Classification, recruitment and enrollment of foreign students

Article 1Higher education institutions can provide foreign students witheducation for academic qualifications and education for non-academicqualifications. Higher education for academic qualifications includes specialcourse education, regular course education and graduate program. Highereducation for non-academic qualifications includes advanced education andresearch program.

Article 2Higher education institutions should formulaterecruitment measures for foreign students, publicize recruitment regulationsand enroll foreign students in accordance with the regulations.

Article 3The number of foreign students to be enrolled inhigher education institution is not limited by the state-planned quota.

Article 4The tuition items and fee standards collected byhigher education institutions shall be formulated and publicized in accordancewith the relevant regulations of the state, and shall be calculated andcollected in Renminbi.

Article 5The majors for foreign students enrolled at highereducation institutions shall be those public-opened majors. New majors ofacademic qualification education specially established for foreign students shouldreport to the Ministry of Education for examination and approval.

Article 6The foreign citizens applying to study at highereducation institutions in China shall acquire competent qualifications and meetthe enrollment requirement, possess economic assurance and a warrantor inChina.

Article 7Higher education institutions shall providequalification assessment, entrance test or checkup for foreign students. Highereducation institutions can decide their own enrollment standard. Foreignstudents receiving academic qualification education in Chinese should take partin the HSK.

Article 8The enrollment of foreign students is determined byhigher education institutions. The state-planed enrollment of foreign studentsshould take the first priority. Higher education institutions have the right toenroll foreign students under inter-school exchange programmes and self-paidforeign students.

Article 9Higher education institutions can accept foreignstudents enrolled or transferred from other institutions upon permission fromthe latter.