The Division of International Cooperation in Yanshan University is the functional section to develop the International cooperation and other International programmes. Her function includes: constitute the develop layout of International cooperation; establish, develop and maintain the contact and cooperation between Yanshan University and overseas universities; employ foreign teachers and serve them; receive the visitation of foreigners; transact the procedure of going abroad for teachers and students of the university; receive and undertake International meetings,etc.

The School of International Education is one of the new school in Yanshan University. Her main functions are: Running a school with foreign universities; dispatch students to study in foreign universities; recruit foreign students to study in Yanshan University and be in charge of their study and living.

The Division of International Cooperation and the School of International Education works as one department, The Dean and Vice Dean of the School of International Education respectively act as the Director and Deputy Director of the Division of International Cooperation.

In recent years, the work of International Cooperation developed stably. The number of foreign teachers employed by our university is above twenty every year, they are from USA, Japan, Russia, German, Canada, England, etc. In 2005,we have 146 short and long term foreign students from Korea, Japan, Russia, USA, Italy, Mongolia, Slovenia, etc. In the part of International Cooperation and exchange, we not only build closer relations between Yanshan University and our amity foreign universities, but also established new cooperative relation with other new foreign universities.