Communication University of China
The Communication University of China is a public university in Chaoyang District, Beijing (北京市朝陽區), affiliated with China’s Ministry of Education (教育部). Originally established as a training center for the Central Bureau of Broadcasting Administration on March 3, 1954, it was upgraded to Beijing Broadcasting Institute (北京廣播學院) in April 1959 and adopted its current name in August 2004. CUC spans 463,700 square meters with 499,800 square meters of buildings, though official sources report the campus at 463,600 square meters with 494,300 square meters of buildings. The university is known for producing media professionals for China’s broadcasting industry, including news presenters, journalists, and television hosts for major networks like China Central Television (中央電視臺). According to official assessments by the Ministry of Education, the institution ranked first nationally in “Journalism and Communication” (新聞傳播學) and “Drama, Film and Television Studies” (戲劇與影視學) in 2012. The institution operates three Confucius Institutes (孔子學院) globally—in Belgrade, Groningen, and Brazil—and serves as a center for foreign language education.
