1. Online Application

1.1  Create your account in the online application system;

1.2  Fill in all the information and upload the documents as required

Application materials required:

● Application Form for International Students (Undergraduate Program) (Annex II) 

● Photocopy of passport (including pages with Chinese visa or residence permit, if applicable)

● Notarized photocopies of senior high school graduation certificate and transcripts. Applicants who will be graduating from senior high school before July 2025 should provide Pre-graduation Certificate issued by senior high school (Original senior high school graduation certificate and transcripts are required upon registration if get admitted).

● Photocopies of Certificate of new HSK Level 5 and transcripts (original certificate and transcripts are required upon registration if get admitted); or a proof of studying at a high school where the teaching language is Chinese.

● Foreigner Physical Examination Form (Annex III)

● Recommendation letter from senior high school (original copy in Chinese or English)

● Applicants under 18 by Sept. 1st, 2025 should submit a Guardian Statement (Annex IV). The guardian of the applicant has to stay in Hefei during the period of applicant's studying at USTC. Whatever the guardian's nationality is, he or she must have a stable source of living.

● Emigrants from China's mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan applying as international students should submit the following documents: ① Immigration certificate; ② Proof of cancellation of the original Chinese citizenship; ③ Photocopy of the passport pages with customs stamps (exit and entry) from April 30, 2021 to April 30, 2025; ④ Proof of living abroad from April 30, 2021 to April 30, 2025   

In addition to the above application materials, USTC may require applicants to provide supplementary materials, depending on the circumstances.

2.  Entrance Examination & Interview

2.1  Entrance Examination

Applicants who passed the review of the application documents will be informed to participate in the entrance examination, which covers the subjects of Chinese, Mathematics, English and Science (comprehensive test of Physics, Chemistry and Biology). The entrance examination will be held online or offline. The time for entrance examination will be notified later (usually held in April or May).

Applicants who pass the review of the application documents and meet the following requirements can be exempted from taking the entrance examination:

2.2  Interview

Applicants who pass the entrance examination or meet the examination waiver requirements are to attend the online or offline interview. Time of interview will be notified later.