International Economics and Trade (in English)

South China University of Technology (SCUT) is one of China's key universities under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China. SCUT has built cooperation with over 50 overseas universities. English-medium courses available there, such as MBA, Software Engineering Computer Science and Technology, International Economics and Trade, and Tourism Management are really popular among international students. MBA and Software Engineering.It is named as "a cradle of engineers" and "a cradle of entrepreneurs". SICAS ranks it a five-star university. You are warmly welcomed to pursue academic excellence in SCUT.

Program Overview

This program aims to educate international students with a theoretical knowledge of economics and management, a good command of the theories and skills of international trade, strong computer application skills and bilingual communication. Graduates are demanded in fields of international business and economics, multinational enterprises, and governmental departments of economics.

Major Courses Chinese, Introduction to Chinese Culture, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Principles of International Trade, International Finance, Financial Management, Introduction to China’s External Trade

Degree Awarded Students who satisfy all the conditions prescribed by SCUT will be awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

Duration 4 Years

Fee & Accommodation

International Campus：RMB 20000 per year (Single air-conditioned room); RMB 10000 per year (Double air-conditioned room)

Term/Semester Date SCUT has two semesters a year; the main semester which admits new students only, runs from September to January, and the second semester runs from late February or early March to July.

South China University of Technology (SCUT) is situated in Guangzhou, a southern metropolitan in China. The university, which has a total area of 294 hectares, The university has two campuses: The North Campus and the South Campus.  SCUT is also known as one of China's key universities operating under the direct leadership of the State Ministry of Education.  



South China University of Technology (SCUT), formerly known as the South China Institute of Technology, was established in 1952. In 1960, SCUT was awarded ranked among the key universities of China. In 1981, it was authorized by the State Council to confer doctor degrees and master degrees, and was among the first universities in the country to do so. In 1995, it was selected as one of the universities into which China will make significant investment in the 21st century. In 1999, it was rated "excellent" during the Undergraduate Teaching Assessment, and was among the first "Excellent Universities of Undergraduate Education" in the country. In the same year, a national science park was established with the authorization of State Ministry of Technology and State Ministry of Education. In 2000, Graduate School was authorized to be established. In 2001, the new cooperative construction of State Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province was implemented in SCUT and it was listed among the top universities in the country. After more than 50 years of development, SCUT has become a multidisciplinary university of high reputation in South China and in the whole country, focusing on engineering, combined with science, also promoting well coordinated development of management, economics, humanities and law.
 



Campus view of SCUT

With precise knowledge pursuit, the school eminent spirit of comity and factualism has come into being. SCUT sticks to its educational guideline of "emphasizing moral character, building well-grounded base, strengthening ability and cultivating comprehensive adaptability". And this guideline has helped cultivating exclusive technological and management talents that are welcomed to the society. In recent years, the demand of graduate students has exceeded their supply. The employment rate of its undergraduates in 2010 has reached 98.44% and that of its graduates 99.6%. Since its founding, the university has cultivated for the country over 196,000 graduates at all levels. A large number of school fellows have become technological mainstays, distinguished entrepreneurs or leading cadres. SCUT is named by the society as "a cradle of engineers" and "a cradle of entrepreneurs".
 
Facing the new century, SCUT will take discipline constructions as pre-requisite, regard individual as its roots, consider talent cultivation as its ultimate aim and highlight technological pursuit. SCUT intends to enlarge and extend its scale and realize the coordinated development of its scale, structure, quality and benefit. SCUT accelerates its education reform by gearing the university from multidiscipline-oriented to integration-oriented, from teaching research-oriented to research-oriented, and from partial open form to completely open form, so as to build SCUT into a top-ranking State university and a famous world-class university.

 

Project		cost detail
Five Hills Campus (all air-conditioned rooms)	accommodation fee （10 months from the fall semester to the end of the spring semester of the following year）	Single room: 15,000 yuan Double room: 9,800 RMB Triple room: 8,000 yuan
	Cold/summer accommodation fee (Only for short-term group students)	Single room: 50 yuan/day Double room: 33 RMB/day Triple room: 27 yuan/day
University City Campus (all air-conditioned rooms)	accommodation fee (10 months from the fall semester to the end of the following spring semester)	conditioned double room: 8,000 yuan Air-conditioned quadruple room: 3,500 yuan
	Cold/summer accommodation fee (Only for short-term group students)	Air-conditioned double room: 27 yuan/day Air-conditioned quadruple room: 12 yuan/day
International Campus (all air-conditioned rooms)	accommodation fee (10 months from the autumn semester to the end of the spring semester of the following year)	Air-conditioned single room: 20,000 yuan Air-conditioned double room: 10,000 yuan
	Cold/summer accommodation fee (Only for short-term group students)	Air-conditioned single room: 67 yuan/day Air-conditioned double room: 33 yuan/day
The dormitory is equipped with: bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, bookcase, Internet port.
Public facilities include: study room, reading room, activity room (TV room), table tennis room, kitchen, laundry room.

Note:
Dormitory beds are limited, and the dormitory is allocated on a "first come, first served" basis;
The accommodation fee shall be settled in RMB. The accommodation fee shall be paid upon check-in (online or bank card payment, cash not accepted);
International students may live off campus, but must register at the local police station within 24 hours of arrival. ·
Stay less than one month, the fee is calculated by day, the standard is as follows (only applicable to five Hills campus)

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1.18 years old or above, high school graduate or above.

2.Non-English speaking countries are required to submit a TOEFL score of 85 or IELTS 5.5, or take SCUT's placement test.

1. Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2. Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3. Graduation certificate of high school
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4. Academic transcript of high school

5. Health certificate(optional)
Photocopy of physical examination record.

6. Certificate of English proficiency test
IELTS or TOEFl will only be required if the applicant is not a native English speaker.

7. Financial guarantee letter
Photocopy of the signatured financial guarantee letter from his/her financial guarantor to prove their solvency.

8. Copy of article or papers published