Putonghua (Mandarin) Part-time Programmes
普通話兼讀課程
本課程為有志於按部就班學習漢語而又生活繁忙的社會人士提供明智的學習階梯。
2007年本所首次推動迎合社會人士的兼讀課程，當時報讀者只有不到30名學生。隨後課程需求日增，到今天每個學期已吸引250多名來自世界各地的學生前來學習。與全日制課程相比，課業負符較輕鬆，只要持續投入更長的時間學習，便能達到與全日制課程同樣的熟練水平。
入學月份: 逢一月、四月、七月和十月的平日晚上開設新班，至於一月、五月及九月的學期，學員可報讀星期六開設的課堂
課程負荷：每天2至3節課，每週1至2天，每季度40節課，於工作日晚上或週末白天上課
上課地點: 中文大學沙田校園
Foundation Certificate Programme in Chinese (Putonghua) for Non-Chinese Speakers
非華語人士普通話基礎證書課程
兼讀模式: 四至十二個月，最少課堂學習時間為80課時
學習目標 (視乎入學時的水平而定，只附英語版本):
Speaking & Listening: Ability to understand and reply to utterances containing selected vocabulary items and grammar points at the sentence level in daily conversations; Ability to apply selected vocabulary items and grammatical patterns at the sentence level in daily conversations with appropriate usage.
Reading: Ability to read individual words and short phrases in real life contexts and understand the formation of Chinese characters (e.g. stroke order, etc); Ability to recognize and read Chinese characters and readings at the sentence level in real life contexts
Writing: Ability to copy and reproduce from memory a modest number of isolated words or phrases in context.