How to apply to Dalian University of Foreign Languages

Source-linked admission details

Dated 2026 undergraduate fee and admissions requirements, the 2026 Foreign Translation Master’s route, and the historical 2025 CSC Type B notice. No 2027 intake or current Type B availability is inferred. · recorded source check: October 2, 2026

CSC agency number

The university’s 2025 High-Level Postgraduate Type B notice lists code 10172. This confirms the prior-cycle route only; current-cycle Type B availability and deadline are unconfirmed.

Post-admission charge — bilingual wording

CNY 400, first year only. The 2026 undergraduate Chinese text calls it a registration fee paid after admission/arrival; English calls it an application fee paid upon admission. It is not an upfront submission charge. Source: https://scs.dlufl.edu.cn/info/1012/1633.htm

Undergraduate tuition

CNY 21,400 per year, charged by academic year and paid in one instalment at registration, per 学费：21,400元/年（按学年收取）in the 2026 undergraduate admission brochure.

Accommodation

New Building single rooms RMB 14,000, RMB 13,000 and RMB 12,000 per semester per room for Types A, B and C at 19, 15 and 13 sq m; North Building twin room RMB 4,800 per semester per person and single-occupancy room RMB 8,400 per semester per room; six-person suite rooms RMB 4,800 south-facing and RMB 4,500 north-facing per semester per person. Each semester is charged on the basis of 120 days.

Comprehensive medical insurance

RMB 500 for one academic year, mandatory on registration for international students in China under national study-in-China regulations.

2026 undergraduate deadline

The current-cycle notice specifies April 15, 2026 as the exact application and materials cutoff; this is earlier than its general end-of-April line. The route is closed.

2026 master's programme window

Applications open 10 January 2026 through dlufl.17gz.org and 15 January 2026 through chinese.cn, closing 23 March 2026, with entry in September 2026 and two years of funding, per the 2026 外国翻译硕士培养项目招生简章.

International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship award terms

The 外国翻译硕士培养项目 under this scholarship covers registration fee, tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and a living allowance paid monthly, over two years of study, with ten majors available in English, Japanese, Russian, German, Korean and French interpreting and translation.

College Scholarship amounts

The School of Chinese Studies' own scholarship pays a first prize of RMB 5,000, a second prize of RMB 3,000 and a third prize of RMB 2,000, with applications each June and December, selection the following month and payment the month after that. Students already holding a Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, Dalian Municipal Scholarship or Piremont Scholarship are excluded from it.

Scale and status

DUFL enrolls nearly 1,500 international students each year from about 70 countries. It states it is designated to receive Chinese Government Scholarship, International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship and Liaoning Provincial Government Scholarship students, is a Liaoning Provincial Model University for international students education, and has passed the Ministry of Education's quality certification for study in China.

Contact and address

International Admissions Office, School of Chinese Studies, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, 6 Lushun Nanlu Xiduan, Dalian, Liaoning 116044, rooms 315 and 321 of the International Chinese Language Education Building. Telephone +86-0411-86115286, fax +86-0411-86115296, email scs@dlufl.edu.cn.

Tuition notes

Read from the fee section of DUFL's 2026 undergraduate admission brochure: 学费：21,400元/年（按学年收取）, with the English text 'The cost of one academic year (undergraduate) is RMB 21,400, which shall be paid at one time when registering at school.' Annual tuition is recorded here and not in the application-fee field.

Accommodation

DUFL's 2026 undergraduate brochure publishes a full dormitory table. New Building single rooms: Type A 19 sq m at RMB 14,000 per semester per room (RMB 117 per day); Type B 15 sq m at RMB 13,000 per semester per room (RMB 109 per day); Type C 13 sq m at RMB 12,000 per semester per room (RMB 100 per day). North Building: twin room 26 sq m at RMB 4,800 per semester per person (RMB 40 per day per bed); single-occupancy room 18-22 sq m at RMB 8,400 per semester per room (RMB 70 per day). Six-person suites: south-facing room 22-26 sq m at RMB 4,800 per semester per person (RMB 40 per day per bed); north-facing room 22 sq m at RMB 4,500 per semester per person (RMB 38 per day per bed). All rooms include a television, private bathroom, 24-hour hot water and access to a shared laundry room, and the new building rooms also include a telephone. The brochure notes that each semester's accommodation fee is charged on the basis of 120 days, and that rates for short-term programme students during winter and summer breaks follow the regulations of DUFL's International Cultural Exchange Center.

Medical insurance

RMB 500 for one academic year. The brochure states that under China's regulations on managing international students, international students in China must purchase the Comprehensive Medical Insurance for Overseas Students in China on registration, and gives a single figure of 500 for a study period of one academic year.

Entry requirements

Language: DUFL's international degree programmes are taught in Chinese. The 2026 外国翻译硕士培养项目 brochure requires a minimum Chinese level equivalent to HSK level 6 with 180 or above, or a level recognised by the School of Chinese Studies, and lists an HSK level 6 report scoring above 180 as a required document; an HSKK intermediate or above report is listed as optional. The 2025 International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship brochure for the same translation programme states the same HSK 6 threshold of 180 and adds HSKK intermediate as non-compulsory.

Application dates — official notice audit

The specific 2026 bachelor application instructions state October 15, 2025–April 15, 2026, including CSCA and material submission by April 15. The introductory end-of-April wording conflicts with that exact earlier cutoff; applicants should follow the specific instructions. The 2026 route is closed. No 2027 degree window is inferred. Source: https://scs.dlufl.edu.cn/info/1012/1633.htm

Recorded route dates — 2026 foreign translation master application dates and program scope

Official 2026 translation master brochure confirms online application starts Jan 10 through dlufl.17 gz.org, Chinese.cn opens Jan 15, deadline Mar 23, September entry and two-year funding. It lists ten translation/interpreting majors and HSK 6>=180 (or accepted equivalent). These dates retain the notice’s recorded cycle; they are not a new application forecast. Source: https://scs.dlufl.edu.cn/info/1013/1638.htm