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South-Central University for Nationalities

South-Central University for Nationalities(中南民族大学) is a comprehensive general higher education institution directly under the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. It is located in Hubei Province, Wuhan City. The university was formerly known as the South-Central Institute for Nationalities. It was founded in 1951 and was named Central South Branch of the Central Institute for Nationalities. In November 1952, the Central South Institute for Nationalities was renamed Central South Institute for Nationalities with the approval of the Central South Military and Political Commission. In 1985, The university enrolled the first batch of postgraduate students. In March 2002, the university was officially renamed the South-Central University for Nationalities. In 2006, the university was formally granted the right to grant a doctorate & achieved its goal of having 56 ethnic students for the first time in 2010. South-Central University for Nationalities covers an area of more than 1,550 acres, with a school building area of more than 1 million square meters, a collection of more than 6.97 million books, and the country’s first ethnology museum. The campus is lined with trees, floral fragrances, seasons, modern buildings with strong ethnic characteristics, and lakes, mountains, and human landscapes, which form a beautiful environment for teaching, research, and life. The foundation for running a school is steadily consolidated. South-Central University for Nationalities currently has more than 27,000 full-time doctoral, master, undergraduate, and preparatory students from 56 ethnic groups, and the proportion of minority students exceeds 60%. The university currently has 2 first-level doctoral programs, 1 post-doctoral research mobile station, 24 academic first-level master programs, 16 professional master programs, and authorized disciplines covering all 12 disciplines except military science with 84 undergraduate majors covering 10 university subjects. In January 2018, South-Central University for Nationalities was selected as the “domestic first-class university construction university” in Hubei Province, among which the three disciplines of ethnology, chemistry, and pharmacy were selected as the “domestic first-class discipline construction discipline”. In 2017, ethnology ranked third in the country in the subject evaluation of the Ministry of Education. In 2015, the chemistry subject entered the top 1% of the global ESI ranking. In 2019, engineering disciplines entered the top 1% of global ESI rankings. There are currently 2135 faculty members, 1429 full-time teachers of various types, and 50.6% of the full-time teachers have doctorate degrees. 172 people were selected into national or provincial talent programs. In the past five years, the university has won 2,907 scientific research projects at various levels, including 289 national projects. Among them, there are 11 major projects of the National Social Science Fund, 1 major project of philosophy and social science research of the Ministry of Education, 2 major national science and technology projects, 4 national key research and development projects, 1 national outstanding youth science fund project, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. There are 150 scientific fund projects and 7 national art funds. Among those scientific research funds of 350 million yuan and 83 provincial and ministerial awards including higher education research achievement awards of the Ministry of Education. A large number of high-quality think tank achievements have been approved by leading comrades at the national, provincial and ministerial levels and adopted by relevant departments and units. Published 1,126 CSSCI journal papers and 1,813 SCI papers, including 188 SCI papers in the first district. Published 161 high-level academic monographs and formulated 1 international standard. South-Central University for Nationalities has established 50 provincial and ministerial scientific research institutions (laboratories, bases, centers) including the “Key Laboratory of Catalytic Conversion and Energy Materials Chemistry of the Ministry of Education”. In 2019, the university ranked 86th in the number of publications of national university C journals, and the latest ranking of the natural index ranked 113th in the country. South-Central University for Nationalities provides accommodation facilities on campus. There are four international level student dormitories equipped with all modern facilities like Soft mattress, writing desk, cloth-cupboard, bookshelf, chair, bathroom, air-conditioner, T.V, electrical fan, telephone, internet access, refrigerator, washing machine, kitchen room, etc. Electricity, internet fees, and water are charged by the Room service center separately. There are many canteens adjacent to the dormitories. Students can choose according to their taste.

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30%
Scholarships
80%
Result Status
45%
Foreign Students
80%
Positive Reviews
85%
University Ranking
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the world ranking of this University?
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The Country rank of this University is 162 and the world rank is 1588.
Does Chinese universities provide programs in English?
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YES, Chinese Universities provide programs in English. International Students can pursue their degrees in English taught in Chinese Universities
Do I need to take an IELTS or TOEFL exam before applying in this University?
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No, Students don’t need the IELTS or TOEFL certification for getting admitted to this University but for applying Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) sometimes students are asked for the IELTS certificate.
What Documents do I need to apply for this University?
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The primary documents a student need for applying this University are Notary stamped scan copies of the last Academic degree certificate and testimonial, Passport, Police Clearance Certificate and Medical Certificate.
When my offer letter come after applying this University?
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Usually, It takes 4 to 8 weeks to come to an offer letter from any Chinese Universities after applying.
All Programs

Non Degree Program:

ProgramDegreeDurationTuition Fees(CNY)Teaching Medium
Chinese Language ProgramNon Degree1 Year15,000 RMB per YearChinese

Bachelor’s Program:

ProgramDegreeDurationTuition Fees(CNY)Teaching Medium
EconomicsBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
International Economics and TradeBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
FinanceBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
Science of BankingBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish
InsuranceBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish
StatisticsBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
English Language & LiteratureBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish
Business AdministrationBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
MarketingBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearEnglish/Chinese
LawBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Politics & AdministrationBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Social ServiceBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
SociologyBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
HistoryBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
EthnologyBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Chinese Language & LiteratureBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
AdvertisingBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
JournalismBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Art DesignBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
EnglishBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Human Resource ManagementBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Tourism ManagementBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Public Services ManagementBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
AccountingBachelor4 Years15,000 RMB per YearChinese
Mathematics & Applied MathematicsBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Information & Computer ScienceBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Computer Science & TechnologyBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
PhysicsBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Electronic Information EngineeringBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Communicative EngineeringBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Biomedical EngineeringBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Bio-TechnologyBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Environment EngineeringBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
ChemistryBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Applied Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering & TechniquesBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
PharmacyBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese
Chemical BiologyBachelor4 Years18,000 RMB per YearChinese

Master’s Program:

ProgramDegreeDurationTuition Fees(CNY)Teaching Medium
Public Management ScienceMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearEnglish
MathematicsMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearEnglish
BiologyMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearEnglish
Regional EconomicsMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Principle of LawMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
EthnologyMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Economy of China Ethnic MinoritiesMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
ArtistryMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Languages & Literatures of China Ethnic MinoritiesMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Foreign Linguistics & Applied LinguisticsMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
History of Regional DepartmentMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Business ManagementMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Educational Economy & ManagementMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Plasma PhysicsMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Analytical ChemistryMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Physical ChemistryMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Computer Science & ApplicationMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Biomedical EngineeringMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Theoretical EconomicsMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Information and Communication EngineeringMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Software EngineeringMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese
Business AdministrationMaster3 Years21,000 RMB per YearChinese

Doctoral Program:

ProgramDegreeDurationTuition Fees(CNY)Teaching Medium
EthnologyDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Chinese Ethnic ArtDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Education of Ethnic MinoritiesDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Ethnic JurisprudenceDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Chinese Ethnic EconomicsDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Chinese Minority Language and LiteratureDoctoral3-4 Years30,000 RMB per YearChinese
Fees Details

Expenses in South-Central University for Nationalities(中南民族大学)

  1. Tuition fee: 
  • Non-Degree:  15,000 RMB Per Year
  • Bachelor Degree: 15,000 RMB – 18,000 RMB Per Year
  • Master Degree: 21,000 RMB Per Year
  • Doctoral Degree: 30,000 RMB Per Year
  1. Accommodation Fee:
  • Single Room 10,000 RMB Per Year
  • Double Room 5,000 RMB Per Year
  1. Food cost: 1,000 RMB – 2,000 RMB
  2. Application Fee: 500 RMB
  3. Living expanse: 2200 RMB – 2800 RMB
  4. Medical checkup: 500 RMB
  5. Insurance: 800 RMB per year
  6. Residence permit: 400 RMB half year – 800 RMB per year

After you are admitted, we will inform you via email for your confirmation of acceptance. Afterward, we will issue the admission letter, JW201/202 Form for visa application. If you wish to live on campus, please complete the Housing Application form.

Prepare Your Departure:

Before your departure, be sure to take the following materials:

(1) The Admission Letter

(2) Passport (valid for at least 6 months).

(3) JW201/202 Form

(4) Official Foreigner Physical Examination Form and your blood test report. 

Be aware that the orientation is mandatory for freshman students.

Admission Procedure

Apply for a course in a Chinese University  is very easy. Students just have to follow some steps to apply for their favorite course. In order to help students complete their online application, International students are recommended to follow the simple instructions.

Foreign applicants must provide the following documents to apply:

1.  Application Form  fills in Chinese or in English.

2.  Passport & Passport Size Photo (Scan copy )

Passport
Dear student, the first thing you need to have a passport. This is more important documents because without a passport you can not go to study in your dream country. To have passport make you secure to live or study abroad. So if you don’t have it, we suggest you make your passport ready from the embassy office in your home country. Moreover if you have your passport already, then make sure your passport expiry date will not be expired. If it already be expired then you need to remake your passport.

Passport Size Photo
The passport photo size (50mm x 40mm) in general. The photo should be clear and the background must be plain, white or off-white in color. The height of the head should be between 28mm – 33mm.The head width has to be between 21mm–24mm. Submit a color photo, taken in the last 6 months. Use a clear image of your face. Passport photo should not use filters on the face or take your photo from someone else or selfies. Take off your eyeglasses for your photo. Here is the sample of Passport Size Photo.

3.  Transcripts & Certificates  (Must be Notarized Copy )

Students for Bachelor Degree need to provide their school transcripts and certificates. For Master Degree Applicants have to bring their undergraduate transcripts and certificates.  And Doctorate Degree studies must provide their both (undergraduate and graduate) transcripts and certificates.

Please take as a note that is, all the transcripts and certificates should be notarized.

Note : Transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with translations in Chinese or English.

4.  English Proficiency Certificate

In China, some universities does not asked IELTS but if you study in Chinese Taught for CSC scholarship, English Proficiency Certificate need to have ready. If you have IELTS already then you are lucky to study in China without delay.

5.  CV/Resume

Applicants must have to prepare their CV if they want to study abroad in their desired country. The Resume or CV should include their academic qualifications with results, personal details (name, date of birth, marital status, national Id or school Id, physical address, contact no, nationality, language, etc), reference from your institution’s faculty (his/her name, address and designation), personal achievement, etc. To know how to make a standard CV please click here the sample of  The Resume.

6.  Study Plan or Research Proposal (Ms/PhD)

Applicants for graduate studies need a study plan or research proposal in Chinese or in English (no less than 800 words). This document is required only for Ms or PhD applicants.

7.  Recommendation Letter (Ms/PhD)

Applicants for all graduate studies need two letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors (in Chinese or English). Letters must be include professors’ phone number and email address. Here is the sample of  Recommendation Letter.

8.  Published Academic Papers or Other Academic Achievements (if  applicable).

9.  Foreign Physical Examination

Applicants are expected to keep the original copies filled in English. The medical examination must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. Medical examination results will be valid for 6 months. All applicants are kindly requested to take this factor into consideration as they plan to take the medical examination. Click here to collect Foreigner Physical Examination Form.

10.  Bank Statement

Bank statements must show to any foreign country for the purpose of a visitor or a business or an immigrants. For the study purpose in foreign countries also need to show bank statement. So dear applicants, you will need to have ready your all documents. Sponsorship can be your parents or anyone whom are your blood related.

11.  Police Verification (No Criminal Record)

This is also need to have ready for the study purpose. It is important because foreign country does not allow criminal record. A Police Clearance Certificate is an official document approved  by the police or government agencies in order to prove that the applicant has no criminal offense against him/her like arrest, conviction. For this you need to provide your Police Clearance Certificate. A Police Certificate is also known as good citizen certificate.

Scholarship Information

South-Central University for Nationalities(中南民族大学) is setting up a series of scholarship schemes to sponsor international students and scholars to undertake studies and research.

Application Requirements

  1. Applicants should have to be non-Chinese or foreigners, hold a valid foreign passport and meet the appropriate requirements of studying abroad in China. 
  2. Applicants should be  friendly to China and be in good health
  3. Applicants should have received an undergraduate program or long term language must have a senior high school diploma and are under the age of 30.
  4. Applicants should have excellent academic performance and have a good command of English
  5. Law-abiding, diligent and studious, good grades and good conduct.

Application Materials   

  1. Application Form.
  2. Scan copy of notarized highest diploma and transcripts.
  3. San copy of Study Plan or Research Proposal (800 words or above).
  4. Two Recommendation Letters (written in Chinese or English) signed by a professor or an associate professor who knows you.
  5. Scan copy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form or Blood Examination Report or notarized photocopy.
  6. Students under 18 should have to submit relevant legal documents from their guardians.

The final information is subject to the University If there is any inconsistency!

Why choose us?

Since the establishment, South-Central University for Nationalities(中南民族大学) has always adhered to the direction of running a socialist school, implemented the Party’s educational principles and ethnic policies, and has consistently adhered to the combination of the Party’s law of ethnic work and the law of higher education. In combination, we always adhere to the school-oriented tenet of “oriented to ethnic minorities and ethnic regions, oriented to localities, and nationwide, serving ethnic minorities and ethnic regions, serving the ethnic work of the party and the country, and serving the strategic needs of the country”, and working hard to explore and manage ethnic groups The new path of the colleges and universities has achieved rapid development in various undertakings.

South-Central University for Nationalities has trained more than 140,000 cadres of various nationalities and professional and technical personnel, including “Yangtze River Scholar”, 2016 National Technological Invention Second Prize winner 85-level chemistry alumnus Xiang Wensheng, National People’s Congress representative, Outstanding grassroots workers represent 87-level history alumni Wang Ruixia and others.

The influence of the university continues to expand. In 2012, South-Central University for Nationalities was approved as a national teacher teaching development demonstration center, which is the only approved unit among non-985 and “211” universities and the only approved unit among affiliated universities. In 2016, the university successfully completed the undergraduate teaching review evaluation, undergraduate Education and teaching are highly evaluated by experts from the Ministry of Education. In August 2017, the university was awarded “National Demonstration College for Deepening Reform of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education”. In September 2017, its talent training achievements were selected for the “Five Years’ Endeavor” exhibition.

In-depth cooperation. South-Central University for Nationalities has established inter-school exchanges and cooperation with more than 50 overseas universities and has carried out in-depth cooperation with dozens of domestic universities including Chongqing University in joint training, mutual visits, and mutual learning. In 2008, the first Confucius Institute of a university was established. In recent years, the university has been appointed by the Confucius Institute Headquarters to carry out a number of literary and artistic tours.

South-Central University for Nationalities undertakes the preparation of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” to support the development of ethnic groups with small populations, uses its own scientific research advantages to build multiple industrial development platforms serving ethnic areas, and promotes the National Civil Affairs Commission to appoint liaison officers in the Wulingshan area.

Cumulatively, South-Central University for Nationalities had sent 125 cadres and teachers, and invested more than 40 million yuan in various special poverty alleviation funds, successively with Enshi Prefecture, Tongren City, Zhangjiajie City, Xiangxi Prefecture, Huaihua City, Southwest Guizhou The strategic cooperation agreement signed by the state and other regions has comprehensively strengthened areas such as talent training, think tank service, scientific research and achievement transformation, national cultural construction, and agricultural product sales channel expansion with Wuling Mountain Area, Bahrain Right Banner, Debao County, and Le’an County.

South-Central University for Nationalities held student activities such as the “Graduation Cup” basketball competition, folk song choir, sports meeting, freshman cup basketball competition, and ethnic culture exhibition. In May 2013, the sixth special concert of the School Flute Association was held in the auditorium. In November 2014, the school’s 2014 English speech contest (final) was held. In May 2015, the school’s “smart” ethnic dance contest was held in the auditorium. This contest has innovated the competition system and increased The impromptu dance link has increased the difficulty of the game. In April 2016, the school’s first minority traditional sports experience camp was held at the Nanhu playground. The event included firecrackers, wooden balls, tops, high-foot racing, and shuttlecock. There are eight fun items with national characteristics, including board shoe racing, kite competition, and darts competition.

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