Hanban provides a grant for the establishment of the Confucius Institute Nürnberg at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen- Nürnberg

Project narrative

On August 31, 2005, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban) and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the cities of Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, and Siemens company signed an agreement to establish the Confucius Institute Nürnberg at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. As part of the agreement, Hanban is obligated to provide teaching materials, an annual fund, and numbers of Chinese instructors. The funds are dispersed through a local Bank of China account or other approved bank account created by the institute. The agreement has a 5-year validity and automatically renews at the end of every 5-year term. On August 31, 2005, FAU (together with the cities of Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, and Siemens company) and Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学), the cooperating partner, signed a supplementary implementation agreement. Beijing Foreign Studies University agreed to provide one or two visiting scholars annually, donate teaching materials, and receive student study groups. The Confucius Institute was officially established on May 2, 2006. This Confucius Institute has become the Erlangen-Nürnberg Confucius Institute (Konfuzius Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg). A total of 1,477 students were registered with the institute in 2022. This Confucius Institute was the second Confucius Institute in Germany to be established.