China University offers anti-terrorism course

The Northwest University of Political Science and Law in Xi’an, in the northwest Shaanxi province, which is starting the school specialising in courses like counter-terrorism would take in law graduates and teach them the latest anti-terrorism theories and practices, Zhang Jinping who is managing the establishment of the school told state-run Global Times. 

The institute would award masters degrees and doctorates in anti-terrorism studies, the university said. Enrolment of the first class of undergraduate students is now underway, and the programme will formally commence at the start of the spring term, Zhang said. 

Zhang said that students will be required to take courses in conventional disciplines such as law, religion, politics and sociology also.