University application guide
天津外国语大学
Tianjin, Tianjin, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for Tianjin Foreign Studies University. Requirements can differ by degree, program, teaching language, and funding route. The university’s current notice controls the application.
The profile includes CSC-related application guidance for Tianjin Foreign Studies University. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.
Agency number recorded: 10068. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.
The recorded application fee is CNY 500. The application/registration fee (报名费) at Tianjin Foreign Studies University is CNY 500. It is stated as 报名费：500元 in the fees table (费用标准, in RMB) of the 2027 Spring Admission Brochure for the Chinese Language Program, published 13 September 2026, and as 'Registration: 500 RMB' in the Fees section of the 2026 TFSU Bachelor Program guide. Both notices carry the closing note 备注：以上费用，一经缴纳，不予退还 / 'Note: All the above fees are non-refundable once paid.' The 2026 undergraduate guide's fee table lists only the registration fee, tuition, insurance and accommodation — no separate application fee is named.
2027 spring semester (March 2027 entry), non-degree Chinese-language programme (汉语言), self-funded international applicants. Fees cross-checked against the 2026 TFSU Bachelor Program guide (published 2025-11-21) for degree-level rates. · recorded source check: September 28, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
For the 2027 spring intake two separate routes have published deadlines: the non-degree Chinese-language programme through 31 December 2026, and the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship through 31 October 2026. The language-programme cutoff alone does not establish its current opening: the 2027 Spring Admission Brochure for the Chinese Language Program (2027年春季天津外国语大学国际学生语言项目招生简章, published 13 September 2026) sets the application deadline at 31 December 2026, with registration on 24 and 25 February 2027. This is a non-degree Chinese-language programme and no scholarship is attached to it. The same spring intake has the separate 2027 Spring International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship (published 11 September 2026), a separate scholarship route filed through the CLEC chinese.cn portal. The dated 2026 university-managed windows listed here have closed: the 2026 bachelor's guide (Admission Guide for 2026 TFSU Bachelor Program / 2026年天津外国语大学国际学生本科生招生简章, 21 November 2025) closed on 30 June 2026, as did the 2026 Autumn Chinese Language Program brochure; the 2026 CSC Type B High Level Postgraduate Program (21 October 2025) required filing on the TFSU platform by 22 February 2026; the 2026 Tianjin Municipal Government Scholarship (18 March 2026) ran 1 April to 30 June 2026; the CSC Type A Bilateral Program is described by a recurring early-November to early-April pattern and filed through the applicant’s home-country dispatching authority. That pattern is not a single verified country deadline or proof that every Type A application route has closed; no 2027 Type A notice was located as of 28 September 2026. The 2026 International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship opened online registration from 1 March 2026. No notice for a 2027 autumn degree intake had been published as of 28 September 2026. The ICLTS route is for February 2027 entry, submitted through CLEC chinese.cn followed by the university portal. Its published package covers tuition, accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance, and CNY 2,500 per month; eligibility and language criteria are route-specific. Source: https://isa.tjfsu.edu.cn/info/1040/1917.htm
Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10068
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.
Start with the university application
Chinese-language application · spring 2027
Published 2027 guidance · Non-degree Chinese-language admission; registration February 24–25, 2027
The brochure lists CNY 500 registration and CNY 6,700 semester tuition. This notice does not establish degree or CSC application dates.
Tianjin Foreign Studies University official 2027 spring language noticeNon-degree Chinese-language admission
Complete TFSU’s online information and upload documents. Materials screening comes before tuition payment, then admission/visa documents. Prepare passport valid beyond February 15, 2028, medical form, police record and bank funds exceeding CNY 20,000. Check the system and registered email for admission. The published deadline is December 31, 2026; registration is February 24–25, 2027. The non-refundable registration fee is CNY 500 and tuition CNY 6,700 per semester. A written/oral placement test follows enrollment; the brochure does not specify a pre-admission interview. This source concerns language study and supplies no degree/CSC dates.
Reference: 2027 spring Chinese-language admission; closes December 31, 2026. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck Tianjin Foreign Studies 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.
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.
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.
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.
University agency number on record: 10068. For Type B, match it to Tianjin Foreign Studies University in CSC. Type A uses your dispatching authority's number instead.
Open CSC application systemCSC scholarship application systemThe 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.