About Us: Mission
The establishment of a Confucius Institute at the University of Rhode Island will provide a timely platform to support the overall mission of the University of Rhode Island and will allow us to promote and strengthen educational programs and exchanges with China. The mission of the Confucius Institute at the University of Rhode Island will promote an understanding of and enhance educational programs on Chinese language and culture. Through Chinese language and culture courses, the Confucius Institute at the University of Rhode Island would provide special support and strengthen the unique programs of the Chinese International Engineering Program, the visual literacy and new media program between URI and Zhejiang University in China, the Chinese librarianship and information professionals program, and would foster other educational and research-driven programs of benefit to both China and the U.S., including our International Business Program and programs in Asian Studies and the Liberal Arts.
About URI
The University of Rhode Island is the largest state-supported land-grant, urban-grant, and sea-grant university located in the state of Rhode Island, United States. It is the state’s flagship institution in the Rhode Island higher education system. URI is the only publicly supported research university in Rhode Island with programs at the bachelors, masters and Ph.D. levels.
