Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

Master’s department deadlines

Graduate applications generally run from September to February, with separate deadlines and rounds by department and programme in the 2027 catalogue. Scholarship deadlines are separate.

For 2027 international master’s admission, applicants must meet Tsinghua’s foreign-nationality rules, hold a valid foreign passport and a bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent, and meet its health and conduct requirements. Former Chinese citizens must have held foreign nationality for at least six years by April 30 of the enrollment year. For applicants born abroad with foreign nationality at birth who never held Chinese nationality, any Chinese-citizen parent must have held foreign permanent residence at the applicant’s birth. Submit a personal statement, bachelor’s degree and authentication, undergraduate transcript, language evidence, two academic recommendations, ordinary-passport bio page and nationality-status documents. Pending graduates initially submit expected-graduation evidence and current transcripts, then the degree, authentication and complete transcript before registration. A university-issued GPA certificate is needed if the transcript does not show the overall GPA. This direction accepts school-recognized English test results or evidence that the prior degree was taught in English; accepted tests include IELTS, TOEFL and Duolingo. Submit the evidence required by the 2027 catalogue and application system.

Master’s and doctoral eligibility

Master’s requires a bachelor’s or equivalent; doctoral requires a master’s or equivalent, with bachelor-to-doctoral entry in 39 departments under catalogue conditions. Current students need recognized qualifications/authentication before registration. Former Chinese citizens must no longer hold Chinese nationality and have held foreign nationality at least six years by 30 April of the enrollment year. For foreign citizenship at overseas birth without prior Chinese nationality, Chinese parents need pre-birth foreign permanent residence. Language/work experience follows 2027 programme remarks.

Course examples for the Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing direction within Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering include Introduction to Synthetic Biology; Molecular Enzyme Engineering; Metabolic Engineering; Biomanufacturing; Artificial Cell Factory Design and Construction; Ethics and Biosafety in Synthetic Biology; Frontiers in Synthetic Biology; Comprehensive Experiments in Synthetic Biology; Interdisciplinary Innovation Practice and iGEM Project Training; and Statistics for Biological Research. Training follows the Design–Build–Test–Learn cycle. Professional practice is compulsory, and the program page specifies at least 29 credits for graduation. These are direction-specific examples; offerings follow the final training arrangements.

Graduate tuition, application fee and insurance

University-wide information · Tuition and other costs · Information checked 2026-10-12

2027 master’s and doctoral tuition follows each programme’s fee schedule. Graduate and bachelor’s applications each cost RMB 800, non-refundable regardless of outcome. Insurance costs RMB 800/year; housing and living costs are additional.

Beijing campus housing

University-wide information · Scholarships and housing · Information checked 2026-10-12

Dormitory reservations are online and capacity is limited; applicants without a reservation arrange off-campus housing. The 2027 graduate guide lists Beijing double rooms at RMB 40/person/bed/day and triple rooms at RMB 30. Ask the Shenzhen International Graduate School about Shenzhen housing.

Master’s scholarships

Full CGS normally includes tuition, dormitory or a housing subsidy, stipend and medical insurance; partial awards cover selected components. Beijing Government Scholarship normally covers one year of tuition and medical insurance. Check separate award eligibility and deadlines.

Master’s and doctoral documents

Master’s applicants submit bachelor’s qualifications/authentication and transcripts; doctoral applicants submit bachelor’s and master’s qualifications/authentication and both transcript sets. Add a statement, doctoral research experience/plan, language evidence, two associate-professor-or-above/senior-professional references, ordinary passport and 2027 nationality evidence; add GPA proof if absent from transcripts. Current students submit expected graduation/current records. Chinese-study HSK waivers need department approval; awards may still require HSK. Other-language originals need notarized Chinese/English translations.

Master’s application route

Graduate applicants use yzbm.tsinghua.edu.cn/intlLogin; Schwarzman Scholars uses its own website. Departmental document review is followed by a comprehensive assessment, generally an interview, with arrangements set by the department.