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Study in China: student visa, scholarships, universities and post-study work

Updated from official sources and watched nightly. Upload your CV to see which of these routes you are eligible for today.

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Study routes: X1 student visa
Work while studying: Off-campus work only with permission from the university and immigration.
After graduation: Z work visa with an employer after graduation; limited routes to permanent residence.
Official portal: China Visa Application Service Center

Routes

X1 student visa

X1 student visa

Admission notice and the JW201/JW202 form from the university; visa at the Chinese visa centre; residence permit within 30 days of arrival.

Source: China Visa Application Service Center

Working while studying

Off-campus work only with permission from the university and immigration.

After that: staying on

Z work visa with an employer after graduation; limited routes to permanent residence.

Universities in China 110 on record

Every university we hold for China, each linked to its own official site. 629 programmes are open and verified right now; new intakes are added as universities publish them. Upload your CV to see which are open to you.

Anhui Medical UniversityHefei Beihang UniversityBeijing Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing Beijing University of TechnologyBeijing Capital Medical UniversityBeijing Central South UniversityChangsha Chang'an UniversityXi'an Chengdu UniversityChengdu China Pharmaceutical UniversityNanjing China University of GeosciencesWuhan China University of Geosciences (Beijing)Beijing China University of Mining and TechnologyXuzhou China University of Petroleum, BeijingBeijing China University of Petroleum, East ChinaQingdao Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenShenzhen Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing Dalian University of TechnologyDalian Donghua UniversityShanghai East China Normal UniversityShanghai Fudan UniversityShanghai Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityFuzhou Fujian Medical UniversityFuzhou Guangdong University of TechnologyGuangzhou Guangxi UniversityNanning Guangzhou Medical UniversityGuangzhou Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou Hainan UniversityHaikou Harbin Engineering UniversityHarbin Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin Hefei University of TechnologyHefei Heilongjiang UniversityHarbin Henan Normal UniversityXinxiang Henan UniversityKaifeng Hohai UniversityNanjing Huazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan Hunan Agricultural UniversityChangsha Jiangnan UniversityWuxi Jiangsu UniversityZhenjiang Jilin UniversityChangchun Jinan UniversityGuangzhou Kunming University of Science and TechnologyKunming Nanchang UniversityNanchang Nanjing Forestry UniversityNanjing Nanjing Tech UniversityNanjing Nanjing UniversityNanjing Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsNanjing Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineNanjing Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyNanjing Ningbo UniversityNingbo North China Electric Power UniversityBeijing Northeast Forestry UniversityHarbin Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun Northeastern UniversityShenyang Northwest A&F UniversityYangling Northwest UniversityXi'an Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityXi'an Ocean University of ChinaQingdao Peking UniversityBeijing Qingdao UniversityQingdao Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyQingdao Renmin University of ChinaBeijing Shaanxi Normal UniversityXi'an Shandong Agricultural UniversityTai’an Shandong First Medical UniversityJinan Shandong Normal UniversityJinan Shandong University of Science and TechnologyQingdao Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityShanghai Shanghai Normal UniversityShanghai Shanghai UniversityShanghai ShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai Shantou UniversityShantou Shanxi UniversityTaiyuan Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityShenyang Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen Sichuan Agricultural UniversityYa'an South China Agricultural UniversityGuangzhou South China Normal UniversityGuangzhou South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou Southeast UniversityNanjing Southern Medical UniversityGuangzhou Southern University of Science and TechnologyShenzhen Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu Southwest UniversityChongqing Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou Taiyuan University of TechnologyTaiyuan Tianjin UniversityTianjin Tongji UniversityShanghai Tsinghua UniversityBeijing University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu University of JinanJinan University of Science and Technology of China University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyShanghai Wenzhou Medical UniversityWenzhou Westlake UniversityHangzhou Wuhan UniversityWuhan Wuhan University of TechnologyWuhan Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an Xiamen UniversityXiamen Xidian UniversityXi'an Yanshan UniversityQinhuangdao Yunnan UniversityKunming Zhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou

Where the scholarships are listed

Scholarship Portal · Euraxess (research) · Academic Positions · FindAPhD · DAAD scholarship database · Zhaopin · Campus China

How ForiForeign helps

Upload your CV, see verified matches with a real score, and let the platform prepare the complete application which you send from your own address. Replies are read for you; after an offer, the university fee steps, documents and student visa application are organised in the same place, to the visa decision. Search is free; you pay only when the platform does work for you.

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Questions people ask about China

What are the main routes to study in China?

X1 student visa. Each is read from the official page and watched nightly.

Can I work while studying in China?

Off-campus work only with permission from the university and immigration.

Can I stay in China after graduating?

Z work visa with an employer after graduation; limited routes to permanent residence.

Who is eligible for X1 student visa?

Admission notice and the JW201/JW202 form from the university; visa at the Chinese visa centre; residence permit within 30 days of arrival.

Does ForiForeign apply for the visa?

No. ForiForeign matches your CV to verified programmes and prepares the application; the student visa is filed by you on the official portal (China Visa Application Service Center), with the documents organised in the same place.

What to study in China

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Rather work for an employer in China without moving? Remote work with China.

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