青島大學國際學院坐落于青島市石老人國家旅游度假區(qū),依山傍海,風光秀麗,環(huán)境優(yōu)雅,是青島大學23個學院之一。學院現設有國際經濟與貿易、國際商務、旅游管理、會計、英語、韓國語、數字媒體技術、物流管理、西班牙語等9個本科專業(yè),在校生3500余人,專任教師120余人,長期聘任外籍教師25人,80%具有博士、碩士學位或海外留學經歷。學院下設黨政辦、教學辦、學工辦、項目辦、團總支和外語教學部等六個教學研究部門,配有多媒體設備的外語專用教學區(qū)域和現代化的專業(yè)實驗室和語音室,可以充分滿足現代化教育教學的需要。
1、人才培養(yǎng)
學院課程設計融合國外合作院校教育思想與教學流程方案,突出國際性、時代性和實用性,30%以上的課時由外教或外方交流教師完成,有14門課程實施雙語教學。學院堅持“以生為本”的辦學理念,逐步形成了人才培養(yǎng)模式的四大特色:過硬的外語交際和計算機應用能力、寬厚的跨文化理解能力和與國際接軌專業(yè)知識結構。學院畢業(yè)生就業(yè)率一直保持在90%以上,畢業(yè)生以突出的外語應用能力和國際化知識結構而深受到涉外企業(yè)的好評。學生在獲得青島大學學歷學位的同時,有許多同學同時獲得海外合作學校的學歷學位并有大量的學生赴海外攻讀名校研究生學位。如首次在青島大學劇院舉辦個人演唱會的2003級學生闞嘯峰被澳悉尼大學碩博連讀錄取;2006級學生王卓,以雅思全省最高分、提前畢業(yè)被全球僅招15人的英國利茲大學同聲傳譯專業(yè)錄取;2011年我院外推兩個研究生分別被清華大學和復旦大學錄取,在學校統(tǒng)計的考入世界前500強名校的研究生中,學院也處在前列,充分彰顯了我院國際化人才培養(yǎng)的特色。
2、對外交流
學院已同澳大利亞詹姆斯庫克大學、南十字星大學、霍爾姆斯學院,韓國大佛大學、江原大學,奧地利克雷姆斯高等專業(yè)學院等大學形成了穩(wěn)定的合作關系。同時,與美國、英國、韓國、澳大利亞、奧地利等國家的多所高校構建了雙學歷、雙校園和學分互認多種模式的合作交流平臺,不斷培育國際化辦學新的增長點。[1]
3、英文簡介
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.