About Us

 

The Polish-Chinese Cooperation Centre is a unit of the Bialystok University of Technology whose scope of activities includes:

• coordination of activities resulting from the cooperation between BUT and Chinese institutions as well as taking steps to implement new initiatives and projects between the University and the Chinese side;
• promotion of scientific and cultural exchange among the BUT academic community;
• organising workshops, courses, trainings, lectures and other cultural events aimed at promoting greater knowledge of Chinese culture;
• providing substantive and administrative support for business trips of the University’s employees to China and organising visits of guests from China to BUT.

 

Operating within the Polish-Chinese Cooperation Centre of BUT is the Confucius Classroom of the Bialystok University of Technology, which was established in February of 2019 and is affiliated to the Opole Confucius Institute. The activities of the Confucius Classroom of BUT include:

• organising language courses taught by qualified staff seconded by the Chinese International Education Foundation and Beijing University of Technology;
• preparation for and organisation of state Chinese language proficiency HSK and HSKK tests;
• organisation of Tai Chi classes led by an experienced trainer from YMAA Białystok;
• promotion and popularisation of Chinese culture, including the Chinese language, among the local community (schools, kindergartens, institutions);
• providing substantive assistance when applying for one of the Confucius Scholarship Scholarships.