Mandarin Chinese short courses

Learn or develop your language skills with short courses from beginner to advanced.

Our short courses normally run each academic term and are available to book 8 weeks before they start.

Click on the course you are interested in to see if the course is currently available.

Mandarin Chinese courses

These are our beginners courses in Mandarin Chinese suitable for those with no prior or some experience of the language.

This course is for those who have completed Beginners Chinese or who already have a good command of around 200 characters.

This course will refine your current language skills whilst improving your cross-cultural competency and referencing Chinese culture and society.

This course concentrates on spoken Chinese and predominantly focuses on the language, customs and etiquette used within a business context.

For those who wish to get specialised learning and support to provide you with a systematic Mandarin learning experience.

Saturday classes, for children of all ages, offering a taste of Chinese culture.

An introduction to basic Japanese vocabulary and grammar, giving you a foundation for further Japanese language study.

This is a 10-week online beginner’s course in Korean and is suitable for those with no prior experience of learning the language.

This is for those with some prior experience of learning the language.