Qualifications-Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University

(1) Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens holding a foreign private ordinary passport.

Applicants who were formerly residents of Chinese Mainland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, or the Taiwan region, and who have immigrated and acquired foreign nationality, must have held a valid foreign passport or other nationality document on or before 30 April 2020. At the time of application, they must already have cancelled their Chinese household registration (hukou) and must provide proof of such cancellation.

Applicants who acquired foreign nationality by birth in a foreign country and whose parents were both Chinese citizens or one parent was a Chinese citizen: the Chinese-citizen parent(s) must have obtained permanent resident status in that foreign country at the time of the applicant’s birth.*
*At the time of application, applicants must submit documentation regarding their parents' information, as well as proof of the applicant's renunciation of the nationality of the People's Republic of China and a certificate of cancellation of the applicant's Chinese household registration (hukou).

Note: Whether an applicant who holds foreign nationality also possesses the nationality of the People’s Republic of China shall be determined by the nationality appraisal issued by the Exit and Entry Administration of the Chinese public-security authorities. If, after application, admission, or enrolment, an applicant is determined to possess Chinese nationality or to be otherwise ineligible, the applicant’s application, admission offer, enrolment, or student status will be revoked.

(2) Master's degree program applicants should have a Bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree to a Bachelor's degree (or above) in China. The students who will enroll in 2026 must obtain the nationally recognized bachelor's or master' degree（for the universities of Chinese mainland）or the degree authentication report issued by Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange,Ministry of Education,P.R.China（CSCSE) (for overseas universities) before THU graduate student registration date of 2026, otherwise the admission qualification is invalid.

GMA Program: degree in engineering, science, mathematics, statistics, business, or related disciplines.

IMEM Program: degree in engineering, science, management, or related disciplines.

(3) Applicants should be in good health and of good character(meet the physical examination requirements stipulated by the country and THU), be well-behaved and be willing to abide by China's laws and regulations, as well as Tsinghua's rules.

(4) Language competency requirements:

Master's Program in English: Proficiency in English is mandatory (C1 level at least).

Master's Program in Chinese: Proficiency in Chinese(HSK level 6 with a score of 180 or above).

Note: The applicant shall carefully check whether he / she meets the application qualification and application requirements (including the application requirements declared by the target school/department/major/program) before applying. The relevant consequences arising from his / her failure to meet the application qualification and application requirements shall be borne by the applicant himself / herself.

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