There a sets of requirements has been set by Chinese Government as well as Chinese Universities for foreign students to apply in Chinese Universities. There are some common requirement for applying in all Universities whereas University to University varies in some short of qualifications. Here I have discussed the qualifications in details.
Citizenship: The applicant must be a non-Chinese citizen with a valid passport. Some University also set restriction upon some Nationalities (Most Often War affected Countries) for applying in those universities. Apart from This Chinese Universities has different policies from the students of Inner Mongolia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Age Restriction: Applicants should be under 25 for Undergraduate applications. Only a few Universities accept up to 30years aged students for Undergraduate level. Applicants for master’s program should be under 35 & for Doctoral applicants should be under 40 years. For Non Degree Language Course and Diploma programs age limit can be varies School to School.
Good physical and mental health: Applicants have to be free from infectious or contagious diseases and there have to be no physical or mental disorders that could interfere with study. Every International students are require to submit Foreign Physical Examination Report after taking necessary Medical tests.
Academic Requirements: Undergraduate and Diploma Applicants must hold a high school diploma (12th Grade). Applicants for master’s program must hold a bachelor’s degree, and for applicants for doctoral program must hold a master’s degree Report after taking necessary Medical tests.
Language Requirement: Applicants should have Chinese or English language proficiency that meets the requirement set by the University. Some Universities ask for English proficiency scores such as IELTS/TOEFL/Duo lingo/PTE. Whereas most of the Universities still accept MOI. For Chinese taught programs University requires HSK4/5 or offer 1 year preparatory Language course.
Non-Criminal Record: Applicants have to have a clear Police Record and provide a Non-criminal record certificate while submitting application. The validity of non-criminal record is 6 months from the date of issue. If students are already in China, then they have to provide Chinese Non-criminal record.
Interview/Admission Test: Usually Chinese university arrange an online interview prior the admission confirmation. From the year 2024 some universities started taking online admission test as mandatory requirements for the International students. This year in December 2025 Chinese Govt. is going to initiate China Scholastic Competency Assessment (CSCA), the unified Admission Test for International students. Intitially it has been mandatory for 306 Universities. The test will be mandatory for all universities by 2028.
In addition University can set some extra requirements for admission as per their policy. Such as-
- Learning Ability: Applicants should have good learning ability and academic performance. The requirement for previous academic grade level can be also fixed by the University.
- Supervisor Acceptance Letter: For applying Master and Doctoral Degree some university require Supervisor Acceptance Letter.
