上海外国语大学出国留学人员培训部（以下简称“培训部”）创建于1964年，系教育部直属全国11家出国留学人员培训部之一，主要负责教育部公派生出国前外语强化培训，地处市区虹口校区。培训部同时还接受全国企事业单位、社会团体以及个人的外语培训。培训部设有英、日、法、德、俄语五个语种，学员来自全国各地，生源主要为三类：教育部公派出国访问学者和留学人员，单位委派外语进修人员，自费进修生。历年来，培训部为各企事业单位的人才培养和发展需求，量身度制了各种外语强化课程，开设了“上汽班”、“宝钢班”、“深圳证券交易班”、“建行班”、“交行班”、“国家体育总局司局级干部班”、“文广集团媒体高管人员班”、“上海国际集团班”等。近年来，随着自费出国留学人员的不断增加，在教育部和上外领导的支持下，培训部积极与海外大学合作，先后开设了澳大利亚大学预科、英国大学预科和美国大学预科等课程，培养并输送了数百名优秀自费留学生。
教学特点主要课程
培训部的教学特点为全日制外语强化培训，主要采取小班化授课形式，采用“以学生为中心”、“以能力为导向”、“以交际为目”的教学法，着重帮助学员提高跨文化语言交际能力。培训部实行按学期分等级教学的学制，以单学期为基本学期，并为计划继续深造者提供更高等级的培训课程。每学期教学时间为18-19周，每周教学时间为20-24课时。此外，可按委托单位的培训目标和要求灵活设置学制。培训部开设的课程主要是提高学员外语实际应用能力的语言技能课，例如听力课、口语课、阅读课、写作课、口译课等。培训部还开设旨在提高学生跨文化交际意识及水平的文化知识课、外交礼仪课和跨文化交际讲座，并开展各具特色的外语角和外语周活动。除了举办常规全日制班外，培训部每年还在暑假期间开办外教英语口语班、托福班、雅思班等暑期班。
师资力量管理人员
培训部有一支编制固定、结构合理、专业精深、经验丰富的外语专业师资队伍和管理队伍。培训部教师基本都有一年以上的海外留学经历，他们主要由国家教育部派遣到美国、加拿大、英国、德国、法国、瑞士、日本和俄罗斯等国学习或工作。培训部的专职教师中近半数具有研究生学历或高级职称，不少教师还担任上海外国语大学相关外语学科的博士生和硕士生指导工作。培训部拥有一批稳定的来自美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、法国、德国、日本等国家的专聘外籍教师，他们具有良好的外语教学从业资质，有着丰富的外语教学经验。培训部的行政管理队伍长期从事出国留学人员外语培训管理工作，具有丰富的成人教学管理经验，其以学生为本的管理理念和以服务为宗旨的管理水平得到了教育部、同行专家以及广大学员的好评。
教材教学设施
培训部使用的外语教材以原版引进教材为主，并根据中国学生特点和海外留学的需求配备了一定数量的自编教材和改编教材。培训部拥有两栋独立的适合小班化外语教学的大楼，教学资源丰富，电化设备齐全，办学条件优越。电教大楼有能容纳四百余人的多功能报告厅、多媒体语言实验室和闭路电视播映系统，有效地满足了多媒体教学的要求。教学大楼配有多套多媒体教学系统，每间教室均配有彩色电视机和教学收录机。学员还可共享上海外国语大学虹口校区的资源和设备。
考试中心咨询机构
培训部设有中国国外考试协调处上海外国语大学海外考试中心。海外考试中心每年举办各类重要考试，如TOEFL、GRE、德福（TestDaf)、日本语能力测试、韩国语考试、中国汉语水平考试(HSK)、全国外语水平考试(WSK：英语PETS5、法语TNF、德语NTD、日语NNS、俄语水平考试)、全国外语翻译证书考试等。培训部还承担设计并实施各类企事业单位委托的专项考试项目。
MOE Training Center for Overseas Study
Shanghai International Studies University
Established in 1964 as one of China’s eleven preparatory language institutes for professionals going abroad, under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of China, the Training Center for Overseas Study(TCOS) of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) is a foreign language institute for training selected scientists, doctors, teachers, lawyers, researchers and government officials who will go overseas as visiting scholars or visiting fellows.The TCOS features five foreign language programs including English, French, German, Japanese and Russian, each of which offers intensive and tailored language training courses in listening, speaking, reading and writing. All skill training classes are kept in small size and taught with intensity. While focusing on development of the integrated language skills with upgrading students’ listening and speaking proficiency at its core, the Center also offers cross-cultural orientation courses and protocol & etiquette lectures on destination countries, so as to better prepare the students for their prospective life and work overseas.
The TCOS is staffed with a strong faculty consisting of twenty experienced Chinese teachers of foreign languages and thirteen native-speaking language educators with foreign language teaching certificates or diplomas from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan and Russia. All Chinese teachers hold postgraduate degrees in such fields as linguistics, education, literature and culture and have at least one year experience studying or working in overseas countries. More than one third of the Chinese teachers are PhD degree holders whose academic backgrounds range from linguistics and applied linguistics to literature and culture.
In conjunction with the MOE programs for training the Government-sponsored professionals to undertake overseas studies and research, the TCOS also provide customized intensive foreign language programs in English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, etc., for people from various backgrounds including organized groups from manufacturing and service industries, as well as medical, educational and cultural organizations across the country. The trainees have well-defined objectives and plans for language development. In addition, the TCOS boasts a number of one-year and two-year quality foundation programs oriented towards college education abroad (Known as Top University Foundation Courses, TUFC for short), directly linking undergraduate programs in renowned overseas universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany and Spain. These programs are jointly administered by the TCOS of SISU and the China Scholarship Council Study Abroad Preparatory Center of MOE. Moreover, the TCOS’s Overseas Examination Center, subordinate to the direct administration of the state MOE, undertakes major national and international language proficiency tests, including WSK, TOEFL, IELTS, GRE, HSK, BJT, JLPT, TOPIK and TestDaf.
Exclusively catering to the needs of language teaching and learning, the TCOS’s independent teaching building and language lab building are well-equipped with modern language education facilities, including 20 language labs, a multi-media room and an auditorium with a seating capacity of over 400 people.