学贯中外，止于至善——东南大学外国语学院
东南大学的外语教学历史悠久。早在1902年三江师范学堂筹办之初就首设日文教学。1903年学堂开学，开设课程17种，英文、日文各占一门。1917年创办国内首个英文专修科，1987年设立外国语言系，2006年正式成立为外国语学院。百余年来，学院汇聚吴宓、梅光迪、楼光来、张士一等名家学者，积淀深厚人文底蕴。
学院设有外国语言文学一级学科博士学位授权点和外国语言文学博士后科研流动站。拥有一级学科硕士学位授予权，设有外国语言学及应用语言学、英语语言文学、日语语言文学、俄语语言文学、西班牙语语言文学、翻译专业硕士等6个硕士学位授权点，以及教育部首个中外联合培养双学位硕士项目。学科建设优势明显，是“十四五”江苏省重点学科（A类），有国家级科研平台、江苏省高校国际问题研究中心及东南大学区域国别研究院等高端学科平台，为人才培养和科学研究一体化发展提供坚实的学科支撑。
学院下设英语系、日语系、欧语系3个学系及外语教育研究中心，现有英语、日语、俄语3个本科专业，以及“英语+信息工程”和“日语+电子科学与技术”两个双学士学位复合型人才培养项目，教学语种涵盖英、日、俄、德、法、西等。英语、日语专业入选国家级一流本科专业建设点。目前，学院有教育部首批新文科研究与改革实践项目建设点，以及教育部高层次国际化人才培养创新实践基地，多门国家级一流本科课程，人才培养质量居全国前列。
外国语学院现有专任教师124人，其中教授25人，副教授45人，讲师54人，近100%专任教师拥有海外学习或进修经历。拥有国家级人才1人，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家2人，江苏省教学名师1人等高层次师资。同时聘请了20余名国内外著名专家学者为兼职教授、客座教授。
多年来，外国语学院坚持贯彻大学“人才培养、科学研究、社会服务、文化传承创新、国际交流合作” 五项职能，成绩卓著，在外语界的影响与日俱增。学院始终把培养具有中国胸怀、世界眼光的高素质、复合型人才作为教育教学宗旨，在过去百余年的教学实践中，为国家培养了一大批国内外著名学者、专家和高级人才。近年来，学院响应国家战略，人才培养进一步服务于国家和地方需求，进一步对应国内外市场缺口，校企行联合优势彰显，取得同行和业界好评。同时，学院承担着全校本硕博第一、第二外语教学，以国家级大学外语教学改革示范点为依托，多次获国家级、省级教学成果奖，示范引领作用显著。科研工作同样硕果累累,高层次项目申报不断突破，高水平论文数量逐年增加，学科服务社会经济潜能强大。
外国语学院现授权承担国际日本语能力测试（JLPT）、雅思（IELTS）、托福（TOEFL）等权威考试，服务社会能力突出。
继往开来，外国语学院将赓续百年传统，深化综合改革，开创发展新局面，共担我校世界一流大学建设之重任，为全球治理与中外文明互鉴贡献智慧与力量！（2025年5月更新）
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The School of Foreign Languages
A Survey of the School
History of SFL
Foreign language teaching at Southeast University boasts a history as long as that of the university itself. As early as 1902, Sanjiang Normal College, predecessor of SEU, began to offer Japanese language courses. When the College officially opened in 1903, it offered up to 17 types of courses, two of which were English and Japanese. Among our best-known milestones are the founding of China’s first English Specialized Section in 1917, the establishment of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Section in1983 and of Foreign Language Department in 1987. In 2006, the Department was renamed the School of Foreign Languages. Through the past century, foreign language teaching and research of SFL has been supported and inspired by numerous famous scholars such as Wu Mi (Harvard educated, poet and one of the founders of Chinese comparative literature), Mei Guangdi(Harvard educated, scholar in western literature), Lou Guanglai (Harvard educated, literary translator and expert on Shakespeare) and Zhang Shiyi (Columbia educated, widely-respected educator).
Programs
SFL offers Ph.D. degree programs, postdoctoral research positions and six master’s degree programs in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics of Foreign Languages, English Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, and Translation & Interpretation. In 2013, SFL was approved by China’s Ministry of Education (MOE) to offer the first dual master’s degree program in partnership with overseas universities. The School offers bachelor’s degree programs in English (accredited as key B.A. program of national level), Japanese (ditto) and Russian, and offers dual bachelor’s degree program in English & Information Engineering (the first program of its kind in SEU), and Japanese & Information Engineering. The School is included in the key academic disciplines of Jiangsu Province (class A, the 14th Five Year Plan) and the state first-class courses for undergraduate program.
School Structure
SFL is comprised of five departments and four teaching & learning centres:
1)Department of English
2)Department of Japanese
3)Department of European Languages and Literature
4)Department of College Foreign Languages
5)Department of English Teaching for Graduates of Non-English Majors
6)Centre for MTI (Master of Translation and Interpreting) Education
7)Centre for Language Testing and Teaching Assessment
8)Centre for Extracurricular Activities Management
9)Centre for Foreign Language Learning
Alongside the Department and Centres above, SFL boasts a national-level pilot site for College Foreign Language Teaching Reform, a MOE training base for globally competitive talent, a MOE pilot site for new liberal arts research, a provincial-level research institute, college-level research institutes and provincial-level internship programs for graduate students. At present, SFL is a branch of foreign language research under China Association of Higher Education. All this provides a supportive platform for integrating research and teaching, talent nurturing and staff training.
Faculty overview
Our school has 137 full-time research and teaching staff. Of them, 19 hold a professorship, over 60% have a doctoral degree and over 98% have overseas experience as research fellows, participants of exchange programs or postgraduate students.
Highly motivated and committed to teaching and research, our faculty members have won multiple awards and honors, including the National Award for Outstanding Teaching, the special government allowances of the State Council, the Provincial Award for Outstanding Teaching, the Top-Level Talent Program 333 of Jiangsu Province, the Young Academic Leaders Program of Jiangsu Province, and the Outstanding Young Teachers Program of Jiangsu Province. Alongside the full-time staff, over 20 celebrated scholars and experts at home and abroad have been invited and appointed as Guest or Honorary Professors.
Teaching, Research and Community Service
SFL has been dedicated to the continuous pursuit of teaching, research, community service, cultural conservation and innovation, and international cooperation -- five functions of higher education. The School is committed to nurturing talents with cross-disciplinary knowledge, patriotic feelings and global vision. In the past century, numerous SFL graduates have grown into scholars, experts, and intellectuals. To implement the national blueprints in the new century, SFL lays greater emphasis on teaching knowledge and skills in line with social demands. We are constantly striving for bridging the gap between college education and job market by initiating cooperation programs with enterprises and industry leaders, which contributes to greater competitiveness and higher employability of our graduates. Additionally, SFL provides language courses (first foreign language and second foreign language) for non-English majors at Southeast University. Our innovation-oriented teaching modes and achievement in bilingual talent training has been widely acknowledged and awarded for teaching excellence at national and provincial level. With a focus on the above fields, SFL is making steady progress in the research competence and community service capabilities, as seen by the substantially increased research funding, increasing number of high-level grants, a robust growth of scholarly publication and active engagement in serving the social need. The School is also the authorized test centre for Japanese Language Proficiency Test, IELTS and TOEFL.
It is the time-honored teaching excellence, spirit of reform and innovation, as well as the contribution by our faculty and students that have illuminated our past journey and will light our way ahead. We believe that we can and shall work together for developing SFL into new heights as Southeast University endeavors toward a world-class university.