Established in September, 2006, the SISU Intercultural Institute (SII) initiates, supports, and coordinates the intercultural research of related disciplines in SISU to increase academic exchanges and cooperation for intercultural communication (IC) projects at home and abroad, as well as provides intercultural education, consulting, and training for schools, companies, and public institutions. In addition to seeking to integrate disciplinary, intellectual, and geographical advantages in the cultivation of international-oriented talents, the SII aims to develop advances in intercultural research, intercultural education, corporate training, and public awareness. Our goal is Developing a Discipline to Develop People.  

The objectives of the SII are consistent with SISU’s guiding principles toward establishing an active and creative platform for the academic training and human development of internationalized graduates who strive to integrate and optimize their foreign language skills and academic specializations to become highly motivated, quality contributors to their respective areas of employment or service in society. Toward these aims, it also seeks to cooperate with and cultivate participating faculty in their own personal, cross-cultural, instructional and research development.

The SII thus also seeks to promote effective communication and deeper collaboration in the growing IC discipline across our campus, and among professors and experts within and beyond China. As stated by the director, “the institute seeks to provide diverse opportunities to serve as a ‘cultural bridge’ and further the intercultural and interpersonal aspects of ‘people development’ toward enhancing ‘world citizens’ engaged in and contributing to our ‘global village’