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The Campus

An oasis near a metropol
SDC is located at the Yanqihu Campus 60 kilometres north of central Beijing. The construction was initiated in 2012 and it is under continuous development. The campus is one of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences' (UCAS) four campuses in Beijing.

The campus is characterised by its close proximity to the Great Wall of China, the mountains and the beautiful Yanqi Lake. Around campus there are several sports fields and facilities, and it is green and spacious.

The home of SDC is called The House of the Danish Industry Foundation and was donated to SDC by the Danish Industry Foundation. You can learn much more about the facilities and have a look around here.

Take a quick video tour around the campus

From classrooms and study areas over breathtaking mountain scenery and excellent sports facilities to busy fragrant canteens buzzing with life.



Gallery: Campus

5 places on campus you must know

Humam

Humam, who is studying for a master's in Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, talks about 5 places on campus that he thinks are good to know.

Trine

Trine, who is studying for a master's in Public Managament and Social Development, talks about 5 places on campus that she thinks are good to know.

Victoria

Victoria, who is studying for a master's in International Food Quality and Health, talks about 5 places on campus that she thinks are good to know.

MADS

Mads, who is studying for a master's in Innovation Management, talks about 5 places on campus that he thinks are good to know.

Gallery: Look inside SDC

The House of the Danish Industry Foundation is the home of SDC and where all teaching activities take place.

Dormitories

The UCAS campus management offers accommodation on campus for approximately 1,800 RMB a month (excluding electricity and water).


Students live in apartments that have 8-10 single dorm rooms (approximately 7 square meters each), and they are equipped with basic furniture.

Each apartment has a common room and shared bathrooms and showers. There is no kitchen in the apartments, hence students have most of their meals in the canteens on campus.

Dorm apartment tour

Trine (Public Managament and Social Development) and Victoria (International Food Quality and Health) give a quick tour of their dorm apartment and share their thoughts on living there.



The student community

Meet some of the students and get a feel for the organisations, events and initiatives that students can take part in.

Wednesday Lunch Lottery

In order to further cultural exchange at SDC, a couple of students came up with the Wednesday Lunch Lottery, where every Wednesday students, faculty and staff could sign up and be matched with random lunch companions from SDC.

Emma-Sophie on going out with her class mates

Join Emma-Sophie and a few of her classmates as they have lunch at a restaurant. Among other things she discusses socialising and what it is like to go out to eat.

What will it be like to study in China?

And how do I prepare myself for the experience?


Luisa Gonzalez Boa studied Public Management and Social Development at SDC, and in CBS Wire she shared her experience in the article “It was going to be easy peasy lemon squeezy. I was wrong”.


Read the article in CBS Wire


The ZhongDan Team

Luisa Gonzalez Boa joined the student organisation, the Zhongdan Team, when she studied at SDC.


Read the article in CBS Wire

Sylvester studies Nanoscience at SDC

Nanoscience student Sylvester Langvad was interviewed about living and studying in China by uniavisen.dk a few months after arriving.


Read the article in uniavisen.dk

The multicultural classroom

Associate Professor, Christian Byrge, talks about the benefits of taking a Master's degree in a cross-cultural setting.



Intro in China

Every year, approximately 10 days before study start around 1 september, all new students are invited to take part in the intro days. During that period of time, a range of activities are arranged for the purpose of helping students settle in.

Practical matters such as moving in at the dorms, buying a sim card and opening a bank account are handled. The remaining programme is centered around building relations and kickstarting the cross-cultural meeting before study start.

Meet Yuan Zhe, Sofie, Sakeerthi and Signe who joined all the other newly arrived SDC students, when they finished off the intro weeks with a trip to the Mutianyu part of the Great Wall of China.



Instagram

Campus feels different when it rains. Quieter. Slower. Kind of nice.
WESTERN PLAYGROUND (SPORTS FIELD) In the north western part of campus there is a large sports area where students come together to play, compete, and relax surrounded by stunning mountain scenery. Facilities include: • Football field ⚽️ • Tennis courts 🎾 • Badminton courts 🏸 • Volleyball courts 🏐 • Table tennis 🏓 • Running track 🏃🏃‍♀️ And yes — all free for students and faculty!
The SDC Building is what most users of the building call it in everyday speech. It’s actual name is The House of the Danish Industry Foundation. It was donated by The Danish Industry Foundation and designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects. It is a little piece of Denmark in China - located at the Yanqihu Campus of The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. The SDC Building is home to more than 50 rooms, which include meeting rooms, video-call meeting rooms, classrooms for workshops and auditoriums seating 60-150 people.
Wrapping up my SDC Instagram takeover with a highlight video from our trip to Shanghai Climate Week! 🎥💚 It’s been inspiring to step outside the classroom and learn directly from companies working at the forefront of the green transition – seeing their ambitions, hearing their insights, and getting a glimpse of how big ideas are turned into real action. Thank you for following along this week – it’s been a pleasure sharing a piece of student life at SDC with you! @lassewortmann over and out 📡👋👋👋
Kom til pizza, mød nuværende studerende og bliv introduceret til kandidatuddannelserne ved SDC. (Du kan også tage ét semester) SDC inviterer til infomøde på Institut for Biologi , hvor de fem naturvidenskabelige kandidatuddannelser bliver præsenteret. Du kan også møde nuværende danske og kinesiske studerende under afslappede forhold. HVORNÅR 29. april 2025 17.00 - 19.00 HVOR Biologisk Institut, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Biocenter, lokale 4-0-24 Program 17.00 – 17.15 Hvad er SDC? Michael Bihlet – SDC 17.15 – 17.30 Mit Kinaeventyr, Cecilie Nøhr – Studerende 17.30 – 18.00 Introduktion til kandidatuddannelserne / Life Science Engineering and Informatics, Khaled Chatila - DTU / International Food Quality and Health, Barbara Vad Andersen - AU / Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Kristoffer Hougaard Madsen - DTU / Nanoscience and Technology, Per Hedegård - KU / Water and Environment, Kristian Koefoed Brandt - KU 18.00 – 19.00 Pizza & small talk – mød 2023 kohorten på Nanoscience and Technology Mit SDC-eventyr, Li Dan – Studerende 🙋‍♀️ TILMELDING 🙋‍♂️ Tilmeld dig arrangementet og vi gi’r aftensmaden! tilmeld.events/skaldinkandidatvaereeteventyr Nysgerrig? Tjek SDC’s Instagram-profil ud og følg med i hverdagen som studerende i Kina. https://www.instagram.com/sinodanishcenter?igsh=MWpyendyNjk3NmYwZw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr VIDSTE DU? Du får en dansk og en kinesisk kandidatgrad Du er garanteret kollegieværelse på campus Du kan tage SU’en med til Kina
Snapshots Shanghai climate week 📸💚 The Innovation Management team took part in Shanghai Climate Week, where we presented our work and gained valuable insights into sustainability and circular economies. It was an inspiring day with presentations from leading companies like Novonordic, Novonesis, Nokia, Studio 9/nineUnited, CLEAN, ICDK Shanghai, Tencent, TOMRA, UPM, and Metsä. A big thank you for an engaging and educational experience! 🙌 #shanghaiclimateweek #sdc #ucas #novonordisk #novonesis #nokia #nineunited #cleanenergy #icdkshanghai #tencent #tomra #ump #metsä #hay #sustainablity #collaboration #greenfuture #denmarkchineseembassy #75yearsdenmarkchina #studio9 #earth
Hi everyone! 🙋🏼‍♂️ I’m Lasse, an Innovation Management student at SDC – and this week I’m taking over the Instagram to show you a bit of what life here in China is like! 🇨🇳🇩🇰 One of the big highlights this week: I’m heading to Shanghai Climate Week – and I’ll actually be giving a talk as part of the program! Super excited to share our ideas on innovation and sustainability with people from around the world. 🎤🌿 I’ll be posting updates from the trip, showing you what we’re up to, and giving a glimpse into what it’s like to study at SDC. 📸 Stay tuned – and feel free to ask questions along the way! Let’s go! ♻️🌏✨
🌸 Spring has arrived at SDC 🌸 #sinodanishcenter #spring #yanqihucampus
My trip to Jinan and my Insta takeover has come to an end now. I am headed back to Beijing. I hope I’ve given you a little insight into life as a neuroscience student working on the thesis project. This was just a small glimpse into my life in China—there’s so much more to it! I’d be really happy to answer any questions about living in China or studying neuroscience. You’re more than welcome to reach out to me on my private account @nilukshi_gopinathan I’ve really enjoyed doing this takeover and hope it helped you even just a little. Thank you for following along!
Campus feels different when it rains. Quieter. Slower. Kind of nice.
WESTERN PLAYGROUND (SPORTS FIELD) In the north western part of campus there is a large sports area where students come together to play, compete, and relax surrounded by stunning mountain scenery. Facilities include: • Football field ⚽️ • Tennis courts 🎾 • Badminton courts 🏸 • Volleyball courts 🏐 • Table tennis 🏓 • Running track 🏃🏃‍♀️ And yes — all free for students and faculty!
The SDC Building is what most users of the building call it in everyday speech. It’s actual name is The House of the Danish Industry Foundation. It was donated by The Danish Industry Foundation and designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects. It is a little piece of Denmark in China - located at the Yanqihu Campus of The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. The SDC Building is home to more than 50 rooms, which include meeting rooms, video-call meeting rooms, classrooms for workshops and auditoriums seating 60-150 people.
Wrapping up my SDC Instagram takeover with a highlight video from our trip to Shanghai Climate Week! 🎥💚 It’s been inspiring to step outside the classroom and learn directly from companies working at the forefront of the green transition – seeing their ambitions, hearing their insights, and getting a glimpse of how big ideas are turned into real action. Thank you for following along this week – it’s been a pleasure sharing a piece of student life at SDC with you! @lassewortmann over and out 📡👋👋👋
Kom til pizza, mød nuværende studerende og bliv introduceret til kandidatuddannelserne ved SDC. (Du kan også tage ét semester) SDC inviterer til infomøde på Institut for Biologi , hvor de fem naturvidenskabelige kandidatuddannelser bliver præsenteret. Du kan også møde nuværende danske og kinesiske studerende under afslappede forhold. HVORNÅR 29. april 2025 17.00 - 19.00 HVOR Biologisk Institut, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Biocenter, lokale 4-0-24 Program 17.00 – 17.15 Hvad er SDC? Michael Bihlet – SDC 17.15 – 17.30 Mit Kinaeventyr, Cecilie Nøhr – Studerende 17.30 – 18.00 Introduktion til kandidatuddannelserne / Life Science Engineering and Informatics, Khaled Chatila - DTU / International Food Quality and Health, Barbara Vad Andersen - AU / Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Kristoffer Hougaard Madsen - DTU / Nanoscience and Technology, Per Hedegård - KU / Water and Environment, Kristian Koefoed Brandt - KU 18.00 – 19.00 Pizza & small talk – mød 2023 kohorten på Nanoscience and Technology Mit SDC-eventyr, Li Dan – Studerende 🙋‍♀️ TILMELDING 🙋‍♂️ Tilmeld dig arrangementet og vi gi’r aftensmaden! tilmeld.events/skaldinkandidatvaereeteventyr Nysgerrig? Tjek SDC’s Instagram-profil ud og følg med i hverdagen som studerende i Kina. https://www.instagram.com/sinodanishcenter?igsh=MWpyendyNjk3NmYwZw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr VIDSTE DU? Du får en dansk og en kinesisk kandidatgrad Du er garanteret kollegieværelse på campus Du kan tage SU’en med til Kina