Communication University of China (CUC) is one of China’s key universities of “Project 211” (a project endorsed by the State Council and designed to upgrade, by the early part of the 21st century, some 100 universities in the hope that some of them would become first-rate world universities) directly under the jurisdiction of the State Ministry of Education.

Devoted to the cultivation of high-level talent and scientific research in the fields of radio, television, film, network, publication and new media, CUC ranks among the highest of educational institutions of communications in China.

Founded in September 1954, CUC has successively developed into a comprehensive university of liberal arts, engineering, art, management, science, economics, law and education. The university has established multi-layer and multi-standard talent cultivation system, which includes Doctoral programs, Master’s programs, undergraduate specialties, advanced vocational education and continuing education programs and so on. All these, together with its distinctive features and unique advantages, have won CUC an outstanding place among universities in China.

CUC consists of 37 departments distributed in 12 colleges, including the colleges of Journalism and Communication, Television, Advertising Studies, International Communication, Media Management, Social Sciences, Film and Television Arts, Presentation Art, Recording Arts, Animation, Literature, Information Engineering, Science, Computer and Software Technologies. There are, moreover, 3 adult education centers including Continuing Education, Adult Education and Distance Education.

The university can offer 19 doctoral programs, 40 master’s programs (with 7 programs designated by the University itself), 71 bachelor programs, as well as three post doctoral post-doctoral stations. An independent institute, named Nanjing Broadcasting Institute, is currently being established. The total number of full-time students in CUC is more than 1,3291, over 4，000 master's degrees candidates and doctoral candidates.

CUC is vigorously promoting international academic exchanges to cultivate bachelors, masters and doctors. And now CUC has established exchanging and collaborative relationships with over 160 universities and media organizations in about 50 countries and areas, including the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, Austria, Russia, etc.

CUC holds diversified forms of foreign students’ education, enrolling more than 1000 overseas students from different countries and regions in the world every year. Also, it is a regular member of CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television).