On October 22, 2010 the foundation of the Department of Oriental Languages resulted from joint effort by the Institute of International Educational Programs (IIEP), the Faculty of Humanities and leading educational and scientific centers of the People’s Republic of China.

An outgrowth of the Chinese and South Korea enrollment in SUAI Faculty of Humanities the first graduation took place in 2014, 2 of Bachelors of Translation with a degree with honors.

In 2015 the second group of Chinese students graduated with degrees in Translation and Translation Studies

Currently 2-3 Chinese students follow the academic program in Linguistics in every year.