About Us
The Confucius Institute for Scotland in the University of Edinburgh is a national centre to promote educational, economic, and cultural ties between Scotland and China.
Set up with Sino-Scottish government backing and partnered with Fudan University in Shanghai, the centre is one of 320 established under the auspices of Hanban - the Chinese government department responsible for promotion of Chinese language overseas.
In December 2010, the Institute received the accolade 'Confucius Institute of the Year'. This is the fourth year in a row that such the Confucius Institute for Scotland has been recognised in this way.
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News 
Institute Teacher`s work in RSA Exhibition
Published Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Congratulations to the Institute`s Chinese calligraphy and brush painting teacher Chi Zhang MSC BA, whose Chinese brush painting artwork has been selected for Visual Arts Scotland 2012 Annual...
King of the Children Friday Film 3 Feb 2012
Published Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Drop into the David Hume Tower basement this Friday 3 Feb for the 1430 showing this week`s free film which will be King of the Children (Chen Kaige, 1988) The New York Times review of King of the...
Chinese Valentine’s Day中国情人节 CCCC 10 Feb
Published Tue, 17 Jan 2012
Friday 10th February will see the first Chinese Conversation and Cultural Corner (CCCC) of 2012 take place at the Confucius Institute`s Abden House premises.
Welcome to new teaching staff
Published Tue, 17 Jan 2012
January saw five new teachers of Chinese as a foreign language from Fudan University join the Institute`s team.
Gold Medal Award / Outstanding Contribution Award
Published Wed, 21 Dec 2011
At the sixth global Confucius Institute conference in Beijing, following on from four consecutive annual awards of the title `Confucius Institute of the Year`, a special Gold Medal award was given to...
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