Chinese language exam for 50 Siberians will be held at TSU

TOMSK, May 29 – RIA Tomsk. Confucius Institute at Tomsk State University (CI TSU) together with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China holds an international Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) on Friday, May 29; for the first time it will be held online, reports the press service of the university.

It is specified that the HSK certification exam – is the Chinese equivalent of TOEFL, IELTS or RFL. The HSK certificate confirms the level of knowledge of the Chinese language upon admission to universities or other educational institutions of China, and also opens up additional employment opportunities for international companies working with China.

"In order to receive scholarships from the Chinese government and to continue their studies at Chinese universities, candidates are required to provide an HSK certificate. Confucius institutes have the right to conduct examination sessions. The exam has been held at TSU since 2012, but for the first time it is held online", – the press service quotes the director of CI TSU Artyom Danko.

This year, 50 people from Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk and the Kemerovo region will become participants in the exam. Mostly these are students and schoolchildren, however, the number of graduates and young specialists who seek to obtain an international certificate in the Chinese language to increase their competitiveness in the labor market has increased, is noted in the report.

"Testing will take place on the international electronic platform www.chinesetest.cn... Testing involves six levels of difficulty. For those who apply for the highest category, the exam can last up to two hours", – the report said.

Testing results will be checked by the State Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban, PRC). Within a few weeks, participants will receive results in electronic and paper form.

Earlier it was reported that the Confucius Institute at Tomsk State University (CI TSU) is one of the main educational sites for the study of the Chinese language in Siberia for both students and teachers. Based on the results of activities CI TSU was the only one of all such centers in Russia that in 2016 entered the twenty leaders of the global global network of Confucius institutions. This network includes 500 centers based on universities and more than a thousand educational classes.