外國語學院的前身是外語系，英語專業始建于1995年，隨著學校辦學規模的不斷擴大，?2000年成立了外國語學院。經過十幾年的發展，外國語學院的辦學已初具規模，以培養有扎實外語功底的，能適應內蒙古地方經濟建設需求的復合型、應用型人才為辦學宗旨。

學院下設教授委員會，學院行政辦公室，學生工作辦公室，英語系，大學外語一部，大學外語二部，高職教學部，語言實驗與自主學習中心等8個部門。

外國語學院承擔英語專業本科教學任務以及英語專業的第二外語課程；全校本科生、大專生和研究生等大學外語教學任務；為全校學生開設外語選修課程；另外，還為全校學生開設日語、德語、俄語等公共選修課程。

經過十多年的努力，外語學院為社會各界輸送各類外語人才近千名。英語專業學制四年，每年招生規模穩定在三個班（90人），英語系共有英語語言文學、商務英語、英語+小語種三個教研團隊。英語專業的教學質量已經在國內得到廣泛認可，學生在全國性的英語演講比賽之中屢有獲獎，考生第一志愿錄取率為100%，具有優良的生源條件。這些畢業生分布在全國各個教學、科研院所和政府機關、企事業單位，為國家及內蒙古的經濟建設做出了重大貢獻。現在正在努力申報英語語言文學碩士點

學院目前有教職工共100人，其中2名管理崗，3名輔導員，3名語音實驗室工作人員，其余教師全部承擔大學英語或專業課程。職稱結構方面，學院目前有教授6人，副教授42人，講師47人，以及助教5人。副高級和講師人數占比較大。學歷結構方面，學院目前有博士學位教師2人，碩士學位教師73人，其中包括博士在讀2人，學士學位教師24人。教師留學背景方面，我院目前有50人擁有留學經歷，其中12人具有國外學歷。我院師資隊伍學術背景良好，年齡結構合理，具有巨大的創新發展潛力。

學院十分重視師資隊伍建設，近年來，先后有14人申報出國留學項目并成功到英、美、加拿大等國做訪問學者和出國深造；有20多人先后考取研究生；并先后引進全國各重點院校的研究生人才30多名。師資隊伍的學歷層次得到了多元化的提升，為學院的長遠發展奠定了良好的基礎。

學校圖書館有外文閱覽室一個，擁有各類外語圖書資料6萬冊，學院擁有一個圖書資料室，擁有各類外語圖書資料1.6萬冊；學院現有語言實驗室12個（480座）、數字化廣播電臺一座、大學生自主學習中心2個（320座）以及40座的同聲傳譯實驗室。

學院注重廣大教師的教學研究水平的提升，近年來，我院教師在全國各類學術刊物發表文章300余篇，其中核心刊物10余篇；學院教師積極投身于校級、內蒙古自治區級以及國家級教研項目的申報，2005年以來我院申報各級教改項目32項，獲國家級立項2項，自治區級批準立項8項，獲校級批準15項。其中有2個教研立項獲得自治區級優秀教學成果一等獎；出版教材5部。為學院的深層次發展奠定良好的基礎。

The predecessor of the Foreign Language School is the Foreign Language Department. The English Major was founded in 1995. With the expansion of the size of the university, the Foreign Language School was established in 2000. After more than a decade of development, the Foreign Language School has taken shape. It aims to cultivate talents with both foreign language proficiency and practical skills which can accommodate the needs of the local economic development of Inner Mongolia.

The Foreign Language School consists of 8 departments, namely, the Professor Committee, the Administration Office, the Office of Students’Affairs, the English Department, No. 1 Department of College Foreign Language, No. 2 Department of College Foreign Language, Department of Vocational Foreign Language, and Language Test and Learning Center.

For English majors, the Foreign Language School offers an array of undergraduate courses as well the second foreign language course; for undergraduates and graduates of the university, the Foreign Language School offers college foreign language teaching, foreign language elective courses, and public elective courses on Japanese, German and Russian.

After more than a decade of efforts, nearly a thousand of students have graduated from the Foreign Language School. The English Major is a four-year system, with a stable annual enrollment of 3 classes (90 students). The English Department has three teaching and research teams, covering English Language and Literature, Business English, and less popular languages. The teaching quality of the English Department has been widely acknowledged at home. Students from the English Department have won many awards in National English Speech Contests. The Foreign Language School boasts of excellent student sources, since all were accepted by their first choices in the entrance examination. The graduates are now working in various teaching and scientific research institutions, government bodies, enterprises and government-sponsored institutions, who have made significant contribution to the economic development of Inner Mongolia as well as the whole nation. Currently an English MA Program is being applied.

Currently, we are staffed with 100 full-time faculties, including 2 management staff, 3 instructors, 3 staff for language lab management, and all the others responsible for teaching activities. For academic titles, there are 6 professors, 42 associate professors, 47 lecturers, and 5 teaching assistants. For educational background, over 77% of our staff are master’s degree holders and four of the faculty are PhDs or PhD candidates. For overseas study background, 50 of our faculty have ever studied abroad, among whom 12 are holders of renowned overseas master’s degree. We are a team with substantial academic background, reasonable age composition, innovation capacity and development potentials.

The Foreign Language School attaches great importance to faculty development. In recent years, 14 faculty members have been visiting scholars to countries including the UK, the U.S., and Canada; more than 20 faculty members passed the entrance exam for graduate students, and the School has recruited more than 30 graduates from key Chinese universities. The upgrading of the academic level of the faculty members has laid a solid foundation for the future development of the School.

There is one Foreign Language Study Room in the University Library, with 60,000 volumes of books in foreign languages. Besides, the School has its own library with 16,000 volumes of foreign language books. Currently the School has 12 language labs (480 seats), a digital radio station, 2 self-study centers (320 seats), and 1 simultaneous interpretation lab with 40 seats.

The School also attaches great importance to the upgrading of the teaching and research capacities of faculty members. In recent years, our teachers have published more than 300 articles in all types of academic journals, among which more than 10 in core journals, and they have participated in 32 educational reform programs of the university, province and state level. There have been 2 state-level programs, 8 province-level programs, and 15 university-level programs. Among them, 2 of the educational reform programs won the first prize for outstanding teaching achievement in Inner Mongolia. Five books have been published. All of these have laid a solid foundation for the further development of the School.