The Beijing Foreign Studies University, founded in 1941, is known to run the oldest language courses in China today. The BFSU is located in Haidian, Beijing, one of the most popular universities in Southeast Asia for its various language courses, especially in Chinese. Beijing Foreign Studies university is spread across two campuses namely, the west campus and the East Campus. Both the campuses of the University have an urban setting and are located in the Haidian district of the city. The campus is huge and spans over an area of approximately 16,000 square kilometres. The Beijing foreign State University is a National University of China, which is known to run the largest number of foreign courses in the country. The Beijing Foreign University has been allotted its funds by the Chinese Ministry for education The endowment value for the Beijing National foreign University Is currently set at 300 million dollars for the year out of which around 5% is being expended yearly. Around 10,000 students enrolled in the Beijing foreign State University yearly along with 200 teaching staff. The student to teacher ratio in the Beijing foreign State University is around 25:1.