青岛大学国际学院坐落于青岛市石老人国家旅游度假区,依山傍海,风光秀丽,环境优雅,是青岛大学23个学院之一。学院现设有国际经济与贸易、国际商务、旅游管理、会计、英语、韩国语、数字媒体技术、物流管理、西班牙语等9个本科专业,在校生3500余人,专任教师120余人,长期聘任外籍教师25人,80%具有博士、硕士学位或海外留学经历。学院下设党政办、教学办、学工办、项目办、团总支和外语教学部等六个教学研究部门,配有多媒体设备的外语专用教学区域和现代化的专业实验室和语音室,可以充分满足现代化教育教学的需要。
1、人才培养
学院课程设计融合国外合作院校教育思想与教学流程方案,突出国际性、时代性和实用性,30%以上的课时由外教或外方交流教师完成,有14门课程实施双语教学。学院坚持“以生为本”的办学理念,逐步形成了人才培养模式的四大特色:过硬的外语交际和计算机应用能力、宽厚的跨文化理解能力和与国际接轨专业知识结构。学院毕业生就业率一直保持在90%以上,毕业生以突出的外语应用能力和国际化知识结构而深受到涉外企业的好评。学生在获得青岛大学学历学位的同时,有许多同学同时获得海外合作学校的学历学位并有大量的学生赴海外攻读名校研究生学位。如首次在青岛大学剧院举办个人演唱会的2003级学生阚啸峰被澳悉尼大学硕博连读录取;2006级学生王卓,以雅思全省最高分、提前毕业被全球仅招15人的英国利兹大学同声传译专业录取;2011年我院外推两个研究生分别被清华大学和复旦大学录取,在学校统计的考入世界前500强名校的研究生中,学院也处在前列,充分彰显了我院国际化人才培养的特色。
2、对外交流
学院已同澳大利亚詹姆斯库克大学、南十字星大学、霍尔姆斯学院,韩国大佛大学、江原大学,奥地利克雷姆斯高等专业学院等大学形成了稳定的合作关系。同时,与美国、英国、韩国、澳大利亚、奥地利等国家的多所高校构建了双学历、双校园和学分互认多种模式的合作交流平台,不断培育国际化办学新的增长点。[1]
3、英文简介
Brief Introduction to the International Colleges
The International Colleges of Qingdao Universityis located in th e Shi Laoren Holiday Resort amongst the beautiful backdrops of mou ntains and sea. The college which is one of the 23 colleges in Qingda o Univ ersity is responsible for the research, development and implem entati on of international joint educational programs of Qing dao Univ ersit y . It offers 9 undergraduate programs, including International Tr ade and Economics, International Business, Tourism and Hospitality
Man agement, Accounting, Logistics, English, Korean, E-business an d Softwar e Engineering, It also provides 2 diploma programs, namely International Business and Marketing. It has more than 4000 full-time students on campus and 188 full-time teachers, currently including 38 foreign teachers. The International Colleges has advanced multimedia facilities for foreign language teaching and learning and modern laboratories for modernized education.
The International Colleges’ management style, educational philosophy and teaching protocol are based on those from developed countries. The design of the courses reflects an international, modern, and practical env ironment. It has also created its unique educational style by employing teaching design ideas from foreign univers ities. Some original foreign textbooks have been introduced and over 30% of the courses are taught by native tea chers or exchange teaching staff from foreign universities. Personalized management and extracurricular activities have been added to diversify the whole curriculum. The International Colleges has developed its operating conce pt of ‘Students are our foundation’, focusing on the improvements of students’ overall qualities. Four distin ctive features of International Colleges’ education system have been developed along the years of formation: foreign languages communication skills and computer competence, cross-culture awareness, professional knowle dge of international demand and personalized student management. Meanwhile, the college has adopted the cour se credit system from our partner universities so that we are able to help the students gain an international educati onal background and assist them to further their education abroad.
With a high reputation for academic achievements in cooperative programs, many foreign universities have visited the college to undertake research and evaluation. So far, Qingdao University has cooperated with univer sities from Australia , the United States , the United Kingdom , Austria , Korea and Singapore in the discipline of education, guaranteeing a high level of educational development for the College.