According to the undergraduate programs admissions requirements by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, students who meet one of the following scenarios are eligible to apply to CUHK-Shenzhen as international applicants via international admissions:

* “China” and “Chinese” here refer to the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

Scenario A: If neither of your parents holds a Chinese passport:

• You must have held a non-Chinese passport for a minimum of four years.
• And you do NOT hold a Chinese ID/Hukou/passport/mainland travel permit, etc. 

Scenario B: If one or both of your parents hold a Chinese passport:

• You must have held a non-Chinese passport for a minimum of four years.
• You must have resided in a country or region outside China for at least two years in the past four years. For instance, for 2023 entry, an applicant must have lived outside China for at least two years (or at least nine months each year) from 2019 to April 30, 2023.
• At the same time, you do NOT hold a Chinese ID/Hukou/passport/mainland travel permit, etc.

If you do not meet all the requirements under one of the scenarios above, you are NOT eligible to apply to CUHK-Shenzhen as an International Applicant via international admissions.

If we discover that you do not meet the above eligibility during the application, admission, or registration process, we will cease your application review, and your offer, if being made, to study with CUHK-Shenzhen, conditional or unconditional, will be revoked and become null and invalid immediately. If we discover so after registration, you will be dismissed from the university immediately. 

For the document (in Chinese) issued by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, please refer to: 教育部关于规范我高等学校接受国际学生有关工作的通知 - 中华人民共和国教育部政府门户网站 (moe.gov.cn)