS is always welcoming you to become one part of us. Studying for your Chinese language or your degree at CAS offers you a high-quality qualification and excellent value for money.