Doctoral Program General Requirements:

To apply for this program as an international student, applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a Master's Degree from an institution accredited by P.R. China's Ministry of Education. Residents of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan who have emigrated to other countries and are applying to Peking University as international students must present a valid non-Chinese passport or citizenship documents dated prior to April 30th, 2019, along with proof of cancellation of their Chinese nationality. 

Note: The exit and entry administration authority of the public security organ of China reserves the right to judge whether an applicant still has Chinese nationality. If during the application period or even after the admission or registration the applicant is judged to be still holding Chinese nationality, his/her application, admission, registration or even enrollment will be nullified. 

Competitive applicants should have an outstanding undergraduate and/or postgraduate academic record, strong references, and a clear interest in pursuing an academic career at a university or another academic or research-oriented institution.

Students are welcome to submit GRE, GMAT, or other standardized test scores in support of their application.

Applicants whose native language is not English and whose undergraduate and postgraduate programs were not taught in English, are required to demonstrate English language proficiency. Applicants who are required to demonstrate their English proficiency can do so by providing TOEFL scores of no less than 100 or an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with no sub-score lower than 5.5.

Pre-doctoral Program General Requirements:

To apply for this program as an international student, applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a Bachelor's Degree from college/university accredited by P.R. China's Ministry of Education. Residents or former residents of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan who have emigrated to other countries and are applying to Peking University as international students must present a valid non-Chinese passport or citizenship documents dated prior to April 30, 2019, along with proof of cancellation of Chinese nationality. 

Note: The exit and entry administration authority of the public security organ of China reserves the right to judge whether an applicant still has Chinese nationality. If during the application period or even after the admission or registration the applicant is judged to be still holding Chinese nationality, his/her application, admission, registration or even enrollment will be nullified.

Competitive applicants should have an outstanding undergraduate academic record, strong references, and a clear interest in pursuing an academic career at a university or another academic or research-oriented institution.

Students are welcome to submit GRE, GMAT, or other standardized test scores in support of their application.

Applicants whose native language is not English and whose undergraduate programs were not taught in English, are required to demonstrate English language proficiency. Applicants who are required to demonstrate their English proficiency can do so by providing TOEFL scores of no less than 100 or an overall IELTS score of 6.5 with no sub-score lower than 5.5.