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How to apply to Southern Medical University

南方医科大学

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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

Funding route on this profile

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

Agency number recorded: 12121. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.

Application fee

CNY 800 Southern Medical University charges an application fee of CNY 800 per person, non-refundable. Its official fee standard page (收费标准, posted 18 December 2025) states in its own words: '1. 报名费 800元人民币/人。' (1. Application fee: RMB 800 per person), listed separately from and ahead of tuition. The identical wording appears in all five 2026 admissions guides, for example '八、收费标准 1.报名费:人民币800元/人,报名费一律不予退还。' (Section 8 Fees: 1. Application fee: RMB 800 per person; the application fee is non-refundable in all cases), and again in the 2026 freshman scholarship measures and the Guangdong provincial scholarship measures. This is expressly an application fee (报名费), not tuition: the same sections list tuition separately as 学费 in RMB per academic year, namely undergraduate clinical medicine and stomatology 36,000 Chinese-taught and 50,000 English-taught, other undergraduate programmes 30,000, master's 45,000, doctoral 50,000, visiting scholars 30,000, and preparatory students 12,000 per semester or 23,000 per year. IMPORTANT SCOPE: only holders of a full Chinese Government Scholarship are exempt, stated as '★ 中国政府全额奖学金生,免交报名费、学费、住宿费及综合医疗保险费' (full Chinese Government Scholarship students are exempt from the application fee, tuition, accommodation and comprehensive medical insurance). Self-funded applicants pay it, and the university explicitly states that winners of its own and the Guangdong awards must still pay: '南方医科大学校长奖学金获得者须按照南方医科大学来华留学生收费标准缴纳奖学金以外所需费用(包括报名费等)' and '广东省政府来粤留学生奖学金获得者须按照南方医科大学自费来华留学生收费标准缴纳所有费用(包括报名费、学费和住宿费)'. The university is therefore not free to apply to in general.

Source-linked admission details

International student admissions and scholarships at Southern Medical University, 2026/2027 cycle; records what the university publishes and confirms the absence of a readable dated notice or fee figure · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Medical insurance
Southern Medical University's international student recruitment and services are run by its School of International Education (国际教育学院) through the International Student Service portal at https://istudy.smu.edu.cn/pc/, which publishes an online application system, a teaching management system, an apartment management system, a living guide, residence permit information, international student insurance information, psychological counselling, the academic calendar, the college journal and a campus map.
Scholarship
The portal's 招生信息 (Admissions) section names four published items: 招生简章 (admissions brochure), 申请指南 (application guide), 收费标准 (fee schedule) and 在线报名 (online application), plus 导师信息 (supervisor information) and 录取查询 (admission result查询). The 奖学金 (Scholarships) section names 新生奖学金 (freshman scholarship) and 在校生奖学金 (in-school scholarship).
Application portal
The online application for international students is hosted at https://fimmu.at0086.cn/StuApplication/Login.aspx.
Scholarship
The university's 国际交流与合作处 (Office of International Exchange and Cooperation) maintains a separate site at https://portal.smu.edu.cn/wsc/ covering institutional cooperation, external affairs, policies and regulations, international cooperation, overseas travel, foreign experts and student exchange, and its 公告通知 (notices) index carried a single 2026 winter holiday duty roster with no international admissions or scholarship notice.
Verified fact
Southern Medical University is the only medical institution among Guangdong's first batch of five provincial high-level universities under key construction (广东省首批5所省属高水平大学重点建设高校中唯一的医学院校).
Programmes
It is among China's first batch of jointly ministry-province co-constructed medical universities (全国首批部委省共建医科高校), one of the first eight institutions permitted to offer the eight-year clinical medicine programme (本博连读), and among the first pilot institutions for the national Excellent Doctor and Excellent Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine training programmes.
Verified fact
The university maintains 82 high-level international partner institutions, according to the figures published on its own home page.
Application portal
The university's Chinese-language hosts www.smu.edu.cn and portal.smu.edu.cn, together with sie.smu.edu.cn, en.smu.edu.cn and iso.smu.edu.cn, resolve to the 198.18.0.0/15 range and could not be reached over HTTPS from this network; their content was read through the text-rendering proxy https://r.jina.ai/.
Scholarship
The International Student Service portal and its English counterpart at https://istudy.smu.edu.cn/pc_en/ are JavaScript single-page applications (the Chinese portal a Vue 2.6 application posting to /front/... endpoints such as /front/fnMenu, /front/articles4Memu and /front/web/webInfo; the English portal a compiled Vue application with hash routing). Their article bodies are fetched from a backend that could not be queried from this environment, so the published brochure, fee schedule and scholarship texts remain unread.
Read 南方医科大学国际教育学院 / Southern Medical University International Student Service portal (istudy.smu.edu.cn), with institutional facts from the university home page 南方医科大学 (www.smu.edu.cn) read via the text-rendering proxy https://r.jina.ai/

Published dates and unconfirmed windows

Application timing and source scope

Southern Medical University (南方医科大学) publishes five separate 2026-intake admissions guides on its International Students Service Platform (istudy.smu.edu.cn), all scoped to entry in September 2026. The self-funded window is identical across the undergraduate Chinese-taught guide (posted 12 January 2026), the undergraduate English-taught guide (4 December 2025), the visiting-scholar guide (17 December 2025) and the master's and doctoral guide (17 December 2025): '自费项目申请者:2025年12月1日—2026年6月30日', that is 1 December 2025 to 30 June 2026. The preparatory-programme guide (4 December 2025) splits its intake: the spring one-semester class ran 1 December 2025 to 15 February 2026 and the autumn one-year class ran 15 February 2026 to 30 June 2026. The general Chinese Government Scholarship window, per the 2026 CSC application measures posted 12 January 2026 and repeated in the undergraduate and postgraduate guides, is December 2025 to March 2026, with applications made to the applicant's home-country dispatching authority, a Chinese embassy or consulate, or the university. Two CSC programmes carry their own dates: the High-level Graduate Program guide (posted 16 December 2025) states a window printed as '2026年12月1日-2月28日' alongside its own English gloss 'From December 1 to February 28' and notes rolling review that closes when the quota fills, which is an early departmental cut-off materially ahead of the general CSC window; and the Silk Road Program guide (posted 30 April 2026) gives a deadline of 10 May 2026. For named scholarships, the 2026 freshman scholarship measures (22 December 2025) set the President's Scholarship deadline at 31 May 2026 and the university's Outstanding International Students Scholarship for Freshmen at 30 June 2026, while the Guangdong provincial measures (5 December 2025) set the Guangdong Government Scholarship for international students in Guangdong at 30 June 2026. Every 2026-intake window listed above has now closed, the latest being 30 June 2026. No 2027 intake notice exists: a sweep of the platform's notices and news columns and of every admissions and scholarship section in both Chinese and English found no 2027 application window, the newest admission-cycle documents remaining the 2026 guides.

Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 12121

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

Funding options

Scholarships listed for Southern Medical 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
  • 中国政府奖学金'高水平研究生'项目 (Chinese Government Scholarship High-Level Graduate Program)
  • 中国政府奖学金'丝绸之路'项目 (Chinese Government Scholarship Silk Road Program)
  • 广东省政府来粤留学生新生奖学金 (Guangdong Government Outstanding International Students Scholarship for Freshmen)
  • 广东省政府来粤留学生奖学金 (Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship)
  • 南方医科大学来华留学生校长奖学金 (SMU President Scholarship for International Students)
  • 南方医科大学来华留学生新生奖学金 (SMU Outstanding International Students Scholarship for Freshmen)
  • 南方医科大学优秀来华留学生奖学金 (SMU Outstanding International Student Scholarship)

How to apply to Southern Medical University

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

Start with the university application

Self-funded admission

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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 notice

University online application; current programme rules unresolved

Register in SMU’s online service platform before filling the application; one email can register one account. The public application form asks for study category/major, passport details, education/work history, language evidence, study plan, financial guarantor and emergency contact, with notarized academic documents/translations. Scholarship intent can be selected, but CSC requires its separate system. The accessible standing form does not establish a2026/2027closing date, fee, supervisor requirement or complete programme-specific checklist. Read the current degree notice before submission.

Reference: Standing public portal instructions. 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 Southern Medical 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

    Complete the university 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.

  4. 4

    Review your offer and costs

    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.

  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: 12121. For Type B, match it to Southern Medical 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.