Scope: International student admissions at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University for the 2026 and 2027 intakes: application deadlines, deposits, tuition, scholarships and eligibility as published on xjtlu.edu.cn.. See the recorded official notices and any source qualifications below.
- Application deadline
- XJTLU's 2027 entry is open: the 2027 Intake Application Portal gives a February 2027 master's deadline of 5pm Beijing time 15 November 2026 and a September 2027 deadline of 5pm Beijing time 15 June 2027.
- Intake
- Master's Entry Scholarship deadlines for 2027 are 1 November 2026 for the February 2027 intake and 1 June 2027 for the September 2027 intake, and applicants must flag interest and complete the Master Scholarship Application at the point of applying.
- Intake
- The international undergraduate September 2026 intake closed on 15 June 2026, with an early-bird discount cut-off of 15 April 2026, a sibling discount request date of 15 June 2026 and 15 May 2026 deadlines for Year Two direct entry and Year Three transfer in Architecture, Filmmaking, TV Production and Digital Media Arts.
- Tuition
- International undergraduate tuition is RMB 93,000 per academic year; postgraduate research tuition is RMB 99,000 per year full-time and RMB 75,000 per year part-time; the EdD is RMB 80,000 per year.
- Application fee
- XJTLU charges no published application fee, but does require non-refundable deposits credited against tuition: RMB 10,000 for international undergraduate offer holders and RMB 20,000 for master's offer holders, payable on accepting the offer and deducted from the first year's tuition.
- Tuition
- XJTLU Master's Entry Scholarships are worth 20, 30 or 50 per cent of total programme tuition for full-time master's programmes on academic merit, with a full tuition waiver considered for a few outstanding Masters of Research applicants.
- Tuition
- XJTLU Masters 'BRI Friendship' scholarships are worth up to 30 per cent of total programme tuition and are open to international students from Belt and Road Initiative countries, international students from XJTLU partner universities, and international students living in the Chinese mainland at the time of application.
- Tuition
- The undergraduate Entry Scholarship is worth up to 50 per cent of tuition per year for international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students and is renewable annually subject to academic performance, requiring the applicant to complete the XJTLU Entry Scholarship section during the online application.
- Scholarship
- The Industry-Leadership Scholarship is for international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan undergraduates on Taicang-campus programmes, with 40 quotas, awarded on academic performance and renewable annually but cancelled if the student changes to a non-industry-leadership programme.
- Verified fact
- XJTLU progression scholarships are awarded automatically on prior-year marks, currently RMB 10,000 for first class marks and RMB 5,000 for second class marks, with no application required.
- Verified fact
- Applicants of Chinese heritage must satisfy the Ministry of Education's 4-4-2 policy to be treated as international students, providing evidence of holding their current passport or nationality for at least four years and having lived at least two of the past four years outside China including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
- Tuition
- XJTLU processes applications in about 15 working days and places are allocated first-come, first-served by sequence of deposit and tuition payment; offers are withdrawn if the deposit deadline on the offer letter is missed and are not reinstated.
- Visa and residence permit
- International applicants holding conditional offers for 2027 September entry are advised to convert to unconditional by 8 July 2027 because of student visa timelines.
- Tuition notes
- Published on XJTLU's official admissions pages. International undergraduate tuition is RMB 93,000 per academic year, with a 10 percent early-bird discount for applicants who apply by 15 April 2026, a sibling discount of 5, 10 or 15 percent for the second, third and fourth sibling, and a 10 percent discount on University of Liverpool fees for students on the 2+2 route. Master's tuition varies by programme and the programme table published for 2026 entry gives the per-programme figures. Postgraduate research tuition is RMB 99,000 per year full-time and RMB 75,000 per year part-time, and the EdD is RMB 80,000 per year; graduates of XJTLU, the University of Liverpool or Xi'an Jiaotong University receive an automatic 20 percent tuition discount. Master's offer holders pay a non-refundable deposit of RMB 20,000 and international undergraduate offer holders RMB 10,000, both credited against tuition, not charged as an application fee.
