SOAS China Institute Information

The SOAS China Institute (SCI) is one of the world-leading centres for China expertise located in the heart of London. With more than 54 academics working on different aspects of China at SOAS, it is home to the largest community of Chinese Studies scholars in Europe. The Institute promotes interdisciplinary, critically informed research and teaching on China. It channels the unrivalled breadth and depth of expertise and insights across a wide spectrum of disciplines on China to the wider worlds of government, business, media, education, the arts, NGOs and beyond. It works with colleagues at SOAS with expertise beyond China to promote collaborative research on China and its relations with the rest of the world, particularly in the rest of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The SCI engages with SOAS alumni and international partners in fostering international collaboration. Building on its history, the concentration of expertise, fantastic resources for research and strategic location, it welcomes collaboration with colleagues and institutions across the world in promoting the study of China. The SCI promotes excellent work conducted by academics and students at SOAS. It also encourages and supports colleagues based elsewhere to take advantage of its facilities to strengthen their scholarship and insights on China. It seeks collaboration with colleagues and partners in Greater China and the rest of the world. It also welcomes strategic philanthropic funding to expand the Institute’s reach and the impact of Chinese Studies.