Certificate Programme in Mapping Global China (MGC)

Course details

Duration: 8 weeks, 48 contact hours
Schedule: 4 classes a week, 1.5 hours each
Mode of delivery: Online, live classes
Start date: Mid-October 2026
Application deadline: 05 October 2026
Eligibility: At least an undergraduate degree from a recognised institution
Fees: ₹29,500 (incl. GST)
A discount applies for members of government services.

What you will learn

1. What is Global China? – the framework, its scope and how the field is studied.
2. Institutional Actors in Chinese Foreign Policy-making – the foreign ministry, the Party's global outreach and the machinery of policy.
3. Economic Investments & Industrial Development Abroad – extractives governance and the reshaping of global supply chains.
4. Chinese Companies as a Geopolitical Force – how firms become instruments of influence.
5. The Belt and Road Initiative & Infrastructural Connectivity – state-mobilised globalisation, railways and ports.
6. China's New Global Initiatives – on civilization, development, security and governance.
7. Soft Power, Culture & Media – how China's narrative is produced and projected.
8. Group Activity & Exercises – building strategies for a real China-engagement scenario.

Who should join

Students and professionals interested in China's global rise and international engagement – including foreign policy analysts, IR professionals, economists, corporate and government professionals, and researchers. Open to all backgrounds.

What you will gain

• The capacity to discern the interests, objectives and messaging of the Communist Party of China within the country's global narrative.
• A more rounded perspective on China's global engagements.
• The ability to identify the key actors, ideas, institutions and tools driving China's global outlook.
• Through the hands-on final exercise, the ability to develop alternative strategies in response to a Chinese engagement scenario.

Assessment

Class participation (20%), a book, article or podcast review (40%), and a written assignment (40%).

Certificate

On successful completion, participants receive a certificate from Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence. This is a non-credit professional certificate programme and carries no academic equivalence with University degree programmes.