Top Urban Universities in China316 Universities

East China Normal University

City: Shanghai

Level: 985 Project

Type: Comprehensive

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

• International University: The New York University Shanghai, China's first Sino-U.S. university is jointly operated by New York University and the Shanghai-based East China Normal University (ECNU).


• Excellent in teaching and research: It is listed as a member of the "985 Project" and "211 Project" (National key University).


• Good Location: The university is situated in the downtown of Shanghai and is well known as a Garden University for its beautiful campus.


• Good at Chinese training: The university owns the state base for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. It is also pointed by the office of overseas Chinese of the State Council as the Chinese teaching center.


• Convenient transportation: There are means of transportation around such as subway, light railway and many different bus lines which link to most sections of the city.


• Life is easy: Shopping centers, banks, post offices, and supermarkets are all near the university. School clinic, book store and cinema are on campus. The dorm provides 24 hours free internet access.


• Student Support: The International Students Office will in charge of the international students' affairs during their studying at ECNU.


• Various non-degree programs: including semester Chinese program, short-term Chinese, intensive Chinese program, business Chinese program, and also English taught short-term program.

Shanghai International Studies University

City: Shanghai

Level: 211 Project

Type: Language

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

• The university is an internationally recognized, prestigious academic institution.


• One of the Best 5 Universities in Shanghai for Chinese learning.


• Long-term Chinese programs: Semester or Academic Year.


• Summer programs and Winter Programs available.


• The university has the worldwide reputation in language training. The Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT) of SISU is awarded the highest ranking by AIIC, the International Association of Conference Interpreters, as the only Asian university among the 15 top professional conference interpreting schools in the world.


• The university has established 7 Confucius Institutes in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.


• World Class Facilities for Language training: A powerful digital audio-visual database containing multimedia resources in foreign studies has been set up to serve the needs of teaching and research. The University also houses a range of state-of-the-art teaching facilities including world-class simultaneous interpretation systems, satellite signal-receiving devices and linguistic laboratories.


• Highly respected by Russian students for the university was named as Shanghai Russian School in the beginning.

Shandong Jianzhu University

City: Jinan

Level: Ordinary

Type: Science and Engineering

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

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  SDJZU was approved to be one of the first well-known universities for molding talents in Shandong province.

  
  


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  SDJZU was approved to be one of the first construction units approved by Colleges Collaborative Innovation Center in Shandong Province.

  
  


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  SDJZU has established connections with more than 40 universities from more than 20 countries and regions.

  
  


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  SDJZU was the first that was authorized to recruit overseas students.

  
  

Central University of Finance and Economics

City: Beijing

Level: 211 Project

Type: Finance and Economics

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

• CUFE commits itself to the development of internationalization, and pays much attention to the education of international students.


• In 2005, CUFE was accredited by the MOE to confer international scholarships to assist and encourage foreign students in China. 


• CUFE has established relationships with more than 120 international organizations.


• International students, including those with Chinese government scholarship, are welcome to apply for all undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs offered by CUFE.

Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao

City: Qinhuangdao

Level: 985 Project

Type: Science and Engineering

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao (NEUQ) , a component of NEU, is a regular institute of higher education officially approved by the Ministry of Education.

Shandong Polytechnic College

City: Jining

Level: Ordinary

Type: Polytechnic

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

Shenyang Ligong University

City: Shenyang

Level: Ordinary

Type: Science and Technology

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

Shenyang Ligong University (SLU), founded in 1948, whose predecessor was Northeast Military Special School, was upgraded to Shenyang Institute of Technology in 1960 and renamed Shenyang Ligong University in 2004 upon approval of the Ministry of Education.

Changchun University of Science and Technology

City: Changchun

Level: Ordinary

Type: Science and Engineering

Location: Urban

Attribute: Public

• Changchun University of Science and Technology(CUST) is a university of science and technology founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1958.


• CUST’s library has a collection of 2120,000 copies of books in Chinese and foreign languages.


• CUST is among the first group in China to award Science and Industrial Bachelor and Master Degree, and the sixth group to award Doctoral Degree.


• Now the university has a State Level Key Subject and a post-doctoral research station .


• The university has established friendly co-operation relationship with over 70 universities in Russia, Korea, Japan, United States, Norway, Ukraine, England, Sweden, Germany, Singapore and so on.


•  CUST has a national key disciplines, three defense characteristic disciplines, 12 key disciplines of Jilin Province; six post-doctoral research station.

Beijing Hospitality Institute

City: Beijing

Level: Ordinary

Type: Normal

Location: Urban

Attribute: Private

• Internationalization: BHI follows the education model and curriculum of EHL with the Academic Certification of EHL.


• Specialization: BHI focuses on the hospitality education, offering Hospitality Management and Hotel Financial Management Programs.


• Merging of Practice and Theory: With 70% of BHI teachers possessing hotel experience, BHI’s programs emphasize balancing practice and theory, and are closely related to the hotel industry.


• Industry Standards: Using hotel conduct standards as school code for all teachers and students, BHI has strict rules for dress code, courtesy, and protocol in accordance with hotel industry standards.


• Self-governance: We are encouraging students to govern themselves and participate in enforcing school management guidelines and rules in various aspects. The Student Disciplinary Committee has been established to make democratic appraisals on teachers and students who have violated school rules.


• Global Internship and Career Platform: The internship base covers 28 provinces in mainland China, The United States of America, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Macao SAR, including nearly 200 hotels and companies.