Hwa Chong - Beijing Satellite Campus
Hwa Chong's Beijing Satellite Campus offers experiential learning outside the classroom to enhance students' understanding of Chinese literature, culture and the arts. It also aims to develop in students a good understanding of the country's history as well as contemporary developments in China.


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Hwa Chong - Beijing Satellite Campus

"All [Hwa Chong] students on the bicultural programme have the opportunity to study in Beijing and be immersed in the environment there for several months.  There, they will see for themselves what China is like, experience its economic dynamism and soak in its culture and social environment.  These new approaches are innovative, popular and effective."

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
National Day Rally Speech
19 August 2007

The Hwa Chong - Beijing campus offers experiential learning outside the classroom to enhance students' understanding of Chinese literature, culture and the arts, as well as contemporary developments in China. It also aims to nurture in students a deeper appreciation of Chinese culture and a good understanding of China.

Nurturing a Core Group of Bi-cultural Elite for Singapore

The Hwa Chong-Beijing Campus is part of our initiative as a Future School to set up satellite campuses in strategic cities of the world, starting with Beijing.  We will also establish a virtual campus offering e-learning courses by Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY). The strategic tie-up between Singapore, Beijing and Stanford will create a golden opportunity for closer collaboration.  This is in line with Hwa Chong's tradition of drawing from the best of the East and West to equip our students with a global perspective.

The reason for setting up a satellite campus is to facilitate a sustained and durable immersion for students in the school's Bi-Cultural Studies Programme (BSP).

"Beijing, as China's capital, is an ideal location for Hwa Chong students to further deepen their socio-political knowledge of the country. By establishing close links with top Chinese schools and allowing for greater interaction between the student leaders of both countries, closer bilateral ties can be forged."

"China is emerging as a dominant player in the world economy.  As an independent school with deep roots in Chinese traditions, Hwa Chong aims to nurture a core group of the nation's best and brightest to engage China.  We want to develop in our students a deeper appreciation of Chinese culture and language and a good understanding of the country.  This will enable us to be part of the exchange of ideas, culture and business between China and Singapore," said CEO/Principal Mr Ang Wee Hiong.

From Beijing, students will also have opportunities to move out to other cities like Tianjin and Xi'an. In this regard, Hwa Chong's extensive links with the education community and with civic leaders in major cities and provinces give it considerable leverage in working with the mainland Chinese. 

Seamless Study Opportunities between Singapore and Beijing

The Hwa Chong-Beijing Campus provides seamless study opportunities for our students between Singapore and China.  Because the system of education replicates the HCI model, students are able to spend longer periods of cultural immersion in China without missing out on the Singapore curriculum.  Our Hwa Chong teachers are also physically and virtually present to attend to the learning needs of our students in Beijing, via video conferencing and online digital resources.

There will be ample opportunity for our students to interact with the locals in China.  We hope to encourage meaningful cross-cultural interactions between Hwa Chong and PRC students through joint-activities in CCA and collaborative projects like research, combined community involvement, industrial visits and attachments, home-stays, and fieldtrips to cities beyond Beijing.  There will also be opportunities for Hwa Chong students to organise English-related clubs and societies for the local students in China. 

Click here to visit the official website of the HCI Beijing Satellite Campus.