CUPL- International Confucian Academy（CUPL-ICA）Established in June, 2006, the International Confucian Academy, affiliated faculty to the CUPL(China University of Political Science and Law), was co-founded by the International Confucian Association and the China University of Political Science and Law. Mr. Liu Zhongde and Mr. Teng Wensheng, the executive vice presidents of the International Confucian Association, served as the Dean of the academy successively.

The academy has been committed to the heritage of Chinese civilization and the revitalization of Chinese nation. Based on the purpose to develop Confucianism education, cultivate Confucian talents, carry out the study of Confucianism and promote the spirit of Confucianism, CUPL-ICA has attracted an inflow of high-qualified scholars and teachers in studying the cutting-edge issues of international Confucian scholarship and carrying out various activities on teaching, studying, communicating, and transmitting Confucianism. The academy began to recruit graduate students since 2007 and has established the platform for doctor training from 2012.

In order to raise the level of teaching and academic activities, ICA has invited famous Confucian scholars and experts influential both at home and abroad as academic advisers, members of committee of experts, adjunct professors and supervisors.

Here we teach students “respectful for virtue and eager to learn, reaching the profound and doing the subtle, maintain in moderation in spite of wisdom ". CUPL-ICA devotes itself to helping students grasp basic Confucian theories, understand the essence of Confucian Spirit and inherit the outstanding cultural traditions of Confucianism so as to become a scholar in studying, teaching and transmitting Confucianism with good academic basis, high loyalty to Chinese culture and noble sentiments.