福建船政学堂是最早一批聘用外籍教师的中国高等学校。面对鸦片战争后的剧烈社会变化,船政学堂大胆采用外籍师资来校授课,以期达到“师夷长技以制夷”的目的。船政学堂也在管理外籍教师的基础上,形成了一套完整的外籍教师管理体系。 Fujian Institute of Shipping is one of the first batch of Chinese colleges and universities hiring foreign teachers. In the face of the dramatic social changes after the Opium War, the School of Shipping Administration boldly used foreign teachers to teach classes so as to achieve the purpose of “educating the generals on the control of the barbarians”. Boat School also manages foreign teachers, based on the formation of a complete set of foreign teachers management system.