The first university e-sports department in China has announced that it will start accepting applications in 2017. The major is being offered at Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing.

　　中国首个开设电子竞技专业的大学宣布其在2017年开始招生，该专业首设于北京传媒大学。

　　CUC wrote on its official Sina Weibo on Jan. 15: “Are you obsessed with League of Legends, Overwatch, World of Warcraft? Do you want to build the best e-sports team in China? For students who love video games: Welcome! As China’s first e-sports major, we are recruiting new members for the first time. Do you dare to be the first?”

　　1月15日中国传媒大学在其官方微博上发布：你还沉迷于英雄联盟，守望先锋，魔兽世界吗?想不想组建一支国内顶级电竞团队?喜欢电子游戏的同学们，你们的福利来啦!作为中国首个电子竞技专业，我们初次招募学生，你敢成为第一个尝试的人吗?

　　The university set up its e-sports analysis major under the category of art and science in December 2016. Students majoring in e-sports analysis study e-sports game data, team tactics and strategy. They also learn to organize e-sports games, according to the CUC website.

　　2016年12月中国传媒大学将电子竞技分析专业设在艺术与科学类下，根据中国传媒大学官方微博主修电子竞技分析的学生主要研究电竞游戏数据、团队战术和策略，同时他们也会学习策划电子竞技游戏。

　　The first class will recruit 20 students to embark on the four-year undergraduate course. Graduates from the first three years are automatically promised jobs with Hero Entertainment, a Beijing-based e-sports company, which will cooperate with CUC to help train students and construct laboratories, IT news portal DoNews reported.

　　第一个班将招生20人， 4年本科课程。据IT新闻门户Donews 报道前三年毕业生将自动分配到英雄互娱科技股份有限公司，该公司是北京的一家电竞公司，联手中国传媒大学培养电竞人才并建立实验室。

　　E-sports have been growing in popularity among China’s younger generation in recent years. The e-sports major was officially listed in September 2016, after being recognized in 2003 as the 99th sports category by the General Administration of Sport, Jiemian.com reported.

　　据界面网报道，近几年来电竞游戏不断受到中国年轻一代的追捧，广受欢迎，尤其是在2003年国家体育总局将其列为第九十九项运动后，终于在2016年正式纳入学习专业榜上。

（编辑：何莹莹）