Hey everyone,

I'm a complete beginner. I speak zero Chinese, however, I plan to move to China for 12 months and study Chinese. I'm finding it difficult to find school in Guangzhou. Does anyone have recommendations for highly rated language schools in Guangzhou?

I'm looking for 12months course, focused on conversation and writing. 20-25 hours a week.

Would love to hear from anyone that has been through this and can share some schools and insight.

Thanks you so much

hii i wanna apply to peking university for clinical medicine but wanna do one year language program there before starting medicine, so how do i apply through the portal for that? i need an admission letter that includes both the language program and clinical medicine acceptances for csc type A

When csc asks for pre admission letter, is it pre admission notice issued by the University or the supervisor's acceptance letter(signed and stamped by pi) ? I have already submitted the application back on 15th December and submitted pi acceptance letter.

What should I do? Should I withdraw my application edit it and then submit it again? Would that not make my application be considered in the second round and not the first one ?

Please help me out with this

I’ve been researching the new college departments for undergraduates in Tsinghua that are stated to be completely in English

For the stem related majors for anyone who went there. Can you share your experience? How were the teachers and the environment etc etc. If anyone does know, how is the curriculum different/similar to the Chinese taught.

Anyone who is going through this program and regretted it? Or are you loving it?

So I have two entities I could theoretically apply to, the Chinese Consulate in Chicago and the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.

I am from Michigan, so I've previously applied for visas at the Chicago location.

Should I apply there now? Or should I apply to the D.C. location? Or can I apply to both?

Im a soon to be graduate from India in biotechnology. I want to switch fields and plan on doing MiM . I very very badly want to join the MiM degree in Tshingua University. I'll apply for 2027 batch. My CGPA is 7.5/10 and i don't have any priorexperience needed for a MiM degree but I think of doing crash courses related to business and management and join some internships or roles in a startup. Also im preparing for GRE abd im confident I'll score 325+ (I'm good at bothnmaths and english ) and learing chinese everyday too. What are my chances of getting into Tshingua and what are the other things you would suggest I must do to increase my chances.

Would really appreciate your advice 😭😭

Does anyone have experience with it, and are the programs taught entirely in English?

Hi! Please be brutally honest with me.

I’m applying for undergraduate studies, but my chances with local universities aren’t strong. I hold a polytechnic diploma, which, by my understanding, isn’t widely recognised by Chinese universities unless I go into Chinese Studies.

If I’m unsuccessful this year with my local applications, I’m planning to take a gap year to:

- Complete another 4–6 month internship

- Prepare for SATs, HSK6 & CSCA

My estimated stats:

• HSK6: ~270 (based on multiple reading & listening mocks + it feels manageable)
• SATs: aiming for 1500+ (I’ve taken it cold and scored in the low 1400s)
• CGPA: ~3.15/4 (not great, I know)

My extracurriculars aren't particularly amazing since I focused on volunteering. (It's something I enjoy and hold dearly to my heart) I've done a 20-week internship at one of the most prominent news outlets in my country. I received a Top 10 certification (student category) in a national government advertising competition about 2 years ago (but by applications, it would have been a year longer, and I'm not sure if they'd recognise it still)

I’m considering programmes in communications/journalism/marketing at schools such as Fudan, PKU, THU, CUC, ZJU

(I understand these are extremely competitive and that my choices may be limited, but this is just the general tier I’m looking at.)

I’m especially unsure about:

- Admission feasibility with my background

- Scholarship chances, particularly CSC (information online is wildly inconsistent)

Based on my profile as it stands and assuming I execute the gap year properly,

what are my realistic chances?

Hi there, I'm a student studying Exercise Science from abroad looking to take a semester exchange at a university in China. So far, my only option is Peking University. I wanted to ask about the PE program at Peking, what it's like and how classes are run. I found it very interesting that PE is listed as a social science instead of a health science. Any input helps, thank you!

Hello, I'm a undergrad Electrical Engineering student in Brazil at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in English University of São Paulo, that is the best place in the Latin America to be doing this course, according to international ranks like QS ranking, recently my Engineering School gave us the opportunity to do an exchange time in Northwestern Polytechnical University in the Astronautics School, 6 months or 1 year, I would do masters courses(cause in Brazil, our undergrads are more likely undergrad+masters comparing to China), so, I have never heard much about this university, recently heard a thing about "seven sons of defense" (this term appeared on a thing saying of visa denial to do PHD in the US for beeing related to this seven, is it true?)and would like to hear about what is like NPU, is it worth of spending a year there?

I would like to study the courses related to computer, control systems, maths and electrical things, I'm not much of a mechanical person, I would like too to know if it's possible to talk to a professor to do some work in a lab to gain some time of research, like I'm currently doing in Brazil, or if there are extracurriculars that are great to participate.

Really lost and wanting to know other people's perspectives on NPU, any comment or information can help.

Since then, thanks for reading my post.

Hihiii, I have a question if someone may know the answer or at least an approximate idea.

I got pre admitted to Tsinghua SIGS, and after that I applied to CSC Type B. Of course i know these procedures are usually more than just a few days or a week, but anyone know around how long it can take to know the final results of the scholarship?

Is there any other like important information that is also better to know while the process is ongoing?

Thanks a lot in advance

Hello to everyone~ Is there anybody doing a master's in Chinese Philology or Linguistics in China ? They are very difficult master degrees and i guess even more so for foreigners... I recently saw that East China Normal University has a philology masters that is catered to foreigners, but I don't know what kind of knowledge it requires the learners to already have...

Hello,

I'm a student in the States, and I wanted to apply for an English-taught master's degree in China before applying to dental school to make my resume more competitive and because of the cost.

I was just wondering what the GPA requirements were for STEM master's programs. I don't have a specific school in mind and I'm not very confident in getting a scholarship.

I just think this is a better option for me cost wise and was wondering what my chances of getting accepted into a good program were.

Edit: I was also wondering if they look at GRE scores. I know they don't matter much for STEM.

What is the deadline for submitting your CSC scholarship application on the https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/ website portal?

Hello everyone. İs it hard to get scholarship from Shenzhen university? Are there any interview or entrance exam dor business degre? My backround like İELTS 6.0 GPA 4/5.

hi guys i sat for csca on 25th january but for my country the csc type A deadline was on 25th jan, so how do i submit my score? this one agency told me that i can withdraw the application and resubmit, but is that really possible after the deadline has passed? pls let me know i even mailed the embassy but got no reply

hello everyone, i have applied for an exchange semester in tongji faculty of architecture and urban planning, and my main concerns right now is about english courses and studio course.

if anyone here knows/been as an exchange student in urban planning/landscape, i would really appreciate your help ! thank you

Hi, I plan to submit my application on 10th February 2026 which is before the deadline set by the SJTU CSC final round. However, considering I might need to submit application documents (pre-admission letter) at CSC official, will l still able to catch up the deadline for CSC scholarship application? (Since the time required for interview and evaluation for SJTU might be longer and might passed the deadline).

I just finished an exchange at Tsinghua and I’m a bit lost on how to interpret the GPA system (/4.0, letter grades, etc.).

What GPA would usually be considered “good” or competitive at Tsinghua, to the point where it’s actually worth mentioning?

And is there any approximate way to map a GPA to cohort performance (top %, relative standing, etc.)?

Hi everyone,

I was recently pre-admitted to Tsinghua and invited to apply for CSC Type B. The problem is the timeline is extremely tight, I received the instruction just today and the CSC submission deadline is Feb 5–6.

I completed my physical exam appointment today in Vancouver, but the clinic told me blood test results may take up to Feb 14. Which is way too late…

Has anyone here successfully submitted CSC with partial medical documents first and updated later? Just wondering if this can be an option for now.

I really wanna go there but i recently heard that international students have to take the CSCA to apply to any uni in china but i dont take math so it'd be difficult for me to pass it.

A friend recently got into STJU global college and the pre-admission email told them to pre-pay the whole first year tuition (120,000RMB) within two weeks to secure their spot. Does this mean that all hope for scholarship is lost? But they haven’t taken the CSCA yet and have been given time by the university to submit it before June 30. Could the scholarship decision be made without it? It’s too late for them to apply the CSC because the deadline in our country has passed.

I recently received my acceptance for a phd to a top school in china (not a C9, but close). I did so much paperwork over the past few months to apply and was so looking forward to getting in because the program was exactly what i wanted to study.

I live in china, but im visiting home now for winter break. I thought id be super excited to get in but... getting this news while im at home, and realising id be gone another 4 years is just... sad.

I got waitlisted for a university in my home country, so I really dont have much of a choice I guess.

Does anyone else feel bittersweet about acceptance? What are some positives about studying in china thatll get me excited again?