Yenching Academy of Peking University Home ACADEMY About Yenching Academy Leadership International Academic Advisors Staff YENCHING SCHOLARS 2026Yenching Scholars 2025Yenching Scholars 2024Yenching Scholars ADMISSIONS Application Partner and Cooperating Universities Frequently Asked Questions CURRICULUM Curriculum Faculty STUDENT DEVELOPMENT Campus Life Career Development Leadership Programs Research Opportunity ALUMNI Alumni News Notices & Newsletter Alumni Directory Giving & Volunteering NEWS & NOTICES 中文 Pause Current Time 0:22 / Duration Time 0:30 Remaining Time -0:07 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:22 Fullscreen 00:00 Mute Subtitles subtitles off Captions captions off Chapters Chapters The Yenching Academy of Peking University aims to build bridges between China and the rest of the world through an interdisciplinary master's program in China Studies. This initiative brings together young people who have demonstrated a talent for leadership and innovation. At Yenching, they are immersed in an intensive learning environment where they can explore China and its role in the world—past, present, and future. The Academy's goal is to shape new generations of global citizens with a nuanced understanding of China. The Yenching Academy provides full fellowships to its Scholars, and offers them a wide array of interdisciplinary courses on China within broadly defined fields of the humanities and social sciences. Working closely with their academic mentors, Yenching Scholars create their own study paths by choosing courses from six research areas. They participate in a variety of extracurricular activities and field studies, organized by the Yenching Academy, and designed by scholars themselves. Studying at the Academy is an exceptional opportunity to take part in intercultural exchanges and interdisciplinary learning, developing both personally and professionally. News More Address by Professor Roger T. Ames at the 2026 Graduation Ceremony of the Yenching Academy, Pekin... Graduation Speech | Dean Dong Qiang: Focus on China, Contribute to the World 2026 YCA Faculty Symposium Convenes Da Wei | China-US Relations: Resilience and New Possibility Xu Long | The Flavours of the Silk Road Durham University Delegation Visits YCA Address by Professor Roger T. Ames at the... On this happy morning, as I look into the young faces of this year's Yanjingxuetang graduates, I must say you are looking good, very good indeed. And as an educator, it gives me enormous pride to have been part of your Beida experience. As a faculty member at Beida, I have since the introduction of YCA worked with many students from earlier cohorts in my graduate seminars. Over these years, I have ... July 7, 2026 Graduation Speech | Dean Dong Qiang: Focu... Distinguished guests,Dear colleagues,Dear scholars, parents and friends, good morning everyone!Today we gather in the peak of graduation season to bid farewell to the graduates of the 2024 cohort of Yenching Academy. Your time at Yenching Academy has quietly come to an end, and a brand-new, boundless life journey filled with endless possibilities is about to unfold before you.At this special moment,... July 6, 2026 2026 YCA Faculty Symposium Convenes On June 6, the 2026 YCA Faculty Symposium was held at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. Over 20 teaching faculty members and dissertation supervisors from within and outside Peking University attended the meeting, joined by Dean Dong Qiang, Associate Deans Fan Shiming and Brent Haas, Director of Graduate Studies Lu Yang, and Assistant Dean Cheng Changwei. The meeting was hosted by Associate Dean Fan Shiming.Associate ... June 24, 2026 Da Wei | China-US Relations: Resilience a... On April 22, Da Wei, Director of the Centre for Strategy and Security and concurrently professor in the Department of International Relations, School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, delivered a lecture titled “China-US Relations: Resilience and New Possibility” at the Yenching Academy. This was the 11th lecture in the China Studies Lecture Series for the 2025‒2026 academic year and was ... April 27, 2026 Xu Long | The Flavours of the Silk Road On April 15, Xu Long, a member of Club des Chefs des Chefs (CCC) delivered a lecture titled “The Flavours of the Silk Road: Explore Chinese Culinary Art with a Master Chef” at Yenching Academy. In addition to the distinguished CCC membership, Chef Xu, who served as the Western Cuisine Executive Chef at the Great Hall of the People, is also recognised as a National Technical Expert and Chinese Culinary ... April 17, 2026 Durham University Delegation Visits YCA On March 18, a Durham University delegation, led by the university’s vice-chancellor Professor Karen O’Brien, paid a visit to the Yenching Academy. YCA Dean Dong Qiang received the delegation at Jingyuan Courtyard 3. Professor Zhang Longxi, Li De Chair Professor at Yenching Academy, attended the meeting.Before her meeting with Professor Dong, Professor O’Brien was welcomed by He Guangcai, Chair ... March 20, 2026 Notices More 【Open for Applications】YCA Alumni Enrichment Program (2026 Fall) Yenching Academy will start accepting application for the 2026 Yenching Academy Summer Experience for Mainland Chinese candidates from 8:00 am on June 1 to 12:00 noon on June 8, 2026 (Beijing time). We are no longer accepting applications for the 2026 cohort from international applicants, or applicants from China’s Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Regions. 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