The Yenching Academy of Peking University aims to build bridges between China and the rest of the world through an interdisciplinary master's program in China Studies. This initiative brings together young people who have demonstrated a talent for leadership and innovation. At Yenching, they are immersed in an intensive learning environment where they can explore China and its role in the world—past, present, and future. The Academy's goal is to shape new generations of global citizens with a nuanced understanding of China.
The Yenching Academy provides full fellowships to its Scholars, and offers them a wide array of interdisciplinary courses on China within broadly defined fields of the humanities and social sciences. Working closely with their academic mentors, Yenching Scholars create their own study paths by choosing courses from six research areas. They participate in a variety of extracurricular activities and field studies, organized by the Yenching Academy, and designed by scholars themselves. Studying at the Academy is an exceptional opportunity to take part in intercultural exchanges and interdisciplinary learning, developing both personally and professionally.
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference was held from March 12‒15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over 3,000 Asian studies scholars and professionals from research institutions and universities around the globe were brought together, to delve into a wide array of topics across politics, economy, society, culture and science and technology. A Yenching Academy delegation led ...
June 15, 2026
On March 18, a Durham University delegation, led by the university’s vice-chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien, paid a visit to the Yenching Academy. YCA Dean Dong Qiang received the delegation at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. Professor Zhang Longxi, Li De Chair Professor at Yenching Academy, attended the meeting.Before her meeting with Professor Dong, Professor O’Brien was welcomed by He Guangcai, Chair ...
June 12, 2026
On April 22, Da Wei, Director of the Centre for Strategy and Security and concurrently professor in the Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, delivered a lecture titled “China-US Relations: Resilience and New Possibility” at the Yenching Academy. This was the 11th lecture in the China Studies Lecture Series for the 2025‒2026 academic year and was ...
June 1, 2026
On April 15, Xu Long, a member of Club des Chefs des Chefs (CCC) delivered a lecture titled “The Flavours of the Silk Road: Explore Chinese Culinary Art with a Master Chef” at Yenching Academy. In addition to the distinguished CCC membership, Chef Xu, who served as the Western Cuisine Executive Chef at the Great Hall of the People, is also recognised as a National Technical Expert and Chinese Culinary ...
May 7, 2026
The world outside the classroom expands and extends to endless horizons. In the fall semester of 2025, YCA Scholars launched diverse community events centred on sustainable development, arts, and cross-cultural exchange. The Green Week concentrated on planetary health and climate governance. The beauty of art shone in live music shows, creative exhibitions and documentary screening. YCA Scholars also ...
March 13, 2026
As in tradition, Yenching Academy keeps in touch with alumni around the world by engaging them in its worldwide alumni community. The Alumni Enrichment Program invites YCA alumni back as on-campus consultants. They participated in the Alumni Research Salon events and spoke at the Alumni Lecture series, sharing with our current Scholars their experience in academic and career development. Our Alumni ...
March 12, 2026Yenching Academy will start accepting application for the 2026 Yenching Academy Summer Experience for Mainland Chinese candidates from 8:00 am on June 1 to 12:00 noon on June 8, 2026 (Beijing time).
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2026 cohort from international applicants, or applicants from China’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Regions. More information about recruitment for September 2027 intake will become available around September 2026.
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