About Shenzhen University
Shenzhen University (SZU), founded in 1983 and located in China’s first Special Economic Zone, is a comprehensive university dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and social service. Guided by the motto “self-reliance, self-discipline, self-improvement,” SZU plays a key role in supporting Shenzhen’s rapid development and China’s higher education reform.
With strong founding support from leading institutions like Peking, Tsinghua, and Renmin Universities, SZU has grown into a major university with diverse disciplines, top-tier research centers, and an innovative faculty focused on solving global challenges.
The university offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in an inclusive, multicultural, and interdisciplinary environment. Leveraging Shenzhen’s status as a technology and innovation hub, SZU actively collaborates with high-tech enterprises, fosters entrepreneurship, and has produced influential alumni such as Tencent founders.
Committed to internationalization, SZU maintains partnerships with numerous overseas universities, offering exchange and joint-degree programs. Located in a dynamic and beautiful city, SZU provides students worldwide with opportunities to innovate, explore, and grow in a global learning community.
Tuition & fees
- Tuition
- 5,754 USD
- Accommodation
- 1,727 USD
- Application fee
- 58 USD
- Insurance
- 116 USD
- Medical
- 72 USD
- Residency permit
- 116 USD
- Total (year 1)
- 7,840 USD
- Tuition
- 5,035 USD
- Accommodation
- 1,727 USD
- Application fee
- 58 USD
- Insurance
- 116 USD
- Medical
- 72 USD
- Residency permit
- 116 USD
- Total (year 1)
- 7,120 USD
- Tuition
- 4,316 USD
- Accommodation
- 1,727 USD
- Application fee
- 58 USD
- Insurance
- 116 USD
- Medical
- 72 USD
- Residency permit
- 116 USD
- Total (year 1)
- 6,401 USD
- Tuition
- 2,532 USD
- Accommodation
- 1,727 USD
- Application fee
- 58 USD
- Insurance
- 116 USD
- Medical
- 72 USD
- Residency permit
- 116 USD
- Total (year 1)
- 4,618 USD
Degree programs
| Program | Level | Language | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acting (Film, Television and Theatre ) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Broadcasting and Hosting Art | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Business Administration | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Chemistry | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Chinese language and literature | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Choreography | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Computer Science and Technology | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Design | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Early Childhood Education | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Electronic Commerce | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Electronic Information Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Electronic Science and Technology | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Engineering Management | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| English | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Environmental Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Financial Technology | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Food Science and Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Human Resource Management | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Information Management and Information Systems | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Intelligent Construction | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| International Business Administration | Bachelor | English | 4.0 yr |
| International Economics and Trade | Bachelor | English | 4.0 yr |
| Japanese | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Law | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Marketing | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Materials Science and Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Mathematics and Applied Mathematics | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Music Performance ( Instrumental Performance) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Music Performance ( Popular Music Performance) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Music Performance (Music Creation ) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Music Performance (Vocal Performance ) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Musicology (Teacher Education) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| New Energy Science and Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Polymer Materials and Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Psychology | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Public Administration | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Smart Transportation | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Sociology | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Software Engineering | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Statistics | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (TCSOL) | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| The Internet and New Media | Bachelor | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Chinese Language Program | Language Program | Chinese | 1.0 yr |
| Applied Psychology | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Art Theory | Masters | Chinese | 2.0 yr |
| Artistic Design | Masters | Chinese | 2.0 yr |
| Business Administration | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Chemical Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Chemistry | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Civil Engineering | Masters | English | 3.0 yr |
| Communication Engineering(Including broadband network, mobile communication, etc.) | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Computer Technology | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Control Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Design | Masters | Chinese | 2.0 yr |
| Electronic Science and Technology | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Environmental Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Food and Nutrition | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Food Science and Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Foreign Languages and Literature (Area Studies) | Masters | English | 2.0 yr |
| Foreign Languages and Literature(Teaching English to Speakers of Chinese) | Masters | English | 2.0 yr |
| Information and Communication Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Integrated Circuit Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Intelligent Manufacturing Technology | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| International Business Administration | Masters | English | 3.0 yr |
| International Chinese Language Education | Masters | Chinese | 2.0 yr |
| Journalism and Communication | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Law(for students with LLB, Juris Master) | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Law(for students without LLB, Juris Master) | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Law(Master of Laws) | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Materials Science and Engineering | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Mathematics | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Mechanical Engineering(Professional degree) | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Next-Generation Electronics and Information Technology(including quantum technology, etc.) | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Psychology | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Public Administration | Masters | Chinese | 3.0 yr |
| Statistics | Masters | Chinese | 2.5 yr |
| Basic Medicine | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Biology | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Biomedical Engineering | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Biomedical Engineering (Medicine) | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Biomedical Engineering (Sciences) | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Chemistry | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Civil Engineering | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering (Professioanal degree) | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Education | PhD | Chinese | 4.0 yr |
| Education | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Electronic Science and Technology | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Information and Communications Engineering | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Integrated Circuit Engineering (Professioanal degree) | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Intelligent System and Manufacturing | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Management Science and Engineering | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Mathematics | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Optical Engineering | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Optomechatronics Engineering and Application | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Physics | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
| Theoretical Economics | PhD | English | 4.0 yr |
Scholarships
Bachelor’s Scholarship Opportunities
Categories and Scholarship Details
1. Provincial Scholarship
Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship
- Award Amount: 10,000 CNY per year
2. Municipal Scholarship
Shenzhen Universiade Scholarship
- Award Amount: 30,000 CNY per year
3. Liyuan International Scholarship
- First-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver + monthly living allowance of 1,000 CNY (total 12,000 CNY per year)
- Second-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver
- Third-Class Honor: 50% tuition waiver
4. International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship
- Applicants should log in to the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship System (cis.chinese.cn) and submit their applications within the designated application period.
- In addition, applicants are required to register and upload all required materials through the Shenzhen University Online Application System
Master’s Scholarship Opportunities
Categories and Scholarship Details
1. Provincial Scholarship
Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship
- Award Amount: 20,000 CNY per year
2. Municipal Scholarship
Shenzhen Universiade Scholarship
- Award Amount: 35,000 CNY per year
3. Liyuan International Scholarship
- First-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver + monthly living allowance of 1,000 CNY (total 12,000 CNY per year)
- Second-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver
- Third-Class Honor: 50% tuition waiver
4. International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship
- Applicants should log in to the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship system (cis.chinese.cn) and submit their applications within the designated period.
- At the same time, applicants are required to register and submit all necessary materials through the Shenzhen University Online Application System
PhD Scholarship Opportunities
Categories and Scholarship Details
1. Provincial Scholarship
- Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship
- Award Amount: 30,000 CNY per year
2. Municipal Scholarship
- Shenzhen Universiade Scholarship
- Award Amount: 40,000 CNY per year
3. Liyuan International Scholarship
- First-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver + monthly living allowance of 6,000 CNY
- Second-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver + monthly living allowance of 5,000 CNY
- Third-Class Honor: Full tuition waiver + monthly living allowance of 4,000 CNY
Additional Financial Support
Each PhD supervisor will provide an annual allowance of no less than 12,000 CNY for their enrolled international doctoral candidates. This funding may be used to support scientific research activities or academic exchanges.
Note:
Students may receive preferential benefits such as scholarships, grants, and fee waivers during the first extended year of study. These benefits are not applicable beyond the first extension period.
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