Universities

Jilin University – Lambton College (JULC) is a Sino-foreign cooperative institute affiliated with Jilin University, approved by the Ministry of Education of China. Established in 1999, it offers undergraduate education in Business Administration and Information Technology. North American partners include Northwood University and Central Michigan University (USA) and Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada). In 2013 JULC launched a 1+1 postgraduate program with Central Michigan University in Master of Science in Information Systems and Master of Science in Administration, approved by the Department of Education of Jilin Province. JULC was among the first MOE-approved Sino-foreign cooperation universities and ranks among the top ten such institutes in China. Curricula follow partner universities. Teaching is in English by qualified faculty; about 70% of international teachers come from partner schools or other English-first-language countries; the rest from Jilin University. Students may complete the undergraduate degree in China or transfer to North American partners during study

Jilin University of Finance and Economics (JUFE) began in July 1946 as a training class for Northeast Bank employees. It later operated as Northeast Bank School (1950), Jilin Finance and Trade College (1958), and Changchun Taxation College (1992). In March 2010 the Ministry of Education approved its current name. It is a key comprehensive university in Jilin Province covering economics, management, law, arts, science, and engineering. The university has 36 schools, departments, and research centers; bachelor’s degrees in 31 disciplines and master’s in 27; and is authorized for MBA and J.M. programs. Enrollment: more than 11,000 students, including over 10,000 full-time undergraduates, about 1,000 postgraduates, and around 40 international students. Over 60 years it has produced more than 90,000 graduates. Faculty: 637 full-time teachers, including 120 professors, 285 associate professors, and 20 foreign teachers

Jinan University, founded in 1906, was the first Chinese institution dedicated to education for overseas Chinese. It is one of China’s One Hundred Key Universities and operates under the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council. It has 27 colleges, 59 departments, 178 research institutions, and 77 laboratories. As of April 2014: 46,750 students total — 10,471 graduates on campus (1,214 doctoral, 7,977 master’s, 1,280 on-the-job master’s), 20,718 full-time undergraduates, and 11,532 overseas Chinese, foreign, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan students. supervisors, 502 professors, and 690 associate professors. International links: more than 300 bilateral agreements or exchange relationships worldwide; active exchange with 43 countries plus Hong Kong and Macau; offices in Hong Kong and Macau and an education foundation in Hong Kong. Main campus in Guangzhou covers about 1.69 million square meters

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute is a comprehensive ceramics-focused higher education institution in Jingdezhen, China’s historic porcelain capital. It serves as a research, education, and exchange hub for international ceramic art and ceramic engineering materials. The institute has cooperation and exchange links with ESCO Ceramic Arts Institute, Europe Ceramic Arts Institute, America Ceramic Arts Institute, the America Ceramic Art Education Committee, Asia Ceramics Institute, and more than twenty universities worldwide. The Quality Testing and Standardization Center, the Documentation and Information Center, and the Ceramic Art Communicating Center are based at the institute. Faculty are described as well distributed and academically capable. Overseas students have been enrolled for bachelor’s and master’s degrees since the 1950s, including students from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Finland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Malaysia

Jinggangshan University accepts international students for language refresher study, advanced refresher study, undergraduate programs, and short-term study.

Jinzhou Medical University (JZMU) is in the coastal city of Jinzhou and is authorized by China’s Ministry of Education to offer MBBS in English. It cooperates with universities in the US, UK, Russia, Australia, and elsewhere. About 1,000 international students from nearly 40 countries study there, ranking third in the province for international degree students. JZMU passed the Ministry of Education undergraduate teaching evaluation in 2007, gained Chinese Government Scholarship eligibility in 2014, and passed MOE evaluation for English-medium MBBS teaching in 2013. It is recognized by WHO and ECFMG and was listed in Avicenna Medical Schools in 2006. Campus: nearly 1 million square meters. Education types: higher education, higher vocational/technical, international students, continuing education. Levels: postgraduate, undergraduate, college. Disciplines: medicine, agriculture, engineering, management, education. Programs: 22 bachelor, 67 master, 7 joint doctoral. Structure: 17 teaching departments, 116 teaching offices, 15 teaching laboratories, 4 R&D centers, 10 institutes, 122 practical teaching bases, 3 direct and 5 indirect affiliated hospitals. About 4,000 faculty including 525 associate professors and 302 professors/chief doctors; more than 12,000 students from 30 provinces

Kaili University is a full-time institution approved by the Ministry of Education, located in Kaili, capital of Qian Dongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. The area is known for forests, song and dance traditions, and eco-tourism. Campus: about 112 hectares; construction area about 200,000 square meters. Teaching equipment investment exceeds 30 million RMB, including Gigabit Ethernet. Library: about 610,000 volumes. Staff: 643 total, 514 full-time; 53 professors, 139 associate professors, 226 teachers with MA. Structure: 12 faculties and 10 research centers; 31 undergraduate degree programs, 26 three-year tertiary programs, and 1 pre-university program for national minorities. Since 1992 the university has offered long- and short-term international programs in Mandarin/Chinese culture and ethnic language/culture (e.g. Miao, Gejia). By the end of 2011, thousands of international students had studied there

Founded in 1933 as a medical programme within Donglu University, Kunming Medical University became an independent institution in 1956 and adopted its current name in 2012. It is based across three campuses in Kunming—Chenggong (the main campus), Renmin West Road, and Pingzheng—covering 98.8 hectares. The university offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes in medicine and health sciences, having gained doctoral degree authority in 1998. It enrolls over 20,000 full-time students, including more than 500 international students, alongside a large cohort of part-time learners. Its teaching and research activities are supported by staff distributed across the main campus and affiliated hospitals. The university focuses on training medical professionals for Yunnan Province and border regions, with a long-standing emphasis on community and rural health service needs.

Lanzhou City University is a full-time undergraduate university approved by China’s Ministry of Education, located in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province. It has three campuses totaling 700.6 mu (about 116.8 acres), with 358,000 square meters of floor space and fixed assets of about RMB 310 million. Teaching equipment is valued at about RMB 56.8 million. The library holds about 638,000 print books, 153,000 e-books, and around 2,000 periodical subscriptions. Staff number about 1,156, including about 646 full-time teachers (395 professors and associate professors, 88 doctoral degree holders, and 413 master’s degree holders). There are 15 colleges and 10 institutes, plus units such as the Institute of Gansu Urban Development, the Training Center for Gansu Primary School Principals, and the Training Base for Professional and Technical Personnel in Gansu. About 55 specialties are offered at undergraduate and junior-college level across humanities, science, social science, management, and engineering, with roughly 13,000 full-time students. There are 25 laboratories and training centers (physics, chemistry, computer science, physical education, educational technology, and others). International partners named include institutions in Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Belarus, the UK, and Canada, plus long-term links with several Chinese normal universities and Hong Kong Open University. The university emphasizes urban-economy, urban-construction, urban-culture, and teacher-training related applied education for Gansu and northwest China

Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU), formerly Lanzhou Railway University, was founded in 1958 by combining departments from Tangshan Railway Institute (now Southwest Jiaotong University) and Beijing Railway Institute (now Beijing Jiaotong University). In April 2003 the Ministry of Education approved the name change to Lanzhou Jiaotong University. It is a comprehensive university with strength in engineering and programs in natural science, liberal arts, economics, and management. There are 3 campuses covering about 258 acres, 20 schools, 1 teaching department, and 4 postdoctoral research centers. Programs include 34 doctoral, 105 master’s, and 63 undergraduate programs, plus 19 provincial key disciplines, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, and 1 national University Science and Technology District. Faculty: 2,277 educational professionals, including 1,455 full-time teachers and 786 professors/associate professors. Enrollment: over 30,000 total, including about 22,400 full-time undergraduates, 3,119 postgraduates, and over 20,595 continuing-education participants. More than 200 international students come from countries such as Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Korea, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Yemen, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Rwanda, and Sudan. The library holds about 2.22 million volumes

Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, several subjects ranked in the global ESI top 1%.

Liaoning Shihua University (LSHU) was founded in 1950 as China’s first petroleum institute. It is a multidisciplinary university with a strong focus on petroleum and petrochemistry, and also covers engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, and education. The campus is in Fushun, about a 10-minute drive from Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province. It covers more than 130 hectares and has over 25,000 students at various levels. Facilities include a library, teaching and laboratory buildings, a stadium, language and computer labs, multimedia rooms, and campus internet. The library holds about 2.9 million volumes; teaching and research equipment is valued at about 0.3 billion RMB. There are 928 professional teachers: 40.6% hold senior academic or technical titles, 70.6% hold master’s degrees, and 197 serve as doctoral or master’s supervisors. Key subject areas include petroleum engineering, petrochemistry, materials chemistry, environmental engineering, chemical machinery, control engineering, information engineering, and economic management. The university has 20 schools and colleges, including petroleum engineering, petrochemical technology, chemistry and materials, environment and biology, mechanical engineering, information and control engineering, computer and communication, and economic management. Degree offerings include 2 joint doctoral programs, 58 master’s programs, 11 engineering master’s programs, an MBA, 50 undergraduate majors, and 26 vocational majors. Since founding, LSHU has graduated more than 80,000 students, many of whom work in China’s petrochemical and coal-mining industries. In 2010, Liaoning Provincial Government, China National Petroleum Corporation, Sinopec Group, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation agreed to jointly support the university. International education began in 1985. The university enrolls nearly 1,000 students from countries including the USA, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Russia, and Mongolia, offering Chinese language study as well as undergraduate programs, with some bilingual and English-taught teaching

Liaoning University is a comprehensive university covering Chinese language and literature, history, philosophy, economics, law, foreign languages, art, natural science, engineering, and management. It is a Project 211 key university under the Ministry of Education. The university has 25 colleges, 62 undergraduate majors, 160 master’s disciplines, and authority to award 62 doctorates. International students have been admitted since 1965, from more than 94 countries including the USA, Japan, Russia, Korea, Italy, the UK, and France. Over 8,000 long-term and 3,000 short-term international students have studied here; about 700 international students are on campus at a time

Lingnan University in Hong Kong is a public liberal-arts university with roots in the Lingnan tradition founded in Guangzhou in the late nineteenth century; the Hong Kong institution later acquired university status in 1999. Based in Tuen Mun, it emphasizes quality undergraduate education, small-class teaching, and research with social impact across arts, business, and social sciences. International students can join English-taught bachelor’s and postgraduate pathways; confirm current majors and admissions on the official Lingnan site.

LTL Mandarin School (Live the Language) is a Chinese language school for international learners, offering intensive and flexible Mandarin courses in China with options that combine classroom study and immersion. Programs commonly include group classes, private tutoring, and HSK-focused study rather than university degrees.

Luohe Medical College is in Luohe City, Henan Province. Founded in 1924, it is a full-time public general college approved by the Ministry of Education. Luohe is near major cultural sites including Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes, Yin Ruins, and the Henan section of the ancient Silk Road. Two disciplines — medicine and engineering — with 14 majors including clinical medicine, oral medicine, nursing, Chinese medicine, preventive medicine, pharmacy, medical imaging technology, medical testing technology, rehabilitation technology, midwifery, food quality and safety, and food quality and testing. Three affiliated hospitals with 3,330 beds

MasterChinese is a Chinese language training provider listed for international learners seeking Mandarin courses. Offerings are language-focused (group or private study and exam preparation) rather than full bachelor’s or master’s degree programs; confirm current campuses and schedules directly with the school.

Minnan Normal University is a doctoral degree-awarding university in Fujian Province, located in Zhangzhou, a national historical and cultural city. Its roots go back to Songzhou Academy more than 1,300 years ago. Modern teacher education began with the Junior Normal College Class of Longxi Normal School in 1958, later becoming Zhangzhou Junior Normal College. Undergraduate education started in 1963 as Fujian Second Normal College. After several campus moves from 1977, it was renamed Zhangzhou Normal College in 1986 and Minnan Normal University in April 2013 (Ministry of Education approval). It became a Fujian First-Class Discipline Construction University in 2018, a National First-Class Program Construction University in 2020, and established doctoral programs and a new campus in 2021. The school motto is “Knowledge, Truth, Aspiration and Dedication.” More than 90,000 alumni work in education, government, business, culture, science, and technology. The university emphasizes Minnan (Southern Fujian) culture and teacher education, with undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral training linked to Minnan cultural studies. It hosts research bases such as a National Language Promotion Base, cross-strait language and culture centers, and other provincial think tanks and laboratories (including modern separation/analysis science and fungi industry engineering technology). It has cooperation agreements with universities in Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and elsewhere, plus exchanges with universities in Taiwan and joint training projects. Campus life includes cultural clubs (drama, puppetry, Southern Tune, Jinge Opera, and others). Facilities for international students include dormitories with water heaters, air conditioning, and internet; restaurants, supermarkets, and sports facilities are on campus, with hospitals and shopping nearby. Off-campus rental is allowed after university and police procedures and a safety agreement

Minzu University of China (MZUC) in Beijing's Haidian District is a national university designated for ethnic minority education and known for teaching and research across related fields.

Nanchang Hangkong University (NCHU), founded in 1952, is in Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province. It is an engineering-focused multidisciplinary university covering engineering, science, humanities, management, economics, law, and education, with distinctive aeronautics and national-defense features, jointly supervised by Jiangxi Provincial Government and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Staff: over 2,000, including over 1,200 permanent teachers (about 180 full professors and over 400 associate professors), plus 5 CAS/CAE academicians. About 22,000 registered students (undergraduates, postgraduates, and some vocational students). Research strengths include 10 provincial key disciplines, national defense key disciplines, 1 MOE key laboratory, 1 national defense key laboratory, 2 China Aviation Technology key laboratories, and 8 provincial key labs/research centers. Partners include universities in Australia, the United States, Finland, France, Canada, Korea, Japan, and Germany. International education started in autumn 2008; more than 130 international students from 18 countries have enrolled. English-medium bachelor’s programs include Aeronautical Engineering and Business Administration; English-taught master’s programs began in September 2013. Short-term language and culture programs also enroll students (including from South Korea and Europe). In 2011 NCHU was designated to admit Chinese Government Scholarship students. Scholarships mentioned: Chinese Government Scholarship–Cooperative Program with Provinces, Jiangxi Provincial Government Scholarship, and Nanchang Hangkong University Scholarship

Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is a Ministry of Education university in Nanjing with agriculture and life sciences at its core. It is a Double First-Class institution offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programmes across plant, animal, food, engineering, and social-science faculties. International students join degree and exchange pathways in food, environment, and rural development fields.

Nanjing College of Information Technology is a vocational college in Nanjing focused on information technology and applied technical majors. Listings for international students are typically limited; confirm whether language training or degree pathways are open in the current admissions cycle.

Nanjing Forestry University was founded in 1902 and sits on the lower slopes of Zijin Mountain in Nanjing. It is a provincial key university with academic strengths in forestry, engineering, and social sciences. The campus supports interdisciplinary teaching and research, particularly in areas linked to ecological development. Around 25,000 students study across its schools and institutes. NJFU offers undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programmes, including specialist degrees in fields such as disaster prevention and reduction engineering.

Nanjing Medical University was founded in 1934. It is a key university sponsored by Jiangsu Province. It has seventeen schools plus one independent school (Kangda School), 23 affiliated hospitals, and more than fifty teaching hospitals in Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Shandong. Programs include 17 undergraduate majors, 2 six-year dual bachelor’s degree programs, and 5 seven-year programs. Enrollment is more than 13,000 students. Education covers undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral training for full-time, adult, and international students. International and Hong Kong/Macao/Taiwan admissions resumed in 2002; more than 500 such students were reported. Faculty: 779 full-time, including 178 professors, 225 associate professors, and 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Research facilities include 1 state-level key laboratory, 4 ministry-level key laboratories, and 13 provincial-level key laboratories (engineering centers). The library holds about 850,000 printed items, 780,000 e-books, and over 6,000 Chinese and foreign journals and newspapers. It is the medical literature center of the Jiangsu Academic Library & Information System. The university has academic exchange and cooperation with medical colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong SAR.