Application Instructions for 2020 SDUWMaster and PhDAdmissionsI. Shandong University, WeihaiFounded in 1901, with a long history and significant influence both at home and abroad, Shandong University(SDU) is a key comprehensive university under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of China, and amember university of the nation’s construction plan of world-class universities (Category A).Shandong University, Weihai (SDUW), built in 1984, together with the campuses in Jinan and Qingdao, constituteSDU’s pattern of “One University-Eight Campuses-Three Cities” and contribute to a unique educational model ofmulti-campus sharing resources and complementing strengths. SDUW graduates will be awarded SDU graduationdiploma and degree certificates. Covering a floor area of 500,000 square meters, SDUW currently offers 43bachelor’s degree programs, spanning 8 general disciplines: Literature, Art, Law, Economics, Management,Science, Engineering and Medicine. The university can recruit master’s students in 24 first-level disciplines,doctoral students in 16 first-level disciplines, and post-doctoral students in 18 first-level disciplines. It is now hometo 14,900 undergraduate students, 1,600 master and doctoral students and over 1,000 international students. Thenumber of faculty and staff totals over 1,200, including 399 professors and associate professors, and 473 doctoraland master’s supervisors.SDUW locates in Weihai, a beautiful coastal city praised as one of the most livable cities in the world. The campusis also one of the university campuses which enjoy the longest coastline. Characterized by four distinctive seasonsand endowed with enchanting sceneries, the campus backs on Majia Mountain in the north, faces Wenxin Lake inthe south and hugged by two bathing beaches in the east and west.

SHANDONGUNIVERSITY,WEIHAI

As a forest-garden campus, here you can enjoy the changes of the four seasons.

Over the years, SDUW has established a broad international network for educational cooperation and has

established cooperative relations with 117 well-known universities in 14 countries and regions, namely Australia,

the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Republic of Korea, Japan, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Canada, New Zealand,

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Singapore as well as Taiwan region. Undergraduate students will have the opportunity to study in world-famous

universities through various kinds of programs.

II. Eligibility for Application

(1) Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good physical and mental health, and possess a valid foreign

passport. Relevant supporting documents will be needed for applicants who are under the age of 18 at the point of

application and entry.

(2) Applicants who are emigrants to other countries from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and

Taiwan region need to provide valid passport or other nationality certificate of that country that has been issued for

no less than 4 years (before April 30th of the year of enrollment) as well as relevant records to prove your physical

presence in that country for more than 2 years (Nine full months physical presence in the country could be counted

as one year, which shall be calculated based on the entry and exit records on your passport).

(3) Academic qualification: Applicants who apply for a master’s degree program must hold a bachelor's degree or

above; applicants for a doctoral degree program must hold a master's degree or above. Applicants who have not

graduated yet must submit an expected graduation certificate issued by their home institution. It should contain the

expected date of graduation. The applicants should present the original graduation certificate when registering at

SDUW. Failure to do so will invalidate their admission offer.

III. Application Dates: January 15th to July 15th, 2020

Deadline for Chinese Government Scholarship Application: March 31st, 2020

IV. Application Procedures

1. Post or e-mail your application documents to the following addresses (originals are required when register).

Address: 510 Zhixing North Building, Office of International Student Affairs, Shandong University, Weihai

180 Wenhua Xilu, Weihai, Shandong P. R. China

Postcode: 264209

E-mail: studyweihai@163.com

2. Receive emails confirming your admission from the Office of International Student Affairs

3. Make Payments

Newly admitted students should pay application fee, tuition fees and insurance fees via bank transfer at the time of

application, and could get receipts when register.

(1) Remittance from abroad (It is strongly suggested to remit in RMB. If the remittance is made in USD, please be

sure the amount could also cover the exchange rate margin and service charge, and the excess, if there is any, will

be returned to you when register):

Beneficiary’s Name: Shandong University, Weihai

Beneficiary’s Bank Name: Bank of China Limited Weihai Branch

Bank Address: NO.9 Qingdao North Road Weihai, Shandong Province, China

Account NO.: 228602584555

Swift code: BKCHCNBJ51D

Purpose of Remittance: tuition fees for international students

Remittance Information: student’s name in passport, passport number and program type

(2) Remittances made within China:

Beneficiary’s Name:山东大学（威海）

Beneficiary’s Bank Name:中国银行威海山大支行

Account number: 228602584555

Purpose of Remittance: tuition fees for international students

Remittance Information: student’s name in passport, passport number and program type

4. Receive formal Admission Notice and documents for visa application

V. Degree Programs

SDUW offers programs taught in Chinese, English and Korean. Each applicant can only apply for ONE program.

The length of schooling for master’s programs is 3 years, and 4 years for PhD programs. The programs of 2020

Autumn Semester are as follows:

School ProgramDegrees Instruction Language

RemarksMaster PhD Master PhD

School ofCulture andJournalism

Linguistics and AppliedLinguistics ○ ○ Chinese Chinese

Interview isrequired; HSKLevel 6 with ascore of 180+ isrequired forPhD programs

Theory of Literature andArt ○ ○ Chinese Chinese

China’s Modern andContemporary Literature ○ ○ Chinese Chinese

Journalism ○ × Chinese ×

School of Art

Artistic Designing(professional degree) ○ × Chinese × Professional test

and interview arerequired.Fine Arts (professional

degree) ○ × Chinese ×

Music (professionaldegree) ○ × Chinese ×

School ofOceanography

Marine Sciences ○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English

Interview isrequired.

Microbiology ○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English

Pharmacy ○ × Chinese ×

Material and ChemicalEngineering

(professional degree)○ × Chinese ×

Resources andEnvironment

(professional degree)○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English

Biology and Medicine(professional degree) ○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English

School of Law

Legal Theory ○ × Chinese ×

Interview isrequired.

Criminal Laws ○ × Chinese ×

AdministrativeManagement ○ × Chinese ×

Legal Methodology × ○ × Chinese

School ofTranslationStudies

English Language andLiterature ○ × English ×

Interview isrequired.Foreign Language and

Literature × ○ × English

School ofNortheast Asia

Studies

World Economy ○ × Chinese × Interview isrequired.

KoreanInterpreting(Professional

Degree)○ × Chinese ×

Interview isrequired; HSKLevel 6 with ascore of 180+ isrequired; TOPIK

Level 5 orabove;

Or NativeKorean speakers

World Politics ○ ○ Chinese Chinese Interview isrequired

Asian and AfricanLanguages and Literature ○ ○ Korean Korean

Interview isrequired; TOPIK

Level 5 orabove;

Or NativeKorean speakers

School of SpaceScience andPhysics

Geophysics × ○ × English Interview isrequired

School ofMathematicsand Statistics

FundamentalMathematics ○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English Interview is

required; HSKLevel 3 with ascore of 180+ is

requiredOperational Researchand Cybernetics ○ ○ Chinese Chinese/English

Business School

Western Economics ○ × Chinese ×Interview isrequired; HSKLevel 6 is

required for PhDprograms

Applied Economics ○ ○ Chinese Chinese

Accounting ○ × Chinese ×

Business Management ○ ○ Chinese Chinese

VI. Required Materials

Schools & Programs Please refer to Part V

Languagerequirements

Chinese-taught Programs1. New HSK Level 5 or above with a score of 180+2. The only exception of the Chinese proficiency test requirement is forapplicants who have obtained their highest degree in an institution where theprimary language of instruction is Chinese. Then official proof must besubmitted.English-taught Programs1. All applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit theresults of the IELTS (6.0 or above) or TOEFL (iBT) (80 or above/TOEFLMybest Scores are accepted) or other equivalent certificates of Englishproficiency.2. Applicants will be exempt from providing English proficiency test results ifone of the following criteria is met:a. Native English speakersb. Applicants who have obtained their highest degree in an institution where theprimary language of instruction is English. Then official proof must besubmitted.Korean-taught Programs1. All applicants whose native language is not Korean are required to passTOPIK Level 5 or above;2. Native Korean speakers

Required Documents

1. SDUW Application Form for Admission to Postgraduate Study (DownloadSDUW Sample Form)2. Photocopy of passport (with a validity of at least six months)3. Language Proficiency Certificate4.Bachelor's/Master’s degree or certificate /Document of the expectedgraduation date5. Official, up-to-date transcripts for all bachelor's/master’s degree courses6. Two reference letters written in Chinese/English by associate professors orabove titles7. Personal CV (Download SDUW Sample Form)8. Study Plan in Chinese/English (Applicable for applicants for English-taughtprograms). Please note that the besides self-introduction, a PS should at leastaddress the following questions: why are you applying for SDUW? Why doesyour chosen course subject area interest you? What is your study plan inSDUW?)9. Contents and abstracts of the paper published (if applicable)10. Completed Foreigner Physical Examination Form (Download SDUWSample Form, valid for 6 months)11 Electronic Photos in passport photo size (33mm×48mm) with whitebackground(4 printed photos should be submitted upon registration)12 After obtaining an e-offer, applicants may be required to submit their proofof funding documentation (e.g. a bank statement).13. Any other supplementary materials

Notes

1. Scanned copies of the required original materials listed above are acceptablein application. Original copies are required to submit upon registration, whichwill be returned after verification.2. Documents in languages other than Chinese and English must be attachedwith official or notarized Chinese or English translation. Applicants must makesure that all the application materials authentic and accurate.3. Applicants under the age of 18 must also submit: ①GuardianshipAuthorization Letter；②Declaration of Trustee；③ Photocopy of Passports ofthe Guardians (parents)；④Copy of the trustee's ID card or passport and visapage.4.Applicants who emigrates from China to other countries must also submit:①Certificate of Naturalization; ②Cancellation Certificate of ChineseNationality; ③Copies of the exit and entry records of the recent 4 years (pleasetake the originals for checking);④Certificate of study in countries other thanChina of the recent 2 years.5. Incomplete applications will not be processed, and complementary materialswill be requested if necessary.6．All the forms could be downloaded in“Download Forms”section athttps://enipo.wh.sdu.edu.cn/

VII. Registration Dates

Admitted students must register at SDUW by the time as prescribed in your Admission Notice.

VIII. Fees (RMB)

1. Application Fee: RMB 400/person

2. Tuition Fee:

Programs Academic Subjects Instruction LanguageTuition Fee

（RMB/AcademicYear）

Master’sPrograms

Arts, Social SciencesChinese/Korean 22,000

English 32,000

Economics, Management Chinese 22,000

Science, EngineeringChinese 26,000

English 34,000

Art Chinese 35,000

PhD Programs

Arts, Social SciencesChinese/Korean 26,000

English 32,000

Economics, ManagementChinese 26,000

English 32,000

Science, Engineering Chinese 31,000

English 34,000

3. Medical Insurance

The Ministry of Education of China requires that all international students MUST purchase medical insurancefor their stay. Students without medical insurance will not be eligible to register.Insurance Fees: RMB 800/person/yearChinese Government Scholarship students are exempt from the above and automatically covered.

IX. Visa

Admitted students must apply for a study visa at the Chinese Embassy/Consulate/Visa Centre in their homecountry with the Admission Notice and JW 201/202 Form. International students who come to study for less than 6months should apply for X2 Visa. Students who will study in China for more than 6 months are required to obtainX1 visa. To stay in China legally, it is mandatory for X1 visa holders to apply for the Residence Permit within 30days after your first entry by submitting their application to the Office of International Student Affairs in a timelymanner.

X. Weihai

Weihai is a coastal city in the eastern Shandong Province, and it was awarded as the first state-level gardencity in China as well as one of the most livable cities in the world. The city enjoys the shortest distance to theRepublic of Korea and Japan among all the mainland cities of China. It also boasts a coastline of 985 kilometers,which accounts for 1/18 of China’s total length of coastline, and is endowed with beautiful and enchantingsceneries.

Weihai has many famous tourist attractions, such as Liugong Island, the birthplace of China's first modernnaval force, Chengshantou, praised as the Cape of Good Hope in the East and once visited by Qin Shi Huang, theFirst Emperor of Qin, and Swan Lake, the largest swan habitat in winter among all Asian countries.

Weihai enjoys convenient domestic and international transportation. There are more than 20 domestic routesbetween Weihai and large cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as well as direct flights toSeoul of the Republic of Korea. High-speed trains are available at Weihai Train Station and Weihai North Station totake you to different parts of the country. Weihai Port also has direct ships to Dalian of Liaoning Province and tothe Republic of Korea.

International Bathing Beach (5 minutes’ walk from the campus)

Weihai Park Battleship Ting-yuen

Liugong Island Chengshantou (1.5 hours’ drive)

Chishan Buddha (2 hours’ drive) Swan Lake (1.5 hours’ drive)

XI. Contact us

Office of International Student Affairs, Shandong University, Weihai

Tel: +86(0)631-5688254/5684288/5688016

E-mail: studyweihai@163.com

Website:

https://ipo.wh.sdu.edu.cn/（中文）

http://enipo.wh.sdu.edu.cn（English）

http://kripo.wh.sdu.edu.cn（한국어）