THEATRE AND THEATRE-RELATED CLASSES
Hundreds of Beida students have attended semester-long courses offered by PKU’s School of Foreign Languages and facilitated by PKU’S Institute of World Theatre and Film in such theatre-related studies as: British and American Drama, History of Western Theatre, Drama in Performance, Acting, Directing, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Movement, Voice, Cultural Understanding of the West Through Theatre, Musical Theatre Performance, Musical Theatre History, and Western Theatre Techniques to Improve Spoken English and Public Presentation Skills.

FURTHER THEATRE EDUCATION FOR PKU GRADUATES
In the past 8 years, more than thirty Beida graduates, inspired by their work at the Institute of World Theatre and Film, have gone on to pursue graduate level education in theatre and theatre-related studies at numerous institutions of higher learning in both America,  Great Britain and China, studying at such Institutions as Central Academy of Drama and Shanghai Drama Academy in China, at Oxford, Cambridge and the University of Essex in Great Britain, and at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, NYU, Colombia and many others in the US. The majority of these students have received full scholarships for their theatre and theatre-related studies, and plan to return to China to continue their work both as theatre artists and theatre educators.

OUTREACH TO OTHER CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
As Peking University takes the lead among all Chinese Universities in understanding and facilitating the use of theatre and theatre-related studies to develop a more fully-rounded, creatively stimulating liberal arts education for its students, other Chinese Universities have followed suit. As a result of interest from other Mainland schools in incorporating theatre and theatre-related studies into their curriculums, Joseph Graves (under the auspices of Peking University’s School of Foreign Languages and its Institute of World Theatre and Film) has taught workshops, directed plays and given lectures in theatre and theatre-related studies at more than 60 different Mainland Universities to both undergraduate and graduate students as well as to professors and teachers at those Chinese universities.

NATIONAL CHINESE UNIVERSTIES SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
In cooperation with Dr. David Parker, of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mr. Graves and the Institute helped to establish, and continues to help facilitate, The National Chinese Universities Shakespeare Festival, now entering its 7th year. To date dozens of Universities from the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, have participated in the Festival. The Festival culminates each year with 12 Chinese Universities given all expenses paid trips to Hong Kong for an 8 days festival in which each invited university performs an abbreviated version of one of Shakespeare’s plays for Hong Kong audiences.  The team from the university selected as having achieved the most outstanding performance at the festival is given a 10 day, all expenses paid trip to London and Stratford, where students interact with actors and directors from the RSC, as well as see a number of plays, and visit many historical sites of Shakespearean import.

INETERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL THEATRE EXCHANGE
The Institute has established ongoing exchange and/or interchange programs with a number of US, British and one Arab university in acting/directing/play writing programs, including those from: (partial list) Syracuse University, Purdue University, University of California at Santa Barbara, Smith College of Massachusetts, St. Mary’s College of San Francisco, West Virginia University, The University of Miami,  Wittenberg University in Ohio, The University of Florida, Viterbo University of Wisconsin, University of Houston, and The United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain.

CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE EDUCATION
In association with the National Association of Foreign Language Education and the China Education Society, Joseph Graves and Peking University’s Institute of World Theatre and Film in the fall of 2011 will host the first ever, and then to be, annual National Chinese High School Drama Festival, involving teachers and students from over 1000 Mainland High Schools with a five year plan to include over 8000 Mainland High schools in studying theatre performance.