How to apply to Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine

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tuition, otherCosts, requirements, deadlines · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Intake

The 2026/2027 international student enrollment guide admits three categories only — Chinese language preparatory students, undergraduates and master's students — and states that all programmes are taught in Chinese; there is no doctoral intake for international students in this guide.

Intake

Scanned application documents for the 2026/2027 intake had to be emailed to gjy@sntcm.edu.cn by 31 May 2026, and the university states it assesses completeness and authenticity of materials and conducts a written test and interview for master's applicants before issuing admission.

Language requirement

Undergraduate applicants must hold HSK Level 4 and a CSCA (China Scholastic Competency Assessment) score report, or a screenshot of a test registration no later than April 2026, with the final score report due by 31 May 2026; from 2026 onward the CSCA test is compulsory for all applicants to the university's bachelor's programmes.

Language requirement

Master's applicants must hold HSK Level 5 and supply recommendation letters from two or more experts of associate professor rank or above in a relevant field.

Entry requirements

All applicants must be at least 18 years old with at least a senior high school diploma, hold a valid ordinary foreign passport and not hold Chinese nationality; ethnic Chinese applicants who acquired foreign nationality must have held the foreign passport or nationality for four years or more and have actually lived abroad for at least two of the most recent four years.

Physical examination

The guide requires a criminal record certificate and a Foreigner Physical Examination Record, each valid for six months, plus proof of financial support (a bank deposit certificate), a personal statement and study plan of 800 characters, and a colour ID photograph of at least 320x240 pixels in JPG format named after the passport number.

Intake

Registration for the 2026/2027 intake was 1 to 30 September 2026; the university states that early arrivals are not accommodated, that late arrivals must obtain prior leave from the School of International Education, and that unapproved late registration is treated as abandoning both the place and any scholarship.

Tuition

Tuition for 2026/2027 is CNY 13,000 per academic year for Chinese language preparatory students, CNY 17,000 for undergraduates and CNY 25,000 for master's students; accommodation is CNY 1,200 (four-person room) or CNY 2,400 (double room) per academic year, medical insurance is CNY 800 per academic year, and a CNY 1,000 dormitory deposit is payable at check-in.

Scholarship

The university's International Student Scholarship Management Measures list five scholarship categories it administers — Chinese Government Scholarship country programme, Chinese Government Scholarship Silk Road Program, Shaanxi Province Sanqin Foreign Student Scholarship, the university's own Outstanding International Student Scholarship and its International Student Special Excellence Award — and the university also publishes an application form for the Xi'an Belt and Road Foreign Student Scholarship.

Age requirement

The university's Outstanding International Student Scholarship is paid at CNY 6,000 (first class), CNY 4,000 (second class) and CNY 2,000 (third class) per person per year, and its Special Excellence Award at CNY 1,000 per person per year; entry applicants for the master's award must hold a bachelor's degree and be under 30, and entry applicants for the bachelor's award must hold a senior high school equivalent and be under 25.

Application deadline

The International Student Scholarship Management Measures state that applications are submitted to the School of International Education by a scholarship application deadline, but no dated scholarship deadline is published for any named intake; the national and provincial awards follow the policy of the competent higher authority for the year in question.

Tuition notes

Published in the 2026/2027 academic year international student enrollment guide, section 三、收费标准. Chinese language preparatory students CNY 13,000 per person per academic year; undergraduates CNY 17,000 per person per academic year; master's students CNY 25,000 per person per academic year. All programmes are taught in Chinese and start in September. Accommodation is charged separately at CNY 1,200 per person per academic year for a four-person room and CNY 2,400 for a double room (room type is assigned by the university, not chosen by the student), and degree students must hold medical insurance at CNY 800 per person per academic year. A CNY 1,000 dormitory deposit is payable on check-in. The guide states that tuition excludes textbooks and supplementary materials, and that return travel, medical examination, visa fees and living, transport and medical costs in China are the student's own responsibility.