Commonly speaking, a foreign student has one chance to enroll each year if he or she is taking a degree
program. However, there are also some universities offers two times for the enrollment in a year.
The new semester usually begins in autumn in china. But in some universities, the school year begins in
spring. For instance, the English taught MBBS in Shandong University, the International Finance at Beijng
Foreign Studies University, and the MBBS at Xi’an Jiao Tong University, English taught petroleum Engineering
at China University of Petroleum, Economics in International Trade (in English) and Management in Business
Administration(in English) at Donghua University and MBBS(in English) at Dalian Medical University. Meanwhile,
there are also some universities begins the new semesters both in autumn and September.
Fall Semester: Mid-September – January or Early February of the next year (some universities’ school year for
foreign students begins at the end of September or mid-October, for example MBBS or some engineering courses
which are taught in English).Spring semester: February or Early March – Mid July
Please remember that you have to take almost all the classes on weekdays excluding school holidays. During
the school holidays, the school will be closed