China

The University of Leicester welcomes students from China.

莱斯特大学-欢迎中国留学生

You can find country specific information here including entry requirements for our courses, and information about the Chinese student community.

Gaokao accepted

If you achieve 75% in the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao), we may make you an offer to study a Bachelors degree. Please contact admissions@le.ac.uk after you have received your results.

Leicester-China Solidarity Centenary Scholarship

The University is offering one full fee waiver and ten £5,000 scholarships to students from mainland China who worked as key workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. You must have accepted an offer to study on a one-year campus-based postgraduate taught course at Leicester starting in September 2021.

The Future Students Office

The Future Students Office can provide you with more information about studying in the UK at Leicester.

Please visit our contact us page for details.

Useful information

China mini guide in Chinese language

Entry requirements

Undergraduate (Bachelors) degrees

We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting Gaokao scores for entry to first-year undergraduate courses.

We will consider applications from students who have already received their Gaokao scores, achieving a minimum of 75% across all subject areas (except School of Leicester Medical School). You can find out more by contacting admissions@le.ac.uk

If you are studying A-levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for entry requirements.

If you have already completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at a Chinese university, you may be considered for entry to the first year of a Bachelors degree if you have studied relevant subjects.

If you do not meet the entry requirements for one of our courses, you can apply for an International Foundation Year run by the Global Study Centre. The GSC provides academic support to help you progress to your chosen undergraduate degree at the University of Leicester.

Postgraduate (Masters) degrees

If you have completed a four-year Bachelors degree in China, you can be considered for entry to a Masters degree at Leicester. If you have graduated from a prestigious university in China (211/985 project universities or ranked in top 270 Chinese universities), you may be asked for 70% overall if you are applying for an Engineering or Science degree, or 75% for an Arts, Humanities, Law or Social Science degree. If you have graduated from other Chinese universities you may require higher scores (75-85%).

If you have completed a three-year college diploma from a Chinese university, you will need to take an accepted one-year Pre-Masters course or upgrade your diploma to a Bachelor’s degree before applying for a Master’s degree.

PhDs and other research degrees

To apply for a PhD (or other postgraduate research qualification) you must have an undergraduate (Bachelors) degree with at least 75% overall, usually in a related subject area, from a recognised Chinese university (depending on the subject that you wish to study and the rank of the university from which you graduated).

You must also be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of appropriate research methodologies. Research degrees are demanding and intensive: to succeed at this level you must be highly motivated, be able to work independently, and have an appropriate familiarity with the discipline and its associated research techniques/methodologies.

Where a Masters degree is required, this is indicated in the relevant description on our Postgraduate Research webpages, together with further information about requirement.

English language requirements

Please see details of our English language requirements.

Chinese student community

"I have had lots of opportunity to understand the local culture and make friends with people from a variety of countries." - Qicong, Media and Advertising MA and Management PhD

Read more about Qicong's time studying at Leicester

Student Societies

Other sources of information

Wechat

QR code for University of Leicester Wechat account

Our Wechat channel will give you information about what is happening on our campus. You can also ask us any questions you may have and we will answer them as quickly as possible. All the information and communication is in Chinese for your convenience. Please scan the QR code to access our Wechat channel.

Agents in your region

We work with agents in the following regions of China:

Beijing

We work with the following agents in Beijing:

Changchun

We work with the following agents in Changchun:

Changsha

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Chengdu

We work with the following agents in Chengdu:

Chongqing

We work with the following agents in Chongqing:

Dalian

Fuzhou

We work with the following agents in Fuzhou:

Guangzhou

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Hangzhou

We work with the following agents in Hangzhou:

Hankou

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Harbin

We work with the following agents in Harbin:

Hefei

Hohhot

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Jinan

We work with the following agents in Jinan:

Kunming

We work with the following agents in Kunming:

Lanzhou

We work with the following agents in Lanzhou:

Nanchang

We work with the following agents in Nanchang:

Nanjing

We work with the following agents in Nanjing:

Nanning

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Ningbo

We work with the following agents in Ningbo:

Qingdao

We work with the following agents in Qingdao:

Shanghai

We work with the following agents in Shanghai:

Shenyang

We work with the following agents in Shenyang:

Shenzhen

We work with the following agents in Shenzhen:

Shijiazhuang

We work with the following agents in Shijiazhuang:

Suzhou

We work with the following agents in Suzhou:

Taiyuan

We work with the following agents in Taiyuan:

Taizhou

We work with the following agents in Taizhou:

Tangshan

We work with the following agent in Tangshan:

Tianjin

We work with the following agents in Tianjin:

Urumqi

We work with the following agent in Urumqi:

Wenzhou

We work with the following agents in Wenzhou:

Wuchang

We work with the following agents in Wuchang:

Wuhan

Wuxi

We work with the following agent in Wuxi:

Xiamen

We work with the following agents in Xiamen:

Xi'an

Xinjiang

We work with the following agent in Xinjiang:

Yiwu

We work with the following agent in Yiwu:

Zhengzhou

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