Guangdong University of Finance & Economics (GDUFE)

2024 International Students Enrollment Guide

for Full–time Postgraduate Students

About GDUFE

Guangdong University of Finance & Economics (GDUFE) was founded in 1983 and it was authorized to confer doctor’s degree since 2021. It consists of two campuses with a total land area of about 150 hectares, one in Guangzhou city and one in Foshan city, both of which are core cities of Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Guangzhou Campus is located in the core area of Pazhou National Al and Digital Economy Demonstration Center with walking distance to Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center where Canton Fair is annually held, and Foshan campus is located within the scenic Yundonghai Tourism Economic District in Foshan City.

It has adhered to the distinct characteristics of integration of business and law, practical entrepreneurship, and diverse collaboration. After 40 years of development, GDUFE has become a comprehensive university of finance and economics with distinct disciplinary characteristics, strong teaching staff, significant educational achievement, high social influence and reputation. GDUFE has developed a multi-disciplinary education system in economics, management, law, humanities, science, engineering and arts. It offers 66 bachelor programs, 1 first-level discipline conferring doctoral degree, 9 first-level disciplines conferring master degree, 1 second-level discipline conferring master degree, and 18 professional master programs. The total enrollment of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students is over 32,000. It boasts nearly 1600 full-time faculty, 55% of whom are doctorate holders, 26% have overseas study experience, and 70 of them are listed as national-level talents. In the past three years, GDUFE has undertaken over 320 key scientific research projects at ministerial level and national level, and won 9 awards at ministerial level and above for scientific research achievements. It has established partnerships with more than 70 universities and scientific research agencies around the globe.

Enrollment Plan

Note: 

1) Please check this website for teaching plan(courses are subject to latest updates): https://english.gdufe.edu.cn/1838/list.htm 

2) All courses are delivered off-line. Online courses have been suspended.

3) For students applying for International Trade, Finance and Accounting, mathematics courses in the previous education periods with good grades and no failure records are requested.

Degree Granting

 Degree: For students officially enrolled by GDUFE, if they complete courses and obtain credits as required within the prescribed study period, and meet the graduation requirements, they will be awarded a graduation certificate. Those who meet the requirements for degree granting will be awarded a master degree.

Scholarship for Freshmen

1. Education Fund for freshmen: 30,000 RMB for qualified candidates receiving master degree education and all-round excellent performance（Not cumulative with Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship）

2. Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship: 20,000 RMB per academic year for qualified candidates. Please find the application form in attachment 4 and submit together with all other documents. The scholarship can be applied once a year.

Fees and Payment

1. Application fee: 500RMB yuan. Please attach the payment receipt with the application documents, otherwise the application is supposed to be invalid. The bank account information is as follows: 

• Beneficiary Bank Account：714657755062 

• Full Name of Beneficiary：广东财经大学（Guangdong University of Finance & Economics） 

• Full Name of Beneficiary Bank: 中国银行广州新港中路支行( BANK OF CHINA GUANGZHOU XINGANG ZHONG ROAD SUB-BRANCH) 

• Address of Beneficiary Bank: THE FIRST FLOOR CHIGANG BUILDING, No.1 SHILIU GANG ROAD HAIZHU,GUANGZHOU, CHINA 

• SWIFT CODE: BKCHCNBJ400CNAPS Code: 104581018030

2. Tuition fee

• postgraduate programs (not including MBA): 25,000 RMB yuan per academic year (about 3700 US dollars)

Note: The international student who is sufficiently proficient in Chinese and thus capable of studying with the Chinese students in the same class can apply for any postgraduate program at GDUFE（not including MBA). Tuition in this case is 40% off, i.e., 15000 RMB yuan per academic year (about 2200 US dollars).

 MBA program: 28000 RMB yuan per academic year (about 4200 US dollars)

3. Accommodation for any program:

☆ Twin room: 6000 RMB yuan per academic year (about 850 US dollars) – charged water, electricity, boiled drinking water and hot bathing water

☆ Single room:  12000 RMB yuan per academic year (about 1700 US dollars) – charged water, electricity, boiled drinking water and hot bathing water

Application Deadline 

May 31 for fall intake

Eligibility

☆ non-Chinese nationality

According to Article 5 of the Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China, a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad，or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad,  has acquired foreign nationality at birth, and shall not have Chinese nationality. Anyone in this case applying any program as an international student should hold a valid foreign passport or nationality certificate for at least 4 years or more, and meanwhile have records of living in a foreign country for at least 2 years from April 30, 2020 to April 30, 2024 (actual residence in a foreign country for at least 9 months within a year can be counted as one year, based on the entry and exit seals). Applicants from Chinese Mainland (Mainland), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan who have immigrated and acquired foreign nationality and apply as international students must acquire foreign nationality before April 30, 2020 with a record of actual residence in a foreign country for more than 2 years from April 30, 2020 to April 30, 2024 (if the actual residence in a foreign country exceeds 9 months in a year, it can be calculated as one year, based on the entry and exit seals).

☆ age 20-40

☆ with a bachelor degree of the relevant program (and 3 years of work experience for MBA program)

☆ in good physical and mental health, and meeting medical examination standards for applying for a study visa or residence permit in China

☆ be friendly to China.

☆ English proficiency(if applying for English-taught programs): IELTS minimum 6.0, or TOEFL IBT minimum 80 (Native speakers of English are exempt from the English language test)

☆ HSK 5 certificate if applying for Chinese-taught majors

Application Documents （See attachments）

1. Application Form For International Student Applying For Study At Guangdong University Of Finance & Economics (See Attachment 1) (Please make sure you send it in doc form)

2. one photocopy of the applicant’s valid passport

The passport validity period should be later than December 1, 2024. If not, please renew your passport in a timely manner. If the applicant is currently in mainland China, please submit the current valid visa page or residence permit page, and entry seal page.

3. 3. Proof of nationality of applicant’s and parents

3.1 Those who were originally residents of Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan and later gain foreign nationality shall submit

(1) The certificate of cancellation of registered residence or the certificate of withdrawal from Chinese nationality, or the official certificate of non-Chinese nationality issued by Chinese diplomatic missions and consular offices

(2) Certificate of Accession to Foreign Nationality

(3) Entry and exit records from April 30, 2020 to April 30, 2024

3.2 Applicants who were born abroad and obtained foreign nationality since then, meanwhile whose parents are both Chinese citizens or either of their parents is Chinese citizen, must submit

(1) Birth certificate or household registration booklet with family relationship stated in it

(2) Foreign nationality certificate upon birth

(3) Permanent residency certificate of the applicant's parents or one parent who is Chinese citizen in a foreign country before the applicant’s birth

(4) Entry and exit records from April 30, 2020 to April 30, 2024

4. one photocopy of the applicant’s transcripts certified by the institution from which the applicant has graduated (A notarized Chinese or English translation is demanded if the original version is in other languages.)

5. one photocopy of the applicant’s undergraduate diploma (if offered) and bachelor degree certificate (A notarized Chinese or English translation is demanded if the original version is in other languages. The graduating applicant can provide an original pre-graduation certificate issued by his or her present university.)

6. Recommendation Letters by 2 (associate) professors of the institution where the applicant has done his or her undergraduate studies

7. Resume (see Attachment 2): fill in the resume by following instructions

8. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT (see Attachment 3 for a template) and certificate of deposit of the applicant or the applicant’s parent (at least 40,000 RMB yuan)

9. Four passport photos

10. Personal Statement written in Chinese or English, which includes the applicant’s study experience, work experience, academic achievements, as well as study and research plan at GDUFE

11. IELTS or TOEFL (IBT) scores report (if already obtained)

12. One photocopy of HSK certificate and of HSK score report (if already obtained)

13. Publications (if applicable)

14. Award that can prove the applicant’s merit (if applicable)

15. Foreigner Physical Examination Result valid in six months (See attachment 4): it should be valid within 6 months with stamp from hospital

16. Non-Criminal Record Certificate

17. Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship Application Form (if apply) (See Attachment 5)

Application Procedures

Step 1: Applying. By May 8^th (for fall semester), the applicant should submit documents in application website: gdufe.at0086.cn/student.

Step 2: Qualification Review. GDUFE will review applicants’ eligibility.

Step 3: Interview. GDUFE will interview in English the eligible applicants (internet or face-to-face) at a time and place to be notified later through email.

Step 4: Admission

(1) GDUFE will accept applicants based on their qualifications and interview results, and determine scholarship candidates. The final scholarship winner list is subject to the results announced by the Guangdong Provincial Government.

(2) GDUFE will issue and courier to the candidate the following documents: Study-in-China Certificate, Admission Notification, Information for Admission, and the Visa Application for Study in China (JW202).

(3) Applicants shall pay tuition fee and accommodation fee within two weeks after receiving admission notice, or otherwise it will be deemed as a waiver of admission.

Step 5: Students should apply for a X1 or X2 visa by submitting to the Chinese Embassy or Consulate the above-mentioned Study-in-China Certificate, Admission Notification and the Visa Application for Study in China (JW202). And within 30 days since the date of entering into China, they should change X1 to study residence permit, otherwise, the admission will be canceled.

Contact us

Address: Office of International Exchange and Cooperation,

Guangdong University of Finance & Economics,

21 Luntou Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510320, Guangdong Province,

P. R. China

Contact Person: Emma Shi

Tel: +86 20 8409 6080

Fax: +86 20 8409 6140

E-mail: fao3@gdufe.edu.cn

Website: http://english.gdufe.edu.cn/

Application website: gdufe.at0086.cn/student.

Study and Graduation Requirements

See the teaching plans of relevant postgraduate programs, please visit our website at: https://english.gdufe.edu.cn/1838/list.htm

Information for Admission

1. Please do registration as required. For those who fail to do registration in time limit without permission, admission and scholarship qualification will be canceled.

2. Applicants take all responsibility for application materials. For applicants who fake materials and thus obtain admission qualification, once verified, their admission qualifications, enrollment qualifications, and student registration will be immediately cancelled according to relevant national and university rules and regulations, and the fact that their materials are fake will be reported to relevant authorities.

3. Within 30 days since the date of entering into China, the international student shall apply, with the assistance of GDUFE foreign affairs staff, for the Residence Permit at Guangzhou Public Security Department. If the international student prefers to off-campus accommodation, he or she should apply for permission by GDUFE, and then, with the assistance of GDUFE foreign affairs staff, go through the registration formalities at Guangzhou Public Security Department.

4. Upon successful registration as a GDUFE student, the international student shall, with the assistance of GDUFE foreign affairs staff, accept physical examination at Guangzhou Health Care Centre for International Travel. If he or she is diagnosed as suffering from severe mental disorder, contagious tuberculosis, or any other infectious disease that is likely to cause serious harm to public health, the public security department will handle the case according to the relevant law of the People’s Republic of China.

5. The international student is required to buy insurance under the guidance of GDUFE foreign affairs staff. Any new international student who fails to be insured will not be admitted. Any international student who has already studied at GDUFE but fails to obtain insurance will be required to indefinitely suspend study or will not be registered again.

6. The international student should abide by China’s laws and regulations, respect the Chinese ethics and customs, observe the rules and regulations of GDUFE, and finish study within 4-7 academic years.

7. The international student enjoys the same facilities and medical services as the Chinese student, but does not enjoy any scholarship or grant that is provided for the Chinese student only. Any international student who has been registered as full-time undergraduate for bachelor-degree studies, and is excellent in comprehensive performance, can apply for Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship (10,000 RMB yuan per academic year).

8. The international student is encouraged to take part in the cultural and sport activities which are beneficial to mental and physical health. He or she can also volunteer to participate in the public services and the events of celebrating China’s important holidays and festivals.

9. Upon approval by GDUFE, the international students can gather to celebrate their own country’s important traditional festivals within the designated location and scope on GDUFE campus, provided that such celebrations do not oppose or attack other countries/nations, or offend public morality.

10. Upon approval by GDUFE, the international students can set up campus clubs of fellowship, and carry out activities within the scope as specified in China’s relevant laws and regulations, provided that such campus clubs are subject to the guidance and administration by the GDUFE Office of Student Affairs.

11. GDUFE respects the ethnical customs and religious beliefs of the international students, but does not provide religious service facilities. Religious activities in any form are strictly prohibited on campus, which include, but are not limited to, missionary and religious assembly.

12. While studying at GDUFE, the international student can participate in the Work-study Program on GDUFE campus, but is not allowed to take up any occupation, or to engage in trade, or to carry out any other profit-making activities.

13. After graduation, the international students who are excellent in comprehensive performance can apply for employment or entrepreneurship in China.

 Attachment 1-广东财经大学国际学生入学申请表 Application Form for GDUFE Admission.docx

Attachment 2 international Student Resume (Sample).doc

Attachment 3-财产担保 Statement of Financial Support.docx

Attachment 4 physical examination form 体检表.pdf

Attachment 5 广东省政府来粤留学生奖学金申请表 Guangdong Government Outstanding International Students  Application form.docx