Overview

　　Founded on October 16, 1951, East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of the most prestigious universities in China. Affiliated to the Ministry of Education, ECNU was founded on the basis of the merger of the Great China University founded in 1924 and the Kwang Hua University (est. 1925). As a comprehensive public research university, ECNU offers education programs in educational science, social science, humanities, natural science, technical science and management science. In 1996, ECNU passed the prerequisites appraisal and became one of the universities sponsored by the major national program "Project 211". It was then approved as a member of the "Project 985" in 2006. In 2017, ECNU was assessed as rank A on the list of the national "Double First-rate" strategic plan, facilitating ECNU's new efforts and progress toward an internationalized world-class university with Chinese characteristics.

　　After 60 years’ development, ECNU now has four faculties, namely the Faculty of Earth Science, Faculty of Education, and Faculty of Economics and Management, Faculty of Informatics and 29 full-time schools and colleges. ECNU is also home to two State-level laboratories referred to as State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, and State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy. The university offers 27 doctoral programs under the State Primary Disciplines, 36 master's programs under the State Primary Disciplines, 19 professional master's programs, 25 post-doctoral mobile research stations and 83 undergraduate programs.

　　In regards to its global outlook, ECNU values its cooperation and exchanges with international counterparts, such as its strategic cooperative partnerships with world-renowned universities - the ENS Group of France, New York University, University of Virginia, and Cornell University in the U.S.A., the University of Queensland in Australia, and Tokyo University in Japan.

　　Every year, there are about 6000 international students from 130 countries and regions across the world coming to ECNU to pursue their studies.

　　Special Programs

　　A. Global China Program

　　The Global China Program provides an excellent opportunity for students to learn about China through academic and cultural immersion during one semester. This program is open to current college students who wish to study in China for one semester (15 weeks). The program consists of two parts:

　　A. Chinese Language Course (6 credits) from beginning to advanced levels

　　B. English-taught Content Courses (3 credits each) on China Studies and other fields.

　　The Global China Program offers a credit structure which is identical to the majority of North American universities and colleges. Course contents are carefully designed to meet the requirements of North American universities and colleges.

　　B. Chinese Language Program

　　ECNU offers different kinds of Chinese language programs to satisfy different students’ needs:

　　l Standard Chinese Program

　　The classes stress the equal importance of listening, speaking, reading and writing Chinese in order to lay a solid foundation for students on the basis of practicality.
Class Hour: 20 class hours/ week

　　l Intensive Chinese Program

　　The classes are composed of intensive lectures, cultural activities and group competitions, creating a positive as well as comfort language study atmosphere.
Class Hour: 29 class hours/ week

　　l Business Chinese Program

　　The classes are designed to help you obtain a larger vocabulary and specialized knowledge of business purpose.
Class Hour: 29 class hours/ week

　　

　　C. English-taught Graduate Program

　　For graduate applicants, we offer English-taught graduate programs:

　　l Education Policy and School Reform

　　l International Business (Global Management and China Studies)

　　l Chinese Philosophy

　　l Statistics

　　l Anthropology (MA only)

　　l International Relation - Contemporary China Studies (MA only)

　　l Applied Mathematics (Ph.D. only)

　　Scholarship System

　　For the degree and non-degree programs, ECNU establish a comprehensive scholarship system offering different scholarship choices for new coming students.

　　Scholarship application details: http://lxs.ecnu.edu.cn/EN/msg.php?id=960

Type	Eligibility (Age)	Content	Procedures
Chinese Government Scholarship	Bachelor ≤25 Master ≤35 Ph.D. ≤40 General Visiting Students ≤45 Senior Visiting Students ≤50	Full Scholarship: Tuition, Accommodation ,Insurance, Monthly allowance (Bachelor 2500 RMB, Master 3000 RMB, Ph.D. 3500RMB)	http://www.campuschina.org/content/details3_74775.html Application Deadline: March 31
Shanghai Government Scholarship	Pre-college≤23 Bachelor≤25 Master ≤35 Ph.D. ≤40	Type A Full Scholarship: Tuition, Accommodation , Insurance, Monthly allowance (Bachelor 2500 RMB, Master 3000 RMB, Ph.D. 3500RMB)	http://study.edu.sh.gov.cn/apply/ Application deadline: May 15
		Type B Partial Scholarship: Tuition+ Insurance
Confucius Institute Scholarship	16-35 years old, Chinese language teachers with age limit of 45.	Full Scholarship: Tuition, Accommodation , Insurance, Monthly allowance(Bachelor/One-Academic-Year or One Semester Visiting Students2500 RMB, Master 3000 RMB, Ph.D. 3500RMB)	http://cis.chinese.cn Application deadline: May 20
		Partial Scholarship: Tuition, Insurance
ECNU Excellent Freshman Scholarship	Undergraduate Freshman Year	Monthly Allowance in the Freshman year 2500RMB for 12 months	http://lxs.ecnu.edu.cn/msg.php?id=706 Application deadline: June 10

　　

　　Contact Info

　　Global Education Center / East China Normal University

　　Add: R253 Physics Building, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P.R.China

　　Tel：+86-21-62232013 +86-21-62238353

　　Email：lxs@ecnu.edu.cn

　　Website: http://lxs.ecnu.edu.cn

　　For further information, please download the introductory brochure or contact the university.