The International Department subordinate to Verakin High School of Chongqing(VHSC) was set up in 2002. VHSC was founded as Chongqing Women's Middle School set up in 1940. Since liberation, it has changed its name several times, and was reformed and renamed as Chongqing No.2 Foreign Language School in 1997. It has become stronger and stronger since it was reorganized  in 2002 and run by three parties: Chongqing Educational Committee, Tongjing Group and Hongsheng Group. Now the school is trying to realize the dream of  “First Class in Chonqing, Well-known in China and approved by the world”.

 

 During the past few years, VHSC has got a lot of honors and titles such as “One of the first three middle schools which have passed the accreditation done by CITA (Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation, USA)”; “The Experimental Primary and Middle School for Popularizing Mandarin”; The Key School in Chongqing”; “ The Civilized Unit in Chongqing”; “The Green School in Chongqing”; “ The Safe and Civilized Campus in Chongqing”; “ One of the One Hundred Strongest Middle Schools in China”; “One of the Ten Model Schools in the Campus Cultural Construction of the First National Primary and Middle Schools”.

 

There are approximately 3,600 students from six different countries studying in the school. VHSC is located in Nan Shan Mountain Scenic Spot area with beautiful environment and convenient transportation, and is about eight miles from the city center. The campus covers an area of more than 200 acres and is equipped with modern facilities such as a gymnasium, a football field, badminton courts, cafeterias, dorms and the academic complex buildings to meet the academic needs.

 

The International Department of VHSC is specially responsible for international education and international communication. It offers the educational programs including training courses in Chinese to foreign students, winter/ summer camps for both Chinese and foreign students, high school diploma programs for international students and the courses for going through to some famous universities in both China and America, etc.

 

For the last nearly ten years of ups and downs, the International Department has found out a proper way to control and teach international students, a way for the Chinese senior students to be educated and go through the formalities for studying  abroad. At present, the International Education in the Department is mainly divided into two parts:

1.      Classes for international students: there are about 80 students from 6 different countries studying in the International Building now. The courses are Chinese, English, maths, physics, chemistry, biology, Chinese law, arts and crafts, career counseling etc. Among the graduates from the Department, some have entered Beijing Language University; China Petrol University; Beijing Foreign Affairs University; Dalian Science University; Ha'erbin Science University; Xi'an Transportation University; Chongqing University; Tianjin Financial University; China Medical University; Tianjin Scientific and Technologic University; Wuhan University, etc.

2.      Classes for Chinese students going to study abroad:

a)        The class for Senior 1 students of IELTS;

b)        The French class for Senior 1 students;

c)        The class for Senior 1 students of TOEFL;

d)       The class for Senior 2 and 3 students.

    The courses for the students are: languages ( English, Chinese, French, Japanese); maths, physics, chemistry, biology; history, geography, politics; humanities and fine arts; health science and physical education including first aid and life skills, etc. Among the graduates, most of them have gone to study in the universities ranked before 100 in the USA . And a few of them even have gone to universities ranked before 30. Besides, a few of them have gone to some famous universities in Canada, Australia, etc.