Political Science

Applications opened 15 October 2025. CGS round 1 closed 15 December 2025 and the final round 15 February 2026; Shanghai Government/SJTU awards closed 31 March; self-funded applications closed 31 May 2026. Dates are Beijing time; enrollment was September 2026.

Graduate applicants must be healthy non-Chinese citizens with a valid foreign ordinary passport, no criminal record and qualifications recognized by China’s Ministry of Education. Master’s requires a bachelor’s; doctoral requires a master’s, with bachelor-to-doctoral routes in selected departments. Typical duration is 2–3 years for master’s and 3–4 for doctoral; programme conditions may differ.

General Chinese routes require HSK 5 ≥200 or HSK 6 ≥180 with each subtest ≥60, valid within five years. Most science/engineering and Translation/Interpreting routes also require equivalent English. Humanities Chinese/History/Philosophy master’s require HSK 6 ≥180/subtests ≥60; MTCSOL requires the same HSK 6 scores plus HSKK Advanced ≥60.

IELTS Academic: overall ≥6, each ≥5.5. Pre-January-2026 TOEFL iBT: overall ≥85, reading/listening/speaking ≥20, writing ≥22. From January 2026, interim new-scale thresholds are overall ≥4, reading/speaking ≥4, listening/writing ≥4.5. IELTS/TOEFL must be within two years; programme minima may be higher. English-country birth alone grants no exemption; approved English-country qualifications need English teaching/examination, completion within two years and official evidence.

Eligible secondary qualifications from China (including Hong Kong/Macao/Taiwan) or Chinese schools in Malaysia, Indonesia or Singapore must be taught/examined in Chinese and completed within five years of entry. University exemptions require at least one full-time year taught/assessed in Chinese, completed within two years, with original registrar evidence.

General English alternatives include GRE total 320/verbal 160/quantitative 160/analytical 3.5 or GMAT total 550/verbal 25/quantitative 35/analytical 4 within five years; CAE total 176/subtests 169 or CPE total/subtests 180 within two years. Pakistani applicants may use NTS GAT 70% within two years: General for master’s, Subject for doctoral. Programme exceptions still apply.

Paris Elite Institute French routes need native-French evidence or TCF/TEF/DELF/DALF at B2. English Language/Literature and Translation require IELTS ≥6.5 or TOEFL iBT ≥100; Translation also needs HSK 5 ≥200 or HSK 6 ≥180. Japanese requires JLPT N1 ≥144 or J.TEST Pre-B; German requires TestDaF 4, DSH 2 or CEFR B2. MBA/EMBA use programme-specific rules.

English Civil Engineering costs RMB 80,000/academic year and covers digital twins, construction robotics, intelligent sensing and green buildings. GIFT Sustainable Energy and Health Science and Technology are four-year BEng routes at RMB 120,000/year, integrating AI with energy or active health. Both routes charge RMB 800 non-refundable application and RMB 800/year insurance.

The graduate application fee is RMB 800, non-refundable and non-transferable. Tuition follows the degree, discipline and teaching-language entries in the 2026 programme catalogue, alongside programme-specific admissions and assessment conditions.

Both 2026 Chinese and English catalogues list Civil Engineering at the School of Ocean and Civil Engineering: master’s 2.5 years at RMB 28,900/year; doctoral four years at RMB 45,500/year. Other programmes follow their own entries, including total-programme fees in some cases.

Estimated tuition is CNY 150,000/year, subject to authority filing and change; application costs USD 75, non-refundable, and insurance CNY 800/academic year. Global College estimates housing and living at CNY 3,000/month each, and books/supplies at CNY 2,100/year. These average budgets are not fixed fees for every destination school.

Master’s applicants submit bachelor’s qualifications/transcripts; doctoral applicants submit both bachelor’s and master’s records. Current students use expected-graduation evidence. Overseas degrees need CSCSE accreditation before online registration. Add language evidence, passport valid at least 12 months from registration, photo, statement/study plan and two associate-professor-or-above/senior-professional references. Selected departments require supervisor acceptance. Other-language originals need authorized Chinese/English translations.

Master’s CGS, Shanghai Government, SJTU and school awards/tuition waivers have separate coverage; doctoral options include SJTU Fellowship. Award applicants must be under 35 for master’s or under 40 for doctoral and hold no concurrent award. Choose either CGS Type B agency 10248 or home-country Type A; both require SJTU online application. Unsuccessful CGS applicants are automatically considered for other applicable awards.

Current service-page RMB rates per person/semester: Minhang Nanyang Beiyuan singles 10,080 with shared bathroom or 12,600 ensuite; Building 9 doubles 6,600, restricted to first-year undergraduates/university-level exchange. Xuhui Taoliyuan doubles 6,600, singles 10,600–11,900. Capacity is limited; reserve and prepay a full semester. Utilities/bedding are extra; housing after year 1 is not guaranteed.

Contact the Chinese embassy/consulate for Chinese Government Scholarship dates in your country. Shanghai Government and SJTU awards may be requested in the SJTU application form. Competitive awards include full, half or 25% tuition tiers; final coverage follows the university’s award notice.

Chinese bachelor’s and graduate applications use https://apply.sjtu.edu.cn/. The 2027 English Engineering Cluster starts on Common App (https://apply.commonapp.org/Login?ma=699), then completes SJTU portal procedures after preliminary review. Qualifications remain subject to verification; the admission notice sets registration.

Complete Common Application first. After preliminary approval and SJTU notification, finish the requested SJTU Portal steps. Prepay tuition through the SJTU portal within two weeks of admission results to confirm enrollment. Notices are issued during July 2027; study begins in early September, on the date in the admission letter.