Located in Suzhou (SIP) and Taicang, China, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is a young and dynamic EMI university founded in 2006, and is the first joint-venture university in China to offer both UK (University of Liverpool) and Chinese (Ministry of Education) accredited undergraduate degrees for 100 programmes.

XJTLU aims to become truly research-led and has committed significant investment into research development and the expansion of master’s and PhD student numbers on campus. The University has over 23,000 students and more than 920 academic staff representing in excess of 89 nationalities.

The English Language Centre (ELC) is a growing centre with approximately 200 full-time faculty coming from a range of backgrounds and cultures. We are involved in teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) for all of Year 1, a cohort of over 5,000 students. In addition, we teach EAP in Years 2 and 3 as well as a Postgraduate EAP programme. All students in the university can also take advantage of our comprehensive continuous academic support programme. ELC staff enable and empower our students through expert and semi-specialised language and skills training. They develop multiple academic literacies that bring degree success. Career development support and possibilities for EAP practitioners and scholars are excellent, not least because we are in a phase of exciting renewal and growth both as an institution and as a centre.

The ELC is especially proud to be the first institution outside the UK to be accredited by both the British Association of Lecturers in EAP (BALEAP) and the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL).