All ages and nationalities welcome! Come and Learn Chinese with us.

Join our centrally located Business Confucius Institute and study Chinese in Athens with us. Our Chinese language courses can help you further your career, expand your business, communicate with your Chinese customers and friends, or travel across China.

Our tutors are experienced, fully certified native Chinese teachers who use the latest teaching methods to help enhance your Chinese speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

Once you have enrolled you're also eligible to apply for our annual travel scholarships and China study tours.

Download Class Schedule 2024-2025

Welcome to our Chinese learning programme! Our programme is intended to provide a holistic and comprehensive approach to learning Chinese. We are glad to provide students of all levels with a complete and exceptional experience. You will receive the most accurate and authentic language teaching, as all our instructors are native speakers.

The past years we used to offer both online and in-person classes, allowing you to choose the format that best suits your needs.

Starting from academic year 2024-2025, we will be offering all classes at all levels in a HYBRID FORMAT! Hybrid flexible course design models (Hyflex) is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning in a flexible course structure that gives students the option of attending sessions in the classroom, participating online (via ZOOM), or doing both. Students can change their mode of attendance weekly or by lesson, according to need or preference, on a case-by-case basis, at will and without prior notification.

Hybrid learning leads to higher engagement, offers a more flexible schedule, exhibits a higher retention rate, gives the students far better learning support, reduces stress and anxiety, yields a higher participation rate, improves communication skills and supports widespread accessibility.

Our HYBRID courses are available in the Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons, allowing you to select a schedule that matches your schedule. 

But that is not all: our programme includes a wide range of supplementary content, including seminars, lectures, Tai Chi and Chinese calligraphy workshops so that you may immerse yourself in the Chinese language and cultural heritage experience.

Beginners with little or no prior knowledge of Chinese and those interested in taking the HSK Level 1 test may start their learning journey with a Beginner Course HSK 1 (150-hour). Upon finishing the course, your vocabulary will reach about 200 Chinese characters. Students will continue their journey from the HSK 1 Beginner Course to the HSK 2 Elementary Course as shown in the following flowchart, and so on so forth.

** Course availability is reviewed and determined annually

Please note that academic credits are not available.

All students must register prior to the start of their course. Each year, you are required to register for courses during the official registration period (September 1 - October 7). Make sure to register during the official registration period, because only then will you be guaranteed a place in your courses.

It is only when you are registered that you become a student at the Athens Business Confucius Institute and can participate in classroom activities. Registration is also needed to renew your ABCI card, to attend any workshops, events, seminars and other activities.

Important information about class registration:

• Classes fill up fast so pick classes early. Class registration opens September 1^st Registration period ends October 7^th. Full fees are due prior to registration.
• Tuition fees are paid in full for the entire academic year by bank transfer before submitting the online registration form. Tuition fees are non-refundable for withdrawing, interrupting, non-returning, non-attending students.
• We will run a course once the minimum number of 8 students is enrolled. It is possible to operate classes with fewer participants. In that case, the teaching hours will be reduced accordingly (on a case-by-case basis).
• Trial lesson: A trial lesson is an offer we give all our new students. The Trial Lesson is free of charge and does not involve any obligation to register for any course. During the Trial Lesson you have the opportunity to meet your teacher, engage yourself with the classroom and interact with the learning materials. To attend the free trial course, the student or the student's parent or guardian must request by phone or email and receive from Confucius Institute Education Secretariat the Trial Lesson Gift Voucher.

Tuition fees are paid in full for the entire academic year by bank transfer before submitting the online registration form. Any applicable discounts should be taken into account according to ABCI’s Discount Policy.

• The name of the student / pupil should be indicated in the bank’s deposit slip.
• Tuition fee rates apply for a full academic year.
• Tuition fees do not include textbooks and/or exam registration fees. Students are required to purchase books appropriate for their programs of study. Books may be purchased in the bookstores.

Payment can be made directly into the University's/ABCI’s bank account details as follows:

Tuition fees are paid in full for the entire academic year by bank transfer before submitting the online registration form. Tuition fees are non-refundable for withdrawing, interrupting, non-returning, non-attending students.

Athens Business Confucius Institute’s tuition is competitively priced, and we are among the lowest-cost, quality Chinese language programs on a University campus. We are glad to offer competitive discounts.

Important notes

To be eligible, there are some general rules to be considered for the tuition fee discount:

• Only one discount per student;
• Discounts are on tuition only;
• Tuition must be paid in full by the registration deadline to be eligible for discounts;
• Applications with tuition fee discounts are only accepted when submitted during the application period;
• Applications for tuition fee discounts are only considered when submitted with an official online application form (with supporting documents); please attach relevant documentation on the “Discount Eligibility” section during your online Registration for Language Courses;
• Discounts do not apply to exam registrations, summer camp participations, scholarships, books.
• Students who have tuition fee debts do not qualify for tuition fee discounts;

Based on the University’s/ΑBCI’s policies, students who fall into the following categories are entitled to annual tuition discounts. Discounts cannot be aggregated and the higher discount rate is always considered. 

For more details and clarification on the discount policy, please contact us at confucius@aueb.gr or call us on + 30 210 8226735.

Students are expected to participate in all class meetings in the courses for which they are registered. Classes begin at the times indicated in the official Business Confucius Institute’s class schedule (face-to-face, distance/online, hybrid learning courses). Arrival or logging in class after the scheduled starting time constitutes lateness. Attendance itself is not a learning outcome, so attendance itself is not a part of your course grade. However, missing class means missing instruction, discussion, and sometimes even missing graded classroom assignments or activities, and these things can and often have a negative impact on grades. You are highly encouraged to attend all classes, as regular class attendance can significantly help you do better in your class.

The Business Confucius Institute at the Athens University of Economics and Business reserves the right to unilaterally change the programme and the course delivery method – in special occasions and circumstances – without incurring any additional liability to the Institute or any delegate. 

The maximum number of absences is limited to 15% of the number of scheduled class hours per academic year, and a student absent more than the indicated 15% is deemed excessively absent. Participation is monitored from the first official day of classes.

Students who have successfully attended a course could apply via email for a Certificate of Attendance. To have successfully attended a course means the student has an attendance rate of not less than 85% (or such higher attendance requirement as prescribed for the course) of the pre-estimated teaching hours of the course during the academic year, rounded to the nearest integer.

After completion of course, students could apply via email for a Certificate of Attendance. The name of the student and the course code must be included in the application. All electronic applications will be processed from 10 working days after the academic year courses' completion date.

Click here to download and complete the application form.