University after school
Study abroad
Guides for students at international schools in China: entry routes, deadlines, money, visas and work rights, with every figure linked to its official source.
Entry routesDeadlinesVisas
Destination guides
- Hong Kong English-taught universities close to home, with a clear route to work afterwards.
- Singapore Top English-taught universities in Asia, with a grant that comes with a bond.
- United Kingdom Apply once through UCAS and study one subject in depth.
- Germany Little or no tuition at state universities, but plan the entry route early.
- United States The widest choice of colleges, with room to explore before you pick a major.
- Canada English- or French-taught degrees, with a clear path to work after graduating.
- Australia English-taught, accepts the Gaokao, and the academic year starts in February.
- New Zealand The cheapest English-speaking route, and every university takes the Gaokao.
- Netherlands Cheaper than Britain — but read the entry level before you plan on it.
- Ireland English-speaking, in the EU, and the one place a Chinese high-school certificate can be enough on its own.
- Japan Cheap at a national university, close to home — but the English-taught doors are closing.
- South Korea Two hours away, two years to find a job afterwards — and a national university costs less than a year in Hong Kong.
- Malaysia A British degree taught in English, at about a third of what the same degree costs in Britain.
- Switzerland The cheapest tuition of any destination here, at two of the best universities in Europe — taught in German and French.
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