Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

The HNC Application deadline is just one week away! All application materials must be submitted by 11:59pm EST on February 1. Click here to access your application. Last Virtual Info Session before the Application Deadline Have questions about your application, financial aid or what happens after you hit ‘submit’? Join us for the last virtual session before the application deadline. Admissions representatives will be going through each section of the application and sharing useful tips. The info session will be held on Wednesday, January 25 at 12:00-1:00pm EST . RSVP by clicking here or, at the scheduled time, click here and login as a guest. As you make the final touches on your application, check out past blog posts for application tip s . If you have additional questions about your application or would like to speak with an admissions representative, email nanjing@jhu.edu . 

中美中心的中国学生采访: 我情爱的室友，吴叶 为了让大家认识中外学生在中美中心生活相处的情况，我很早就想找机会访问我的室友，吴叶。虽然在大学时我也有室友，但是我觉得在中心的情况是非常不同。因为在中心，大多数的外国学生会跟一位中国学生同住在一个寝室里。我们每天都有机会讨论课业和生活琐事，也会一起面临外语作业的挑战。因此我们需要互相扶持。我的室友吴叶帮我更了解中国文化并帮助我处理一些生活上的小细节。因此，我和吴叶的关系比我和以前的室友更密切。有一位这样的室友让我每天在中心更愉快! Since coming to the HNC, I’ve been wanting to give people an idea of what it’s like to live here with a roommate who I happen to get along with remarkably well. Though I also lived with roommates during my undergrad years, the living situation here at the HNC has some notable differences.  Most international students at the HNC are paired with a Chinese roommate, so two students from different cultural backgrounds share the same dorm room and everyday living space. This also gives us the opportunity to practice speaking on a regular basis in our target language, and to help each other with class assignments and editing final papers.  My roommate, Wu Ye, has given me a better understanding of the Chinese language, Chinese culture, and...

I walked across the basketball court toward the crowd of HNC students standing on the sideline.  It was Friday night and we were at the last game of Nanjing University’s basketball season. As we formed a student section, the HNC team warmed up for the basketball game that would soon begin. In Chinese universities, athletic seasons usually revolve around competitions between teams from each department. Earlier in the semester, they formed the annual中美中心 basketball team. Our team had made it to the final tournament matchup and was set to play the physics team. Players on our team included both international and Chinese students that hailed from as far as California, USA to Henan, China.  Every year, HNC’s sports interest groups are dependent on students that start them. Within this semester, multiple workout interest groups have emerged, adding on to student life on campus. HNC’s modest fitness center is equipped with essential athletic gear for activities such as weight...

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center bids a fond farewell to 2016, the year we celebrated our 30th anniversary and our role as the longest running Sino-American joint education program in China. As we toast the beginning of 2017, we also thank the many people who celebrated the HNC’s achievements in 2016 with comments like the following: I have often heard it said – perhaps because I have said it so often myself: the China-U.S. relationship is the most important in the world….And our leaders are more likely to act wisely if the American and Chinese people continue to learn about each other, communicate with each other, and make the effort to better understand one another through institutions such as the Hopkins-Nanjing Center.                              Madeleine K. Albright                        ...

Happy holidays from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center Washington Office! The HNC Washington Office will be closed from Friday, December 23 through Monday, January 2 . Admissions representatives will be still be available to answer admissions questions via email at nanjing@jhu.edu. Please allow 2-3 days for representatives to respond to your request.  As reminder, HNC admissions representatives will be holding virtual information sessions in January. Join one of our upcoming virtual sessions to get tips and advice on the HNC application process. Admissions representatives will be going over each section of the application. To receive email updates about the upcoming virtual sessions, RSVP by clicking the links below. To join the sessions, click here at the scheduled time.     Wednesday, January 4, 8:00-9:00pm EST     Wednesday, January 25, 12:00-1:00pm EST Can’t wait until the virtual session? Check out a blog post on 5 things to remember w...

Didn’t get a chance to attend one of our virtual information sessions this fall? Click on the link below to hear about the unique HNC experience from admissions representative and HNC alum, Lauren Szymanski, and current HNC Certificate/SAIS MA student, Clarise Brown.  Lauren and Clarise share their thoughts on what it’s like being a student at the HNC: coursework, adjusting to the learning curve, taking advantage of career services and living in Nanjing in addition to information about the application process and financial aid. Link to HNC Virtual Information Session Recording If you have additional questions not covered in the virtual session, please contact admissions representative at nanjing@jhu.edu. 

Jacob Clark, HNC Certificate 2012, reflects back on his time at the HNC and his experience as a law student at Michigan State University College of Law.  Read on to hear how his HNC experience helped further his career .   Tell us about your current role.  As a law student, in addition to my studies, I have used my background from HNC and in China law to tailor my summer and part-time work experience during law school to a potential role within the U.S.-China legal relationship.  I have been fortunate to gain work experience at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, NYU School of Law U.S.-Asia Law Institute, and PILnet (Public Interest Lawyers Network) in Beijing. I was also awarded an externship grant to intern in the Appeals Chamber of the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where I worked in the chamber of the Honorable Liu Daqun of China.  Additionally, I served as President of the MSU College of Law American Chi...