Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School

Application Requirements

Qualifications of Applicants

1. Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a valid personal ordinary-type passport.

2. Master's degree program applicants should have a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree to a Bachelor's degree (or above) in China. Doctoral degree program applicants should have a Master's degree or an equivalent degree to a Master's degree (or above) in China. The students who will enroll in 2025 must obtain the nationally recognized bachelor's or master's degree (for the universities of Chinese mainland) or the authentication report issued by Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Ministry of Education, P. R. China (CSCSE) (for overseas universities) before THU graduate student registration date of 2025, otherwise the admission qualification is invalid.

3. For bachelor degree holders to pursue doctoral degrees. Applicants must meet all the uniform requirements of the university, as well as the requirements of SIGS listed below:

• The Minimum Requirement of Undergraduate GPA or Average scores: 3.5/4.0 or B+ or 85/100；
• Chinese Proficiency Requirement: HSK band 4 with a score of 195 or above; English program applicants can be exempt from the HSK certificates.
• Non-native English speakers must meet the minimum English proficiency requirement: TOEFL:80/IELTS:6.5.

How to Apply

Application Deadlines

The application closes at 17:00 p.m. Beijing Time on May 31, 2025.

*Please note that if you would like to apply for any scholarships, we recommend that you aim to have your application complete and submitted by December 2024. For information on Chinese Government Scholarship application, please refer to China Scholarship Council official website.

Application Documents

1. Personal statement
2. Degree certificate and degree authentication
3. Academic transcript
4. Language Proficiency Test score report
5. Two academic recommendation letters
6. Passport (Personal ordinary-type passport): Passport bio page

Decision Notification

Decision timelines vary by program, and the graduate program to which you applied will communicate the admission decision to you in accordance with the program's notification timeline.

Visa Application and Registration

Normally, registration is held in late August or early September at Shenzhen. All students should present the required original degree certificates, and submit the degree authentication issued by THU designated institutions upon registration at Tsinghua University for enrollment qualification review. Students who fail the enrollment qualification review will be disqualified from enrollment and study at Tsinghua University.

Accommodation

SIGS provides accommodation for all full-time graduate students.

School accommodation is automatically reserved for admitted students and students do not need to apply on their own. For reference, the housing rate for 2024 is 1000 RMB per month for single bedroom. Housing rate for 2025 will be noticed upon registration.

Students who wish to live off-campus are required to provide the International Students & Scholars Center with their address, and are responsible for completing a Registration Form of Temporary Residence for Visitors within 24 hours of moving in.