China University of Political Science and
Law (CUPL; simplified Chinese: 中国政法大学;
traditional Chinese: 中國政法大學; pinyin:
Zhōngguó Zhèngfǎ Dàxué abbr. 法大,
Fǎ Dà) is a national public research university
specialized in law, arts, history, philosophy,
economics, management and foreign languages
established in 1952 in Beijing, China.
China University of Political Science and
Law is a first tier institution within the
national key university Project 211 and the
Project 985 Innovative Platforms for Key Disciplines
as part of the national endeavor to build
world-class universities.
CUPL is a Chinese Ministry of Education Double
First Class Discipline University with the
highest status "A+" in legal studies.
It is widely considered to be one of the best
Chinese universities in legal studies.
It is also one of the most competitive and
selective universities to enter in China.CUPL
has two campuses, one in Haidian, Beijing
which is the original campus of the university,
and the other locates in Changping, Beijing.
The university's Haidian campus now hosts
postgraduate students only while undergraduates
study at a much larger campus in Changping,
Beijing.
In 2015, CUPL comprises 13 schools, with 15,833
students and 951 faculty members, of whom
290 are professors.
CUPL maintains a broad international exchange
program, with approximately 1000 foreign students
from many countries.
== History ==
CUPL was initially established in 1952, with
its official name Peking College of Political
Science and Law and combined departments of
law, political science, sociology and other
subjects of Peking University, Yenching University,
Fu Jen Catholic University and Tsinghua University.
The prestigious scholar Ch'ien Tuan-Sheng
(钱端升), who was educated at Harvard University
and regarded as the founder of modern political
science in China, was appointed as the first
president.
But after the outbreak of Cultural Revolution
CUPL was greatly affected.
CUPL had been stopped during Cultural Revolution.
Ch'ien died of illness in 1990.
In 1983, under the policy of Central People's
Government to develop the college quickly
and make it the center of politics and law
education in China, BCPSL was renamed as the
China University of Political Science and
Law.
The Changping campus was a part of the State's
Seventh Five-Year-Plan in 1985.
Under the motto of "Cherish the Moral, Understand
the Law, Know the World, Serve the Public";
CUPL made its contribution to the development
of legal education and training in China.
It was the first university to establish specialties
such as Legal History, Civil and Commercial
Law, Economic Law, Procedure Law and Comparative
Law in the PRC.
It also contributed to the education and promotion
of Roman law in China.
With over 100,000 graduates in the past 50
years who have become the elites of law enforcement
and practitioners in China, CUPL has developed
a niche for the enactment and enforcement
of law in China.
Furthermore, it became prominent in other
public affairs in China, among which members
of the faculty and student body played an
active role in the Tiananmen Square protests
of 1989 demanding democracy and rule of law.
To face the challenge of globalization, CUPL
developed joint programs with international
partners.
CUPL provided the first opportunity to study
Chinese law in Beijing with an American Bar
Association-approved program inaugurated in
1995 by the Duquesne University School of
Law.
In 2008, an exchange program was formed with
Fordham University School of Law.
CUPL also maintains relationship with the
University of Exeter and the University of
Oxford in England, Deakin University in Australia,
the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown
University, Washington University in St. Louis,
the UIUC, the University of California, Berkeley,
the University of California, Davis in the
United States, the University of Montreal
in Canada, and National University of Singapore
Faculty of Law in Singapore.
== Postgraduate Programs ==
CUPL also offers two LLM programs and a PhD
program for international students in English.
One of them is based in Changping and is with
the China-EU University.
This is an EU funded course, and its main
focus is on educating Chinese students on
EU law.
There is another LLM program at Haidian campus,
in downtown Beijing, which is aimed at International
students to learn about Chinese law.
There is also a PhD programs in English at
Haidian campus.
These are flexible and taught entirely in
English.
They include the option to study Mandarin,
and gain law work experience in Beijing and
other cities in China.
These postgraduate programs are also open
as a semester program to international students
from any institution around the world who
would like to study at CUPL for one semester.
== Chinese Language Programs ==
There are Chinese language programs for international
students.
These are 8,000 RMB per semester, or 16,000
RMB per year.
Students can also stay in accommodation on
campus which is 1,000 RMB per year.
== Schools ==
Law School
CCE Law School
International Law School
Criminal Justice School
School of Politics and Public Administration
Business School
School of Sociology
Literature and Arts School
School of Marxism
School of Foreign Languages
School of Journalism & Communication
College of Comparative Law
College of International Studies
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China-EU Law School ==
== 
List of rectors ==
Qian Duansheng (钱端升): August 1952—1958
Cao Haibo (曹海波): March 1979—December
1982
Liu Fuzhi (刘复之): February 1983—December
1984
Zou Yu (邹瑜): December 1984—June 1988
Jiang Ping (江平): June 1988—February
1990
Chen Guangzhong (陈光中): May 1992—March
1994
Yang Yonglin (杨永林): March 1994—September
2001
Xu Xianming (徐显明): September 2001—February
2009
Huang Jin(黄进): February 2009
