Qingdao University is a comprehensive key university in Shandong Province, the first batch of Shandong Province, the first batch of Shandong Province, the characteristics of the training of applied basic talents school. The College of Foreign Languages was founded in 2002, and its predecessor was the Department of Foreign Languages of Qingdao University, which was established in 1985.On December 22, 2015, the university issued a document to form a new College of Foreign Languages from the merger of the former College of Foreign Languages with the former Department of English of the Teachers' Training College, and the former Department of Foreign Languages of the Institute of International Exchange and Cooperation, which specializes in English, Korean, and Spanish (direction of Latin American trade). There are now 7 languages, English, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Russian, and the Departments of English I, English II (Teachers College), English III (Sino-foreign Cooperative Program), Japanese, Korean (Korean, Korean . The Department of Japanese, Department of Korean (Korean language, Korean language, Chinese-foreign cooperative program), Department of German, Department of French and Department of Spanish (Spanish, Spanish...). Latin American trade direction. There are 8 teaching departments and 10 undergraduate programs. Undergraduate education covers three types: general foreign language, teacher training, and Sino-foreign cooperation; graduate education includes two types: academic degree and professional degree, with four academic degree master's degree training programs in Foreign and Applied Linguistics (English, Korean), English Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, and Japanese Language and Literature, and a professional degree Master of Translation (MTI) training program (including English interpreting and translating; Japanese interpreting and translating; Korean interpreting and translating; and Japanese interpreting and translating); Japanese Interpretation and Translation; Korean Translation and Interpretation). The undergraduate program of Korean language is the construction point of specialties of the Ministry of Education of China, Japanese language and literature is the key discipline of Shandong Province in the 11th Five-Year Plan, German is the educational cooperation project between Shandong Province and Bavarian State Government, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics is the key discipline of Qingdao University in the 12th Five-Year Plan, foreign languages and applied linguistics is the key discipline of Qingdao University in the 12th Five-Year Plan. "The English major is one of the key disciplines of Qingdao University, and the English major is one of the key construction majors of Qingdao University's "Famous Schools with Special Characteristics Project" and the school-level characteristic majors.
The College has 129 teaching staff, including 117 full-time teachers, of whom 8 are professors, 26 are associate professors, 31 have doctoral degrees, and 6 are studying for doctoral degrees; there is one special professor of Qingdao University, and three young outstanding talents. In addition, 13 foreign teachers have been appointed, including Prof. Christian Nord, a representative figure of German Functionalist Translation Theory, and Prof. Dr. Kurt Kraut, a doctoral student of Peking University. Prof. Christian Nolde, the representative of German functionalist translation theory, Prof. Zhao Deming, the doctoral supervisor of Peking University, Prof. Wang Hongyin, the doctoral supervisor of Nankai University, Prof. Mu Lei, the doctoral supervisor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Prof. Huang Zhonglian, the doctoral supervisor of Heilongjiang University and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Prof. Zhou Lingshun, the doctoral supervisor of Yangzhou University, Prof. Gao Ning, the doctoral supervisor of East China Normal University, Mr. Von Martin, the diplomat of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Wang Hongyin, and Mr. Wang Hongyin. Mr. Martin, Mr. Lu Min, deputy director of the National Translation Qualification Examination and Assessment Center of Foreign Languages Bureau of China, and Mr. Ju Chengtao, general manager of Baitong Sida Translation Consulting Company Limited, and other nearly 20 renowned scholars and experts in the industry serve as visiting professors, part-time professors, part-time masters supervisors, and external supervisors.
The college has 2508 full-time students, including 183 master's degree students and 2325 undergraduates. The college has always adhered to the philosophy of "building people on morality", practiced small class teaching, strengthened the four-dimensional classroom construction, and cooperated with China Publishing Group, Qingdao Publishing Group, Qingdao Publishing House, Qingdao Translation Consulting Company Limited, Qingdao Municipal People's Government's Office of Foreign Affairs, Bavaria Office in Shandong, Qingdao Sino-German Sports Culture Communication Co. Ltd., Foreign Affairs Office of Qingdao Municipal People's Government, Bavaria Office in Shandong, Qingdao Sino-German Sports Culture Communication Co. The students have achieved excellent results in the National Foreign Language Examinations of Grade 4 and 8 in the past years, and have won a number of awards in various kinds of national, provincial and municipal foreign language speech contests, interpretation and translation contests, essay contests, writing contests, debates, calligraphy contests, etc. They have also won awards in various events such as the Olympic Sailing Competition, Paralympic Sailing Competition, Qingdao International Beer Festival, Clipper World Sailing Competition, Asiatic Sand Fair, World Parks Convention, APEC Ministerial and Senior Officials' Meetings and the International Informatization Conference, East Asia Culture Capital and other various events, East Asia Cultural Capital and other events, conferences, exhibitions and community, primary and secondary school teaching and other social volunteer activities. The college won the first prize of 2014 Qingdao University Employment Advanced Unit.
The college has established the programs of "Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics", "Foreign Literature", "Translation", "Intercultural Communication", "Foreign Languages" and "Foreign Languages". "In recent years, it has undertaken more than 70 teaching and research projects of various kinds, such as the National Social Science Foundation Program, the Chinese Academic Translation Program of the National Social Science Foundation, and the Humanities and Social Science Foundation Program of the Ministry of Education, and published more than 200 books, edited books, translations, teaching materials, etc. It has also published over 200 books in A&A, and has been awarded the honor of "The Best Teacher" by the Ministry of Education. More than 200 books have been published, and more than 300 papers have been published in A&HCI, CSSCI, Beida core journals, foreign language core journals and other academic journals at home and abroad. Academic exchanges continue to expand, and we have established cooperative exchange programs with more than 20 universities in the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, France, Spain and other countries, such as mutual assignment of teachers and students, mutual recognition of credits for undergraduate and master's degree students, and joint cultivation of double degrees, and have established a wide range of academic ties with many famous universities at home and abroad. Undergraduates and master students have the opportunity to study in relevant universities at home and abroad for half a year to two years through full scholarships, publicly-funded and self-funded programs.In 2015, the college became the governing unit of "Foreign Language Discipline Development Cooperation Forum", and in 2016, the college became the governing unit of "Language Big Data Consortium".
The College is a member of the "Foreign Language Discipline Development Cooperation Forum".
The college has the "Goethe Language Center of Qingdao University" which is a cooperative project between Qingdao University and Goethe-Institut in Germany, the only German Language Proficiency Examination (TestDaF) test center in Shandong Province built by the Ministry of Education Overseas Examination Center and the German Telford Examination Institute*** - " TestDaF Center", "China-Korea Center", the only German Language Proficiency Test (TestDaF) test center in Shandong Province established by Qingdao University and the Korean Consulate in Qingdao, "UNLPP", the first "United Nations Language Personnel Training System (UNLPP)" in Shandong Province established by Qingdao University and the Chinese Language Institute (CLI). (UNLPP) Authorized Examination Center in Shandong Province, Qingdao University Interpretation Center, Translation Research Center, Linguistics Research Center, Foreign Literature Research Center, Intercultural Communication Research Center, Teachers' Career Development Research Center, Computer-Assisted Translation and Phonetics Laboratory, Simultaneous Interpretation Classroom, etc., and other institutions and venues for teaching, research, training, and cultural exchanges. The college has formed a strong foundation for teaching, research, training and cultural exchange through its own strengths. With its own advantageous strength, the college has formed a pattern of education with the aim of cultivating foreign language talents with a sense of social responsibility, innovative spirit and practical ability, with discipline construction as the leader, undergraduate and postgraduate education as the main body, and continuing education as the supplement.