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How to apply to Shaanxi Normal University

陕西师范大学

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for Shaanxi Normal University. Requirements can differ by degree, program, teaching language, and funding route. The university’s current notice controls the application.

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The profile includes CSC-related application guidance for Shaanxi Normal University. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.

Agency number recorded: 10718. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.

Application fee

CNY 400 Shaanxi Normal University charges an application fee (报名费) of CNY 400. Its own Fees Standard page (费用标准, study.snnu.edu.cn/zxxx/fybz.htm) publishes a 报名费 column that reads 400 against every single row of the table — every level and every duration, including short-term Chinese language students of one week (CNY 400), long-term Chinese language students for one semester and one academic year, general visiting students at bachelor's level, senior visiting students at master's and doctoral level, and degree students at bachelor's, master's and doctoral level — with the sole exception of the two-week and three-week short courses, which are CNY 200. The fee is therefore a flat CNY 400 for degree applicants. The Silk Road Program notice independently confirms that the CSC award covers 免学费及注册费, that is it waives tuition and the registration fee, which shows the charge is real for applicants paying their own way. This is the application fee and not tuition: the same page publishes tuition separately, at CNY 16,500 per year for a Chinese-taught bachelor's, CNY 18,000 for a science or engineering bachelor's and CNY 32,000 for an arts bachelor's, recorded under tuition below.

Source-linked admission details

Shaanxi Normal University's published international study costs, CSC agency code, entry requirements, dated 2026/2027 application windows and the awards it offers international students, as stated on its own 留学陕师大 site and in its own 2026 and 2026/2027 scholarship notices. · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Official name
Shaanxi Normal University (陕西师范大学), Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. A key university directly under the Ministry of Education and in the first batch of national Double First-Class construction universities, with Chang'an and Yanta campuses; 27 schools and departments, 27 doctoral degree authorisation points, 57 to 60 master's degree authorisation points and 69 undergraduate admissions majors; more than 3,400 staff and over 31,000 students; 13 disciplines in the global top 1% of the ESI rankings. It has recruited international students since 1965 and has trained more than 10,000 from over 120 countries and regions, and it hosts an HSK test centre.
CSC agency code
10718 — stated verbatim in the university's own notice: 「陕西师范大学机构代码：10718，留学项目种类为B」 and repeated in the Silk Road Program notice as 「陕西师范大学机构代码：10718，留学项目种类为B类」. Applicants select programme category Type B in the Chinese Government Scholarship Information System and enter 10718 as the institution code.
Application fee
CNY 400 registration fee (报名费) for degree applicants, visiting students and long-term Chinese language students; CNY 200 for short courses of one to three weeks. The CSC awards waive both tuition and the registration fee (免学费及注册费).
Bachelor's tuition
CNY 16,500 per year (humanities), CNY 18,000 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 32,000 per year (arts); per semester, CNY 9,000, CNY 9,800 and CNY 17,000 respectively.
Master's tuition
CNY 19,800 per year (humanities), CNY 22,000 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 36,000 per year (arts); per semester, CNY 10,000, CNY 12,000 and CNY 19,000 respectively.
Doctoral tuition
CNY 25,000 per year (humanities), CNY 28,000 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 38,000 per year (arts); per semester, CNY 13,000, CNY 15,000 and CNY 20,000 respectively.
Visiting student and language tuition
General visiting students at bachelor's level: CNY 10,000 to CNY 18,000 per year. Senior visiting students at master's level: CNY 13,000 to CNY 21,000 per year. Senior visiting students at doctoral level: CNY 15,000 to CNY 23,000 per year. Long-term Chinese language students: CNY 15,000 per year or CNY 8,000 per semester. Short-term Chinese language courses range from CNY 1,000 for one week to CNY 7,000 for three months.
CSC High-Level Postgraduate deadline
From the date of publication of the notice to 23 February 2026, and applications submitted after that date are treated as invalid (即日起至2026年2月23日（逾期提交的申请将视作无效）). Master's programmes run two or three years, doctoral programmes four years, and students may apply for one year of Chinese language preparatory study for Chinese-taught programmes.
CSC High-Level Postgraduate funding
Tuition and registration fee waived (免学费及注册费); accommodation fee waived (免住宿费); comprehensive medical insurance waived (免综合医疗保险费); and a living allowance of CNY 3,000 per month for master's students and CNY 3,500 per month for doctoral students.
CSC Silk Road Program window and fields
From the date of publication of the notice of 7 May 2026 to 22 May 2026 (即日起至2026年5月22日). It funds four-year English-taught doctoral programmes only, in curriculum and teaching theory, educational technology, comparative education, higher education and theoretical economics, under the university's funded project for training high-quality professional teachers for the Belt and Road. Priority countries are Russia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Indonesia and Egypt. Funding is tuition and registration fee waiver, accommodation waiver, comprehensive medical insurance and a living allowance of CNY 3,500 per month.
Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship
Closing date 25 June 2026 (申请截止时间 2026年6月25日). Established by the Xi'an Municipal Government and funding one year of study only: CNY 25,000 per person for doctoral students, CNY 20,000 for master's students, CNY 15,000 for undergraduates and CNY 1,000 per person per month for Chinese language trainees studying at least six months, capped at ten months. Students must pay tuition, accommodation and insurance at registration, and the award is paid after approval. Applicants must hold the nationality of a Belt and Road partner country, have no other scholarship, and apply through the university's own system at https://snnu.17gz.org/ selecting the Xi'an Municipal Government Scholarship. The university reviews, interviews and assesses applicants before recommending them to the Xi'an Municipal Education Bureau, which issues the final admission list.
Xi'an Five Central Asian Countries scholarship
Closing date 25 June 2026, enrolment September 2026, for nationals of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan only. Bachelor's students receive one year of Chinese language preparatory study plus four years of undergraduate study, master's students three years and doctoral students three years. It covers tuition, accommodation, a living allowance, insurance, residence permit fee, medical examination fee, textbook costs and international travel, and the living allowance is paid monthly.
Language requirement
CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program: HSK Level 4 or above for Chinese-taught programmes and IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 60 for English-taught programmes. Silk Road Program: IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80. Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship: HSK Level 4 for the Chinese Language and Literature bachelor's, HSK Level 5 for other humanities majors and HSK Level 4 at application for science, engineering and arts majors; English-taught programmes need IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 60. Native English speakers are exempt from the English certificate.
Age limits
CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program: generally no older than 35 for master's and no older than 40 for doctoral applicants. Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship: under 40 for doctoral, under 35 for master's, under 30 for bachelor's and under 45 for non-degree Chinese language study. Five Central Asian Countries scholarship: under 25 for bachelor's, under 35 for master's and under 45 for doctoral applicants. All city-scholarship ages are calculated with 1 September 2026 as the reference date.
CSCA requirement
Bachelor's applicants for the Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship must submit a China Scholastic Competency Assessment (CSCA) score report. Five Central Asian Countries scholarship applicants must sit the CSCA before entering specialist study after one year of Chinese preparatory language training.
Financial guarantee
The Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship requires proof of financial guarantee of no less than CNY 40,000 (经济担保证明。金额不少于人民币40000元).
Dual filing for CSC applicants
CSC applicants must file in both the Shaanxi Normal University international student online service system at https://snnu.17gz.org/ and the Chinese Government Scholarship Information System at https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/ or http://www.campuschina.org under Type B with institution code 10718. The university conducts a first review, an interview and a comprehensive assessment, issues a pre-admission notice to recommended candidates, and the China Scholarship Council then carries out the expert review that determines the final admission list.
Concurrent scholarship ban
Chinese Government Scholarship recipients may not hold another scholarship established by a Chinese government at any level or by the admitting institution, excluding one-off incentive awards. Anyone found doing so loses the CSC qualification and must repay the scholarship received, and anyone who deliberately conceals other funding is barred from applying for the CSC for three years.
Anti-fraud notice
The university states that it has authorised no individual or organisation to recruit students for its scholarship programmes and that all students must submit applications through the official channels only (陕西师范大学没有授权任何个人或机构做奖学金项目招生).
Official admissions contact
Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Shaanxi Normal University, 620 West Chang'an Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119; telephone +86-29-85310582; fax +86-29-85310278; e-mail snnuiso@snnu.edu.cn.
Tuition notes
Published on Shaanxi Normal University's own Fees Standard page (费用标准, study.snnu.edu.cn/zxxx/fybz.htm), read 17 September 2026. Figures are CNY and are given per semester and per academic year as the university publishes them.
Medical insurance
The CSC awards cover comprehensive medical insurance (免综合医疗保险费). The city of Xi'an's Five Central Asian Countries scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, a living allowance, insurance, residence permit fee, medical examination fee, textbook costs and international travel.
Entry requirements
Language: Chinese-taught programmes: HSK Level 4 or above for the CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program; for the Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship, HSK Level 4 for the Chinese Language and Literature bachelor's, HSK Level 5 for other humanities majors and HSK Level 4 at the time of application for science, engineering and arts majors. English-taught programmes require IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 60 under the city scholarship, and IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 60 under the CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program (the Silk Road Program requires IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80). Native English speakers and applicants whose official language is English are exempt. Applicants who obtained a degree from a Chinese university taught in Chinese need not provide an HSK certificate.. Age: For the CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program a master's applicant must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent with excellent grades and be generally no older than 35, and a doctoral applicant must hold a master's degree or equivalent with excellent grades and be generally no older than 40. The Xi'an Municipal Belt and Road Scholarship sets no older than 40 for doctoral, no older than 35 for master's, no older than 30 for bachelor's and under 45 for non-degree Chinese language study, all counted from 1 September 2026 as the reference date. The Five Central Asian Countries scholarship sets under 25 for bachelor's, under 35 for master's and under 45 for doctoral applicants on the same 1 September 2026 reference date.
Read 费用标准 (Fees Standard), 留学陕师大 — Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Shaanxi Normal University

Published dates and unconfirmed windows

Application timing and source scope

Shaanxi Normal University (陕西师范大学) publishes its international admissions notices through its Office of International Exchange and Cooperation on the 留学陕师大 site (study.snnu.edu.cn); every notice was read on 17 September 2026 and the 2026/2027 intake windows have closed. CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program (中国政府奖学金“高水平研究生”项目, Type B): the notice published 31 October 2025 sets the application period as from the date of publication to 23 February 2026, and states that applications submitted after that date are invalid (即日起至2026年2月23日（逾期提交的申请将视作无效）); master's programmes run two or three years and doctoral programmes four years — closed. CSC Silk Road Program (中国政府奖学金“丝绸之路”项目) for 2026/2027: the notice published 7 May 2026 sets the application period as from the date of publication to 22 May 2026 (即日起至2026年5月22日), for doctoral study in curriculum and teaching theory, educational technology, comparative education, higher education and theoretical economics, taught in English — closed. Xi'an Municipal Government Belt and Road Scholarship for International Students (西安市“一带一路”外国留学生奖学金): the 2026 brochure published 3 June 2026 sets the closing date as 25 June 2026 (申请截止时间 2026年6月25日), with the university's own review, interview and assessment followed by recommendation to the Xi'an Municipal Education Bureau, which issues the final admission list — closed. Xi'an Municipal Special Scholarship for the Five Central Asian Countries International Student Education and Training Program (西安市“中亚五国”留学生教育培训计划项目专项奖学金): the 2026 brochure published 3 June 2026 gives the same closing date of 25 June 2026 and an enrolment month of September 2026 — closed. The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship application method for 2026 and the CSC Country Bilateral Program (Type A) application method both remain published on the site, and Type A applicants apply through the dispatching authority in their own country, whose deadline governs. No 2027/2028 intake notice had been published on study.snnu.edu.cn as of 17 September 2026, so this window covers the 2026/2027 intake only.

Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10718

Open deadline source

Guide scope reviewed 3 October 2026. Dates apply only to the intake and route named in each notice.

Funding options

Scholarships listed for Shaanxi Normal University

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.

  • CSC / Chinese Government Scholarship
  • Chinese Government Scholarship (中国政府奖学金) — High-Level Postgraduate Program (高水平研究生项目, Type B)
  • Chinese Government Scholarship (中国政府奖学金) — Silk Road Program (丝绸之路项目, Type B)
  • Chinese Government Scholarship (中国政府奖学金) — Country Bilateral Program (国别双边项目, Type A)
  • International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship (国际中文教师奖学金)
  • Xi'an Municipal Government Belt and Road Scholarship for International Students (西安市“一带一路”外国留学生奖学金)
  • Xi'an Municipal Special Scholarship for the Five Central Asian Countries International Student Education and Training Program (西安市“中亚五国”留学生教育培训计划项目专项奖学金)

How to apply to Shaanxi Normal University

Choose your funding route to see where to start, which systems to use and what to submit.

Historical reference: University submission + CSC portal

CSC Type B

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Closes:
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2027 dates unconfirmed · Autumn degree intake; program-dependent

A university-specific 2027 schedule is not established by the reviewed sources. Confirm the program’s current Type B availability, opening date and deadline in its dated notice.

University website — locate the current route notice

CSC High-Level Postgraduate

The 2026 High-Level Postgraduate notice required both SNNU and CSC online applications by 23 February 2026, using Type B and agency 10718. Upload passport, notarized highest qualification, transcripts, language proof, a Chinese/English study plan of at least 1,000 characters, two professor/associate-professor references, medical examination, police clearance and research achievements. Doctoral plans require a Chinese supervisor’s signature. Chinese programmes require HSK 4; English programmes require IELTS 6 or TOEFL 60, with the stated native/official-English exemption. The university reviews materials, interviews and assesses candidates, issues pre-admission and recommends them to CSC; CSC decides the final award. This closed 2026 procedure does not establish 2027 dates.

Reference: 2026. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.

Read the university's procedure

Silk Road: five named English PhD programmes, ten listed nationalities only

For the 2026–2027 Silk Road route, eligible master’s graduates under 40 from the ten listed countries applied to both SNNU and CSC Type B 10718 by 22 May 2026. The five English PhD programmes require IELTS 6 or TOEFL 80, subject to the stated exemption. Upload passport, notarized degree, transcripts, language proof, a plan exceeding 1,000 characters/words, two academic references, medical and police records, and research evidence. University review and interview lead to pre-admission; upload that letter in CSC for final review. The notice’s passport-validity line still says September 2025, so its year needs university clarification. Registration coverage does not establish an application-fee exemption.

Reference: 2026–2027. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.

Read the university's procedure
  1. 1

    Choose your program and intake

    Check Shaanxi Normal 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 instructions
  2. 2

    Prepare your documents

    Use 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.

  3. 3

    Follow the portal order in the Type B notice

    If it asks for the CSC form in the university system, finish CSC first and upload that form. If it asks for university admission or recommendation first, complete that stage before CSC. Where both systems are required, submit to both; use a CSC-only process only when the official notice explicitly specifies it.

    Read official admission instructions
  4. 4

    Complete the required application systems

    Use the university and CSC instructions below in the order specified by your program. Keep names, degree, major and teaching language consistent across the forms. Check submission status in every required system.

    Open the program's university portal
  5. 5

    Track decisions and respond to requests

    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

Document checklist and upload instructions

Use the document list for your exact program. Prepare these common items, then add any scholarship-specific forms:

  • Identity: passport information page and photograph. Copy your name, birth date and passport number exactly into each application.
  • Education: diploma or official expected-graduation certificate, transcripts and any required degree authentication. Include the original language and certified translations where requested.
  • Language: the required HSK, IELTS, TOEFL or accepted alternative. A medium-of-instruction letter replaces a test only if the program allows it.
  • Academic materials: study plan or research proposal; graduate recommendation letters; supervisor or pre-admission letter when required. Some systems send referees a private submission link.
  • Additional requirements: CSCA results for applicable undergraduate routes; portfolio for relevant arts programs; medical form, police clearance, financial guarantee or guardian documents when listed. Check validity periods before arranging time-sensitive documents.

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 templates
How to fill the university application

Follow 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.

  1. Open the university link for your degree level. On an admissions website, find the international-student application entry, then register or sign in. Button names vary between systems.
  2. Choose the correct entry year, degree, teaching language and program. Read its requirements before selecting your funding option.
  3. Enter personal information as it appears in your passport. List education and employment dates accurately, and enter a reliable email address.
  4. Complete the study plan and referee fields. Upload each document to its matching slot; enter a CSC application number only if your route asks for one.
  5. Preview the whole application. Follow the fee instructions, submit the form and check that the system acknowledges submission. Saving a draft does not submit it.
How to fill the CSC application
  1. Open the CSC portal below and register or sign in. Complete your personal details before starting the scholarship application.
  2. Select the application category specified in the current scholarship call. Type A commonly uses a dispatching authority and Type B a university; confirm the exact category and agency number in that route's current notice and check the receiving institution displayed by the system.
  3. Select the degree category, teaching language, major and study period specified by the eligible program. Keep these consistent with your university application.
  4. Upload the requested documents, review all fields and submit. Download the completed application form; sign and upload it to the university or dispatching-authority system when instructed.
  5. Save your application number and a copy of the submitted form. If you withdraw to edit, submit again before the deadline and tell the receiving office if it already began reviewing your application.

University agency number on record: 10718. For Type B, match it to Shaanxi Normal University in CSC. Type A uses your dispatching authority's number instead.

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Official sources for this guide

The 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.