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Tests and verification

The tests named in official application guides, and the two Ministry of Education bodies that verify qualifications.

Terms in this category

CHSIChinese学信网

The website run by the Center for Student Services and Development (CSSD) of the Ministry of Education. It verifies Chinese higher education student records and qualification certificates and issues verification reports in Chinese and English.

SourceCHSI, home pageSee alsoCSCSEAcademic degree

CSCA

The China Scholastic Competency Assessment. Applicants for bachelor’s programmes under the Chinese Government Scholarship must take it before the application deadline and upload a valid score report; the university says which subjects are required.

SourceCSC application guide, section IV, item 7 and section VI, item 6See alsoHSKChinese Government Scholarship

CSCSEChinese教育部留学服务中心

The Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, a Ministry of Education body. Its site carries the service that verifies degrees and diplomas obtained outside mainland China.

SourceCSCSE, home pageSee alsoCHSI

HSK

The Chinese proficiency test whose score reports Chinese-taught programmes ask for. Chinese Government Scholarship applicants need Level 4 for a Chinese-taught master’s or doctoral programme, and Level 3 for Chinese-taught general and senior scholar programmes.

SourceCSC application guide, section IV, items 8 to 10Chinese Tests Service Website, home pageSee alsoCSCAPreparatory student

Official sources

  1. Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship — China Scholarship Council, Campus China
  2. Chinese Tests Service Website (chinesetest.cn)
  3. CHSI — China Credentials Verification (CSSD, Ministry of Education)
  4. CSCSE — Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Ministry of Education (Chinese)

Other categories

  • Visas and residence

    Terms used in the entry-exit rules: the two study visas, the residence permit for study, accommodation registration and the work-study endorsement.

  • Admission and documents

    The papers that travel with an admission: the admission notice, the JW201 and JW202 forms, the physical examination form, and the rules every school applies.

  • Universities and degrees

    How Chinese universities and degrees are labelled: Double First-Class, Project 985 and 211, degree and non-degree study, academic and professional degrees.

  • Scholarships

    The Chinese Government Scholarship and the council that administers it.

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