Medical examination for study in China

When the form is required, how to avoid an invalid report and why an exam may be repeated.

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Short answer

Long-term programmes and many scholarships request the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. All items normally need completion in Chinese or English, the photograph must be sealed, and the doctor and hospital must sign and stamp it. Many notices treat the result as valid for six months.

Requirements vary by university, programme, citizenship and application location. Check the notice for your exact intake before submitting.

01

Who needs it and when

The requirement is most common for study over six months, scholarship applications and a study residence permit after arrival. Short programmes may use a different list. Do not take the exam too early: the six-month period needs to cover submission or registration.

02

What makes the form valid

Use the official template and ask the clinic to complete every listed examination. Common rejection reasons include blank fields, no doctor's conclusion, no hospital stamp, an unsealed photograph, or missing laboratory and X-ray attachments.

  • Name and date of birth match the passport.
  • The form is completed in Chinese or English.
  • Photograph, doctor's signature and medical institution stamp are present.
  • Attachments are legible and translated if the notice requires it.
03

Why a recheck may happen

For a residence permit, the local authority or university may send a student to an authorised centre to verify the overseas report or repeat the examination. This does not make the original form pointless: it may have been required for the application itself.

04

Handling medical records

Upload records only to the official university or scholarship system. Keep the original separately and do not send the full form in casual messages: it contains sensitive personal data.

What to do now

What to do now

  1. 01

    Download the template from the programme notice.

  2. 02

    Work backwards from submission or registration using the six-month window.

  3. 03

    Check the photo seal, doctor's signature and hospital stamp.

  4. 04

    Bring the original and attachments to China.

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