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South China University of Technology

Guangzhou · Science & Engineering

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Top tierDouble First-ClassProject 985Project 211

Top tier — Priority coverage — programs, tuition and English-taught options actively maintained; a full international admission profile is shown where available.

Guangzhou

Major city Metro Est. budget CNY 3,000–5,500 (USD 420–760) / month incl. dorm or shared flat

The historical gateway of China–Africa and China–Southeast Asia trade, Guangzhou mixes two thousand years of Cantonese merchant culture with a modern megacity of trade fairs and factories. Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology and Jinan University — the university built for overseas students — anchor a huge international student body. The Xiaobei district's African, Arab and South Asian trading community makes it, for many students from those regions, the most familiar city in China.

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International admission

Bachelor: High school certificate; HSK 4–5 (Chinese-taught) or IELTS 6.0 / TOEFL 80 (English-taught)

Master’s: Bachelor degree + HSK 5 (Chinese-taught) or IELTS 6.0–6.5 / TOEFL 80–90 (English-taught)

PhD: Master degree + research proposal and supervisor acceptance; HSK or English proof depending on program language

English-taught: IELTS 6.0–6.5 / TOEFL 80–90 typical

Chinese-taught: HSK 4–5 for bachelor, HSK 5 for postgrad

Tuition (typical range — pending verification): Bachelor ¥ 24,000–34,000 / Master ¥ 25,000–40,000 / PhD ¥ 25,000–35,000 per year (typical published ranges; verify)

Accommodation: On-campus international dormitory; typical CNY 800–1,500/month for shared rooms (verify)

Intakes: Sep (main)

Application window: Dec 1 – Mar 15 (Sep intake)

School of International Education portal; strong engineering English-taught options

Source: https://www.scut.edu.cn · compiled 2026-09-21, source verification pending

Academic strengths

China’s official discipline evaluation (MOE Degree Centre, 4th round, 2017): A+ ≈ top 2%, A ≈ top 2–5%. Methodology

Double First-Class disciplineEvaluation
Light Industry A+
Materials Science & Engineering A-
Architecture A-
Food Science A-
Chemistry B
All evaluated disciplines (32)
  • Light Industry A+
  • Mechanical Engineering A-
  • Materials Science & Engineering A-
  • Architecture A-
  • Chemical Engineering A-
  • Environmental Engineering A-
  • Food Science A-
  • Management Science & Engineering A-
  • Mathematics B+
  • Information & Communications Engineering B+
  • Control Science & Engineering B+
  • Computer Science B+
  • Civil Engineering B+
  • Biomedical Engineering B+
  • Urban Planning B+
  • Landscape B+
  • Software Engineering B+
  • Business Administration B+
  • Marxist Theory B
  • Chemistry B
  • Electrical Engineering B
  • Electronic Science & Technology B
  • Law B-
  • Foreign Languages & Literatures B-
  • Journalism B-
  • Biology B-
  • Transportation B-
  • Public Administration B-
  • Physics C+
  • Mechanics C+
  • Power & Thermal Engineering C+
  • Water Engineering C-

What its badges mean

Double First-Class

China’s elite university initiative (147 universities designated in the 2022 MOE list)

Project 985

The original 39 top universities selected in 1998 for world-class development

Project 211

112 universities chosen in the 1990s for key national investment

Data sources: university international-admission pages (linked above), MOE Double First-Class list (2022), MOE Degree Centre discipline evaluation (2017). Figures marked as typical ranges are editorial estimates, dated — per-source verification in progress — full data notes.