Achievements：

Nankai University is a multidisciplinary and research-oriented university, which is a member university of Project 211 and Project 985 . There are 11 members of the Chinese Academy of Science, 4 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 8 members of The World Academy of Sciences, 27 leaders of the National High-level Personnel of Special Support Program (‘people program’), 15 persons supported by the National Youth Talent Support Program, 22 national experts with outstanding contributions, 30 persons selected by the Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Project, 16 members of the subject consultative group of the State Council, 3 chief scientists of the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) and 15 chief scientists  of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) , 24 leaders of The National Key Research and Development Program of China, 57 recipients of The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 39 recipients of the Excellent Young Scientists Fund, 21 persons supported by the Trans-Century Training Programs Foundation for the Talents by Ministry of Education, 158 persons selected by the the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education, 8 recipients of the Excellent Young Teachers Prizes supported by the Ministry of Education, 7 teachers awarded by the Ministry of Education with the honor of Outstanding College Lecturer, and 9 national-level teaching groups. There are also 8 Tianjin Outstanding Talents, 3 leaders of Tianjin High-level Personnel of Special Support Program, 11 persons supported by Tianjin Youth Talent Support Program, 11 leaders of High-level Innovation & Entrepreneurship Groups, 63 first-level candidates of the Tianjin “131” Innovative Talents Training Project, 17 leaders of the Innovation-oriented Group, 38 teachers awarded with the honor of Tianjin  Outstanding College Lecturer, and 18 teaching groups of Tianjin municipality. Nankai University is a center for both education and academic research. A large number of academic achievements have been made and acknowledged both at home and abroad. In 2019,  “the Finding of  Highly-Efficient Chiral Catalyst-the Iridium Complex of (Ri)-3i” completed by Academician Zhou Qilin’s research team won the first prize in China’s State Natural Science Award. From 2007 to 2018, Nankai University has won 4 National Second Prizes in natural sciences, 1 National Second Prize for science and technology progress, 1 National Second Prize for technology invention, 46 National teaching achievements, 31 National Excellent Courses, 15 Excellent Video Demonstration Courses, and 2 China Youth Science and Technology Awards. There have been 20 doctoral dissertations that have been selected to the National 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations.

 

Features：

Nankai University, under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, is a multidisciplinary and research-oriented university. Nankai is the alma mater of our beloved late Premier Zhou Enlai, and  is one of the comprehensive universities with the widest range of disciplines. It features a balance between the humanities and the sciences, a solid foundation and a combination of application and creativity. The university has 26 academic colleges, and categories covering literature, history, philosophy, economics, management,law, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, teaching and art. Nankai University actively constructs and develops a discipline system to meet the needs of economic and social development and personnel training in the 21st century. Nankai offers 92 undergraduate specialties (including 18 national characteristic specialties), 28 Post-Doctoral research stations and 31 authorized primary Doctoral specialties, 1 second-degree doctoral program not covered by the primary specialty, and 28 post-doctoral research stations. There are 6 first degree national key disciplines (covering 35 second degree disciplines), 9 second degree national key disciplines, 2 national key cultivating disciplines.

 

Nankai University actively takes advantage of disciplines, technology, talents and information to enhance the industrialization and commercialization of research serving the national and local economies and social development. Some research institutes like the Institute of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the China APEC Institute, Institute of New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Strategies, the School of Economic & Social Development, the Binhai Development Research Institute, the Research Center of Education and Industry Regional Development, the Human Rights Research Center, the Institute of Issues in Contemporary China, the Center for WTO Studies, the National Institute of Economic Strategy, the Jinnan Innovation Institute, the Institute of Statistics,and Institute of Ecological Civilization, etc. have become the Think Tank and Talents Cradle for central and local governments. According to national needs, and in pursuit of a first-class world position, Nankai comprehensively implemented the strategy of innovation-driven development and actively promotes the construction of all kinds of collaborative innovation centers, setting up close cooperative relationships with a group of colleges and universities, enterprises, research institutes and government departments. In 2014, the Collaborative Innovation Center for China Economy led by Nankai University became the first authorized collaborative innovation center in economics. In 2019, the university cooperated with the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to build the “21st Century Marxism Research Institute”, focusing on building a highland for China’s contemporary studies on Marxism.

 

Nankai University has developed broad international communications by establishing exchange and collaborative relationships with more than 320 international universities and academic institutions. There are now more than 400 full-time and part-time foreign experts at Nankai. Nankai University has been contracted to establish 9 Confucius Institutes overseas including one at Maryland University in the US. In both 2012 and 2015, Nankai has become an Advanced Sino-Cooperation Academy of the Confucius Institute. Nankai has undertaken the task of offering Chinese language training to foreign countries, and has launched a number of high-level study abroad programs, including the Oxford Program, participation in the Davos World University Leaders Forum, hosting the  “Tianjin Forum (2017)”, serving as the secretariat of International Forum of Public Universities (IFPU) and selection by Hanban as one of the first universities to participate in the new international Sinology research plan. Nankai University collaborates with Glasgow University and has established the NKU-UoG Joint Graduate School.

 

 

Application for Chinese-taught Programs:

Highest Diploma:  UEC (HSK certificate is not required), STPM (provide a HSK 4 certificate), A-level (provide a HSK 4 certificate)

 

Others: SPM, IGCSE, O-level (have to study Nankai University’s preparatory courses for a year)

 

Application for English-taught Programs:

Taught by Chinese only 

 

Application Fee:

Foundation& Bachelor: 400 CNY

Master&PhD: 600 CNY

 

Tuition Fee:

Language Student: 14,000 CNY/Year

Foundation: 20,000 CNY/Year (tentative)

Bachelor: 20,000 CNY/Year

Master: 30,000 CNY/Year (two years) 26,000CNY/Year (three years)

PhD: 30,000 CNY/Year

*Actual fees will be in accordance with the official standards released by Nankai University.

 

Accommodation:1,500-2,100 CNY (double room on campus), around 2,800 (off campus)

 

Living Expenses: 1,000-1,500 CNY/Year

 

Chinese Government Scholarship

Scholarship Value: Exemption from tuition fee, provision of accommodation fee, provision of coverage of comprehensive medical insurance, and a living allowance. Please click this link for more information: https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/login.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2022.

 

The Modern Sinology Scholarship

Scholarship value: Exemption from tuition fee, provision of accommodation fee, a research stipend, provision of coverage of comprehensive medical insurance, and a living allowance. (Register at the set time on the website: http://csp.chinese.cn/myDoip ) 

Application Deadline: February 28, 2022.

 

International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship

Scholarship value: Exemption from tuition fee, provision of accommodation fee, provision of coverage of comprehensive medical insurance, and a living allowance. (Register at the website to apply: http://cis.chinese.cn/account/login ) 

Application Deadline: May 15, 2022.

 

International Confucian Association Scholarship  

Scholarship Value: Exemption from tuition fee, provision of accommodation fee, provision of coverage of comprehensive medical insurance, and a living allowance.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2022.

 

Tianjin Government Scholarship

Scholarship value: tuition allowance. Please note: this scholarship doesn’t need to be applied for independently. Students will be selected to win this scholarship once a year.  

Application Deadline: May 15, 2022.

 

Study-at-NKU President Scholarship

Scholarship value: tuition allowance, accommodation allowance or living allowance. 

Please note: this scholarship doesn’t need to be applied for independently. Students will be selected to win this scholarship once a year.   

Application Deadline: May 31, 2022.