So you want to study Chinese in a university in China
There are over two and a half thousand universities in China,
how do you choose which one to study? I'm going to introduce the top 20 programs at
universities in China to learn Chinese.
We have helped thousands of international students study in china normally they will
choose the university based on these six factors first what is the ranking of the university second
what is the price of the university third how good is the program fourth what is the location
fifth what is the accommodation arrangements and sixth what is the schedule of the program
every student will normally choose based on different combinations of these factors
for me i wanted to study in beijing and i wanted to choose the top university in beijing
so that's why i chose Peking University later on i wanted to study a one-month program in beijing and
i found beijing language and culture university was a great university that had this program that
i wanted now i'm going to introduce the coolest programs in china there are two really cool
programs in china that i recommend the first is central academy of drama which is based in beijing
in the hutongs this is cool for a couple of reasons it's away from the student district
and not that many foreigners know about it so there's it's a much bigger opportunity to be
surrounded by chinese students which is a faster way of learning chinese it's also very famous and
lots of future film stars are studying there it's a great place to receive proper training
in how to speak chinese and you can also find opportunities to be involved in plays beijing
film academy is a great place for a similar reason to study china is the world's largest film market
and beijing film academy is the best film school in asia studying here you may find opportunities
to be involved in film or movies and you'll be surrounded by future film stars what are
the most effective programs at learning chinese quickly what is the most effective university
in china now obviously it depends on each student and how hard you work but here are four programs
that may be the most effective at learning chinese dalian neusoft university normally it takes about
one year to one and a half years to get to hsk4 dalian neusoft university has one of the fastest
programs to learn chinese you can get to hsk4 in under eight months and the price is 5800 rmb
this program is currently offered online beijing normal university is one of the most effective
and has great reviews from students there are many students who recommend this university
beijing normal university the normal is "ShiFan" which means standard or normal as in the standard
at this university they specialize in teaching teachers how to teach so there's a huge number
of teachers who are available to teach and they will choose the best teachers to teach
international students chinese most universities have the tuition for chinese program at about 8
000 rmb slightly less or a little bit more depending on the schedule for one semester
and about 16 000 rmb to 20 000 rmb per year now there's some ways to learn chinese in a group
or one-on-one and there is a saying that learning one-on-one can be worth three hours in a classroom
there are two one-on-one programs that are very popular with international students and this could
be the most effective way to learn chinese one of them is beijing language and culture university
they have a one-on-one online chinese program and you can go from zero to hsk six in 720 hours
this is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to learn chinese Tsinghua university have a
program called the Tsinghua university IUP program and this is also one of the most effective ways to
learn chinese it has great reviews and ratings from students who have learned chinese very
quickly how they teach chinese is they do it in one-on-one and in small groups of four hours per
day the price of the program is just under 10 000 us dollars for one semester and just under
19 000 us dollars for one year while it may be more expensive than the other chinese programs
you can actually save time in learning chinese so it could be more valuable to choose this option
what are the top ranked universities in china now you might want to choose a university based on
the ranking studying at a top-ranked university can be amazing because you can be surrounded by
some of the most talented people in china and the world i made a video about the ranking you
can see more here now i'm going to introduce five universities that are top ranked peking university
tsinghua university shanghai jiao tong university fudan university and zhejiang university now if
you're interested to study in beijing you'll want to choose between the top ranks universities which
is peking university and tsinghua university the main differences is tsinghua university has around
500 students per year and peking university is a little bit smaller around one or two hundred
students on average the accommodation is a bit easier to get in tsinghua university so
i'm going to introduce more about accommodation later in universities in china if you're trying
to decide based on those two universities you might want to look at the culture of the
university peking university is more creative and has a focus on humanities whereas tsinghua
is more about engineering and execution should you study in beijing or other cities in china
beijing is a great place to study because the local people in china like the taxi drivers and
other local people will speak Putonghua so it's easier to communicate in other cities they will
speak a different dialect for example in shanghai they speak a different dialect but you can still
learn chinese in any city because everyone in the university all the young people will speak like
that tianjin is very similar to beijing so it's also a great place to study the top universities
in shanghai are fudan university and shanghai jiaotong university it can be quite competitive
to get accommodation in these universities so you will probably want to stay in private
accommodation zhejiang university is one of the top ranked university based in hangzhou which is a
beautiful city to study next to the west lake now if you're trying to save money what are the lowest
cost universities to study in china if you want to save money you can choose to study in a lower cost
city two great examples is tianjin international culture college they have a very low cost program
for under 14 000 rmb for a year the main reason why it is lower cost than the bigger cities is
because their living cost and accommodation is also cheap in tianjin zhejiang university of
science and technology in hangzhou is also a great program if you want to save money they have very
affordable accommodation and livings cost is very low as well the accommodation is only 400 rmb per
month in shared two people accommodation and the price of the program is 13 and a half thousand rmb
for one year so this is a great place to study if you want to save money there are also
lots of other lower cost universities in china the full list is in the description what is the
most popular program for international students in china i'm going to introduce some of the most
popular programs and then i'm going to tell you how you can apply beijing language and culture
university is one of the most popular programs in china and it has thousands of students studying
every year it's based in beijing in the west of beijing and i studied here for one month it's a
great experience it's known as the little united nations because there are students from all over
the world it can be a very sociable experience they also have a number of very good online
programs which are very popular especially during the pandemic there's another university in beijing
called beijing chinese language and culture college blcc which shouldn't be confused with blcu
blcc is based outside of beijing center closer to the great wall if you want to choose a university
with accommodation you can choose blcc the accommodation in blcu is a bit more difficult to
get because it's closer to the center so there's limited accommodation normally those universities
outside the center have more accommodation university of international business and
economics is another great university in beijing which is very popular for international students
one of the main advantages of this university is the location which is in the CBD area close to
all of the embassies and sanlitun area this can be a great university if you're looking to do an
internship or work as well there are programs which have morning classes can international
students work in china the answer is yes but you need to get approval from the university
they need to give permission you need to get your visa stamped with an internship visa in the psb
public security bureau wuhan university is also a very popular university for international students
based in wuhan which is a beautiful city wuhan university is known as one of the most
beautiful campuses in china together with peking university tsinghua and xiamen university it is
close to the beautiful east lake central china normal university is another great university
based in wuhan which is a top choice for students xiamen university is a very beautiful university
located by the coast in the south of china the weather here can be warmer than those universities
in the north and it's a very nice place to study with a very different feeling to other cities in
china beijing institute of technology is also a very popular choice in beijing and they have
a great chinese program there's one program that many students haven't heard of and it's
beijing institute of economics and management this program is based in wang jing district in beijing
and the class sizes are a lot smaller than other universities in china this can be a great choice
that many students don't know about beijing foreign studies university is also a very popular
university in the west haidian district of beijing this university specializes in foreign languages
so it can be a great place to learn chinese bfsu is known as training the largest number of
diplomats and has one of the highest employability ratings in china they also have opened a campus
in the south of china in Foshan which is another great place to study chinese.
How do you apply to universities in China? It can be very hard to find the information
and choose courses and apply online to Chinese universities you can use China Admissions which
is a free online platform to choose courses and apply all you need to do is choose the course
click apply upload the application documents you will also have free support from support staff
China Admissions is based in Beijing and has won a number of awards as a
fast growing ed tech company in China If you have any comments or questions
please let me know in the comments below we also put all the links in the description
as well thank you very much and I wish you the best of luck learning Chinese!