美國西密歇根大學成立于1903年，經過100多年的發展，它已經從美國的學院和大學中脫穎而出。在由美國新聞與世界報告主辦的美國權威大學排名中，西密歇根大學連續14年上榜位列前一百；在美國中西部擁有一流設施的西密歇根大學，被美國卡內基高等教育機構列入研究型大學一類；被Princeton Review 評為“全美最佳中西部大學”之一；Washington Monthly評為“最劃算的46所大學”之一；The Daily Beast Kalamazoo在最適宜應屆畢業生發展的城市評比中將西密西根大學所在的卡拉馬祖市評為位列第24。

1、參加本項目的學生在本校學習兩年半，修滿國內本科階段所要求的基礎科和必修課程；在美國西密西根大學學習一年半，修完部分經濟學本科所要求的中級宏微觀經濟學和一些專業經濟學科目，并且用美國西密西根大學部分專業經濟學科目的學期論文作為國內本科畢業所要求的學位論文，從而達到既滿足中南財經政法大學本科畢業要求，又滿足美國西密西根大學本科畢業要求，同時獲得中國中南財經政法大學和美國西密西根大學的經濟學學士學位。

在完成美國西密西根大學學習一年半，獲得美國西密西根大學學士學位后，參加該項目的學生可直接申請美國西密西根大學各相關專業的碩士階段學習。學生在西密西根大學本科階段修讀的碩士課程可予以免修，一般一年半（或者一年）左右可獲得西密西根大學相關專業碩士學位。

2、參加本項目的學生在兩年半內修滿中南財經政法大學規定的國內本科階段所要求的基礎科和必修課程，按照4分制計算的累積平均成績在2.5分以上，含2.5。英語水平至少達到雅思6.5或筆試托福550或計算機托福80分，在通過偉德體育官網組織的面試后，合格者進入專門同美國西密西根大學銜接的班級就讀，意向前往美國西密西根大學就讀的中南財經政法大學的學生要滿足美國西密西根大學的學業，行為和財力的錄取標準。

3、費用：除按國家規定標準交納學費，另收取一定課程引進、培訓費用等；學生在美國西密西根大學學習期間，按其西密西根州外學生的學費標準向美國西密西根大學繳納學費；學生在美國西密西根大學的食宿、保險以及旅費等費用由學生自理。美國西密西根大學本科碩士階段學習的學費，學雜費，住宿加生活費大約為每年18萬元人民幣（根據2017年的學費標準及當前匯率進行折算，不含國際機票）。

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西密歇根大學成立于1903年，經過100多年的發展，它已經從美國的學院和大學中脫穎而出。在由美國新聞與世界報告主辦的美國權威大學排名中西密歇根大學位列前一百；在美國中西部擁有一流設施的西密歇根大學，被美國卡內基高等教育機構列入研究型大學一類。此外，西密歇根大學是密歇根州各大學中最經濟實惠的學校之一。國際學生將有資格獲得包括政府補助金，學校獎學金，助教獎學金和助學貸款等各類經濟援助。其中， Diether H. Haenicke獎學金是在擇優選擇的基礎上，專為希望在西密歇根大學學習的國際學生提供財務援助的。

西密歇根大學提供237個學術學位，其中：140個本科學位，67個研究生學位， 29個博士學位。大多數課程由學校的855位全職教授講授，另外一些課程由著名的學者和藝術家講授。在這些教授和學者中，有數百名具有在美國以外國家從事學術研究的經歷。與其他研究型大學的教師不同，即使是西密歇根大學最杰出的教授，也要去了解他們的學生，并給予大學生很多與他們合作研究和創新項目的機會。西密歇根大學擁有一流的設施，如現代化的基礎設施，世界級的航空學院，醫學預科學院及其公共服務診所，毗鄰商業技術和研究園的工程校區，著名的美術場館，以及一個設備齊全的學生活動中心。西密歇根大學吸引了來自世界各地的學生。2009年秋季，學校招收了1200多名來自90個國家的國際學生。這些學生都得到了Haenicke全球教育學院在生活和學習上的幫助。Haenicke學院國際招生辦公室的高素質工作人員提供全面的入境咨詢和協助。該學院下設國際學生語言和文化中心（CELCIS），這是一個強化的專為國際學生設計的英語課程。國際學生可以通過這個課程，為在西密歇根大學的學習和生活做好準備。每學期，新的國際學生會參加一個全面介紹大學和當地社區的國際學生迎新注冊活動。西密歇根大學擁有將近 20個學生自發組成的學生組織，學校鼓勵來自其他國家的學生參加這些組織。這些團體包括：中國學生學者聯誼會，穆斯林學生會，馬來西亞學生會和國際項目委員會等。

此外，Haenicke學院每年舉辦許多社交，娛樂和文化交流活動。這些活動包括：一年一度的國際學生節，每年吸引約3000名西密歇根大學學生和社會人士一起體驗不同國家的美食，音樂，時裝和文化。西密歇根大學地理位置優越。該大學位于密歇根州，卡拉馬祖市，位于芝加哥和底特律等大城市的中心位置。在此能充分體驗到一個“美國小城市”的文化特色。擁有約15萬人口的卡拉馬祖是一個便利和友好的中型城市，并足以支持像西密歇根大學這樣的世界一流學府。

Points of Pride

Stature and value

• The Carnegie Foundation classifies WMU as one of the nation’s 147 public research universities.

• U.S. News & World Report has designated WMU one of the country’s best national universities for 24 consecutive years and has placed it in the top tier of those universities annually since creating the tier five years ago.

• The Princeton Review includes WMU on its annual list of Best Midwestern Colleges.

• Washington Monthly categorizes WMU as both a top-100 national university and a Best Bang for the Buck school.

• Within three months of graduation, 89 percent of WMU graduates are employed, engaged in military service or continuing their education.

Size and complexity

• WMU is one of only 90 universities in the nation with both a medical school and a law school under its aegis.

• Seven degree-granting colleges offer 251 distinct degree programs, and with 147 of them undergraduate level, WMU has the second most undergraduate programs of any public university in Michigan.

• The University bolsters teaching and research by sponsoring more than 50 specialized institutes and centers as well as a variety of state, national and international journals and conferences.

• WMU has a diverse campus, with minority groups making up 21 percent of the student

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• body and international students 8 percent.

The higher education website BestChoiceSchools.com ranked WMU No. 13 on its 2014 list of the nation’s 50 most affordable, eco-friendly colleges. WMU was the highest-placing college in Michigan.

Kalamazoo and West MichiganKalamazoo is one of the 25 best cities in the country for young college graduates, according to a 2011 national study that looked at relative affordability, housing and employment opportunities, and size of the age 22-24 population. That was one more acknowledgement of one of WMU's greatest assets—Kalamazoo and West Michigan.

Even if you haven't been to Kalamazoo, you've probably heard a lot about it.

• It's the home of the Kalamazoo Promise that guarantees college tuition to graduates of the Kalamazoo Public Schools—the largest program of its kind anywhere.

• In 2010, President Obama spoke in WMU's University Arena at the commencement ceremony for Kalamazoo Central after he selected the school from more than 1,000 entries as the winner in the first Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

Kalamazoo is famous for a lot of things. It's a major international pharmaceutical and life sciences center; it's the original home of the Upjohn Co., Stryker Corp, Gibson Guitars, Checker Motors and Bell's Brewery, among many others; the Kalamazoo Gazette is the second oldest newspaper in Michigan; and a century ago, Kalamazoo was so famous for one crop, it was known throughout the country as the Celery City.

Abraham Lincoln spoke in the village of Kalamazoo in 1856, four years before he was elected president, his only public address in Michigan.

Kalamazoo is a center of higher education. In addition to WMU, it is home to Kalamazoo College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The three institutions collaborate on a variety of fronts and add significantly to the cultural and educational opportunities and economic development of the region.

With a population of more than 325,000, Kalamazoo is the sixth largest metropolitan area in Michigan and among the 150 largest in the country. It's large enough to support all the amenities and entertainment found in larger cities; and yet, you can be in the heart of farm country in 20 minutes, and Kalamazoo supports a thriving Farmers Market downtown May through November.

Kalamazoo is midway between Chicago and Detroit on I-94 and offers commercial transportation by train, bus and major airline at the Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport.

Day or weekend trips by train to Chicago, the nation's third largest city, are popular and even more convenient with the continuing development of high-speed rail connecting the two cities.

Recreation

Kalamazoo is a 40-minute drive from Lake Michigan beaches at South Haven and slightly farther from beaches at St. Joseph and Saugatuck.

Michigan’s ski country, considered the best skiing in the Midwest is three to four hours north, and excellent local skiing is only 30 minutes away.

Kalamazoo arts and entertainment

Local festivals—featuring live music, arts and crafts, food and drinks—many of which are held at Arcadia Creek Festival Place downtown—attract crowds in the tens of thousands. The Kalamazoo Art Fair, held annually on the first weekend in June, is the second oldest community art fair in America and attracts 60,000 visitors over two days.

WMU’s Miller Auditorium, the historic State Theater and a variety of local clubs offer a complete array of concerts featuring every kind of music and popular entertainment. Kalamazoo is a frequent stop for many of today's top comedians, musicians and other entertainers.

About Haenicke Institute for Global Education

The Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education, established by the Board of Trustees in 1998, promotes and supports efforts towards globalization and internationalization of the academic environment of Western Michigan University.

WMU has a long history of international involvement, dating back to 1911, when the University granted its first degree to an international student. WMU opened its first transnational education—or twinning—program in 1987.

Fast facts

• All University degree programs include an international general education requirement. WMU was the first American university to require all students to include study of the non-Western world.

• The institute administers more than 100 official partnerships between WMU and educational institutions around the world, and assists University faculty and staff in maintaining and developing partnerships for research, faculty and student exchange, and other types of collaboration.

• Nearly 11,000 international students (as of fall 2013) representing 110 countries have studied at WMU since 1911. The Institute hosted recent alumni events in Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

• WMU currently enrolls more than 1,700 international students (spring 2014) representing about 104 countries. The top-five countries (alpha order) typically sending international students to WMU are: Brazil, Dominican Republic, India, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the People’s Republic of China.

• The institute is responsible for international student recruitment and retention, marketing, and international student admissions for all undergraduate and graduate programs in collaboration with academic departments. The institute provides support services for international students, including counseling and orientation programs.

• WMU runs one of the largest and oldest transnational education programs (formerly called ‘twinning’) in the U.S. From WMU’s collaboration with Sunway University College, which began in 1987 to develop their educational programs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, transnational education at the University has grown to include not only twinning programs, but international articulation programs and dual degrees.

• The Center for English Language and Culture for International Students prepares international students in intensive English as a Second Language instruction for admission to undergraduate and graduate programs. CELCIS is one of two Michigan-based ESL programs accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation and is a member of the American Association of Intensive English Programs and University and College Intensive English Programs. CELCIS enrolls more than 300 students per term.

• The WMU faculty includes more than 200 scholars with academic or research experience outside the United States, who engage actively in collaborative inquiry with scholars, professionals and specialists spanning the globe.

Research centers and institutes within the Haenicke Institute

• Established July 7, 2009, the Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University was created through a partnership between WMU and Beijing Language and Culture University. It is created to provide Chinese language and culture studies options for WMU students and faculty and to dramatically expand international opportunities for regional K-12 schools and local businesses.

• Established in fall 2010, the Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies was created to enhance the work of faculty and graduate researchers at Western Michigan University who have expertise in some field of Sinology and their continuing pedagogical and research interests in China.

• The Michitoshi Soga Japan Center was founded in 2006 and is dedicated to promoting research to advance knowledge about Japan for students, scholars, government and community and corporate leaders, and the general public.

• The Center for African Development Policy Research is an interdisciplinary academic program established at WMU in October 2000 intended to foster collaborative research activities with relevant WMU academic departments and units. CADPR has organized a series of conferences on Ethiopian studies in Kalamazoo and Addis Ababa.

http://www.wmich.edu/international/events

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The Economics Department

1.　　  The Econ Department offers a comprehensive undergraduate program in Economics. Beyond principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, we offer courses in intermediate theory and a large array of elective field courses such as Economics of the Environment and Sustainability, International Economics, Sports Economics, and the Economics of Medical Care.

2.　　  We have about 100 majors and 250 or more minors in Economics.

3.　　  We offer two programs at the graduate level: Master degree and Ph.D. degree in applied economics.

4. Our 16 full-time faculty members pride themselves in their teaching and service work together with a particular emphasis on research.

5.　　  We are recognized as the third most prestigious and productive economics department in the state of Michigan.

Doctor of Philosophy in applied economics, May 2015