University application guide
上海科技大学
Shanghai, Shanghai, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for ShanghaiTech University. Requirements can differ by degree, program, teaching language, and funding route. The university’s current notice controls the application.
The international program verified here is the 2026 Summer Lab for partner or invited undergraduates. No general international degree or CSC application route was found in the university's current Office of International Affairs materials.
The application-fee status has not been verified for the current route. No application fee is published for degree study at ShanghaiTech University, so the fee is recorded as unknown rather than confirmed-free. The Office of International Affairs' international student download section (oia.shanghaitech.edu.cn/261/list.htm) publishes only the visiting-student agreement, the Statement of Financial Support for International Students, an insurance purchase guide, the international visiting student registration form and extension form, a visa application letter and the International Visiting Student Application Form; no fee schedule or application charge appears. The office's 招生简章 (Admission Brochures) section is empty on 17 September 2026. The one official fee statement found relates to the 2026 Summer Lab for International Students, a non-degree summer research programme: its page states that tuition and registration fees are WAIVED for students from partner institutions and institutions by invitation, and that accommodation is not provided on campus. That waiver is specific to the Summer Lab and to partner-institution students, and it is not evidence that degree applicants pay nothing, so no feeAmount is recorded and the degree application fee remains unknown.
programmes, dates, fees and requirements · recorded source check: September 17, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
ShanghaiTech University (上海科技大学) publishes no degree-admission window for international students, but it does publish one dated official 2026 international programme. The 2026 ShanghaiTech Summer Lab for International Students, administered by the Office of International Affairs, runs for a minimum of six weeks and a maximum of eight weeks and starts on Monday 29 June 2026; applications close on 30 April 2026, and a participant who withdraws must notify the programme coordinator before 30 May 2026. A university news item of 10 September 2026 confirms that the 2026 Summer Lab ran from 29 June to 23 August 2026. That programme is open only to current non-Chinese undergraduates enrolled at a ShanghaiTech partner institution or attending by invitation, so it is not a route for general applicants, and it is non-credit rather than a degree programme. The Office of International Affairs' international student section publishes no admission notice for degree study: its 招生简章 (Admission Brochures) section is empty on 17 September 2026, its 留学上科大 download section contains only forms and insurance and visa guides, and the university's 2026 master's admission brochure restricts applicants to citizens of the People's Republic of China. The English site and the main Chinese site publish no international degree admission dates either, so no degree-application window can be named for this university.
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.
Historical reference: Start with the university application
Self-funded admission
2027 dates unconfirmed · Autumn degree intake; program-dependent
An exact 2027 admission window is not established by the reviewed university sources. Check the prospectus for your degree and teaching language before scheduling submission.
University website — locate the current admission noticeSummer Lab visiting students only
The 2026 Summer Lab application deadline was April 30; the programme began June 29 for six to eight weeks. Eligible undergraduates from partner institutions or institutions by invitation choose a laboratory and send the visiting-student form, CV and statement of purpose to their home-university coordinator. The coordinator forwards the application to ShanghaiTech. A professor may arrange a virtual interview. Accepted applicants confirm the emailed offer before its deadline and then receive an invitation for the student visa. Tuition and registration fees are waived for this programme; insurance and off-campus housing are arranged separately.
Reference: 2026. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck ShanghaiTech 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.
Confirm the accepted submission channel in the current official notice. Follow the source-specific instructions above for any university, supervisor or nominating-institution steps.
Read official admission instructionsCheck 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.
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.