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.
On September 4, Dong Qiang, Dean of Yenching Academy gave a lecture titled “A Game of Chinese Characters with Kafka, Giacometti and Picasso: Exploring Modernization Potentials of Traditional Chinese Culture Through Sin0-Western Comparison.” Tailored to the new cohort, the lecture was first one in the China Studies Lecture Series for the 2026‒2027 academic year.Interview NotesBefore the lecture, ...
October 8, 2026
RegistrationAs the coolness of autumn crept past the lingering summer heat, students in the 2026 cohort arrived at Peking University. On August 31, Yenching Academy received its latest cohort at Shaoyuan. With luggage packed and minds brimming with aspirations, our newest members will start a new voyage together across the vast expanse of the intellectual world.Orientation SessionOn the morning of ...
October 8, 2026
On the morning of September 5, 2026 as the whispers of autumn blew through campus, the Yenching Academy of Peking University welcomed its newly minted 12th cohort of Yenching Scholars with the annual opening ceremony at Qiulin Auditorium. Over one hundred students from across the globe gathered in the recently renovated lecture hall on Peking University’s historic Yanyuan campus to take the first ...
September 29, 2026
The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) was held in Beijing from September 9 to 13. Under the overall theme of “Education Empowers the Nation, Intelligence Creates the Future,” the Education Services exhibition was in Hall 8 of Shougang Park. As a flagship program showcasing the success of the “Study Abroad in Beijing” initiative, Yenching Academy presented at the exhibition,...
September 29, 2026
On December 15, 2025, Ni Zhange, Professor of Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, delivered a lecture titled “Tamed Apocalypse, Engaged Nihilism, and Cthulhu-Cultivation Novels in Contemporary China” at Yenching Academy. This lecture was the ninth one in the China Studies Lecture Series for the 2025‒2026 academic year and was hosted by Lu Yang,...
September 29, 2026
Walking out of my first Chinese Studies class at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, I felt peace，the type of peace you feel when you have finally worked out the answer to a problem that kept you up all night; the peace you feel when you know you have found your path, that you are where you are meant to be. It was the very first day of a four-year degree course, but I already knew I would love it there.And ...
September 28, 2026Applications for the September 2027 intake are now open to international candidates and applicants from China’s Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions. The application deadline is November 30, 2026.
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