Directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Chang'an University is one of the national Project 211 key universities and one of the Project 985 Predominant Discipline Innovation Platform universities. Characterized by its focus on nurturing professional talents in highways and transportation, territorial resources, and urban-rural development, in more than 60 years Chang'an University has graduated more than 250,000 students at different levels. Chang'an University has 21 schools or departments, five national-level key disciplines, 26 provincial-level key disciplines, eight post-doctoral research stations, nine first-tier doctoral programs, 34 first-tier master programs, 40 undergraduate specialties as well as 10 disciplines authorized to confer master degrees, and 16 more specifically enrolling master degree engineering students. At present, the full-time student population of Chang'an University exceeds 33,000; including 9,000 doctoral and master postgraduates and international students. Chang'an also has the world's only university-based comprehensive automobile testing ground.

The university's enrollment of international students started in 1956. To date, it has turned out more than 4,000 graduates from nearly 70 countries including the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Yemen. There are now more than 800 international students studying there. The university has established inter-university cooperation with over 100 higher education and scientific research institutions from more than 20 countries and regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, Japan and South Korea.

Established in the year 2006, the International Education School of Chang'an University recruits and manages international students and focuses on educational research as well as the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language. In 2018, the number of international students studying in the International Education School was 1012. The school has 15 departments, and 55 disciplines. Since 2010, Chang'an University has been offering undergraduate courses, taught in English, in civil engineering (School of Civil Engineering), international business and trade (School of Economics and Management), and electronic information (School of Information Engineering). In 2017, it opened seven master and doctoral courses with lectures in English for Chinese government scholarship students and self-financed international students, including an MBA program and others in structural engineering, architecture, surveying and mapping (field of study: geodesy and survey engineering), surveying and mapping (field of study: cartography and geographical information engineering), traffic information engineering and control, logistics engineering and management, and information and communication engineering. The mechanical engineering program presented in English was added in 2018.

Application process

Fill in your personal information, and submit the materials required for application (refer to the list below for materials required for application)

(Time for review: 7-14 days)

Once basic materials are reviewed and accepted, a professional level review will be conducted

(Time for review: about 45 days)

Visa Application Form for Study in China (JW201) will be submitted for you, and an official Notice of Admission will be sent out.

(Time for delivery: about 7 days)

You are expected to take the Notice of Admission and Form JW202 to your local Chinese Embassy to apply for a student visa (X Visa)

Report and register at Chang'an University. Welcome!