During his state visit to the UK in October 2015, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech entitled “Work Together to Promote Openness, Inclusiveness and Peaceful Development” at  City Hall in the City of London, stressing th...

06 November 2025

My name is Will and I am from the southern seaside town of Brighton in the UK. I have the privilege of joining the 11th cohort Yenching scholars specialising in Politics and International Relations.

This will be my first time studying...

05 November 2025

RegistrationIn the warm breeze of Beijing’s autumn, the new cohort of Yenching Scholars arrived at Peking University, full of expectations for the coming years. The campus lit up with vitality and sweetness from every single “hello” t...

04 November 2025

Yenching Academy received a piano as a gift from the French Bicentennial Art Brand Pleyel. The donation ceremony was held on September 24. The donated piano will add luster to the Academy’s multifunction salon, where both Chinese and in...

29 October 2025

On May 28, Professor John E. Hopcroft and Professor Chen Baoquan delivered a lecture titled “Education in the AI Age” at the Yenching Academy hosted by Dean Dong Qiang. John E. Hopcroft is an A.M. Turing Award Laureate, Professor Emeri...

29 October 2025

On September 5, Boya Distinguished Professor of the PKU School of Foreign Studies and Yenching Academy Dean Dong Qiang delivered a lecture titled “From Oracle Bone Inscriptions to Zao Wou-Ki: A Journey Into Chinese Culture Through Langu...

21 October 2025

The Yenching Academy of Peking University will host an Online Exclusive Information Session at Universidade de São Paulo on November 18, 2025. The session will introduce our fully funded Master’s program in China Studies, a prestigious ...

14 November 2025

Peking University is a comprehensive research university with disciplines ranging from philosophy, literature, history, law, economics and education to science, engineering, medicine, management, art and interdisciplinary studies. Peking...

11 November 2025

Thank you to everyone who joined our Open Information Session on October 30–31, 2025!We were delighted to connect with prospective scholars from around the world and share what makes the Yenching Academy a unique gateway to understandin...

03 November 2025

The Yenching Academy of Peking University will host an Exclusive Information Session at the University of Toronto on November 6, 2025. The session will introduce our fully funded Master’s program in China Studies, a prestigious fellowsh...

30 October 2025

1. ABOUT THE “YOUTH OF EXCELLENCE SCHEME OF CHINA PROGRAM CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP”      The “Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Program Chinese Government Scholarship” (thereafter regarded as the Zhuoyue Scholarship program) ...

29 October 2025

The Yenching Academy of Peking University will host an Exclusive Information Session at Georgetown University on November 7, 2025. The session will introduce our fully funded Master’s program in China Studies, a prestigious fellowship t...

29 October 2025