How to apply to Tianjin Medical University

Source-linked admission details

Historical 2019 graduate and 2021 undergraduate official pages, retrieved from archived captures. These terms do not establish current admission, fees or scholarship conditions. · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Historical registration fee

The registration fee is CNY 800 and applies to new students only, stated as 注册费（仅限新生）：800元 in the numbered fee schedule 收费标准 on the university's undergraduate application-flow page.

Historical tuition and scholarship fee exemptions

Tuition for international students is CNY 48,000 per year for both clinical medicine and stomatology at bachelor's level, CNY 50,000 per year for master's and CNY 52,000 per year for doctoral students; CSC scholarship holders have tuition, the registration fee, laboratory and internship fees, basic textbook costs and on-campus accommodation waived.

Historical application deadline

The self-funded undergraduate application deadline is 30 July each year, the university recruits year-round and the new academic year begins in September.

Historical application deadline

The graduate application window is 1 January to 28 April each year, all paper application documents must reach the university by 28 April and late applications are not accepted regardless of postmark; the university office closes during the January to March winter vacation and accepts only online enquiries in that period, and mail sent then may be returned to sender.

Historical verified fact

All admitted students must register at Tianjin Medical University by 5:00 pm on 14 September, and those who fail to register on time automatically lose their place.

Historical csc agency number

The institution code to quote on the China Scholarship Council online application at studyinchina.csc.edu.cn is 10062, stated as 学校代码：10062.

Historical visa and residence permit

Undergraduate eligibility: applicants must be non-Chinese nationals, hold a high school qualification or above with strong results, be no more than 25 years old, and demonstrate good conduct and physical and mental health; English-taught applicants need IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80 and Chinese-taught applicants need HSK level 5 or above; ethnic Chinese foreign-national applicants must have held foreign nationality for at least five years, have renounced Chinese nationality, and show five years of visa records and overseas study.

Historical age requirement

Graduate eligibility: master's applicants must hold a relevant bachelor's degree and be under 35, doctoral applicants must hold a relevant master's degree and be under 40; scholarship applicants must not already be studying or working in China.

Historical entry requirements

Graduate applications are made by registering on the China Scholarship Council site at studyinchina.csc.edu.cn, and applicants must first contact and secure a supervisor in their chosen field using a Chinese acceptance letter from that supervisor; the major chosen at application cannot be changed after enrolment and the scholarship period cannot be extended.

Historical physical examination

Graduate applicants must submit an 800-word study and research plan, two recommendation letters from professors or associate professors, a notarised highest diploma and transcript, the Foreigner Physical Examination Form, a 5 to 10 minute self-introduction video in Chinese or English, and where applicable proof of employment and proof of renouncing Chinese nationality — three copies of everything.

Historical medical insurance

Chinese Government Scholarship stipends at the university are CNY 3,000 per month for master's students and CNY 3,500 per month for doctoral students, paid monthly from enrolment, with a full month paid to students registering on or before the 15th of the month and half a month after that; the scholarship also covers comprehensive medical insurance for international students in China but not international travel.

Historical accommodation

Graduate accommodation is a twin room for all postgraduate students and the university does not provide single rooms; no one other than the student may stay in the international student dormitory, and students living off campus bear their own accommodation costs with no university subsidy.

Historical scholarship

Scholarship living allowances are suspended for students who register late without leave, leave for non-health reasons or miss 15 percent of classes, and scholarship students may take at most two vacations per year of no more than four weeks each.

Historical accommodation

On-campus accommodation for self-funded international students is charged at CNY 960 per bed per month, with new students expected to pay at least one academic year within three days of registration and continuing students required to pay the next period within seven days before the previous payment expires.

Historical intake

Self-funded international students pay all charges in renminbi, by UnionPay card issued in China (the university's recommended method, for renminbi only) or by bank transfer whose remarks must state the student's name, student number and passport number; other charges must be paid in cash, and at least one full semester's fees must be settled where a full year cannot be paid at once and only with the school's approval.

Historical tuition

Tuition payment rules: new students transfer tuition before registration and provide a transfer receipt, while continuing students pay the whole year's tuition between the start of the academic year and 25 September, measured by the date the university receives the money rather than the date it was sent.

Historical scholarship

The university addresses Chinese Government Scholarship enquiries to the China Scholarship Council rather than handling them itself, giving the CSC website campuschina.org, telephone +86-10-66093900 and address at No. 9 Chegongzhuang Street, Beijing.

Historical verified fact

Admissions enquiries are handled at undergraduate@tmu.edu.cn and imstmu@163.com for bachelor's applicants and tmugraduate@tmu.edu.cn for graduate applicants, with the International Medical School reachable on +86-22-83336911 at 22 Qixiangtai Road, Heping District, Tianjin.

Historical tuition notes

Annual tuition for international students, from the university's own International Medical School application pages at cn.imstmu.edu.cn. Bachelor's degree: CNY 48,000 per year for clinical medicine and CNY 48,000 per year for stomatology. Master's degree (self-funded): CNY 50,000 per year. Doctoral degree (self-funded): CNY 52,000 per year. Chinese Government Scholarship holders are exempt from the registration fee, tuition, laboratory and internship fees, basic textbook costs and on-campus accommodation, and receive comprehensive medical insurance for international students in China. Other published charges, which are not tuition: a new-student registration fee of CNY 800, a one-off textbook fee of CNY 3,900 for undergraduates, a first-year physical examination fee of CNY 750, a residence permit extension fee of CNY 500, and on-campus twin-room accommodation at CNY 11,520 per bed per year or CNY 960 per bed per month. The university states all charges for self-funded international students are priced and settled in renminbi.