Undergraduates can get a double B.A. by studying 4 years of English, French, or Japanese and 2 years of international law, international relations, or international economics. There are M.A. programs not only in international law, but also in English, French, history of PRC external relations, and international economic relations. The international law graduate program runs on a three-year, non-overlapping cycle. That is, a new graduate class starts every three years, not every year. There are also some inservice training programs run by the college.
The college is very small by Chinese standards. There are about 1000 resident students, plus night language students. In addition to the Department of Professional Studies, 2 Departments of Foreign Languages, and a Department of Inservice Training, there are 2 institutes, an Institute of International Relations in addition to the Institute of International Law. Of the 196 faculty members, 64 are professors and associate professors, 60 are lecturers, and the rest are teaching assistants, assistant professors, or tutors. These terms may not correspond well to our terms. There are about 10 foreign professors or teachers at the college, about half from the U.S.
The Institute of International Law has 21 faculty members and staff. The present [1988]director specializes in public international law, while the vice-director specializes in private international law. The institute is also the home of the Chinese Society of International Law. It produces the Chinese Yearbook of International Law and a periodical collection of documents called International Law Materials.