The Department of Foreign Language Education was founded in July 1985. At present, the department has a full-time faculty of 72, including 3 professors (two doctoral supervisors), 37 associate professors, 32 assistant professors, and 2 foreign teachers. The department also operates a Foreign Language Test Center, which every year provides services to candidates taking educational and occupational tests in English and other languages, including TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, GMAT, BEC, TOEIC, J-Test, and PETS-5.