Public methodology

Do not take our word for it

For every programme we retain its source, review date and confidence boundary. If a university has not published a fee or deadline, we say so instead of inserting a marketing number.

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Catalogue status now

universities
129
programmes
781
records with verified status
747
latest source review
Completed on 28 August 2026

Manual 2027 admissions audit

We reviewed the official admissions materials of all 129 universities, checking the latest published cycle, programmes, deadlines, fees, housing, scholarships and exams. Older terms were not carried into 2027 automatically.

129/129universities manually reviewed
full university-wide 2027 intake
5
specific 2027 data confirmed
84
general 2027 intake not published
40
official sources reviewed
491

Important: “partial” means only a specific programme, scholarship or calendar covering 2027. It does not mean the university has opened its full 2027 intake. A “2026–2027 academic year” that starts in Fall 2026 is not treated as a new 2027 intake.

Confirmed specific programmes and routes: 180
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Source hierarchy

The higher the source, the more fields it may verify. Aggregators may help locate a document, but they are not evidence.

01

Official notice for the current intake

University PDF or page, government portal, or official application system.

02

Official subject-specific page

An exam, visa centre, immigration authority or scholarship operator page.

03

Previous official notice

Shown only as the latest published reference, with its year and a clear recheck warning.

04

Secondary source

Used to find a lead, never as the sole basis for a fee, deadline or promise.

02

What we verify field by field

A record status does not make every field permanently true. Fees, deadlines, language and scholarships are checked separately.

01Programme availability

The programme is listed for international students and the relevant intake.

02Tuition

We retain the amount, currency and billing period: semester, year or full programme.

03Deadline

We never carry a previous year's date into a new intake without a new source.

04Language and exams

We record HSK/IELTS/TOEFL, scores, validity and required CSCA subjects.

05Documents

We separate the general list from programme-specific requirements.

06Scholarship

We show coverage, duration and renewal conditions; an available award is not an award won.

07Review date

This is when a reviewer opened the source and matched the field, not when the page was created.

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Four honest statuses

Verified

An official source exists for the relevant intake and the field matches it.

Recheck required

An official source exists, but it predates the current intake or may have changed.

Not published

The university has not supplied a reliable figure or date. The field remains empty.

Archived

The intake is closed or the programme disappeared from the current notice; data is retained for history only.

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When data is updated

  1. 01

    When a university releases a new notice or opens its application portal.

  2. 02

    Before a programme enters a client's personal application plan.

  3. 03

    After a change to fees, deadlines, language thresholds, CSCA or scholarship coverage.

  4. 04

    If a source is unavailable, the field is not automatically marked as newly verified.

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How to read the numbers

  1. 01

    Exact amount — officially published for the stated billing period.

  2. 02

    Range — the official tariff varies by campus, room, major or student category.

  3. 03

    Estimate — a Linglong planning figure; it is always labelled and never presented as a university tariff.

  4. 04

    We show CNY 0 only when a source explicitly says the cost is covered.

Open correction

Found an error?

Send the official notice and identify the programme. We will compare the source, correct the specific field and update its review date without silently rewriting history.

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