According to the Rules and of Enrolling and Training International Students in Schools (No.42 of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China) and Notice of the Trial of Electronic Registration of Students Status and Academic Certificate of International Students in Institutions of Higher Learning issued by Administration Office of Ministry of Education ([No.5 of 2007])，Notice of the Ministry of Education on the Issuance of <Quality Standards for Higher Education for International Students> (for trial implementation)([No.50 of 2018]) as well as to Rules and Regulations Concerning Student Status for Full-time Undergraduates (No.44 of in 2017) Zhejiang University of Science and Technology formulates Rules and Regulations Concerning Student Status for International Undergraduates as follows:

Chapter One Application and Registration

Article 1 Application Qualifications

I, Applicants of foreign nationalities should have good moral character, should obey the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China, rules and regulations of the university, and should respect Chinese social customs and habits,and in accordance with the provisions of the Ministry of Education's Foreign Affairs Letter ([No.12 of 2020]).

II. Applicants should have a high school diploma (including fresh graduates who can provide pre-graduation certificate), good academic records, and under the age of 35;

III. Those who apply to major in Art Design, Foreign Language, Architecture, Urban Planning will be required to receive an interview or take part in a professional entrance examination. Some majors may require applicants to offer their masterpieces and recommendation letters.

IV. Those who apply for Chinese-taught majors should reach corresponding New HSK level. Those who intend to majors in, engineering, management and engineering，arts and design, science should pass New HSK level 4 with180 points or higher. Those who intend to majors in literature should pass New HSK level 4 with 195 points or higher except for those who apply for Chinese(Business Chinese). Those who apply for Chinese-taught major but whose teaching language is Chinese in their high school can be exempt from HSK requirements.

V. Those who apply for English-taught majors should offer English proficiency certificate if their mother tongue or official language is not English.

VI. For those who apply for majors taught both in English and Chinese, their English proficiency refers to Clause 5 of Article 1, and Chinese proficiency refers to Clause 4 of Article 1.

VII. For those who fail to meet the corresponding requirements, we add the following provisions:

(I) If applicants fail to provide the required language proficiency certificate, they should provide proof of how many hours they have learned Chinese. After it is examined and approved by the university, they can be admitted on a trial basis;

(II) The trial students pay the same tuition fee and have the same class arrangements as normal students;

(III) In principle, the trial period lasts for one year;

(IV) Students who obtain the HSK level certificate in accordance with the admission conditions during the trial period and obtain more than half of the credits of the selected courses can obtain the undergraduate status, and the university recognizes the credits of the undergraduate courses taken during the trial period

(V) Applicants who fail to pass required HSK test or obtain less than half of the credits of the chosen course can only graduate as a general training program student. The school will not return any fees;

Article 2   Materials Applicants Should Submit

I.Application for Admission to Zhejiang University of Science and Technology.

II. Notarized copies of college diplomas and transcripts. The original documents will be checked during registration.

III. Graduating high school students should provide a certificate issued by the host school to prove their expected graduation. And after admission, the students should hand in the high school diploma.

IV.HSK Chinese Proficiency certificate or certificate of English proficiency or proof of appropriate language study.

V.Those studying in China should provide proof of academic performance from the school of origin including attendance must be submitted.

VI.Certificate of no criminal records.

VII. Anti-drug commitment.

VIII.Financial guarantee letter.

IX.Scanned copies of passports, if in China, scanned copies of all visas and detention authorizations in China.

X.According to Article 5 of the Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China,A person whose parents are both Chinese citizens and have settled in a foreign country, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth, shall not possess Chinese nationality. Starting from 2021, applicants who apply to study in our university as international students shall, in addition to meeting the other registration qualifications of our university, hold a valid foreign passport or nationality certificate for more than 4 years (including). Have a record of more than 2 years of actual residence abroad in the last 4 years (before April 30 of the year of enrollment) (9 months of actual residence abroad in a year can be counted as one year, subject to the entry and exit signature);

XI.Proof of payment of application fee.

XII.Physical examination form for foreigners.

Article 3 International students who apply to transfer from one major to another or one subordinate school to another should submit not only the above mentioned materials but also a certificate to prove that he or she has studied in a university and the transcripts from the university. They will be transferred after the subordinate school which receives the international student confirms the credits and get approval from the Academic Affairs Division.

Article 4 International students from the state level exchange program or exchange program between universities should follow the procedures in accordance with the relevant agreement.

Article 5 Students for admission in the autumn semester should School of International Education finish the online application before June 30 or at a certain time. The admission decision for degree program of international students will be jointly made by School of International Education and relevant subordinate schools and then examined by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education and sent to International Office for record. School of International Education will send Admission Notice and other documents for visa to students before the end of July and keep them in record at the same time.

Article 6 The admitted students should register at School of International Education within the stipulated time with passports, admission notice and JW202 form and pay relevant fees. Students who cannot register during stipulated time should ask School of International Education for leave (no more than 2 weeks). Those who do not ask for leave and or do not register when the time limit is overdue, will be considered as abandonment except for irresistible factors from admission. After registration, School of International Education should re-examine students’admission qualification, ideology and morality, and health situation in 1 months. Meanwhile, School of International Education should check the completeness of students’ files and registration formalities. If students provide fake information on their application materials, admission will be canceled after confirmation.

Article 7 Every new international student should take a Health Examination at the designated hospital at the scheduled time. If students have had a physical examination overseas, they should have the examination certified by an appropriate authority in Hangzhou. If their health condition does not conform to the health standard of China, their admission qualification will be canceled. Physical examination or examination certification should be arranged by School of International Education.

Article 8 Those who have passed the qualification review and health check can obtain the school status. ID cards and school badges for international undergraduates will be given out by relevant subordinate schools.

Article 9 The School of International Education and the relevant secondary schools shall separately conduct freshman orientation education for undergraduate students. The School of International Education is responsible for the daily management of safety education, the study of laws and regulations and school rules, the interpretation of student manuals, and the use of libraries. The relevant secondary colleges are responsible for the teaching content of the professional training program, teaching plan and course outline, school status management regulations, and the use of educational administration management system. The Academic Affairs Office is responsible for organization, management, coordination and supervision.

Chapter Two Course Assessment and Teaching Administration

Article 10 International students in the degree program should, in principle, attend all of the classes listed in the ZUST undergraduate training plan and sit the relevant examinations to get the corresponding credits. In view of international students’ characteristics, the following adjustments are made.

I. International student can be exempted from Physical Education, Military Theory (Training), College Chinese(Introduction to Analects of Confucius), Political Theories（include Theory on Marxism, Marxist Political Economics Introduction of Mao Zedong Thought, An Introduction to Deng Xiaoping Theory and Contemporary World Economy and Politics, Morals and Ethics, Basis of Law, Current political situation etc); For those international students in the degree program majoring in Arts  can be exempted from studying mathematics, physics and chemistry with the permission of the subordinate school.

II. International Student Initiation Education, Mental Health of International Students, China Overview, Chinese Society and Customs/Chinese Business Culture, China Today, Perception of China and Chinese Language courses are required for undergraduate international students..

III. For those international students from English-speaking countries, College English can be exempted from studying；For those international students from non-English speaking countries, College English serve as optional course.

IV. All the international students should register for assigned courses and participate all the examinations and tests in the stipulated time; the result of the examinations will be marked according to the 100 points evaluation method (passing grade is 60 points); The result of the tests will be marked by the five ratings evaluation method, two ratings evaluation method or 100 points evaluation method, and the transformational relation are as follows:

V.Students cannot take the final exam under following circumstances:

(I) Students who skip 1/3 class hour of the course;

(II) Students who skip 1/3 experiment or practice hour or fail in evaluation of experiment or practice;

(III) Students who don’t turn in their homework or experiment report and reach 1/3 of the total number of their assignments;

(IV) Students who miss more than 3 random rolls;

(V) Students who copy homework or falsify data in experiment report, works or course papers  

(VI) Students who don’t take exams at scheduled time without reasonable reasons.  

Course teachers should give a list of student who cannot take final exams with reasons and inform relevant students. The list should be given to the subordinate school that the students belong to, School of International Education and Teaching Affairs Department for record by the subordinate school that the course belongs to. The grade to the course will be zero and no make-up examination will be given. The students have to retake the course if it is compulsory.

VI. Students will be assessed with 0 points for discipline violations, cheating or absence without any reason and marked Violation of Examination Discipline, Cheating or Absence. They are not allowed to take the make-up examination for the corresponding courses

VII. Students who cannot attend an examination because of acute illness or other special reasons should strictly follow all necessary procedures of delay as required. They can postpone the examination with approval.

Those who are in acute illness should apply with disease statement signed by doctors in school clinic. After approval from Deputy Dean of subordinate School who is responsible for teaching affairs (or who is responsible for foreign affairs), it should be kept on record at Teaching Affairs Department. The examination of the deferred course is usually arranged in the make-up examinations, and the deferred examinations must be failed to take the retake directly.

Those who are absent for temporary special reasons should provide supporting materials. After approval from Deputy Dean of subordinate School who is responsible for teaching affairs, it should be kept on record at Teaching Affairs Department.

The assessment of the postponed examination course is usually arranged in the make-up examination. Those who fail should retake the course directly.

VIII. Those who fail in examination or tests have one time to take a make-up examination or tests unless it formulates that students can not retake the examination. For those practical courses, students should take part in the practices or debates again, or retake examination. Make-up time, in general, will be arranged in the first two weeks of the next semester, and GPA for those who pass the make-up exam will be 1.0.

IX. If the subordinate school deems it appropriate that the international student can be exempted from studying a course or use other credits instead, it should be reported to Teaching Affairs Department. Approved by Teaching Affairs Department, the international student can be exempted from studying the course or use other credits instead. And it also should be kept record at School of International Education.

X. In principle, international undergraduate students can not apply to study a course by self-teaching. But when a course is needed to be retaken and another course is arranged at the same time, the students can submit application to the course-instructor for not attending class. With the permission of the course-instructor and confirmation of the subordinate school, the students can finish the course by self-teaching. During the period self-teaching, the students should finish their school assignments, do experiments and participate in the examinations.

XI. International undergraduate students who use foreign Language as teaching language when receiving Bachelor degree education should write the abstract of the graduation thesis in Chinese.

XII. Minor or double-degree programs developed by the subordinate school can accept international students and charge a fare accordingly.

Article 11 Attendance should be checked in the classes, experiments, internship, social investigation and other teaching parts for undergraduate students. Those who cannot attend the required courses or other teaching activities on time because of illness or other reasons should handle the written leave procedure and get the approval. Those who cannot ask for leave in advance for acute illness or emergency should make up the procedure within 3 days. The regulations for different kinds of leave are follows:

I. International students who are ill should provide a medical certificate from the school clinic or an acceptable hospital to ask for leave. Absences less than two days should be approved by the adviser and should be kept record at the relevant subordinate school; Absences exceeding two days and less than a week should be approved by the adviser and Dean who is responsible for teaching affairs from the relevant subordinate school and should be kept record School of International Education at the relevant subordinate school. Absences exceeding a week should be approved by the dean of the relevant subordinate school and should be kept record at Teaching Affairs Department and School of International Education.

II. International undergraduate students are not allowed to ask for private affairs leave in principle. They should follow the leave procedure in advance for exceptional case. The regulation is same as the above.

III. International undergraduate students should ask from people who are responsible for teaching affairs in the relevant department for official affairs leave.

Students who are absent from class for more than 4 weeks in one semester should apply to suspension of schooling. Those who absent from class without asking for leaving or permission or do not go back to school after the permitted time will be seen as truant and will be punished according to Regulations on Rule-breakers of ZUST.

Article 12. International undergraduate students who violate discipline or cheat in the examination will be assessed with 0 points and punished according to the seriousness of the circumstances. The appeal for special case will be forwarded and deliberated in Meeting of School President. Specific can refer to Regulations on the Determination and Disposal of Disciplinary Violation in Examination.Student appeals for special circumstances are submitted for consideration by the President's meeting.

Article 13. The relevant subordinate schools are responsible for the teaching affairs as well as the administration work. Relevant subordinate schools should attach importance to the guidance of the international students, such as course selection, make-up examination, course retaking, delayed tests, how to use academic affairs management system, etc. And subordinate schools should appoint one person to give assistance to international students to draw up their study plans. Subordinate schools should also pay attention to the daily life of the students and arrange the top Chinese students to help international students overcome difficulties and get adapted to the new learning environment as soon as possible.

Article 14. The academic affairs of the second-level college will summarize and report the class attendance of undergraduate international students to the relevant leaders of the college and submit it to the School of International Education every month. According to the specific situation of students' attendance, the mechanism of first-level warning (absence of 10-29 classeses), second-level warning (absence of 30-39 classes) and third-level warning (absence of 40-49 classes) will be implemented. Measures such as communication talk, written attendance warning and written withdrawal warning will be taken to urge students to attend school in time. For students who are absent for 50 hours or more in a semester, they will be withdrawn from the university and apply to the Hangzhou Immigration Bureau to cancel their student visas.

Article 15 The Academic Affairs Office is responsible for the macro teaching management of undergraduate international students; the Teaching Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Center is responsible for the organization and management of teaching quality monitoring and evaluation of undergraduate international students; each second-level college is responsible for the organization and implementation of teaching activities and teaching management of undergraduate international students; the College of International Education cooperates with relevant functional departments to carry out relevant work.

Chapter Three Change of Major, Suspension, Resumption of Studies and dropping out

Article 16 International undergraduates have one opportunity to change their majors in principle. Those who want to change their major should apply for changing at the end of each semester according to Regulations On Undergraduates Major Changing. After getting the permission from relevant subordinate schools, School of International Education and Teaching Affairs Department can the students change their majors. And the second-level college receiving students will review the credits of the courses students have taken and confirm the transfer grade before they can enter the corresponding grade professional classes.

Article 17 Undergraduates can apply for schooling suspension under following circumstances:

(I) Leave for more than 4 weeks;

(II) Those who have not paid accommodation fees for one semester or have not paid tuition fees for 2 consecutive semesters;

(III) Suggestions for schooling suspension from hospitals;

(IV) Pregnancy;

(V) Those who cannot register for other reasons.

Article 18 Students can apply for schooling suspension or 1 semester or 1 year commonly and for 3 years at most. The application for suspension will first be signed by relevant subordinate schools and School of International Education. After being admitted, students should complete all the leaving procedures and visa procedures within 1 week. During the suspension period, they cannot participate in school activities and enjoy the rights given to students learning at school, school is not responsible for any accidents or infringements and their scholarship will be suspended according to the rule of scholarship implementation of School of International Education.

Article 19 Undergraduate international students should apply to the university for reinstatement 2 weeks before the semester starts, and apply for reinstatement after the approval of subordinate school and Academic Affairs Office, and the School of International Education files. Students who have been suspended from school due to injury or illness must have a diagnosis letter from a hospital of Grade IIA or above to prove that they have recovered their health and have passed the review by the university health center before they can resume their studies. Those who fail to pass the review must continue to suspend or withdraw from school.

Article 20 International students will be excluded from the university if they have one of the following situations:

I. Voluntary withdrawal from school;

II. Those who do not register in 2 weeks after the supposed time period without reasonable reasons;

III. Those who fail to finish all the courses in the period time permitted by the school;

IV. Those who fail to resume their study after schooling suspension period or fail to pass the examination of schooling resume;

V. Those who cannot go on the study at school for illness or disability with the prove of hospital;

VI. Those who are absent for schooling for more than 2 weeks or more in succession;

VII. Skip classes for more than 50 periods in one semester.

VIII. For those whose credits obtained are less than 1/2 credits they should obtain, relevant subordinate school will give them paper warning for the first time, which will be kept record in School of International Education. If such phenomenon appears for the second time, relevant subordinate school and School of International Education will give them drop-out paper warning together. If such phenomenon appears for the third time, the students should be ordered to quit school.

IX. Those who cause serious social influence on school due to violation of discipline and law, receive paper warning from School of International Education 3 or more than 3 times.

X. Have anti-Chinese words and deeds seriously during the period of school.

XI. Violate Chinese laws and get custody by Chinese authority.

XII. Those who apply for tuition fee deferment but are unable to clear the arrearage beyond the deadline.

XIII. Those who have not purchased the comprehensive medical insurance within the prescribed period or whose medical examinations have expired and refuse to take the examinations within the prescribed period.

Article 21Students who drop out can't resume their studies in principle.

Article 22 Dropout decision should be proposed jointly by relevant subordinate school and School of International Education and get approval from the deans who are responsible for teaching and foreign affairs after being verified by Teaching Affairs Department. School of International Education will send the decision document to the student. If the student cannot be reached, it will be sent in the way required by Chinese Law. The student should leave school in 15 days and School will refund tuition fees in accordance with the standards of refunding.

School of International Education will report to International Students Scholarship Administration Committee about the drop-out of international student who come to China with government scholarship and inform relevant embassies at the same time.

Article 23Those who don’t agree with drop-out decisions can appeal to the Student Appeal Committee.

Chapter Four Schooling, Completion of Study, Graduation and Degrees

Article 24 The basic academic system and flexible academic system are implemented for undergraduate students. The basic academic duration for undergraduate students is 4 years (including 5 years for architecture and urban and rural planning majors), and the length of study is 3-8 years (including 4-9 years for architecture and urban and rural planning majors). Those who cannot graduate in time for any reason can apply for an extension.  School will provide at most 5 years studying visa starting from the date registered at ZUST for international undergraduate students( Architecture and Urban and Rural Planning 6 years). If students are unable to complete study during the longest period of time for visa, they should leave China and return to school for examinations during the schedule time. School will help them with short-term entry visa.

Article 25  School will conduct a prequalification to students who have entered the graduation year. Those who obtained 18 compulsory course credits less than requirement(not including 18), or those whose total credits 40(not including 40) less than the lowest criterion set by academic program(except uninitiated compulsory courses) can’t enter the graduation year and degrade.

Article 26 Those who have completed all stipulated courses in advance according to syllabus can graduate beforehand. The students should apply to relevant subordinate school. Once the application is approved of by subordinate school, relevant documents should be submitted to School of International Education and Teaching Affairs Department for approval. In addition, such application should be submitted to relevant subordinate schools 2 semesters in advance. For those students who graduate in advance, their tuition fees should be paid according to Regulations on ZUST International Students Tuition Fees.

Article 27 International undergraduate students who complete all the courses on the training plan, get a qualified result with the required years and gain the required credits of their own majors are allowed to graduate and conferred diplomas. If they don’t meet the requirements of graduation but complete all the courses on the training plan,  they will be issued certificates for courses completed.

Article 28 Those who are not conferred diplomas but issued certificates for courses completed can come back to ZUST in flexible study years to take part in course examinations which they didn’t pass in the past. Once they pass those course examinations, they can be reissued diploma. Graduation time renews from the change of certificate.

Article 29 The undergraduate students who are allowed to graduate can be awarded the bachelor's degree and the degree certificate will be issued by the university after the opinions of the secondary college and the examination and approval of the academic degree evaluation committee of the university. Students who violate academic integrity will be restricted from obtaining a degree; In case of academic misconduct such as cheating, plagiarism, plagiarism or other improper means, the university shall have the right to revoke the academic diploma or degree certificate once it is verified.

Article 30 Those who do not obtain bachelor's degree and bachelor's degree because their Chinese language level does not meet the requirements of the major training program may take the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) in China or abroad within the flexible study period specified by the university. Those who pass the HSK can apply to the second-level college for the issuance of bachelor's degree with the certificate, and the university will approve the issuance of bachelor's degree and bachelor's certificate.

Article 31 If the graduation and degree certificates are lost or damaged, the school can issue the corresponding certificates after the application and verification by the school. The certificate has the same effect as the original certificate.

Article 32 Undergraduate students who hold a study visa from our university after completing their undergraduate studies in China should pay the corresponding professional tuition fees.

Chapter Five Supplementary Provisions

Article 33 The right to interpret this regulation remains with the Teaching Affairs Department and School of International Education. If matters not mentioned herein, implement in accordance with Administrative Provisions on Full-time Student Status of ZUST( No. 44 of 2017).In special cases, submit to the Dean's Office for study and decision.

Article 34 These regulations are adopted by the President's Office and shall be implemented from the date of issuance of the document to the undergraduate students of the class of 2022. If there is any inconsistency with these regulations, these regulations shall prevail.