China Youth University for Political Sciences

China Youth University for Political Sciences (中国青年政治学院) is a university in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The university was officially established in 1985 by the Communist Youth League of China ( or Chinese Communist Youth League, 中国共产主义青年团). Since then the university has been affiliated with the league, and the leader (First Secretary) of the league usually holds the presidency of the university. Mr. Hu Jintao, the president of China, was once the president of this university. The university's 180 Chinese-acre campus is located in Xisanhuan Bei Lu (West 3rd Ring Northern Road) in Beijing.

History

The university grew from the Central School of the Communist Youth League of China (中央团校) which was founded in 1948.

Colleges and Majors

The university is a major law and politics institute in China doing research on Marxism, Public Administration, Youth Culture and Youth Development, Social Work, Criminal Law, and Journalism. The first youth work department in China was founded in this university in 1985. The university also has the first and largest social work department (now a social work college) in mainland China.

China Youth University for Political Sciences focuses on undergraduate education. The university has undergraduate majors like Economics, Law, Journalism and Mass Communication, Social Work, Sociology, Social Security, Youth Work, Public Administration, Chinese Language and Literature, and Foreign Languages and...
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