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How to apply to Tianjin Normal University

天津师范大学

Tianjin, Tianjin, China

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

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Funding route on this profile

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

Agency number recorded: 10065. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.

Application fee

The application-fee status has not been verified for the current route. A separate application-fee amount for degree, preparatory or long-term language applicants was not established in the reviewed TNU notices. The retained 2026 admissions-brochure extract mentions an application-fee component in bundled short-term package pricing; that does not establish a general standalone charge. Reviewed 2026 CSC and language-teacher scholarship notices state no application-fee amount. The Spring Semester Language Program 2026 notice dated 24 December 2025 separately lists tuition of CNY 7,800 per semester, insurance of about CNY 400 per semester, teaching materials at actual cost and accommodation at CNY 50 per person per day. These are historical programme study charges, not an application fee or newly confirmed current tariff. No general application-fee exemption was verified, so status remains unknown.

Source-linked admission details

2026 and 2027 intakes, international degree, preparatory and language students, from the university's own International Exchange Office site at gjjl.tjnu.edu.cn · recorded source check: September 17, 2026

Scholarship
Tianjin Normal University is a host institution for the Chinese Government Scholarship, the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship and the Tianjin Municipal Government Scholarship, and states it has run an international student programme since 1964, having welcomed 80,000 students from 86 countries and regions.
CSC agency number
The Chinese Government Scholarship high level postgraduate programme (Type B) 2026 application deadline is Beijing time 22 March 2026, and the notice states 您的受理机构编号为: 10065 — the source of the five-digit receiving-agency number 10065.
Application deadline
The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship 2026 filing opened on 1 March 2026 with closing dates of 15 May 2026 for the September 2026 entry across the doctoral, master's, bachelor's, one-academic-year and one-semester tracks; 31 October 2026 for the one-semester track entering March 2027; 15 April 2026 for the four-week programme entering July 2026; and 15 September 2026 for the four-week programme entering December 2026.
Scholarship
The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship at Tianjin Normal University requires applicants to be aged 16 to 35 as counted on 1 September 2026, relaxed to 45 for in-service Chinese language teachers and generally not over 25 for bachelor's scholarship applicants.
Tuition
Degree programme tuition is CNY 17,800 per year for general bachelor's programmes, CNY 21,200 for art bachelor's programmes, CNY 24,800 for master's programmes and CNY 28,800 for doctoral programmes; the long-term Chinese language programme is CNY 7,800 per semester and the preparatory programme is CNY 17,800 per year.
Language requirement
Degree programme entry requirements: bachelor's applicants must hold a high school diploma and be under 25 with HSK 4 at 180 or above; master's applicants must hold a bachelor's degree and be under 35 with HSK 5 at 180 or above; doctoral applicants must hold a master's degree and be under 45 with HSK 5 at 180 or above.
Language requirement
Undergraduate applicants must provide a CSCA (China Scholastic Competency Assessment) score report from www.csca.cn; self-funded applicants for International Chinese Language Education, Chinese Language and Literature and other Chinese-plus programmes do not require HSK scores, and self-funded applicants for Chinese-language master's programmes must reach HSK level 4 at 180 or above.
Physical examination
All applicants must submit two recommendation letters, a notarised certificate of the highest academic qualification, academic transcripts, a study plan of at least 500 words for undergraduates and 1,000 words for postgraduates, a scanned passport, an electronic passport photograph, the Foreigner Physical Examination Form with a blood test report valid for six months, and a certificate of no criminal record generally dated within six months of submission.
Age requirement
Applicants under 18 must submit the relevant legal documents of their guardian in China.
Accommodation
On-campus accommodation in the International Student Residence Hall is CNY 50 per person per day charged daily, in double-occupancy or four-person suites with shared living room, private bedrooms and private bathrooms, air conditioning, heating, wireless internet and bedding supplies.
Visa and residence permit
Visa costs stated in the brochure: single-entry visa application approximately CNY 400, physical examination approximately CNY 600, and residence permit extensions charged per the authorities' policies.
Application portal
Applications are made by registering an account and uploading materials through the university's online application system at tnu.at0086.cn/student.
Programmes
Long-term programmes enrol in February or March and in September each year; the preparatory programme enrols in September and runs for one year, covering Chinese Language and Literature and Chinese History and Culture plus one or two preparatory courses for the intended major.
Language requirement
The university runs six Confucius Institutes and one independent Confucius Classroom, and operates four Chinese Language Proficiency Test centres.
Application fee
The 2026 International Students Admissions Brochure publishes no application fee for degree, preparatory or long-term language applicants; the only application-fee mention is within bundled short-term package pricing.
Tuition notes
Tuition for international students from the university's own 2026 International Students Admissions Brochure, dated 2 March 2026. Degree programmes: general bachelor's programmes CNY 17,800 per year and art bachelor's programmes CNY 21,200 per year; master's programmes CNY 24,800 per year; doctoral programmes CNY 28,800 per year. Long-term Chinese language programme: CNY 7,800 per semester, with each semester of 19 weeks and 20 class hours per week. Preparatory programme: CNY 17,800 per year. Insurance is charged at actual cost, approximately CNY 1,000 per year, and teaching materials are charged at actual cost. On-campus accommodation in the International Student Residence Hall is CNY 50 per person per day for a double-occupancy or four-person suite. These are per-year or per-semester charges and are never an application fee.
ICLTS intake status
December 2026 four-week route closed 15 September 2026. March 2027 one-semester route remains open through 31 October 2026. The September 2026 degree route closed 15 May. Source: https://gjjl.tjnu.edu.cn/__local/B/A7/5D/8987B3CA29373A7304436D6D8F5_2D31E3F4_5339D.pdf
Read Tianjin Normal University International Exchange Office — 2026 International Students Admissions Brochure (dated 2 March 2026)

Published dates and unconfirmed windows

Application timing and source scope

Tianjin Normal University (天津师范大学) publishes dated deadlines inside individual scholarship and programme notices posted by its International Exchange Office (国际交流处, gjjl.tjnu.edu.cn) and its English site, rather than as a single self-funded deadline. The Chinese Government Scholarship High Level Postgraduate Programme (Type B) notice for 2026, 天津师范大学2026年中国政府奖学金“高水平研究生”项目申请办法, published 18 December 2025 (English version '2026 CSC in High-level Graduate Student Program at TNU', same date), states the application deadline as Beijing time 22 March 2026, gives the host institution code as 10065, requires Program Category Type B and Agency Number 10065 in the CSC system, and covers master's and doctoral students taught in Chinese under a full scholarship (tuition, on-campus accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance and monthly living expenses). That 22 March 2026 deadline has closed. The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship 2026 notice, 2026年天津师范大学国际中文教师奖学金申请办法, published 2 March 2026, opens filing on 1 March 2026 against the 2026 intake. For the language programmes the Spring Semester Language Program 2026 notice, published 24 December 2025, sets the self-funded and scholarship application window as 1 September 2025 to 15 December 2025 on the TNU international student service platform, with teaching from March 2026, and separately sets the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship window for that semester as 1 September 2025 to 31 October 2025 (GMT+8). Both the 15 December 2025 self-funded window and the 31 October 2025 scholarship window have closed. The Chinese Government Scholarship bilateral programme (Type A) notice, 天津师范大学2026年中国政府奖学金国别双边项目申请办法, published 17 December 2025, is filed through the applicant's home-country dispatching authority rather than the university and sets no university-side closing date. The 2026 International Students Admissions Brochure, 2026年天津师范大学国际学生招生简章, published 2 March 2026, publishes tuition, insurance and accommodation but states no self-funded application deadline. The university's international office also lists 天津师范大学2025-2026学年“丝绸之路”中国政府奖学金项目申请办法, published 6 May 2025, as the most recent Silk Road notice, so no 2026-2027 Silk Road window has been published. No 2027/2028 degree-intake notice had been published as of 30 September 2026, so the next cycle's dates cannot yet be named. Confidence is verified: each stage above is tied by a dated official notice to a named intake or semester. The separate December 2026 four-week International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship route had a 15 September 2026 cutoff and is closed. The one-semester March 2027 ICLTS route remains open through 31 October 2026. Keep these separate from the September 2026 degree routes, which have closed. The current notice links the university application system at https://english.tjnu.edu.cn/Overseas_Students/Admissions.htm. Sources: https://gjjl.tjnu.edu.cn/__local/B/A7/5D/8987B3CA29373A7304436D6D8F5_2D31E3F4_5339D.pdf and https://english.tjnu.edu.cn/info/1026/1281.htm

Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10065

Open deadline source

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

Funding options

Scholarships listed for Tianjin Normal 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 Postgraduate Program)
  • 中国政府奖学金国别双边项目 (Chinese Government Scholarship Bilateral Program)
  • 国际中文教师奖学金 (International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship)
  • 天津市政府奖学金 (Tianjin Government Scholarship)
  • 丝绸之路中国政府奖学金项目 (Silk Road Chinese Government Scholarship Program) (historical 2025–26 call; current availability unverified)

How to apply to Tianjin Normal University

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

Historical reference: CSC portal submission

CSC Type B

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2027 dates unconfirmed · Autumn degree intake; program-dependent

A university-specific 2027 schedule is not established by the reviewed sources. Confirm the program’s current Type B availability, opening date and deadline in its dated notice.

University website — locate the current route notice

Historical international admission described in the cited notice

The official PDF linked by the 2026 HLP notice gives CSC Type B 10065 and a 22 March 2026 cutoff. Its title still says 2025 and passport line September 2025, so retain the cycle conflict. Complete CSC, upload supporting documents, submit and download/print the form; no separate university-portal requirement is established. Documents include passport, notarized degree/transcripts, HSK 4, a plan exceeding 1,000 characters/words, two academic references, medical/police records, pre-admission issued after assessment and applicable art/guardian materials. Doctoral plans require Chinese-supervisor signature. The university reviews candidates and CSC gives final approval. Fee/payment stage is not stated; no 2027 dates follow from this PDF.

Reference: 2026 deadline; PDF title still 2025. 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 Tianjin Normal 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 CSC application

    Use the application type, agency number, degree level, and submission order stated in the current call. A university-hosted place may use Type B; an embassy-nominated place may use Type A. Do not select a route or reuse a prior-cycle code unless the current notice confirms it.

    Open CSC portal
  4. 4

    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: 10065. For Type B, match it to Tianjin Normal 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.