Hi guys welcome back to China Admissions' channel with me Nadia and today I will share
with you on how to choose the right program for you to study in China
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Do you know that there are more than 2 000 programs available in China in English
so yeah it's more than 2 000 programs and it means that there are a lot of choices a lot of
options in China and this is why a lot of you a lot of the international students are confused as
well because for example even if they know they want to study business but there are multiple
universities which are offering business program so i get some questions like can you help me to
choose the right program can you help me to choose the right university to apply for or can you give
me some recommendations of which university to apply for or which one should i choose because
there are just way too many programs it might be confusing because i realize that international
students are not really familiar with the chinese education system and they're not really familiar
with the chinese universities itself therefore in this video i'll let you know and i will give you
some tips on how to choose the right program for you in china so i have this simple formula that i
believe you can refer to that i usually use myself when helping students to find the right program
for them to apply for so the first one the first and foremost is to find out which program do you
want to apply for you have to know which major that you're interested in which subject that
you're interested in you have to know because this is very important for example if you want to study
engineering in china but engineering itself is such a broad subject there are way too many minor
fields under engineering for example mechanical engineering there is electronic engineering there
is industrial engineering there are all types of engineering programs available in china therefore
it's best if you know specifically which major you want to apply for because it will definitely
help to narrow down your options so for example if you know you want to pursue engineering you
have to know which type of engineering subject you want to study in china so you can go for
mechanical engineering or electronic engineering industrial engineering or nuclear engineering
aerospace engineering you have to be specific so that it can help you narrow down the options
like for example if you want to study business i know that business has this broad major called
business administration or international business international business and economics that you can
apply for or you can also choose to apply for uh international economics and trade for example but
if you want something specific that you like about business for example you're interested
in the finance side of the business or in the accounting side or maybe in a marketing site then
you can apply for these specific subjects instead of just learning the whole idea about business
right you can go and apply for the bachelor's in business or maybe you can go and apply for
bachelor's in finance or maybe you can apply for bachelor in accounting or bachelor in marketing
and some of you already have something in mind which is good some of you know that you want to
be an IT engineer in the future so you can go for the computer science program you want to be doctor
in the future so you can go for the mbbs program you want to be nurse in the future so you can go
for the bachelor in nursing program for example so it's good to know which program you want to study
because you will study this entire subject for two three four years so if you still don't know
which major you want to apply for the easiest way would be to picture yourself in the next five to
ten years what will you do in the next five to ten years what is your ideal future what is your ideal
job what is it that you really want to do in life so you can picture yourself in the future and with
that in mind use that to choose the right program that will bring you to achieve your future dreams
but if you still don't know about your future plan i would say do a lot of research about it
there are so many things on the internet available now to access so you can easily access different
types of jobs and what's the job description would be what's your ideal future looks like
so with the help of the current technology i'm pretty sure you can do a quick research about it
and then to develop some passion inside yourself and then hopefully you can find the right program
but if you are still confused and if you are still uh not sure about which program to apply for which
i also experienced back then after finishing high school because i was not sure about what i want
to do in my life because i was just finishing high school high school is just so much fun
right so it's kind of like we don't really have that future plan in line yet so for students
who don't really know what you want to do in life right if you don't have any specific targets like
being an IT engineering or being a nurse a doctor or an engineer, an architect something like that
if you don't have any passions in those fields i would really suggest applying for the business
program because at the end of the day studying business is going to be useful for you because
you will deal with a lot of businesses in the future you might start your own business or you
might join another company to work there or you might you know like do some co-operations with
other business so yeah no matter which field you are going to study at the end of the day
in the future you might be engaged in business activities that's why i think business program
is the most general program that anybody can study and it's like if you are confused on which program
you want to apply for really suggest studying business because the business knowledge itself is
going to be very useful for you in the future and moving on to the second formula which is to set
your budget it is best if you have an estimated budget on how much you would want to spend when
studying abroad as i've shared in a previous video about the cost of studying and living in china
actually the tuition fees at chinese universities can be different from one to another therefore it
is best if you have an estimated budget on how much you would want to spend or how much
your parents or your sponsor would want to spend when sending you to study to china so the tuition
fee itself in china it ranges about at least two thousand five hundred us dollars to thirteen
thousand us dollars per year for the degree program so degree programs here refer to the
bachelor master and also phd program but if you plan to study for the non-degree chinese language
program the type of program where you can study chinese language for either one semester or one
year then you need to spend at least one thousand us dollars for the tuition fee itself for one
semester so therefore by setting up your budget it will help you to narrow down the options of
universities that you can apply for because for example if your parent has reached an estimated
budget of 5 000 us dollar per year then it's going to be difficult if you want to apply for
the more expensive universities right because it's going to be beyond your budget it's going to be
beyond something that you guys want to afford i really suggest all of you to sit down and discuss
about budget with your parents your sponsor or maybe even if you're going to pay by yourself then
you can also do a little research about it and set up the budget on how much your sponsor is willing
to spend or how much you are willing to spend when studying abroad especially when studying in china
so a little cheat sheet about the fees about the cost of studying in china so as i mentioned before
roughly the tuition fee for the degree programs is about 2 500 us dollars up to 13 000 us dollars
per year as for the tuition fee for the non-degree chinese language program you need at least 1 000
us dollars per semester but normally the tuition fee is about 1 000 up to 2 000 us dollars for the
non-degree chinese language program per semester and as for the living expenses in china well it
is definitely up to your lifestyle and also it depends on which city you are going to live in
china because like as i mentioned again and again if you choose to study in big cities like beijing
or shanghai definitely the cost will be much more expensive than if you choose to study in
the smaller cities roughly for the living expenses which cover the food, accommodation and also like
the transportation your daily necessities and a little bit of shopping roughly you need about 500
up to 800 us dollars per month and again it depends on your lifestyle it depends on the type
of room you're getting whether you're getting on campus accommodation or off-campus accommodation
it's definitely going to influence the amount of money that you are going to spend for your
living expenses in china and the third and final formula is to decide the location so this is very
important because china itself has a lot of cities and the universities in china are scattered all
around the country so you can choose to study in beijing shanghai guangzhou xiamen ningbo hangzhou
you name it you can study it anywhere like literally any cities in china and i'm not saying
that studying in big cities is definitely better than studying in the smaller cities in china for
sure people can have their own consideration and they can have their own decision about deciding
which location or like which city would be their best for them to study when in china so these are
a couple of things that you can consider when deciding the location and i will let you know
why the location matters so first of all why the location matters is because as i've said before
chinese universities are scattered all around the country so it will definitely help you to narrow
down the options on deciding which university or like which program that you want to apply for
so for example some of you who came from the tropical countries like me i came from indonesia
obviously i don't really like living in a cold weather cities so cities like harbin or jilin are
going to be very much avoided by somebody like me because as i've said i live in a tropical country
my whole life and that's why i really hate cold weather i don't think i can survive in a minus
30 degrees celsius on winter even with like seven layers of clothing i don't think i can survive so
some of you might have considerations like this in terms of uh deciding the location because you
might have like a preference over the weather for example if you're from russia where you live in a
cold weather or you're from mongolia you might get used to the cold weather so whether you're
studying in beijing or even in harbin it might not matter a lot for you because you're used to the
weather itself because it's similar to what you experience in your home countries but some other
people who are like me we prefer to have warmer weather that is more similar to what we experience
back in our home country but there are some people like even some indonesian students who choose to
study in harbin or like in colder cities because they want to experience how is it like to live
in such a cold weather and it is definitely okay so i know that some of you wants the changes some
of you want to have a new experience in terms of where you're living so yeah this definitely can
be one of the consideration when you choose the best location for you to study in china
so i hope the three tips i shared to you just now which is about choosing the major and the budget
and also the location will help you in narrowing down the list of universities or programs that
you want to apply for in china and therefore you can have a decision over which program would be
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So what's so good about studying in China is that the education is actually well distributed so it's
not like all the top universities are just mainly located in Beijing or Shanghai but it is actually
scattered all around China and this is very important to share to all of you because as
you guys know yes it's true that Peking University or Tsinghua University are both located in Beijing
but there are also many other top quality universities located in other cities in
china so even though like universities like Peking University or Tsinghua university Fudan University
Shanghai Jiaotong University are all located in Shanghai or Beijing but there are still other
universities which are located in other cities in China which also have a great quality of education
with top rankings and high quality of teaching as well so even if you study at Hangzhou or Harbin
or Wuhan or Xiamen Shandong Shantou, anywhere in China you will still be able to see a high quality
university you will still be able to study at a top ranking university.