Language studies abroad : Adults : Destinations : Chinese (Mandarin) : China : Beijing

Language school Beijing
Mandarin House

Our partner school is located in a modern building of the China Central Place, surrounded by numerous hotels, residences, businesses and restaurants. The school building has 10 classrooms, a language lab, an independent study centre and a computer area with free Internet access. During the breaks, you can go to relax with the other students in the café area or on the balconies while enjoying the view of the Central Courtyard Garden. Around 15 minutes away by foot, you will find the unmissable Sanlitun Bar Street, meeting place of Beijing's young people, who particularly enjoy meeting up to spend the evening together...it's up to you to put into practice your new notions of Mandarin Chinese!

At a glance

Population
12'240'000
School size
L
Level
Beginner to advanced
Minimum age
16
Accommodation
Shared or private apartments
Certificates
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Courses

Standard course
Lessons: 20 of 50 minutes
Duration of course: 2 to 48 weeks
Level: Beginner to advanced
Students/class: 6 to 10 students
Minimum age: 18
Daily schedule: 09:00-12:30
Combined course 20 +10
Lessons: 30 of 50 minutes
(20 group + 10 private lessons)
Duration of course: 2 to 48 weeks
Level: Beginner to advanced
Students/class: 6 to 10 students
Minimum age: 18
Daily schedule: 09:00-12:30 and

Accomodation

Shared apartments
Our partner school offers accommodation in shared apartments (about 30 minutes from the school itself). Here, you will have your own room and share the common areas with your flatmates. These apartments are cleaned each week, and are modern and well equipped: equipped kitchen, bathroom, laundry, air-conditioning, TV and telephone. Staying in a shared apartment is a great opportunity to meet other international students, to try out some new Chinese recipes and to share the unique experience of a language course in Peking.
Private apartments (studio)
More independent students can choose to stay in a private apartment (studio). This offers the same benefits and comfort as a shared apartment, but you will be completely autonomous in the city-centre.

Leisure

The school organises a series of optional, accompanied activities and cultural outings each week. Some outings are free of charge, others  within an affordable price range. You can go alone or accompanied to discover the Forbidden City, with its yellow tiled roofs; to the Great Wall of China (about a hundred kilometres away); to the Temple of the Lamas, with its lavish gardens. The Temple of the Sky, where it was the Emperor’s custom to go and pray for a good harvest, will also have you enchanted. The famous and controversial Tiananmen Square, the largest in the world occupying 40 ha in the heart of the city, and the Museum of Modern Art, among other attractions, will fill up your afternoons and your scrapbook.

Mandarin House
Prices 2008

Dates and prices in Euro
(EUR 1 ≈ CHF 1.65)

Arrival day: Sunday prior to course start
Leaving day: Saturday following course end

Starting dates:
every Monday, all year round
Starting dates Beginner:
15.01 / 12.02 / 12.03 / 09.04 / 14.05 / 11.06 / 09.07 / 06.08 / 03.09 / 08.10 / 05.11 / 03.12.2007
Starting dates:
every Monday, all year round
Starting dates Beginner:
07.01 / 11.02 / 10.03 / 07.04 / 05.05 / 02.06 / 30.06 / 14.07 / 28.07 / 25.08 / 22.09 / 27.10 / 24.11 / 22.12.2008
Bank holidays:
01.01 / 17.02-20.02 / 28.04-06.05 29.09-07.10.2007
Bank holidays:
01.01 / 01.05 / 02.05 / 25.12 / 26.12.2008
School holidays:
02.02.2008 - 10.02.2008
27.09.2008 - 05.10.2008

Included in price:
  • Language Course
  • Accommodation in a Shared apartment or private
  • School enrolment fee & certificate
  • Documents & travel guide
A: Shared apartment/single room/no meals
B: Private apartment/single room/no meals
Standard Course A B
2 weeks 688 856
3 weeks 1005 1258
4 weeks 1198 1493
6 weeks 1771 2213
8 weeks 2159 2833
12 weeks 2966 4103
16 weeks 3926 5443
24 weeks 5846 8123
Extra week (24+) 240 335
2 weeks 758 926
3 weeks 1084 1337
4 weeks 1283 1578
6 weeks 1872 2314
8 weeks 2271 2945
12 weeks 3101 4238
16 weeks 4093 5610
24 weeks 6077 8354
Extra week (24+) 248 343


Combined Course 20+10 A B
2 weeks 1008 1176
3 weeks 1485 1738
4 weeks 1798 2093
6 weeks 2691 3133
8 weeks 3339 4013
12 weeks 4676 5813
16 weeks 6216 7733
24 weeks 9296 11573
Extra week (24+) 385 480
2 weeks 1094 1262
3 weeks 1588 1841
4 weeks 1913 2208
6 weeks 2817 3259
8 weeks 3510 4184
12 weeks 4897 6034
16 weeks 6493 8010
24 weeks 9685 11962
Extra week (24+) 399 494


Options/Extras
Materials fee (to be paid on site) (by level) 16
Materials fee (to be paid on site) (by level) 16
Extra night in a shared apartment 21
Extra night in a shared apartment 21
Extra night in a private apartment 37
Extra night in a private apartment 37
Airport pick-up 37
Airport pick-up 37
High season (01.06–31.08) 15%

Key points of the language school in Beijing

• City with an enormous cultural heritage
• School uses up to date technology and teaching methods
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