On November 22, Yenching Academy hosted two virtual panels for prospective students and scholarship advisors worldwide. See the video recordings below to discover what makes the Yenching Academy an unparalleled opportunity in global China Studies.

Session 1: Inside the Yenching Academy Experience – Current Scholars’ Insights

Host: Dr. Brent Haas (Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy)

Yenching Scholars: Anne Jing Ping Wen (USA, 2023 cohort), Clementine Pippa Ebel (UK, 2023 cohort), and Stephen Philip (Nigeria, 2023 cohort)

Link: https://youtu.be/F0d4HyN00u8

Session 2: Reflecting on the Yenching Academy Journey – Alumni Perspectives

Host: Dr. Brent Haas (Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy)

Yenching Scholars:  Felipe Barrientos (Chile, 2017 cohort), Thabiso Donald Mphilane (South Africa, 2019 cohort), and Christian McDermott-Pell (UK, 2022 cohort)

Link: https://youtu.be/7CpIdjhqsJk

About the Yenching Academy:

Yenching Academy of Peking University was established in 2014 with the goal of pushing academic study of China beyond the boundaries of traditionally defined Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines through a specially designed, English-taught Master’s program. Students from its ten cohorts hail from 85 different countries and regions, and have previously attended 390 universities worldwide.

Recruitment for international candidates for September 2025 intake was open until December 1, 2024. Application deadline for candidates from the Chinese regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan is open until January 8, 2025. More information is available on the Yenching Academy admissions portal.

For Yenching Academy admission inquiries, please contact yca-admissions@pku.edu.cn.