利比裏亞大學孔子學院

    利比裏亞大學孔子學院由長沙理工大學（中國•長沙）和利比裏亞大學（利比裏亞•蒙羅維亞）聯合創辦，接受國家漢辦管理與資助，即將於2008年12月在利比裏亞首都蒙羅維亞揭牌成立。這是利比裏亞開辦的第一所孔子學院，也是中非友好合作的春雨催生的又一株友誼新苗。

    學院將依託利比裏亞大學和長沙理工大學兩所高校的深厚文化底蘊及學術傳統，以傳承傳播漢語及中國文化為根本任務，為當地人學習漢語和中國文化提供服務，增強當地的漢語教育和學術標準，為中利教育合作及人文交流搭建起一個互動平臺，使中利兩國的文化可以互相借鑒，促進中利友好關係的發展。

   學院近期主要為利比裏亞大學提供基礎漢語教學，屬於非學歷教育，教學重點是漢語基礎知識及中國文化入門，目前正在面向社會開設短期培訓課程，包括不同程度的中文教學、旅遊及商業漢語。今後如時機成熟，長沙理工大學將通過孔子學院為利比裏亞大學提供漢語專業和公共漢語的學歷教學，併合作進行學術研究。

    The Confucius Institute of the University of Liberia is established jointly by Changsha University of Science and Technology (Changsha, China) and the University of Liberia (Monrovia, Liberia). It is administratively managed and financially supported by HANBAN, and will soon be launched in Monrovia, Liberia in December, 2008. It is the first Confucius Institute in Liberia, also a new bud of the friendly cooperation between China and African countries.

    Relying on the deep root of the cultural tradition of Changsha University of Science and Technology and the University of Liberia, the Confucius Institute of University of Liberia will take spreading Chinese language and culture as its basic mission. It is to provide service for the natives to study Chinese language and culture, to strengthen the academic standard of Chinese language education, and to build an interactive terrace for Sino-Liberia cooperation of education and humanities exchanges .On this basis, the two countries can learn from each other and promote the friendly relation of development between the two nations.

    The institute is mainly to provide basic Chinese language teaching for the Liberia University in the near future, which belongs to non- educational- background education. The main purpose is to help get a Chinese language foundation and Chinese culture primer. It has set up some short -term training courses to the society, including Chinese language teaching, tour and business Chinese language of different levels right now. As time is propitious, Changsha University of Science and Technology, through the Confucius Institute, will provide the educational background teaching of Chinese language profession and public Chinese language for the Liberia University and combine to carry on academic researches.