Can international students in Qingbei really enter lying down?

After Peking University and Tsinghua announced the 20 18 international student (undergraduate) enrollment brochure, recently, some netizens said: Chinese-American students of Peking University in Tsinghua can be exempted from the exam, and they can almost "enter" Peking University in Tsinghua.

Does the "exemption" clause lower the entry threshold? Some experts pointed out to Du Nan that this was not the case. According to the regulations, applicants studying in China must hold a valid foreign passport or nationality certificate for more than 4 years, and have a record of actually living abroad for more than 2 years in the last 4 years. Tsinghua University has also publicly stated that the "test-free" admission will enable the school to give international students a wider choice, with a higher enrollment threshold and stronger competition.

Foreign Chinese are required to take the college entrance examination with the Alien Residence Permit.

It is understood that the "exemption from examination" system for international students (undergraduate) enrollment is not the first one this year.

From 20 17, Tsinghua University began to implement the "application-review" system for international students (undergraduate) enrollment: international students who meet the application conditions are exempted from the traditional written test content and can submit an application to Tsinghua University, and the school will accept them through online application and comprehensive evaluation (including material review and interview).

According to the admissions brochure, foreign students are required to provide qualified materials, such as official transcripts (originals and official documents in Chinese or English) provided by the highest education school; National/regional unified high school graduation examination transcripts; Internationally recognized standardized test results.

Candidates who have passed the material review can enter the interview session. For excellent applicants, after expert evaluation, they have the opportunity to be admitted without examination.

It is understood that this enrollment method is more common in the world. In recent years, China's colleges and universities have accelerated the process of internationalization, further reformed the enrollment methods of international students, and the "application-review" system has gradually become popular in colleges and universities.

Foreign Chinese must live overseas for at least two years before applying for admission.

The newly published 20 18 Tsinghua University international academic (undergraduate) enrollment brochure (hereinafter referred to as the enrollment brochure) found that the content is basically the same as that of 20 17.

At the beginning of 20 17, when Tsinghua University released the 20 17 international student (undergraduate) enrollment brochure, it caused a heated discussion because of the "exemption". Netizens believe that foreign Chinese can "lie down and enter Tsinghua", which is unfair to domestic college entrance examination students. Some netizens questioned that under the pressure of entering a higher school, "exemption from exams" may prompt more people to go to the United States to have children, and after obtaining American citizenship, they can easily enter famous domestic schools through the "application-review" system.

But this is not the case. In the above-mentioned enrollment brochure, it is also clearly stipulated for such groups: "Those who were originally citizens of China and later joined foreign nationality shall be implemented according to Document No.83 of the Ministry of Education (2009)."

According to the "Document No.83 (2009) issued by the Ministry of Education" (the full name is "Notice of the Ministry of Education on Standardizing the Work of Receiving Foreign Students in Colleges and Universities"), starting from 20 10, applicants studying in China must hold valid foreign passports or nationality certificates for more than 4 years, and have actually lived abroad in the last 4 years (before April 40 of the year of enrollment). Residents of Chinese mainland (Mainland), Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province returned to China to receive high school education and emigrated after graduation. Those who have not recovered their China nationality belong to foreigners who have settled in China. Those who meet the registration requirements for the enrollment track of domestic ordinary colleges and universities can sign up for the unified enrollment examination of national ordinary colleges and universities at the place set by the provincial admissions committee of the province (autonomous region, municipality) where they are located by the Alien Residence Permit issued by the public security organ of the province (autonomous region, municipality).

This also means that it is not easy for students with foreign passports to attend domestic universities, and they need to provide overseas residence certificates and other documents.

Some insiders told Southern Reporter that in fact, before the implementation of the examination system, foreign Chinese and Asian students had the advantage of Chinese. For schools, the choice of international students is relatively narrow.

Many domestic universities "exempt" international students.

Southern Reporter found that in addition to Tsinghua University, Peking University, Renmin University, Xiamen University, China Communication University and other universities have also introduced the "application-review" system in recent years.

Xiamen University is an institution that began to implement the "application-review" system for international students earlier. As early as 20 14, Xiamen University clearly stated that "our school will implement an application review system that is in line with international standards."

In addition, some schools have also set up two enrollment methods: "examination" and "exemption from examination". However, regardless of whether they take the exam or not, the international students who apply must abide by the relevant regulations. For example, in this year's enrollment brochures, most colleges and universities mentioned that residents of Chinese mainland (Mainland China), Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province should have lived abroad for more than 2 years as applicants for foreign students.

The newly published "China Renmin University Undergraduate Admissions Guide for International Students in China in 20 18" also proposes that candidates who were originally citizens of China and joined foreign nationality should submit the naturalization certificate and the cancellation of the original China household registration certificate, as well as the last four years (original for reference) and the last four years (March 20 14 to March 20 18).

Many schools also require China candidates who were born abroad and obtained foreign nationality to provide birth certificates.

Tsinghua said, "The threshold is higher and the competition is stronger after the exemption."

As early as 20 17, Tsinghua University Admissions Office responded to public opinion that the "application-review" system is a relatively common way to select undergraduate students, which can more comprehensively assess students' high school academic level, Chinese level and comprehensive quality. Therefore, as one of the measures of school education and teaching reform, starting from 20 17, Tsinghua implemented the "application-review" system for undergraduate students.

Regarding netizens' query that "exemption from exams means lowering the threshold", Tsinghua University said that through the requirements of application materials, we can find that the threshold of new admission methods will be higher. For example, it includes written test scores required by major universities in various countries, but not limited to SAT, AP, A-level, national college entrance examination scores, etc. It will serve as an important basis for admission and assessment, as well as supporting documents such as university admission notices such as award-winning certificates.

Tsinghua University said that after the application-review system was implemented for undergraduate students, the application scope of outstanding students was expanded, which actually increased the competition difficulty of applicants.

Will the exemption cause unfairness to domestic candidates? Tsinghua University also said that its enrollment scale in China is strictly in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Education, and the number of international students does not account for the number of domestic students.

Expert: The application threshold does not mean the admission threshold.

In the view of Xiong Bingqi, an educational scholar, "the threshold of application is not equal to the threshold of admission", and the "entrance without examination" adopted by domestic universities for international students does not mean that the threshold of enrollment is lowered. Internationally, most international students in colleges and universities adopt the "application-review" system, and those who meet the requirements can apply. Xiong Bingqi thinks, but that doesn't mean you can be admitted if you meet the application conditions. It is relatively scientific for schools to select the most satisfied students among many applicants.

In addition, the "application-review" system can avoid the unscientific drawbacks of testing students from different countries with the same test paper.

Southern Reporter noted that it is not "maverick" for colleges and universities to activate the "application-review" system for international students. The plan for studying in China issued by the Ministry of Education in September 2009 proposes to reform the enrollment method for studying in China and adopt the internationally accepted flexible enrollment method of examination, examination and examination. On the basis of perfecting the preparatory education system, we will gradually establish the learning standards for students studying in China to enter undergraduate majors.

In recent years, the state has issued a series of policies devoted to the internationalization of education in China. According to the Work Flow Schedule of Sub-projects of Studying in China previously issued by the Ministry of Education, the number of students studying abroad will reach 409,000, 437,000, 468,000 and 500,000 in 20 17, 20 19 and 2020, with an annual growth rate of 6.

The plan for studying in China also proposes that by 2020, there will be 500,000 foreign students studying in mainland universities, primary and secondary schools, including 6,543.8+0.5 million students receiving higher education, making China the largest destination for studying in Asia.

In this context, major universities in China have studied and explored enrollment methods that are in line with the world, such as the above-mentioned "application-examination" system. Some industry experts told Du Nan that the idea of netizens is too simple, and famous universities have specific thresholds. In addition, the controversial point of the "application-review" system should not be "fairness", after all, it does not account for the number of domestic students. Colleges and universities should think about how to enhance their strength and attract more world-class talents.