I have chosen this University to study at because I have lived there before, I have grown accustomed to the area and to the people I have met, TFSU has become a second home to me as I stayed there for 10 months on the Confucious Institute Scholarship September 2015-June 2016, the Staff at the Students are all very friendly and welcoming. I also chose this University because I have fallen in love with Tianjin and Chinese, this University has already been a home to me for only 10 months, I would like it to be my home again for 4 years. I want to be able to say I have been able to achieve my dream of further studying Chinese in China and at the University that I have been wanting to go to ever since I first saw it. I already have made a lot of friends and contacts within my 10 month stay last year and currently they are still there, I would like to be able to see them again and be able to proudly tell them that I am able to stay in Tianjin for longer than I did before. I know my way around the University and around Tianjin, I have the college that I studied at, where I am keeping in touch with my Mandarin Teachers. The college I studied at is Tianjin International Chinese College, there is where I achieved my HSK 4 pass. I throughouly enjoyed my life in Tianjin and the minute I left I wished to return, living there birthed my passion for learning languages as teaching others what I have learnt. Since returning to Scotland from my scholarship, I have made many friends with Chinese Tourists and Students and I also tutor Mandarin every weekend as my friend is applying for University in China and I decided that teaching him Mandarin would greatly enhance his life and allow him to ease into living abroad easily and comfortably. In my future I want to be able to teach others Mandarin with the knowledge and experience I gained from living in Tianjin, so that it will hopefully enhance their life giving them skills that will help in the future and also to allow others to achieve the dream of learning another language, especially a language as interesting and enriching as Mandarin is.