Live, Intern and Study Abroad in Qingdao

Experience a coastal lifestyle in Qingdao. Qingdao is a major seaport city in Shandong Province, which forms part of the eastern China region. Qingdao translates to ‘Green or lush Island’, and is quite fitting as Qingdao is one of China’s most revered coastal cities characterized by green vegetation, expansive beaches and rolling mountain hills.

Qingdao’s long history dates back to the early Qing Dynasty when it was predominantly used as a naval defense base. Today it is a modern, industrialized city. Qingdao has a population of 8.7 million people and has seen rapid economic growth in recent years. It has a designated  Special Economic and Technology Development Zone. It has transformed into a contemporary city engaging in international trade and attracts a significant amount of foreign investment, mainly from South Korea and Japan. With its economy on the rise, it is also an excellent location for our Chinese internship programs.

Qingdao is also the city where China’s most famous beer brand – Tsingtao originates. Some of China’s renowned spring water brands and wine also originate in Qingdao. With its flower gardens, big events such as the annual beer festival, extensive beaches, ideal weather and other tourist attractions, Qingdao is one of China’s best cities to live in. Many of our Alumni have found Qingdao to be a great place to learn Chinese in China.

Go Abroad China (GAC) offers a variety of programs in Qingdao, allowing you to come and experience a coastal lifestyle while you complete an internship, learn Chinese, Volunteer and more. Our programs run from a couple of weeks through to a full year. We can arrange anything for you in Hangzhou, whether you plan to come and study or take an internship (or both).

If you are interested in studying Chinese, we offer a range of options from university programs, high school programs, and small group programs to personalized one-on-one tutoring. We offer three accommodation options for you while you are studying here, however, for maximum culture exposure and accelerated Chinese language learning, we encourage you to stay with a Chinese host family as this allows you to live the language as you learn it.

Feedback on our Intensive Chinese Courses has been that many of our participants have spent several years studying Chinese with little progress, and they found it very difficult to learn without a real Chinese environment. Once here, that changed! Why don’t you come to China to learn Chinese the easy way?