The first semester of China's first "anti-corruption" postgraduate program has begun, with leading anti-graft officials teaching students in the classroom.

The program kicked off earlier this week at the Renmin University of China in Beijing.

He Jiahong, deputy director of the university's criminal law research center and one of the program's tutors, said the course teaches advanced techniques for duty-related criminal investigations, such as lie-detection techniques.

The course has 30 students and "plays a positive role in social anti-corruption", said Professor Lin Zhe at the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.