📖 About the university

Nankai University is a public research university in Tianjin, founded in 1919, and it is one of the most prestigious comprehensive universities in northern China with a strong tradition in the liberal arts and sciences. It is included in Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First-Class initiative. Nankai is historically distinguished as the alma mater of Premier Zhou Enlai and is especially renowned for chemistry, mathematics, economics, history, and business. Its balanced strengths across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences give it a reputation for academic depth and rigour.

Close to the port city and economic hub of Tianjin and near Beijing, the university offers a scholarly environment with modern campuses and an active intellectual and cultural life. Nankai maintains broad international collaborations and hosts a substantial international student community. International applicants can study the Chinese language and prepare for the HSK, and the university offers a range of degree programs, including English-taught options at the graduate level in fields such as economics and the sciences. It is well suited to academically strong students seeking a comprehensive university with particular strengths in chemistry, mathematics, economics, or the humanities.

🎯 Fields of study

🏛️ Colleges & schools

🌆 About Tianjin

Tianjin is a major northern port municipality on the Bohai Gulf, historically Beijing's gateway to the sea and a former treaty port with rich colonial architecture. With a metropolitan population of around 14 million, it combines a busy modern port and financial district with atmospheric old European quarters. The climate is a temperate monsoon one, giving hot, humid summers and cold, dry, windy winters. Landmarks include the Tianjin Eye ferris wheel built on a bridge, the elegant Five Great Avenues, the Ancient Culture Street, and the mosaic-covered Porcelain House. Tianjin has a lively snack culture famed for Goubuli steamed buns, Shibajie fried dough twists, and guobacai. It runs a modern metro, Binhai International Airport, and sits just half an hour from Beijing by high-speed rail. For an international student, Tianjin offers big-city amenities and strong universities at lower cost than Beijing, with the capital right next door.

💰 Fees & costs

💡 General estimates for international students in China; they vary by major and university, and the official figure is always on the university website.

🛂 Visa requirements by nationality

These are the general steps for the China student visa (X1/X2); details vary by the Chinese embassy in your country.