EDUCATION IN CHINA

Education in China:

Education System in China:

In China, the education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult education. The Compulsory Education Law of stipulates that each child have years nine of  formal education.

Basic Education:

Basic education in China includes pre-school education, primary education and regular secondary education. Preschool, or kindergarten, can last up to three years, with children entering as early as age three, until age six, when they typically enter elementary school. The academic year is divided into two semesters.


Secondary education is divided into academic secondary education and specialized/vocational/technical secondary education.

Academic secondary education is delivered by academic lower and upper middle schools. Lower middle school graduates wishing to continue their education take a locally administered entrance exam, on the basis of which they will have the option either of continuing in an academic upper middle school or of entering a vocational secondary school. Vocational schools offer programs ranging from two to four years and train medium-level skilled workers, farmers, and managerial and technical personnel. Technical schools typically offer four-years programs to train intermediate technical personnel. "Schools for Skilled Workers" typically train junior middle school graduates for positions requiring production and operation skills. The length of training is typically three year.


Higher Education:

Higher education at the undergraduate level includes two-and three-year junior colleges. Sometimes also called short-cycle colleges, four-year colleges, and universities offering programs in both academic and vocational subjects. Many colleges and universities also offer graduate programs leading to the master's or Ph.D. Degree.


Chinese higher education at the undergraduate level is divided into three-year and four-year programs. The former is offered not only at short-cycle colleges, but frequently also at four-year colleges and universities. The latter is offered at four-year colleges and universities but do not always lead to the bachelor' degree.
Myriad higher education opportunities also fall under the general category of adult education.


Top Rank Universities in China:

Rank             University

  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Peking University
  3. The Hong Kong University Of science and Technology
  4. University of Science and Technology of China
  5. Tsinghua University
  6. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  7. Hing Kong Baptist University
  8. National Taiwan Univeristy
  9. Nanjing University
  10. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Requirements for Visa:
  • Applicant's original passport valid up to at least six months with at least one visa blank page
  • One truly completed Visa Application Form (Form V2011A). If you are applying to study in China, or if someone else travelling with you shares the same passport, or if you are applying for a visa in a country or territory other than the country of your current nationality, you should fill out the Supplementary Visa Application Form (Form V2011B).
  • Please Affix one recent passport style color photo with full face, front view, no hat, and aganist a plain light background on the visa application form. 
  • X visa applicants should provide the original and copy of approved Foreign Student Visa Applicant Form (JW201 or JW202) issued by the Chinese authorized unit, and the Admission Notice from the Chinese school
  • F visa applications should provide the Enrollment letter from Chinese school.
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