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Peking University

Overview

Peking University is a comprehensive and National key university. The campus, known as "Yan Yuan"-- the gardens of Yan, is situated at the northeast of the Haidian District at the western suburbs of Beijing. It stands near the Yuan Ming Gardens and the Summer Palace.

The University consists of 30 colleges and 12 departments, with 93 specialties for undergraduates, 2 specialties for the second Bachelor's degree, 199 specialties for Master candidates and 173 specialties for Doctoral candidates. While still laying stress on basic sciences, the university has paid special attention to the development of applied sciences.

At present, Peking university has 216 research institutes and research centres, and there are 2 national engineering research centres, 81 key national disciplines, 12 national key laboratories.

The university has made an effective combination of the research on important scientific issues with the training of personnel with high level specialized knowledge and professional skill as demanded by the country's socialist modernization. It strives not only for the simultaneous improvements in teaching and research work, but also for the promotion of interaction and mutual promotion among various subjects.

Thus Peking University has become a center for teaching and research and a university of the new type, consisting of diverse branches of learning such as pure and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and sciences of management and education. Its aim is to rank among the world's best universities at the beginning of the next century.

Basic TOEFL/IELTS

No specific English language certificate is needed. But English and Chinese will be tested in the entry exams.

Accommodation

The Shao Yuan Accommodation Office is in charge of the housing on campus for foreign students. Students may also live off-campus, but they must register with the local residence office.

Price Range of Accommodation

These are the different kinds of accomodation provided by the Shao Yuan Accomodation Office on-campus. A standard dorm room costs US $3.50 per person per day. Two students will share a room, communal bathrooms and showers can be found on each floor. The PKU scholarship will only cover the US $3.50 housing, and students will be responsible for the extra cost of alternative housing.
Other types of accommodations are as follows:
• Building 6: each person has a private room with carpeting, a small sitting room shared by three persons, a color TV set, internet access, a telephone, and a private bathroom/shower. US $8 per person per day.
• Building 8: each person has a private room with carpeting, a small sitting room shared by two persons, a color TV set, internet access, a telephone, and a private bathroom/shower. US $11 per room per day.
• Building 9: standard single room with color TV set, a telephone, internet access, a refrigerator, and air conditioning. US $20 per room per day.
• Building 5: standard double room with carpeting, a color TV set, a telephone, internet access, a refrigerator, air conditioning, and a study room. US $28 per room per day.
• Building 8: standard with internet access. US $38 per room per day.

Finance and Scholarships

Only third-year undergraduates, masters, or doctoral exchange students are eligible for a Peking University scholarship. They all must proove a brilliant study career.
The scholarships amounts are as follows:
● Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship: 3,000 RMB 30 students
● Masters Academic Excellence Scholarship: 4,000 RMB 15 students
● Doctorate Academic Excellence Scholarship: 1st Prize: 10,000 RMB 5 students; 2nd Prize: 5,000 RMB 10 students.
Foreign students can also apply for a scholarship directly to the China Scholarship Council, which provides scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and advance students', as well as funding for special research or training.

Entry Requirements

All International Students should contanct the OIR (Office of International Studies). Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a valid passport, above the age of 18 and under the age of 30, in possession of a high school diploma. Entrance examination tests will be taken every year in April.

No. 5 Yiheyuan Road
Haidian District
Beijing
Beijing
China

86 10 62752114
www.pku.edu.cn