About ONLY Education Group

Shanghai Jiaotong University ONLY Education Group is recognized as the largest non-diploma education and training institution. It inherited the spirit of its mentor, Shanghai Jiaotong University and capitalized on these strengths, committing itself to establishing a complete lifelong educational service. Now it has developed into a multi-faceted training network including Century ONLY kindergarten, ONLY International Education, providing teenage students in the country with English training, ONLY Advanced Studies College, ONLY Ellis English International, ONLY Overseas Study and ONLY Mini-MBA Management Training. The affiliated educational divisions of ONLY Group have become notable educational service providers both in Shanghai and throughout China.

In 2001, ONLY Education took the lead in achieving ISO9001 certification and established a new milestone in training industry. In 2003, it was chosen as one of the Top Ten Famous Foreign Language Institutions in the country by “Sina.com”. The following year it was selected as number one on the list of the Ten Best Foreign Language. In 2005, it earned many honors from the media industry’s general rating of Chinese educational intuitions, including: China’s Top Ten Education Brands, Chinese Outstanding Training Institution for Teenagers, Well-known Foreign Language Training Organization in Overall Strengths for 2005, Famous Language Training Institution, Chinese Outstanding Training Center for Business English.

With more than 600 employees, Shanghai Jiaotong University ONLY Education Group is the biggest non-diploma education and training institution with an annual turnover of more than a hundred million RMB. The affiliated educational divisions are:

ONLY Century Kindergarten

Introducing advanced educational concepts and programs and applying itself to initial education for pre-school children.

Based on the theories of Montessori Childcare, bilingual education and productive education as well as multi-disciplinary theory, ONLY Century Kindergarten combines theory with daily coaching Their motto is: “studying in doing, studying in playing, developing in study”. It includes three highly professional kindergartens with advanced facilities, modern equipment and comfortable environments, and it will develop at least 10 Montessori bilingual kindergartens through its franchising system in the next three years.

ONLY Education International

Including more than 300 affiliated schools through the country, and growing into the largest scale English training school for teenagers in the country.

Based on the children’s study habits in language learning, ONLY Education International put the education concept of “Eight Intelligence” into practice for English learning, They stimulate children’s interest to English learning through the study of fairy tales and authentic English songs to make their English learning experience both pleasant and effective..

ONLY Advanced Studies College

Including the largest non-diploma education center and 22 branch schools located in different districts of Shanghai.

The college was selected as one of the “Ten Best Foreign Language Training Institution in Shanghai” and “Chinese Top Ten Famous Foreign Language Institutions” (from Sina.com). In 2003, it took the lead in acquiring ISO9001 certification in Shanghai. It has branches dealing with foreign language, administration, self-study examinations, information technology, vocational education, and a tutoring center for middle school students with more than 70,000 students. “For interpretation study only ONLY” has become the watchword for students in Shanghai. In addition, ONLY Advanced Studies College also acts as a trustee for the Training Center of the Foreign Language College of Jiaotong University and Siyuan Advanced Studies College of Shanghai Jiaotong University. The number of students enrolled in these two schools is over 20,000 annually.

ONLY English International

Act as a modern English Learning center, based on traditional Chinese learning patterns coordinating with multimedia materials from the Ellis Group, an education software provider based in the US. The combine with face-to-face guidance from both Chinese and foreign teachers to create an realistic and comfortable language environment. ONLY English International developed a highly effective English teaching and learning program called the “7 STAR Method”. This new pattern brings students a brand new English learning experience with it’s free study time, private study advisors, and study follow up plan. At present there are three advanced learning centers in Shanghai, and the centers in Guangzhou, Nanjing and Hangzhou are under development.

ONLY Overseas Study Center

In 2002, ONLY Education obtained certification from the Shanghai Education Bureau to run a joint school. Since that time ONLY Education has been an active member of the international education industry.. The Study Center operates under the theory that “A year at ONLY is equal to a year abroad.” Their original focus, “Two years at ONLY is equal to two years in London”, was highly praised in the training field. Today, students from ONLY have spread throughout England, Australia and Canada.