The Communication University of China (CUC) (Simplified Chinese: 中国传媒大学 pinyin: zhōngguó chuánméi dàxué) is a public university in Beijing, China. Formerly known as the Beijing Broadcasting Institute (BBI) (Simplified Chinese: 北京广播学院) it is jointly administered by the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is the one of the top universities in China and ranks No.1 in media education in China.
As one of the Project 211 key universities directly under the Ministry of Education, CUC has trained, since its establishment in 1954, numerous high-level professionals for the Chinese media industry, and made a significant contribution to the nation’s media business and economy. It has been honored as the “cradle of the nation’s broadcasting and television talents”. The university now provides undergraduate, master and doctoral degree courses for full-time students and diploma training courses for media professionals.
CUC's history dates back to March 3, 1954 when the first training class for broadcasting professionals was held by the then Central Radio Administration. This then led to the founding of Beijing Broadcasting College in 1958. On September 7, 1959, CUC's precursor Beijing Broadcasting Institute (BBI) was established. During the ensuing four decades, BBI remained a relatively small college and only known among the circles of Chinese media professionals. Since the late 1990s, because of the central government's policy of higher education scale-up, the institute started to expand rapidly, with more courses introduced. In March, 2002, the eastern campus of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) was merged into BBI.
On August 19, 2004, the State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the renaming of the institute to the Communication University of China, making it an official "university". It has now developed into a comprehensive institute of higher learning with broadcasting, film production, journalism, drama, animation, advertising, newscasting, creative cultural industry, Communications engineering, foreign languages (especially minority language), management and media law education as its major academic disciplines.
Campus
CUC's 116.88 hectare main campus is located in Dingfuzhuang, eastern part of Chaoyang District, Beijing. It is just outside of the Eastern 5th Ring Road, and is just along the Beijing-Tong County expressway. With an increasing number of students and fast development, the university has expanded its campus to nearby areas to provide more space for student and staff accommodation and research institutions. The main campus is composed of teaching and administrative buildings, theatres for cultural activities, large compounds of student dormitories and staff apartments, media production studios and scientific research centers. The campus is linked by the Communication University of China Station of Beijing subway Batong Line.
