The CLS Program's Virtual Institute for Chinese includes approximately 20 hours of language activities per week:

• Face-to-face small group class time
• Individual feedback sessions with instructors
• Homework assignments that reinforce course materials and concepts
• Directed independent study
• Meetings with a language partner for conversation practice
• Structured cultural activities designed to provide insight into historical and contemporary life in China

Instruction will be provided by by Dalian University of Technology. Founded in 1949, the Dalian University of Technology (DLUT) was established originally as the School of Engineering of Dalian University. DLUT has three campuses and over 34,700 full-time students, with more than 700 international students.