Southern Medical University
Guangzhou · Medicine & Pharmacy
Standard — Admits international students on a regular basis (most are CSC-designated universities).
Guangzhou
Major city Metro Est. budget CNY 3,000–5,500 (USD 420–760) / month incl. dorm or shared flatThe 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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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.