Registration for the Chinese Language courses opens on September 18, 2024, at 12 pm. Before paying the tuition fees and completing the registration form, students are advised to check the course schedule and the Tuition Fees and Discounts policy. 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.

The opening date for Chinese Class online registration is now postponed to 16 September 2024 due to technical issues. Students are requested not to proceed in paying the tuition fees and trying not to register because the system is inactive. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Pursue your studies China. Good news! Confucius Institute Scholarship is currently open.

Confucius Institute Scholarship 2024-2025 is a fully funded scholarship for international students. This scholarship is offered to study Chinese language and culture in more than 150 Chinese Universities. CIS scholarship includes tuition and lodging fees, medical insurance and a monthly allowance for personal expenses.

These scholarships are very popular among students from all over the world. Confucius Institute is a government entity whose purpose is to promote knowledge of the Chinese language and culture throughout the globe.

Categories and Duration of the Confucius Institute Scholarship

The CIS scholarships to train Chinese language teachers usually start in September or March. Take a look at the available categories offered.

The application for these scholarships must be made online. During the process, the system will offer you the possibility of choosing, in order of priority, two universities from the 150 universities that offer this scholarship throughout the country. Take a look at the universities which offer Confucius Institute Scholarship (register first to access all the information, which is in Chinese and English) and find the course of your choice (not all universities offer all the modalities mentioned above).

Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) 2024: The Year of the Dragon

The Athens Business Confucius Institute wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and safe Chinese New Year of the Dragon 2024, starting from February 10th, 2024, and lasting until January 28th, 2025. The Year of the Dragon is believed to be able to foster growth, progress, and abundance.

2024 Chinese New Year Holiday Closure Notice:

We are informing the public to take note of the following dates:

The Athens Business Confucius Institute will be closed from February 8th till February 10th, 2024, in observance of the Chinese New Year.

08/02/2024-10/02/2024 - There will be no classes on all levels.

08/02/2024-09/02/2024 - Office will be closed.

12/02/2024 - All classes and office operations will resume.

Wishing you wealth and health this Chinese New Year!

Read the article by WANG MINGJIE in Athens | China Daily Global here.

The Athens Business Confucius Institute wishes everyone a happy, healthy, and safe Chinese New Year of the Rabbit 2023, starting from January 22nd, 2023, and lasting until February 9th, 2024. The Rabbit is a kind, energetic, and resilient animal that represents patience and respect for others.

2023 Chinese New Year Holdiay Closure Notice:
We are informing the public to take note of the following dates:
The Athens Business Confucius Institute will be closed from January 21st till 24th, 2023 in observance of the Chinese New Year.
21/01/2023-24/01/2023 - There will be no classes on all levels.
23/01/2023-24/01/2023 - Office will be closed.
25/01/2023 - All classes and office operations will resume.

 
Wishing you wealth and health this Chinese New Year!

Registration for the intensive courses:

December 10, 2022 – January 30, 2023

The Business Confucius Institute of Athens introduces new intensive, short-term Chinese language courses for 4 months (3 days/week, 3 hours/lesson).

The new intensive short courses cover two HSK levels in 4 months (HSK 1 + HSK2)!

The courses will start on February 1, 2023 and end on June 2, 2023. The programs include 140 in-class hours and upon successful completion of the courses, students will be eligible to participate in the HSK Written Examination Level 2 on June 11, 2023 at the Athens Business the Confucius Institute for FREE.*

* Upon completion, the students from the intensive courses will be eligible to participate FREE of charge in the HSK international written exams for the Chinese Language at level HSK 1 or HSK 2 (whichever they choose) that will be organized at the Business Confucius Institute of Athens on June 11, 2023. The Athens Business Confucius Institute will cover the cost of the participation for the HSK 1 or HSK 2 exam level as long as the absences limit has not been exceeded (up to 15% of the total teaching hours) at the completion of the intensive program. The free participation only applies to the specific exam date at the Athens Business Confucius Institute, for once and for one level of examination and cannot be exchanged or transferred to another date.

Athens Business Confucius Institute will take a summer break!

Our offices will be unavailable for the month of August. Our activities will resume in September.

New Registrations for our year-long courses will open on Thursday 1 September and close on Friday 7 October 2022.

For our Schedule of Classes for the academic year 2022-2023 click here.

For e-registration click here.

To view Tuition Fee Rates and Discounts click here. Remember to read the included "Course Drop and Withdrawal Refund Policy"

We seize the opportunity to wish you happy holidays!

The HSK Excellence Grant Award, introduced and funded by the Athens Business Confucius Institute, is in recognition of the individuals who earned the highest scores (100% success rate in HSK 1 and HSK 2 and above 90% success rate in HSK 3, 4, 5 and 6) of all the candidates who wrote the exam and equals to the cost of the HSK examination fees paid at registration.

In particular, the HSK participants who achieve the following overall scores will be awarded with a Gift Voucher which enables them to claim a tuition fee deduction at the time of the registration in the next academic year-long Chinese language courses:

The Confucius Institute of Athens announces the names of the winners of the annual Excellence Scholarships 2021-2022, sponsored by the Institute, to support, encourage, and praise the learners’ efforts to learn and to promote and support Chinese language learning in Greece.

The full-tuition scholarship recipients are:

Elisavet Kopalidou, Charalampia Agi, Sofia Trousa, Rayane-Vasiliki Taprantzi, Panagiota Doufexi, Eleni Katalagarianou and Matthaios Kapetanios

The Full Annual Tuition Waiver Scholarships cover the full tuition fees on any Chinese language learning course at the Business Confucius Institute of Athens for the 2022-2023 academic year. Under the Scholarship Rules, a scholarship for outstanding academic achievement is awarded to students who achieved excellent academic results in the current academic year of study. The scholarship for outstanding academic achievement is awarded in each programme of study to 10% of students who have the best academic results. The number of students representing the 10% is rounded up to the nearest integer.