Admission to Tongji University

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Information updated: Oct 4, 2026

About university

Country

Китай

City

Шанхай

Official website

https://www.tongji.edu.cn/

Institution Type

University

Grants and Scholarships

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Rank in world

141

Tongji University is a leading public research university in Shanghai, founded in 1907 and directly administered by the Ministry of Education of China. It is a Double First-Class (Class A), Project 985 and Project 211 university, world-famous for civil engineering, architecture, urban planning, transportation and environmental engineering.

Programs, directions and terms for admission to Tongji University

Tongji University is a multidisciplinary educational institution. Choose the direction and study program that are perfect for you.

List of programs and specialties

Chinese-taught language courses (Fall semester)

Long-term courses

Additional Information

Tongji University is a public research university in Shanghai, directly administered by the Ministry of Education of China and supported by the Shanghai Municipal Government. It is one of the Class A universities of the Double First-Class initiative and a member of Project 985 and Project 211.

Tongji grew out of a German medical school founded in 1907 and today is a comprehensive university covering engineering, architecture, medicine, natural sciences, economics and management, law, humanities and arts. The university has 29 schools and colleges and 8 affiliated hospitals. International students study in Chinese-taught and English-taught bachelor, master and doctoral programs, as well as in Chinese language courses and a pre-university program.

Key facts

Founded: 1907
City: Shanghai; main campuses: Siping Road, Jiading, Huxi, Zhangwu
Status: Double First-Class (Class A), Project 985, Project 211
Strongest fields: civil engineering, architecture and urban planning, transportation, environmental science and engineering
All international applicants to bachelor programs must submit a CSCA (China Scholastic Competency Assessment) score
Admission is based on document review plus an online interview organized by the school

Application periods (2027 intake)

Program	Application period
Language courses and pre-university program, spring intake	until December 20, 2026
Master and PhD: Chinese Government Scholarship (High-Level Postgraduate Program) and self-funded	October 25 – December 20, 2026
PhD, spring intake: Tongji – Bank of China Global Talent Scholarship	October 25 – December 20, 2026
Bachelor: Shanghai Government Scholarship and self-funded	January 10 – March 31, 2027 (Chinese-taught bachelor applications from January 20)
Master and PhD: Shanghai Government Scholarship, Excellence Scholarship and self-funded	January 10 – March 20, 2027
Language courses and pre-university program, fall intake	January 10 – June 30, 2027

Fees

Application (registration) fee: 600 RMB, non-refundable, paid when submitting the application.
Accidental injury and hospitalization insurance: 800 RMB per year, paid at registration together with tuition.
Self-funded degree students must pay the first year of tuition within two weeks after preliminary admission to confirm their place.

Requirements for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia

Country	School certificate	Entrance exam	Average grade
Kazakhstan	Certificate of complete secondary education (or a certificate of expected graduation) with a notarized Chinese or English translation	UNT is not required separately; CSCA is mandatory; UNT results may be attached as supplementary material	No fixed minimum, assessed individually
Kyrgyzstan	Certificate of complete secondary education (or a certificate of expected graduation) with a notarized Chinese or English translation	ORT is not required separately; CSCA is mandatory; ORT results may be attached as supplementary material	No fixed minimum, assessed individually
Russia	Certificate of secondary general education (or a certificate of expected graduation) with a notarized Chinese or English translation	EGE is not required separately; CSCA is mandatory; EGE results may be attached as supplementary material	No fixed minimum, assessed individually

General bachelor requirements: age 18–25 for scholarship applicants and 18–35 for self-funded applicants, HSK 5 with at least 180 points for Chinese-taught programs, IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL iBT 85 for English-taught programs. The first year of bachelor studies is a trial period: students who fail to earn 25 credits are not allowed to continue.

Campus Tongji University

Tongji University teaches students on several campuses in Shanghai: the historic main Siping Road campus in Yangpu District, the large Jiading campus, the Huxi campus and the Zhangwu campus. International student apartments are located on the Siping, Zhangwu and Jiading campuses, and the pre-university department is based on the Siping Road campus.

Research facilities

The world's largest multi-functional shaking table center for earthquake engineering
China's first automotive wind tunnel center
A comprehensive test platform for urban rail transit
China's first national long-term seabed observatory system

The university has 29 schools and colleges and 8 affiliated hospitals, which serve as clinical bases for medical students.

Dormitory Tongji University

Tongji has four international student apartment buildings on the Siping, Zhangwu and Jiading campuses. All rooms have a private bathroom, air conditioning and 24-hour hot water; each floor has a shared kitchen with microwaves and induction cookers, and there are self-service laundries.

Rooms and long-term rates (stay of 90 days or more)

Building	Room types	Area	Facilities	Price per room per day
Siping campus, Building 1	Double student room, double standard room, double suite	15 m², suite 26 m²	Air conditioning, kettle, phone, TV and fridge in some rooms	Standard room 60, 70 or 90 RMB; suite 120–130 RMB
Siping campus, Building 2	Single room, double room A and B, double suite	18 m², suite 26 m²	Air conditioning, kettle, phone, TV, fridge	Standard room 70–80 RMB; suite 150–160 RMB
Zhangwu campus, Building 4	Single room, double room	18 m²	Air conditioning, kettle, phone, fan	70–80 RMB
Jiading campus, Pengyuan Building 3	Single room, large and small single rooms, double room	8–19.8 m²	Air conditioning, kettle, fan	35–70 RMB

When two students share a double room, the price per person is halved.

Short-term rates (stay under 90 days)

Building	Price per room per day
Building 1	Standard room 130 or 150 RMB; suite 180 RMB
Building 2	Standard room 140 RMB; suite 200 RMB
Building 4	Standard room 120 RMB

Rules

On-campus places are limited; priority is given to government scholarship holders and some exchange students, self-funded students get rooms if beds are available.
Scholarship pre-university, bachelor and master students share double rooms; PhD students live in single rooms.
Self-funded students pay at least one semester in advance at check-in; the first semester is non-refundable.
Free electricity: 120 kWh per month for self-funded and 200 kWh per month for scholarship students.
If the campus dormitory is full, students (including full scholarship holders) arrange off-campus housing and register it with the police and the university.

Scholarships Tongji University

Tongji University offers international students several government and university scholarships. Scholarship holders must pass an annual evaluation, may not change their major or study period, and may not hold another Chinese government scholarship at the same time.

Chinese Government Scholarship – Bilateral Program (Type A)

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Full or partial scholarship	Chinese-taught bachelor, master and PhD applicants nominated under intergovernmental agreements	Full or partial coverage according to Ministry of Education and CSC standards

Applications go through the Chinese embassy or the sending authority of the home country, usually between November and March.
Tongji issues a pre-admission notice within two weeks to applicants who select this scholarship in the university system and meet the basic requirements.

Chinese Government Scholarship – High-Level Postgraduate Program (Type B)

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Full scholarship, master	Master applicants up to 35 years old	Full tuition, comprehensive medical insurance, free on-campus dormitory or 700 RMB per month off-campus housing subsidy, living allowance 3,000 RMB per month
Full scholarship, PhD	PhD applicants up to 40 years old	Full tuition, comprehensive medical insurance, free on-campus dormitory or 1,000 RMB per month off-campus housing subsidy, living allowance 3,500 RMB per month

Application period: October 25 – December 20, 2026, for the fall 2027 intake; applicants also register in the CSC system.
Not available for joint programs or for studying the literature of one's native language or a third language.

Chinese Government Scholarship – Silk Road Program

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Full scholarship, bachelor	Chinese-taught Civil Engineering, Design, Transportation, Clinical Medicine	Full tuition, insurance, free dormitory or 700 RMB per month, living allowance 2,500 RMB per month
Full scholarship, master	Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Design, Surgery (Chinese or English)	Full tuition, insurance, free dormitory or 700 RMB per month, living allowance 3,000 RMB per month
Full scholarship, PhD	Same fields as master	Full tuition, insurance, free dormitory or 1,000 RMB per month, living allowance 3,500 RMB per month

Supported countries include Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia and others.

Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Category A	Bachelor (up to 25), master (up to 35), PhD (up to 40)	Full tuition, comprehensive medical insurance, free on-campus dormitory or off-campus subsidy (700 RMB per month for bachelor and master, 1,000 RMB per month for PhD), living allowance 2,500 / 3,000 / 3,500 RMB per month for bachelor / master / PhD
Category B	Same groups	Full tuition and comprehensive medical insurance

Not available for English-taught bachelor programs, joint degree programs or native or third-language literature programs.
Application periods for the fall 2027 intake: bachelor January 10 – March 31, 2027; master and PhD January 10 – March 20, 2027.

Tongji University International Student Excellence Scholarship

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Full-time PhD	PhD applicants up to 40 with a master degree	Full tuition, comprehensive insurance, on-campus housing or 3,000 RMB per month subsidy, living allowance 5,000 RMB per month, one-time graduation travel grant 12,000 RMB
English-taught bachelor	Bachelor applicants aged 18–25	Full tuition, comprehensive insurance, on-campus housing or 700 RMB per month subsidy, living allowance 2,500 RMB per month
Exchange students	Students nominated by strategic partners or top-200 universities	Full tuition, comprehensive insurance, housing subsidy 700 RMB per month (bachelor and master level) or 1,000 RMB per month (doctoral level), living allowance 2,500–3,500 RMB per month

PhD: research achievements, average score at least 85/100 or GPA at least 3.8/5.0, prior acceptance letter from a Tongji supervisor.
English-taught bachelor: high CSCA and international test scores (SAT, IB, A-Level), school GPA at least 85/100 or 3.8/5.0.
Language: HSK 5 with 180 points for Chinese-taught programs, TOEFL 85 or IELTS 6.5 for English-taught programs.
Application period: from October of the year before enrollment to May of the enrollment year.

Tongji – Bank of China Global Talent Scholarship

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Doctoral scholarship	PhD applicants for the spring 2027 intake	Coverage details are published by the university; check before applying

Application period: October 25 – December 20, 2026.

Youth of Excellence Scheme of China (CSC)

Type/class	For whom	What it covers
Full scholarship	International Master in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development; bachelor degree and at least 3 years of work experience	Full scholarship under Chinese Government Scholarship standards

In the second year students return home to write the thesis and then defend it in China.

History Tongji University

Tongji University traces its roots to a medical school founded in Shanghai in 1907 by a German doctor. Over more than a century it has grown from a small medical college into one of China's leading comprehensive research universities, famous above all for civil engineering and architecture.

Key milestones

Year	Event
1907	Tongji German Medical School is founded in Shanghai
1912	Engineering is added; the school becomes the German Medical and Engineering School for the Chinese
1917	Renamed Tongji Medical and Engineering School
1922	Renamed Tongji Medical and Engineering University
1923–1924	Officially established as Tongji University
1927	Renamed National Tongji University
1952	After the national restructuring of higher education, becomes China's largest and most comprehensive civil engineering and architecture university
2000	Merges with Shanghai Railway University and becomes the new comprehensive Tongji University
2017	Included among the 36 Class A universities of the Double First-Class initiative

Today Tongji is a Project 985 and Project 211 university with 29 schools and colleges and 8 affiliated hospitals.

Rankings Tongji University

Tongji is ranked among the top universities in China and is a world leader in civil engineering and architecture.

Overall rankings

Ranking	Position
THE World University Rankings 2026	=141
THE global internationalization ranking 2025	1st among universities of mainland China

Subject rankings

Ranking	Subject	Position
QS by Subject 2026	Civil and Structural Engineering	13
QS by Subject 2025	Architecture and Built Environment	11
ARWU (latest)	Civil Engineering	1
U.S. News Best Global Universities	Civil Engineering	1
THE China Subject Ratings	Civil Engineering	A+

National discipline evaluation (4th round, Ministry of Education)

A+: Civil Engineering; Environmental Science and Engineering; Urban and Rural Planning; Management Science and Engineering
A-: Software Engineering; Landscape Architecture; Transportation Engineering; Mathematics; Architecture; Computer Science and Technology; Mechanical Engineering

International Programs and Cooperation Tongji University

Tongji has historically close ties with Germany and is one of the most internationalized universities in China: in the THE 2025 global internationalization ranking it placed first among universities of mainland China.

Joint institutes and partnerships

Sino-German College and Sino-German Center for Vocational Teacher Training, established with the approval of the Chinese and German governments
Sino-French Institute of Engineering and Management
Sino-Italian Campus, established with the agreement of the Chinese and Italian governments
UNEP – Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, created together with the UN Environment Programme
Sino-Australian and other joint education programs
Broad cooperation with universities and companies in Germany, France, the UK, the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, Italy, Finland and Spain

Exchanges and dual degrees

The College of Architecture and Urban Planning runs long-term exchanges and dual degree programs with partners such as the Technical University of Munich and Osaka University.
More than half of the undergraduates of the School of Economics and Management can take part in tuition-free exchanges in Europe and the USA.
The Sino-German School of Engineering offers bachelor programs (Mechatronics and others) for exchange students and native German speakers.
Through the CSC Youth of Excellence Scheme of China, Tongji trains future global governance professionals in the International Master in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development.

About Шанхай

Safety rating

9 из 10

Summer temperature

от 25 до 34 °C

Population

~29 200 000

Winter temperature

от 4 до 11 °C

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