Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University (CI-NTU)

Great place to discover and learn about 华人文化。

Must enter a glass door where got the sign ntu@one north and go eighth level

They advertise secondary classes that don't exist, insisted that they have no more classes for lower Secondary .

DO NOT PAY BEFORE THE CLASS IS CONFIRMED. This school often delays its classes more than 3 months as the number of students are not enough to open classes (happened several times to me). The problem is that this place takes payment even before a confirmed class, while other language schools don't do so. It took a month to receive a refund!

Let me share my experience at NTU Confucius Institute. Am glad that I registered with them for Daily Chinese - HSK. Thus far, all went smoothly without any delay in starting the class. Have completed 1st semester (10 lessons per semester) and now into the 2nd semester. The teacher (lǎoshī) is very professional and she makes learning Chinese very enjoyable. Am blessed to have an inspiring, patient and passionate teacher. She has a caring compassionate heart for weaker students and does lots of encouragement. My encounter in this institute has been pleasant and most of all…to be under the wing of an experienced and excellent teacher. Hope others will be encouraged to register at NTU Confucius Institute. Just to add on… I registered with another Institute (“well-known” too) for basic Chinese before NTU Confucius Institute. At the “well-known” institute, I turned up on the 1st day of lesson to be told that the class could not start because of insufficient students. No one contacted me to inform the postponement. It took them 2.5 months to give me the refund. Also, that “well-known” institute do require payment upon registration BEFORE class start. I think it is a common practice for most institutes to request for payment so that the institutes know how many secured students they have in hand. I supposed sometimes it is due to bad timing and unfortunate circumstances that we students may face. However, it was a blessing in disguise for me as I landed up benefiting much learning with confidence in NTU Confucius Institute and every week, I look forward to attend the lesson. TH It’s good to share our individual experiences and encounters of the situation. However, it’s unpleasant to slander and accuse other Reviewers with words like “fake review” as there is always 2-side of a coin in life. I still stood my ground of what I have written as fact though I do empathize with those (except Sea Shine), who had unfortunate encounter just as I had with another Institute. Peace be with you.

The review below by 'Tracy Heng' looks a fake review to cover the prior bad review (It is refuting the prior review elaborately which only the business owner would do Lol!). I also had a bad experience of class delay. I've been to about 10 different institues for different languages but none of them requested prior payment. Prior payment is NOT a common practice. Please work on enhancing your system instead of writing fake reviews online :)

Disappointing. First they do not have the class level that I should be enrolled in. Got deferred due to work commitments and then I waited for months. Wasted my money on admin fees and deferment. Honestly these admin processes could be automated with better services.

Good institute