Cutting Ties With Confucius Institutes

According to the Chinese government, there were 541 Confucius Institutes and 1,170 Confucius Classrooms in 162 countries (regions) by the end of 2019. The numbers of the CIs and CCs have decreased for the fist time in 2019 since its inception in 2004 in Korea.

In February 2013, Canada’s McMaster University was the first university reportedly to close a Confucius Institute. Until Jun. 2023, there will have at least 131 universities, 2 governments and 3 school boards in 11 countries that have cut ties with CIs/CCs (Confucius Classrooms). These actions have resulted in at least 130 closures of the Chinese institutes (some CIs were co-hosted by more than one universities).

To know more details about the closures of CIs in America, please visit the website of National Association of Scholars.

Country (Qty closed) Institution Year of Cutting ties
Canada (5) McMaster University 2013
Université de Sherbrooke 2013
Toronto District School Board 2014
New Brunswick provincial government 2019
Brock University 2020
America (110) University of Alaska, Anchorage 2020
Alabama A&M University 2021
Auburn University at Montgomery 2019
University of Central Arkansas 2021
Arizona State University 2019
University of Arizona 2020
California State University – Long Beach 2020
San Diego State University 2019
San Francisco State University 2019
University of California Santa Barbara 2021
University of California, Los Angeles 2020
University of California-Davis 2020
Colorado State University 2021
Community College of Denver 2020
Central Connecticut State University 2021
George Washington University 2021
University of Delaware 2020
Broward County Public Schools 2019
Miami Dade College 2019
University of North Florida 2018
University of South Florida 2018
University of West Florida 2017
Augusta University 2018
Emory University 2021
Georgia State University 2020
Kennesaw State University 2019
Savannah State University 2020
University of Hawaii Manoa 2019
University of Iowa 2018
Northwest Nazarene University 2021
University of Idaho 2021
Chicago Public Schools 2020
University of Chicago 2014
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 2017
Indiana University-Purdue University 2022
Purdue University 2018
Valparaiso University 2020
Kansas State University 2019
University of Kansas 2020
University of Kentucky 2021
Western Kentucky University 2019
Tulane University 2017
Xavier University 2021
Tufts University 2021
University of Massachusetts Boston 2019
University of Maryland 2020
University of Southern Maine 2021
Michigan State University 2021
University of Michigan 2019
Wayne State University 2021
Western Michigan University 2020
University of Minnesota 2019
University of Missouri 2020
University of Montana 2019
North Carolina State University 2018
Pfeiffer University 2016
University of North Carolina Charlotte 2020
Dickinson State University 2012
University of Nebraska Lincoln 2020
University of New Hampshire 2021
New Jersey City University 2021
Rutgers University 2020
New Mexico State University 2020
Clark County School District 2019
Baruch College 2021
Binghamton University 2021
Columbia University 2021
Medgar Evers College 2020
Pace University 2019
State College of Optometry, State University of New York 2021
Stony Brook University 2021
SUNY Albany 2021
SUNY Global Center 2020
University at Buffalo 2021
Cleveland State University 2021
Miami University 2020
University of Akron 2022
University of Oklahoma 2020
Portland State University 2021
University of Oregon 2019
Pennsylvania State University 2014
Temple University 2021
University of Pittsburgh 2020
Bryant University 2021
University of Rhode Island 2018
Presbyterian College 2021
University of South Carolina 2021
Northern State University 2019
Middle Tennessee State University 2020
University of Memphis 2020
University of Tennessee Knoxville 2019
Houston Independent School District 2022
Prairie View A&M University 2018
Texas A&M University 2018
Texas Southern University 2018
University of Texas – Dallas 2019
University of Texas – San Antonio 2019
Southern Utah University 2022
College of William and Mary 2021
George Mason University 2020
Old Dominion University 2020
University of Washington 2020
University of Wisconsin-Platteville 2021
West Virginia University 2021
Alfred University 2023
Australia (2) NSW government (Confucius Classroom) 2019
RMIT University 2021
France (4) University of Lumière Lyon 2 2013
University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 2013
Toulouse 1 University Capitole 2017
West Paris Nanterre La Defense University 2018
Sweden (4) Stockholm University 2014
Karlstad University 2015
Blekinge Institute of Technology 2015
Luleå University of Technology 2020
Germany (4) Stuttgart Media University 2015
University of Hohenheim 2015
University of Dusseldorf 2020
University of Hamburg 2020
Spain (1) University of the Basque Country 2019
Denmark (1) Copenhagen Business School 2017
Netherlands (1) Leiden University 2019
Belgium (2) Free University of Brussels-VUB 2019
  University of Liège 2023
Switzerland (1) University of Basel 2020
Finland (1) Helsinki University 2023