Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications

• Location: Beijing, China
• Year of foundation: 1955
• Language of instruction: Chinese, English
• Number of students: about 50 000
• Type of eduaction: mixed.

Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (BUPT) is a key national university under the leadership of the Ministry of Education. BUPT is a universal university with information technology as the main characteristic, a combination of engineering, management, humanities as the main direction, which becomes an important base for the development of talents in the field of high technology.

Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications is one of the first partners of the 211 Project and the 985 Project innovation platform.

BUPT has 14 educational institutions, three research institutes and one postgraduate course. The 14 schools include the following areas:

• Information and Communication Engineering
• Electronic Engineering
• Computer Science
• automation
• Software Engineering
• Science
• Economics and Management
• Public administration
• Digital, Media and Design
• Humanities
• International School
• E-learning (continuing education)
• Education for ethnic minorities
• Educational and Research Center of Marxism.

Three research institutes:

• Institute of Network Technologies
• Institute of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
• Institute of Intelligent Sensing Technologies.

BUPT offers 36 undergraduate courses, 9 doctoral programs, 23 master's degrees and 5 postdoctoral specialties.

The university has 22,000 full-time students and about 30,000 part-time students. BUPT students demonstrate excellent results and even records at major Olympiads in mathematics, physics, electronics and English. In total, BUPT employs more than 2000 employees, including 9 academicians, 1420 full-time teachers (85% of them have a master's/ doctoral degree), 4 outstanding Chiang Jiang fellows, 21 national experts with outstanding contributions, 6 chief scientists of the 973 project.

Students live on campus in the BUPT Hotel dormitory and in the International Apartments. The buildings have single and double rooms equipped with TV, telephone, Wi-Fi, air conditioning and toilet. On each floor there is a common kitchen, electric water heater, washing machine and dryer, etc.

BUPT has several restaurants: Student Canteen, Huifeng Restaurant, Xueyi Restaurant and Muslim restaurant Qingzhen. In addition, there are many fast food outlets around the university: Fuwangju, Ganguoyatou near the eastern gate, Jinbaiwan, Shuwazi Hotpot at the south gate.

On campus there is a supermarket Xueyuan where you can buy necessities and food. There are several major shopping malls around the training grounds.

There are many student associations in BUPT, each of which recruits new members annually in September. Posters related to these events can be seen on the bulletin board both outside the Student Activity Center and in apartment buildings, and then apply according to your interests and hobbies. International students can form friendship groups with the approval of the school authorities.

Every month, the administration of the university organizes various events for students: sports competitions, creative exhibitions and concerts, visits of speakers, excursions, hikes.

A few examples of excursions and activities:

• Visit to the Great Wall of China
• Temple of Confucius
• Fragrant Hills Park
• Excursion to the Forbidden City
• Cultural Carnival
• Prom
• Exhibition of Foreign Culture
• Competition of performances in Chinese at the International Training Center
• Scientific seminars with invited speakers: "How to build a machine that can freely talk to people?", "Industrial design and its application", etc.

• Highly qualified teaching staff
• Cooperation with more than 70 universities from 40 countries
• Included in the TOP-50 best universities in China
• Two key disciplines: information, communication engineering and electronic science, technology.

On the territory of the main campus in Beijing are located:

• State, provincial key laboratories
• Research Centers
• Auditorium enclosures
• post office
• China Mobile Service Center
• Library – more than 970 000 books
• Medical Center
• Hostel
• Kindergarten for students' children
• Sports facilities: fields for team games, indoor swimming pool, running tracks, stadium, etc.
• Computer Center
• bookshop
• Administrative buildings
• Cafeterias, fast food areas
• Parking
• Bus stops.

Free Wi-Fi is available throughout campus – BUPT often publishes a lot of information online.

The learning process is built on two semesters:

• Autumn: September to January
• Spring: February to June.

Additional costs will include:

• Consumables, books
• Accommodation, meals
• transport
• Parking for car
• Kindergarten services if necessary
• Student Associations
• Sports sections
• Personal expenses (mobile communication, clothing, off-campus vacations, etc.).

For applicants entering undergraduate programs:

• Certificate of secondary education
• Transcripts
• Personal documents (passport, photographs, health certificate, etc.)
• Portfolio in the presence of extracurricular achievements
• Application on the official website of the university / in the admission committee
• Registration fee – 500 yuan
• Entrance exams in the chosen specialty.

Applicants planning to enroll in graduate school must provide additionally:

• Bachelor's Degree Diploma
• Transcripts
• Letters of recommendation from scientific supervisors.

International students will need to additionally provide:

• Certificate of English/Chinese (TOEFL (jn 80)/IELTS/HSK (level 4), etc.)
• Study visa
• Medical insurance
• Passport.

Options for financial incentives and assistance for BUPT students:

• National scholarship – 8000 yuan per year with academic success
• National Incentive Scholarship for Students with Difficult Financial Situation
• School rewards – from 1000 to 5000 yuan is paid for successful students
• Payments of the social sponsor
• Local awards for non-academic, sports, creative successes
• Green Corridor Program – Covering Part/All of the Year's Training in Case of Financial Difficulties
• Student loans, loans – up to 8000 yuan per year (interest is paid by the state)
• Temporary unemployment benefits
• National Fund for military personnel.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision