On June 13, 2024, the higher education professional evaluation institution Ruanke officially released the 2024 Ruanke Ranking of Chinese University Programs. The Business English undergraduate program of the School of Foreign Languages at South China University of Technology ranked first (A+ program) among 221 participating institutions, with the following ratings: institutional conditions (A), disciplinary support (B+), program student quality (A+), program employment (A+), and program conditions (A+). This marks another consecutive year where the program has secured the top position in the Ruanke Business English program ranking.
The Ruanke Ranking of Chinese University Programs is currently the most extensive ranking of undergraduate programs in China, covering the largest number of programs. It includes 810 undergraduate programs across 93 disciplinary categories. Utilizing a three-tier evaluation framework of institution-discipline-program, the ranking assesses over 60,000 undergraduate program offerings from more than 1,200 universities based on five indicator categories: institutional conditions, disciplinary support, program student quality, program employment, and program conditions. This dynamic monitoring-style evaluation provides significant insights for the development and analysis of undergraduate programs in higher education institutions.
Our school’s Business English program is recognized as a national-level first-class undergraduate program. The teaching team is committed to the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, effectively enhancing students' professional competencies and humanistic literacy, and has achieved substantial teaching outcomes. The team has received three second prizes for National Teaching Achievement Awards, three provincial-level teaching achievement awards (including special, first, and second prizes), two national-level exemplary courses in ideological and political education, five national-level first-class undergraduate courses, and 13 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses. Additionally, the Business English undergraduate program benefits from strong disciplinary support. In recent years, the disciplinary team has undertaken over 40 national-level research projects, including major projects under the National Social Science Fund, key research projects in philosophy and social sciences under the Ministry of Education, and annual projects of the National Social Science Fund. The team has published more than 50 academic monographs, translations, and textbooks, as well as over 100 journal articles indexed in SSCI, A&HCI, and CSSCI. It has also received nearly 20 awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences from the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, and recognitions from the China Think Tank Index (CTTI) for exemplary think tank development cases and research outcomes.
In recent years, the School of Foreign Languages has continuously strengthened the development of professional practice platforms and optimized the talent cultivation plan for the Business English program. Emphasis has been placed on integrating the cultivation of students' innovation, entrepreneurship, and disciplinary expertise. Students have been guided to win more than 110 awards in national and provincial-level language and innovation competitions. The school has also actively expanded international collaboration in education, engaging in discussions with internationally renowned universities such as the University of Western Australia, Lancaster University, Rutgers University, the University of Hawaii, and American University to establish joint undergraduate-master programs, including 2+2 and 3+2 models. For many years, the employment rate of the school's graduates has ranked among the top in both national and Guangdong provincial higher education institutions. Nearly half of the graduates pursue further studies at prestigious universities at home and abroad, while a significant number of alumni have become key professionals in government agencies, public institutions, and Fortune Global 500 or China 500 companies, making remarkable contributions across various industries.
Moving forward, our school will continue to advance the in-depth development of its disciplines and programs, further optimize the talent cultivation model and educational mechanisms, proactively adapt to the new requirements and changes in foreign language talent cultivation in the new era, build a highland for cultivating interdisciplinary foreign language talents, and contribute to national strategic needs and the high-quality development of the local economy and society.
