>>  Application Procedure

(Ⅰ)Application Objects and Qualifications

1.Class for Advanced (or: Graduate) Studies of Chinese Language

Applicants are required to have the qualifications: graduation from a secondary school, in good health, interest in Chinese language, under 55 (years old).

2.Chinese Culture Class

The class can be started if there are over 15 applicants who are in good health and under 65 (years old).

3. Those Applying for Their Formal Schooling Record of Undergraduate Studies

must be graduates from a senior middle school, in good health and under 25 (years old); those who apply for the study of science and (or) engineering, and have passed at least HSK Examination Band 3, and those who apply for the study of liberal arts and have passed at least HSK Examination Band 6, can directly start their study in the relevant colleges or departments; those who fail to pass the examination can at first apply for their study of Chinese language for one year in Wuhan University before their study in the relevant colleges or departments; those who apply for the study of science or engineering must pass the centralized examination organized by the Chinese government for foreigh students before their study in the relevant colleges or departments of Wuhan University.

4. Graduate Students for Master’s Degrees

Those who apply for being master’s degree graduate students must complete one year study in Wuhan University, or be graduates from a university or college, in good health, and pass the graduate students’ entrance examination given by Wuhan University before their admission (into the university). The foreign students who have proved themselves in Wuhan University to be excellent undergraduate graduates can be admitted as graduate students for master’s degrees without being examined provided they are recommended by the college or department where they studied.

5. Graduate Students for Doctorates

Those who have got their master’s degrees, are in good health, and passed the university’s entrance examination of graduate students for doctorates can be enrolled as graduate students for doctorates

6. Ordinary Graduate Students

Those who apply for being ordinary graduate students must have a college schooling over 2 years, be generally under 45 (years old) and finish their studying within 2 years.

7. Advanced Graduate Students

Those who apply for being advanced graduate students must have their master’s degrees or associate professor title(s) , be under the age of 50, and finish their studying generally within one year.

(Ⅱ) Application Time and Formalities

1.Application Time

Those who plan to start their study in autumn are to finish their application before June 15 of the same year; those who plan to start their study in spring are to finish their application before December 15 of the previous year. All the material of application is to be mailed or faxed to the office of the College of Foreign Students Education of Wuhan University. Those who apply for class for Advanced Studies of Chinese Language or Chinese Culture Class can at any time directly contact the college office.

2. Application Formalities

Those who apply for Chinese government’s scholarship in order to study in Wuhan University must submit by themselves their application to their country’s government department or relevant organization in charge of sending students to study abroad, or to the Chinese embassy (or consulate) in their country.

Those who apply for their studying in Wuhan University at their own expense can directly contact the college office and ask for the admission brochures, Wuhan University foreign students application forms and physical examination forms for foreigners. The applicants must also fill in the application forms in detail and go through their physical examinations as required.

(Ⅲ) The Material Required of Application

1. Those who apply for China’s scholarship should handle the material according to the concerned agreement reached between the two governments.

2. Those who apply for over 6 months’ studying in Wuhan University are required to submit the following 6 kinds of material to Wuhan University:

(1) Wuhan University foreign students application form filled out by the applicant (with the applicant’s recent photo);

(2) physical examination form for foreigners filled out with the applicant’s recent photo (the duplicated one is also allowed);

(3) the applicant’s recent schooling certificate (the duplicated one);

(4) the written guarantee with the name, occupation, address and telephone number of the guarantor who is responsible for the applicant’s stay in China;

(5) the duplicated passport of the applicant;

(6) application fees: $ 40;

n.b.:

those who apply for their studying for master’s degrees must submit, besides the above 6 kinds of material, the recommendation letters separately by two associate professors or professors; those who apply for their studying for doctorates must submit the above 6 kinds of material with 2 recommendation letters (for each applicant) by professors.

3. Those who apply for their studying in Wuhan University for less than 6 months are required to submit

(1) Wuhan University foreign students application form filled out by the applicant;

(2) application fees: $ 40.