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Qingdao City University 2025-2026 Academic Year Application(On-site)

Being a coastal city, Qingdao is located in the middle between Beijing and Shanghai, it only takes one hour flight to go to Beijing and Shanghai. Qingdao is also the hosting city for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. QCU is a beautiful University located in Qingdao with quick development in the past decade. There are 17,000+ Chinese students and 300+ international students from nearly 20 countries studying in QCU.

The on-site Chinese language courses will be delivered in Spring semester and Autumn semester. All the teachers are full-time and have more than ten years’ teaching experience. Students can improve their Chinese language proficiency in all aspects and immerse themselves in rich Chinese culture in their listening, speaking, reading and writing courses as well as other cultural courses.

Until now, more than 2,000 international students from more than 20 countries have studied in QCU. Welcome all the international students!

Requirements

Healthy foreigners, aged from 18 to 35

Enrollment Time

Spring Semester (March - July), Fall Semester (September - January) 

Application Deadline

Spring Semester
(mid-January)
 Fall Semester
 (mid-July)

Training period

September 3, 2025- December 29, 2025

March 4, 2026 - June 24, 2026

Registration date

September 1, 2025 - September 2, 2025

March 2, 2026 - March 3, 2026

Placement test

September 3, 2025

March 4, 2026

Course level

Elementary

  • The A1 and A2 elementary level courses focus on basic conversation and listening skills.
  • (Class B) emphasizes on listening,conversational skills, and studying basic grammar.

Intermediate

  • (Class A,B) Improve intermediate level conversational skills for practical use.
  • Courses to enhance abilities in multiple areas such as listening and writing skills.

Advanced

  • Courses to enhance advanced level conversational, listening, writing, grammar and other related skills.
  • Undertake learning related to the HSK advanced level exam.

Offline semester Chinese Courses

Time Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
8:00-09:50 comprehensive comprehensive comprehensive/writing comprehensive comprehensive
10:10-12:00 speaking listening speaking listening speaking
14:00-15:00   elective courses   elective courses  

※ For intermediate and advanced classes, there is a writing class on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 9:50 am.
※ The elective courses will be offered based on students' interests, determined by a survey conducted at the beginning of the semester. Examples: HSK exam preparation classes, popular daily Chinese expressions or Chinese culture classes.
※ Classes will be conducted with a minimum of 8 students.

Features of offline Semester Chinese courses

(1) Excellent geographical location

The school is located in the coastal city of Qingdao, which is the host city of the sea sailing event of the 29th World Olympic Games.

(2)High degree of professional teachers

A full-time teacher of Chinese as a foreign language, with rigorous teaching and rich experience in overseas teaching, using modern teaching methods, so that students can get high quality learning experience.

  (3)  Enjoy high-quality overseas life                                               

The college has perfect campus facilities and modern classroom teaching; The international student apartments are well equipped and comfortable. Surrounding convenient transportation, moderate consumption.

 (4) Rich cross-cultural communication activities  
Welcome party, Golden Autumn Reading Festival, International Culture Festival, speech contest......

Fees 

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Fees/Semester

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Application Fee

400 RMB/person

Payment upon application

Tuition Fee

9,500RMB/semester  

Insurance for International Students

400RMB/person/semester  

Textbook fee

300RMB  

Internet fees

200RMB/semester

 

Pick up fee

100RMB/person

Pick-up service available for students arriving within the specified time

Accommodation fees

 

40RMB/day/person*120day=4800RMB/ semester

Room facilities: furniture (single bed, desk, chair, wardrobe etc.), private bathroom and shower, air conditioning, bedding sheets, clothes rack.

Accommodation deposit

 

500RMB/person
 (Accommodation facilities deposit)

The accommodation deposit can be refunded only upon presenting the deposit receipt when checking out of the dormitory.

Note:
1. Other expenses (accommodation,meals, transportation, living expenses, etc.) are not included.
2. The fees not mentioned shall be charged according to the actual cost incurred, if any.

Application Materials

  1. QCU Application Form
  2. Resume
  3. Scanned copy of valid passport
    *Passport must be valid at least 6 months beyond the end of the study period
  4. Academic Certificate & Transcript (original & English)

Send the above materials along with the receipt of application fee payment to info@mandarinai.com.

Campus: 79 Tiejishan Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266106