University application guide
北京外国语大学
Beijing, Beijing, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for Beijing Foreign Studies University. Requirements can differ by degree, program, teaching language, and funding route. The university’s current notice controls the application.
The profile includes CSC-related application guidance for Beijing Foreign Studies University. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.
Agency number recorded: 10030. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.
The recorded application fee is CNY 800. The application fee is CNY 800 (800 元人民币), payable online via the prompts in the BFSU International Student Online Service System. The prospectus states that only RMB is accepted, that other currencies and traveller's cheques are not accepted, and that the fee is non-refundable once paid ('申请费一经缴纳不予退还'). The same CNY 800 non-refundable fee is stated identically in both the 2026 international undergraduate prospectus and the 2026 international postgraduate prospectus (Chinese originals).
2026 intake, international undergraduate (bachelor's) degree applicants, self-funded, at Beijing Foreign Studies University · recorded source check: October 2, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
For the 2026/2027 academic year BFSU publishes dated windows in its own 2026 prospectuses and CSC notices. Self-funded 2026 international undergraduate applications: the BFSU online service system is open 10 March 2026 to 15 June 2026 and again 15 October 2026 to 15 December 2026 (Chinese original prospectus, published 30 March 2026). Self-funded 2026 international postgraduate applications: the system is open 15 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 (Chinese original postgraduate prospectus, published 23 January 2026). CSC Type B High-Level Postgraduate Program 2026/2027: apply in the BFSU system from the notice date until 20 February 2026 (Beijing time), then in the CSC Study in China system from 5 January 2026 to 28 February 2026 (Beijing time) once a BFSU pre-admission letter is held (notice published 31 October 2025). CSC Type B Silk Road Program 2026/2027: applications until 1 June (Beijing time), stated as '即日起至 6月1日' with the 2026/27 call deadline: 1 June 2026, now closed by that year's prospectus (notice published 7 May 2026). As at 28 September 2026 the undergraduate spring/autumn second window (15 October to 15 December 2026) has not yet opened; the 2026 undergraduate main window, the postgraduate window, the CSC High-Level Postgraduate window and the 1 June Silk Road window have all closed. The recorded review did not establish a 2027/2028 intake notice. The 2026/27 Silk Road Type B graduate call deadline was 1 June 2026 and is closed. Keep Type B eligibility and coverage limited to the specific programs in that notice.
Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10030
Guide scope reviewed 3 October 2026. Dates apply only to the intake and route named in each notice.
Funding options
These awards are listed on the university profile. Eligibility, eligible degree levels, coverage, deadlines and whether new applicants can apply vary by award and intake. Open the dated call before selecting an award or paying an application fee.
Choose your funding route to see where to start, which systems to use and what to submit.
Start with the university application
Undergraduate spring application window
Published 2027 guidance · Spring-entry undergraduate applications; passport valid after April 1, 2027
The 2026 undergraduate brochure explicitly names this late-2026 window. Confirm your course accepts spring entry and use the registration date in your admission letter. This is separate from graduate and CSC deadlines.
BFSU official 2026 undergraduate brochure, spring 2027 passport conditionUndergraduate direct route
Apply online in Chinese/English and pay the non-refundable ¥800 fee as the system requests. The 2026 brochure explicitly opens March 10–June 15 and October 15–December 15, 2026. Upload high-school diploma or expected graduation, full transcript, CSCA report, valid programme-specific language evidence, a personal statement of at least 500 characters in the teaching language, passport, signed admission undertaking and guarantor form, and employment consent if employed. Add nationality, current-China status or guardian documents where applicable. The office screens; departments run examinations/assessments; monitor system notices. Admission/JW201/202 arrives by email, taking four to five weeks after admission. Bring originals and five white-background two-inch photos at registration. No supervisor acceptance is required.
Reference: 2026 brochure; spring application window explicitly in late 2026. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck Beijing Foreign Studies University's current prospectus for your degree, teaching language, eligibility and deadline. Arrange supervisor contact or pre-admission first when the program requires it.
Read official admission instructionsUse the checklist below, then compare it with your program's required documents. Prepare any signed forms, translations and referee submissions before starting the final application.
Use the official application link and complete the fields required for your route. Submit documents only through the channel and at the stage stated in the current notice. Pay a charge only when instructed; retain any submission confirmation the system provides.
Check tuition, accommodation, insurance, payment deadlines and any financial-guarantee requirement. Accept the offer through the university's stated process. A CSC application is not part of a purely self-funded route.
Check your portal and email for missing-document requests, interviews and results. If a form is returned, correct it and resubmit. Keep admission and scholarship decisions separate; follow the final offer for acceptance, registration and original-document checks.
See annotated portal walkthroughs
Use the document list for your exact program. Prepare these common items, then add any scholarship-specific forms:
Scan each complete document clearly. Use the file type and size limit shown beside its upload field; combine multi-page documents only where the system permits. Open every uploaded file to check legibility, page order, signatures and stamps. Keep a copy of everything you submit.
Application templatesFollow the submission method in your programme's notice. The steps below apply when it requires an online form; email and paper applications follow their separate source-linked instructions above.
University agency number on record: 10030. For Type B, match it to Beijing Foreign Studies University in CSC. Type A uses your dispatching authority's number instead.
Open CSC application systemCSC scholarship application systemThe links below support the dates, route sequence, and program details shown above. Some are planning references rather than a current university deadline; each item on the admissions calendar states its source and evidence basis.
Dates and funding rules change by intake. Recheck the current official notice before paying, submitting, or arranging documents.