Rooms 342-344, 3k1 Kantemirovskaya Street, St Petersburg, 194100, Russia
Monday – Friday
09:30 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.
Rooms 342-344, 3k1 Kantemirovskaya Street, St Petersburg, 194100, Russia
Monday – Friday
09:30 a.m. – 06:00 p.m.
22 October 2026
International internships are an important part of the educational process in the Bachelor's programme 'Asian and African Studies' at HSE University-St Petersburg. Alisa Smozhenkova, a fifth-year student-sinologist, has already taken part in exchange programmes at leading Chinese universities. Last year, she spent the first semester at the Beijing Normal University (BNU). Instead of the typical language courses for international students, Alisa attended classes at the Institute of Media and Communications with the Chinese students and took first place in the national contest. Read on to find out what life in Beijing is like and why it is better to go without any expectations.
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