How to Apply
1. Contact us
Request the Application Form from us by Email.
Fill out the Application Form by typing except for your signature, and send it back to us in either of the following ways at your own choice:
(1) by Email (as an attached file): (This way is highly recommended!)
(If it is not convenient for you to scan your Form, just email it to us in Word format as an attached file, leaving the Photo frame blank, but you should bring the original paper copy with your photo on it when you come to our university for registration) .
Email Address: jingml@tjut.edu.cn and / or cietianjin@gmail.com
(2) or by post office:
Postal Address:
College of International Education at TUT
No. 263 Hongqi Nanlu Road,
Nankai District,
Tianjin 300191
P.R. China
2. Get your visa
Go to the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in your home country to get your visa: short-term program student: L visa (tourist visa); 1 semester program student: F visa (visiting visa); 1 year or longer program student: X visa (student visa). (Students who are to get an F visa or X visa at the Chinese Embassy or Consulate should bring with you the Admission Notice and JW202 Form, which we shall send you when we have recieved your Application Form.)
If you send us your application too late and do not have enough time to get an F or X visa before you leave your country, you may get an L visa (tourist visa) for the time being, and we shall help you to convert your L visa to F or X visa when you arrive at our university (however, you will need to pay the visa fee).
Z visa (working visa) holder whose spouse works in China may also apply to study at our university.
3. Physical examination
If you plan to get an X visa and study in China for 1 academic year or more, you should take physical examination at a public hospital in your home country. All the items in the Physical Examination Record for Foreigners shall be examined (with relevant examination reports). Otherwise, you should retake the examination upon arrival, which will cost you extra expense.
A recent photo of yours shall be pasted at the place specified in the Physical Examination Record for Foreigners, with an indenting official stamp of the hospital on it. All the items on the Recor shall be examined and verified with the examining doctor's signature. If the Record fails to comply with these requirements or is dated more than five months before the date of your arrival, a re-examination is required, and you shall pay the examination fee.
If an X visa holder arrives without a physical examination (with relevant examination reports) or the examination does not meet the requirements, he/she should take the examination here at the Tianjin Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, and he/she shall pay the examination fee. Those who fail to pass the examination shall leave China within the specified period of time.
4. Meeting you at the airport (harbor)
If you need airport (harbor) pick-up service upon your arrival, email us in advance the detailed information about your arriving date, time (Beijing time), name of the arriving airport (harbor), flight number, arriving airport termainal, etc. A transportation fee shall be charged.
If you come during the summer or winter vacation, email us the above-mentioned information before the vacation begins for us to have enough time to arrange everything earlier for you.
5. Registration, payment
Within 72 hours after your arriveal, come to register at the International Student Office of the College of International Education (CIE) at Tianjin University of Technology (TUT). Bring with you your Admission Notice, JW202 Form, Physical Examination Record For Foreigners with relevant examination reports (if required) , and 5 photos (the same as your passport photo).
Tuition and other fees shall be paid at the time of registration.
6. Insurance
Long-term Chinese language program and degree program students are required to buy "Overall Medical Insurance for Foreign Students in China (Group Insurance)" when you come here for registration at the International Student Office:
18 to 45 years of age: RMB300 (about $43) /0.5 year; RMB600 (about $85) /1 year
46 to 60 years of age: RMB600 (about $85) /0.5 year; RMB1000 (about $143) /1 year
It is suggested that you also buy life and health insurance in your home country before you come to study in China.
7. Life on campus
Food: There are a number of student canteens and restaurants on campus, offering a good variety of foods, costing about $1.5 - $4 per day at your own choice.
Accommodation: Three types of furnished double rooms are available at the International Student Dormitory of our university (Refer to the page of "Expenses" for detailed information). If you wish to stay at the Dormitory during your study at our universtiy, you should specify what type of room you wish to reserve on your Application Form.