Chinese universities are open to foreign students who generally come from the United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea and the developing regions of Africa and Southeast Asia. Throughout the academic year, there exists various exchange programs between a number of Chinese universities and foreign universities.

If you intend to attend classes in China for a specific degree of Chinese language course, you are required by universities to take the HSK (han vu Shui ping Kao shi or pin yin) language test.

If you intend to study literature, history, philosophy, medicine or traditional Chinese pharmacology, you are required to have studied basic Chinese for 2 years. For all other subjects, a minimum of 1 years Chinese is required.

For a list of establishments that welcome foreign students, visit China Today.

Upon application, a copy of you last qualifications, translated into either Chinese of English, has to be presented. In application for a Master's or Doctorate, two letters of recommendation from your professor has to be included. Following your application, the university should send you a letter of acceptance and a JW 202 form, both of which are needed to apply for your student visa while studying in China.