The Kansas International School (KIS) is a Sino-foreign cooperative academic school that cooperates with Fort Hays State University (FHSU), Kansas, U.S.A., with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Founded in 1902, Fort Hays State University is a public university located in Hays, Kansas. It is one of the first foreign universities recognized by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to grant Bachelor's degrees at a university in China.

Kansas International School now carries out undergraduate-level academic education, offering 6 double-degree majors in Business Administration, International Economics and Trade, Finance, English, Information Management and Information System, and Nursing, which are included in the national enrollment plan for ordinary higher education institutions with a four-year academic system. The total number of enrolled students is more than 3,000. The school has faculty with outstanding teaching skills, broad academic vision and reasonable academic structure. Regarding the types of faculty, among the existing full-time faculty, the first category is Chinese faculty, with more than 85% of them having overseas study experience; the second category is foreign faculty dispatched by the partner University, Fort Hays State University, with master's degree and doctoral degree; and the third category is the school's full-time foreign faculty, which is recruited globally.

Guided by Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the college studies and implements the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress in-depth, implements the requirements of the Party's education policy and the fundamental task of cultivating morality and nurturing people, strictly follows the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Running Schools through Chinese-Foreign Co-operation and its implementation measures and other regulations, further clarifies the positioning of the college and its goals of school running, actively integrates high-quality educational resources from China and abroad, and scientifically formulates and implements the development strategy. It creatively explores the internationalism mode of educating people and management system adapted to the development of globalization, and effectively organizes the education and teaching work. It also takes the initiative to serve the local economic and social development.

Leadership

Dean - Matthew Schenk