About the Program

Chinese Flagship Center Located in New York City Center is an educational environment in which students are immersed in rich cultural and linguistic resources and global professional opportunities. We offer a dynamic program that enables you to achieve superior-level Mandarin Chinese proficiency in four years through content-based instruction, one-on-one conversation practice, community service, internships, and one-year study abroad in China.

What We Offer

Hunter's Flagship is an honors program for outstanding undergraduate students. It is one of eleven Chinese Language Flagship programs in the country. The Program is a rigorous undergraduate program of study in Chinese language and culture that aims to enable highly-motivated undergraduate students to become global professionals. Gain a deep understanding of Chinese language and culture from national experts in the field. Participate in summer internships in New York City. Study Chinese and work in China for one year. Obtain a Flagship Certificate, the highest honor awarded to Flagship students at the undergraduate level.

Is This for Me

Flagship students should have a long-term plan for learning Mandarin Chinese and have a genuine interest in pursuing Chinese language skill-related professions. Applicants must have a record of outstanding academic performance and leadership qualities. Our goal is to train students to achieve superior-level proficiency, as designated by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). This is equivalent to the ILR 3 level of proficiency in Chinese. Those who have a superior-level command of the Chinese language and culture are able to function productively in a wide variety of professional settings.

Hunter College, located in the heart of Manhattan, is the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1870, it is also one of the oldest public colleges in the country. Currently 21,000 students attend Hunter, which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 170 different programs of study. Hunter College is renowned for the diversity of its student body. Two-thirds of the students speak a foreign language at home. For nearly 140 years, Hunter has provided educational opportunities for women and minorities. Today, students from every walk of life and every corner of the world convene at Hunter in pursuit of an education that since 2011 Princeton Review has many times ranked as one of the top ten best value public schools. In addition to its academic offerings in its School of Arts and Sciences, Hunter College offers a broad variety of programs through its preeminent Schools of Education, Nursing, and Social Work. Students can enroll in a plethora of CUNY doctoral programs based at Hunter, as well as participate in a number of accelerated and advanced certificate programs. The Macaulay Honors College offers academically gifted students an exceptional undergraduate education, integrating the vast resources of the City University with New York’s cultural, scientific, and business communities.

The Chinese Program at Hunter College, housed in the Classical and Oriental Studies Department, was established in 1967. Hunter offers an undergraduate degree with majors in Chinese language and literature as well as a Chinese major in translation and interpreting. The program currently boasts an abundant array of course offerings in modern and classical Chinese and translation. Our program also offers interdisciplinary courses cross-listed with Film, History, Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Political Science, and Asian Studies programs. It is no exaggeration to say that Hunter has been turning out global professionals and scholars of Chinese for over fifty years.