San Diego State University (SDSU) is the latest American university to close its Confucius Institute. The shutdown of the controversial Chinese government funded language and culture institution at SDSU follows the closures at seven other U.S. universities this year.
The Confucius Institute (CI) was formally closed at SDSU on June 30, 2019, according to an email notification by the Office of the President on Aug. 19, making it the 22nd American university to cut ties with CIs in recent years.