FAqS

Summer 2019: January 14, 2019 to be considered for financial aid, rolling admissions until April 15, 2019

Fall 2019: January 14, 2019 to be considered for financial aid, rolling admissions until April 15, 2019

2019-20 Academic Year: January 14, 2019 to be considered for financial aid, rolling admissions until April 15, 2019

You may choose to have your Chinese language instructor / professor write a letter of recommendation on your behalf, but please ask the letter writer to comment on your academic potential, career goals, and how IUP fits into those plans.

Since IUP staff will conduct our own evaluation of your level in the application interview, please do not have a Chinese language instructor only comment on your Chinese language ability.

Yes, you can extend your period of study at IUP! All you need to do is to speak to the Resident Director to make sure there are open spots in the following term.

IUP fees are as follows:

Summer: $5,995 USD
Semester: $9,995 USD
Academic Year: 2019-20: $18,995 USD

You are required to pay your full tuition in two separate payments: a deposit to IUP’s in-country financial management services partner, JERI, and the tuition remainder paid directly to Tsinghua University.

The Jingxi Educational Research Institute (JERI) is IUP’s financial management services provider in China. JERI is a domestically-registered non-profit organization authorized to manage international educational programs. Aside from working with IUP, JERI’s portfolio includes serving as the institutional owner of one of Beijing’s oldest and most respected international private schools, the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB). JERI receives IUP’s application fees and tuition payments, offers accounting services, pays domestic Chinese taxes, and transfers funds for IUP business. This arrangement allows IUP to be fully compliant with all Chinese laws and regulations, as well as allowing IUP staff to focus exclusively on academics and daily program management. You can find more information about JERI at their website: http://bj-jeri.org

The Jingxi Educational Research Institute (JERI) is IUP’s financial management services provider in China. JERI is a domestically-registered non-profit organization authorized to manage international educational programs. Aside from working with IUP, JERI’s portfolio includes serving as the institutional owner of one of Beijing’s oldest and most respected international private schools, the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB). JERI receives IUP’s application fees and tuition payments, offers accounting services, pays domestic Chinese taxes, and transfers funds for IUP business. This arrangement allows IUP to be fully compliant with all Chinese laws and regulations, as well as allowing IUP staff to focus exclusively on academics and daily program management. You can find more information about JERI at their website: http://bj-jeri.org

In recent years, IUP has been able to award about $50,000 annually in fellowship funds. All semester and academic year applicants are eligible for fellowship aid, provided they apply to the program by the posted deadline. Financial aid come in the form of partial program fee reductions and are intended to supplement other resources available to the student. There is no IUP financial aid available for the IUP Summer Intensive Program.

IUP students are not eligible to use China Scholarship Council scholarships, the so-called “Chinese Government Scholarship”, to pay for IUP tuition. China Scholarship Council scholarships are only awarded for direct enrollment in Chinese universities, not international joint-run programs like IUP.

IUP will not purchase insurance for students starting from 2019 fall semester.

Tsinghua now mandates that all international students (including IUP students) MUST purchase the health insurance plan that they provide on the留学保险网, the link to which is below:

Please refer to Tsinghua’s insurance page for more information:

http://is.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/isscen/11941/2018/20180706094003152102355/20180706094003152102355_.html

Please choose the insurance plan listed in the following link according to your own need:

http://en.lxbx.net/article/baoxian-61.html

You need to purchase the insurance before school starts at the following link:

http://oa.lhgj.net/

If you would like to purchase an international health insurance plan from CISI (https://www.culturalinsurance.com), IUP’s former international health insurance provider with a direct billing relationship to one of the top international hospitals in Beijing, Beijing United Family Hospital (http://beijing.ufh.com.cn) or any oversea insurance plan according to your own preference, you may do so. BUT you MUST still purchase the insurance plan above, due to Chinese regulations.

China’s banking regulations have been getting increasingly strict over the last several years. Since January 2016, the Bank of China requires documentation like this service contract before allowing domestic Chinese organizations to withdraw funds received from abroad. This also applies to PayPal payments, which go into the Bank of China account that JERI operates on behalf of IUP. In short, JERI cannot withdraw tuition deposits or tuition payments from the bank without this contract.

Chinese regulations require that all international students in China must use Student (X) Visas, with one important exception.

For those students planning on studying at IUP for a summer term or one semester, an X2 Student Visa (less than 180 days) is appropriate. Students can apply for single-entry, double-entry, or multiple-entry X1 Student Visas. Visa officers have discretion when evaluating all visa applications, so receiving a multiple entry X2 Student Visa is not guaranteed.

For those students planning on studying at IUP for an academic year or a summer plus a semester, an X1 Student Visa (more than 180 days) is appropriate. X1 Student Visas are essentially temporary visas, only good for one entry into China, and will have three zeros (“000”) listed under “Duration of Stay.” This indicates that once a X1 Student Visa holder enters China, they must submit an application for a Student Resident Permit within 30 days of their arrival. Student Residence Permits allow for the student to remain in China for as long as their course of study lasts and grants multiple exits/entries.

Applicants to IUP who are currently employed in China using a Work Residence Permit are also allowed to enroll at IUP and register at Tsinghua without giving up their Work Residence Permit. These students still need to complete the Tsinghua University online registration and receive student status, but they do not need to sacrifice their employment status.

The Jingxi Educational Research Institute (JERI) is IUP’s financial management services provider in China. JERI is a domestically-registered non-profit organization authorized to manage international educational programs. Aside from working with IUP, JERI’s portfolio includes serving as the institutional owner of one of Beijing’s oldest and most respected international private schools, the Western Academy of Beijing (WAB). JERI receives IUP’s application fees and tuition payments, offers accounting services, pays domestic Chinese taxes, and transfers funds for IUP business. This arrangement allows IUP to be fully compliant with all Chinese laws and regulations, as well as allowing IUP staff to focus exclusively on academics and daily program management. You can find more information about JERI at their website: http://bj-jeri.org

IUP students have the choice of residing in off-campus apartments, living with Chinese host families, or applying for a place in Tsinghua’s foreign student dormitories. The vast majority of students share apartments with classmates or recent IUP alumni in the Wudaokou neighborhood. Alternatively, IUP can arrange home-stay accommodations with Chinese families on or near Tsinghua’s campus. Unfortunately, IUP cannot guarantee dorm rooms at Tsinghua University. Fall semester, Academic Year, or Spring semester students can apply for a dorm room, but it is very difficult to secure one.

IUP tuition includes international health insurance through Cultural Insurance Services International (CISI, https://www.culturalinsurance.com). CISI health insurance has a direct-billing relationship with one of Beijing’s top hospitals, meaning that IUP students do not have to pay up front and wait for reimbursement. Students need to bring their passport and insurance card when seeking treatment at the hospital.

Although there have been significant improvements over recent years, air pollution remains a fact of life in Beijing. IUP staff offers advice and assistance on best practices for dealing with air pollution, including recommendations for smartphone air quality apps, providing N95 masks to students at no charge, equipping IUP’s language center with air filters in hallways and all classrooms, and assisting students in purchasing air filters for their living space.