📖Introduction

Founded in 1954, a key university in Shanghai, Shanghai Normal University (SHNU) is a comprehensive university with salient features of teacher training and particular strength in liberal arts. With over 40,000 students, SHNU has 18 colleges with 85 undergraduate disciplines related to 11 subjects covering philosophy, literature, pedagogy, history, law, economics, management theory, mathematics, engineering, agriculture and so on. SHNU has 154 Master’s degree programs, 42 doctoral degree programs and 7 post-doctoral research centers.

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🏫About Shanghai Normal University (SHNU)

One of the earliest universities to provide Chinese language programs to international students in Shanghai, SHNU started to accept international students in 1965. SHNU is one of the authorized universities to accept international students sponsored by Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Scholarship, Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship and so on. SHNU has three Confucius institutes which were co-established by SHNU and the University of Missouri in America, Fukuyama University in Japan and the University of Botswana in Botswana. With a global view, SHNU has established cooperation and exchange relationships with more than 200 universities and academic institutions from over 30 countries, including Havard University in USA and Waseda University in Japan.

Introduction of ICCS

International College of Chinese Studies (ICCS) is the particular college to provide Chinese language programs to international students in SHNU. With the first-class teaching faculty, ICCS attracts nearly 2,000 international students from more than 40 countries all over the world every year. ICCS provides short-term Chinese programs, long-term Chinese programs, Chinese programs for Bachelor’s degree, Chinese programs for Master’s degree and Chinese program for Ph. D. degree. ICCS is one of the official training bases for Chinese teachers and principals of overseas Chinese schools authorized by Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of National Council. ICCS is one of the official test centers of National HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi: Chinese Proficiency Test), National Research & Development Center of HSK (Tourism) and New HSK (Advanced Level). ICCS has Shanghai Key Discipline of TCFL (Teach Chinese as a Foreign Language), Institute of Applied Linguistics of Shanghai Key Research Base and the journal of Research on Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. ICCS has rich resources of teaching staff and 90% of them have overseas teaching experience. ICCS has completed and is conducting many national and municipal research projects. ICCS boasts its unique language environment with both Chinese students and international students studying in the same college. Lots of interactions are encouraged among students to create multi-lingual and multi-cultural environment.

Campus

SHNU has two main campuses, Xuhui Campus and Fengxian Campus, covering an area of over 1.62 million square meters. International students in ICCS study and live on Xuhui Campus. Very close to Xujiahui, one of the most prosperous areas in Shanghai, SHNU boasts very convenient transportation in Shanghai. With excellent faculty, comfortable living environment and beautiful scenery, SHNU is the ideal place for international students to study Chinese language and culture.

Living in University

Extracurricular Activities

ICCS holds clubs for international students such as Calligraphy, painting, photography, erhu (a traditional musical instrument in China), martial arts, yoga, dancing, learning to cook Chinese food, etc. ICCS holds other extracurricular activities for international students such as Chinese corner, Chinese speech contest, Chinese culture competition, talent competition, international culture week, sports games, New Year’s party, etc.

Field Trips

ICCS organizes field trips (language practice activities) for international students every semester. Teachers in ICCS have accompanied the international students to travel over many places of historic interests and scenic beauty to experience the traditional culture and beautiful natural scenery in China. The places we have travelled to include Beijing, Xi’an, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Hainan, Zhangjiajie, Jiuzhaigou, Huangshan, Wuyishan, and so on.

Cafeterias

Shanghai Normal University has six cafeterias and three restaurants on campus. Students may use their student ID cards to pay their meals in the cafeterias after they deposit money in their student ID cards in the University Information Center. Meal times for the cafeterias: Breakfasts: 06:30 ~ 08:30 Lunches: 10:30 ~ 12:30 Dinners: 16:30 ~ 18:00

Supermarkets:

Supermarkets near Shanghai Normal University are: Walmart Supermarket, Hua-Lian Supermarket, Jia-De-Li Supermarket, Carrefour Supermarket and so on. Shanghai Education Supermarket is on campus.

Fitness Facilities:

Shanghai Normal University has International Students Center, football playground, basketball playground, volleyball playground, table tennis room, badminton court and gymnasium etc. on campus. There are many gymnasiums around Shanghai Normal University.

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🏠 Accommodation

Typically, students from abroad are arranged to be accommodated in the Building of Academic Exchanges Center, Waibinlou Building (Foreign Guest House), Xi Liu (No. 6 Dorm on West Xuhui Campus), etc.

Notes:
  • You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.
  • You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.
  • We have an article about how to find accommodation off campus here.
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

$100 USD

Tuition fee:

28,000 CNY per year

84,000 CNY in total

Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18 and the maximum age is 40.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: Master's

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online here)
  • Guarantor letter
  • 2 Recommendation letters
  • Research proposal

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to China Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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Here is some more information about the enrollment process after you have been accepted.

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