Undergraduate domestic students -UG entry requirements and admissions process
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Article1. General Principles
1. It is approved by the Ministry of Education that the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China can recruit students in 29 provinces in Year 2011, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Hubei, Chongqing, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Neimenggu, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Jilin, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Hainan Provinces. The whole target intake is 1350. International students can visit our dedicated international student pages
2. To make the admissions work go smoothly, the Admission Policies were formulated according to ‘The Higher Education Law of the People's Republic of China' and ‘The Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools' in order that our admission schemes could be carried out smoothly.
3. The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China is located at Ningbo Higher Education Zone. Its postal address is 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang (P.C.: 315100).
4. In partnership with Zhejiang Wanli University, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China is the first independently run Sino-foreign cooperative university with the approval from the Chinese Ministry of Education. Supported by Ningbo Municipal Government, the joint venture brings in high-quality foreign educational resources from one of the world's top 100 universities. All the degree programmes will be taught entirely in English. Students will be awarded the degree of the University of Nottingham.
5. The university has set up a Recruitment and Admissions Committee which has overall responsibility for carrying out its admissions schemes. The committee makes key decisions on intake target, enrolment strategies and policies. The committee comprises the heads of the university and the departments.
6. The university's Recruitment and Admissions Office is the executive arm of the Admissions Committee and deals with routine recruitment issues including: implementing the policies and regulations made by the Ministry of Education and the Provincial Admissions Office; formulating the Admission Policies and enrolment strategies; selecting candidates based on intake target and division of subjects; promoting the university with an accurate image reflecting the university's standards and enrolment policies.
Article2. Enrolment Principles
7. The enrolment principles were formulated following ‘The Guidelines for Admissions of Higher Educations Institutions-2011' by the China's Ministry of Education. In light of the principles of fairness, equality and transparency, the university takes the full responsibility for its recruitment activities and is supervised by the provincial admissions office. Accordingly, the university has two routes of selecting candidates i.e., Direct Entry Recruitment (Zhejiang Province only) and the recruitment based on the scores of China's University Entrance Exam. The former one follows the principles approved by the provincial admissions office, which is ‘The Admission Schemes for the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China: Direct Entry Admissions 2011'. The latter one is based on the scores of the national entrance examination. Other factors beyond the exam scores will also be considered including supporting skills, experience and the context of a student's achievement.
8. As our programmes are taught entirely in English, the foreign language examined will be English. We normally require a score of 115 or above for English test as part of the National University Entrance Examination. For the three programmes, English Language and Literature, English Language and Applied Linguistics, English Studies with International Business, we normally require a score of 120 or above for English test.
For Jiangsu Province this year, we require 90 or above for English test, and 92 for English programmes mentioned above. Since Chinese, Maths and English are graded by digital numbers while other subjects by A, B, C, we require the former three subjects Division 1 and others BB.
9. There will be no discrimination against the disabled as required by the Chinese Ministry of Education on its "Guidelines for Applicants' Health Examination" (Decree No. 3, 2003).
10. There will be no specified gender ratio.
11. If some provinces have more candidates and some have fewer candidates than the target, the university will adjust the intakes between these provinces and make the quota meet under the approval from each provincial admission office.
12. The University of Nottingham Ningbo China will adjust the intake between Art students and Science students.
13. The university will not decide its threshold score till the Provincial Admissions Offices have announced the first level scores in each province. The procedures are as follows:
1) For the "non-parallel choices" provinces, priority goes to the applicants with their first choice, followed by those applicants with their second choice in the case of insufficient numbers of applicants on the first choice.
2) For the "parallel choices "provinces, priority goes to those who get higher scores. Applicants have three or more choices at the same time, and once the score meets the requirement of one of the universities, he/she can get enrolled.
3) The university selects the applicants from higher scores to lower scores.
4) An applicant whose scores are not high enough to be selected by his first choice will be considered by his second choice. If his second choice fails, their third choice would be considered. If all his choices fail to get him a place, the applicant will still be considered for other subjects for which he may not have applied. However such case would not happen if his file indicates that the applicant refuses to switch subjects.
5) The university has no requirements for score differentiation.
14. The university will strictly follow the policy of bonus points for suitable candidates as required by the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Provincial Admissions Offices.
15. The university will submit a proposal for changes on our recruitment plan to the Provincial Admissions Offices in the case of insufficient numbers of application. The new recruitment plan would only be effective when it has been approved.
16. Students will be able to apply to change to other subjects after entry into the University subject to performance on the shared elements of the Semester 1 programme in Year 1 and University capacity. The number of transfers will be limited to 10% of the intake plan for each of the receiving degree programmes.
Arts students may not transfer to programmes which require a science background.
Students will not normally be permitted to transfer into named Engineering degrees from other subjects.
Students accepted onto named Engineering degrees will be able to apply to transfer to other Engineering degrees subject to outstanding performance on the shared elements of Semester 1 of Year 1 and capacity on individual degree programmes.
Students will be able to apply to transfer between 2+2 and 4+0 degrees within Divisions subject to outstanding performance on the shared elements of Semester 1 of Year 1 and capacity on individual degree programmes.
17. The Provincial Admissions Offices and the university's Recruitment and Admissions Committee will closely monitor the university's selection process.
Article 3. Admissions
18. The university will sign and send the Letter of Offer to the candidates as approved by the Provincial Admissions Offices.
19. Apart from Zhejiang Province, the university's admissions work will be spread to other twenty eight provinces, which are Jiangsu, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Fujian, Hubei, Chongqing, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Neimenggu, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Hainan Provinces.
20. The university charge candidates according to its basic education costs. The tuition fee for the year of 2011 will be RMB 60,000 and accommodation fee RMB 2,000 as approved by Zhejiang Provincial Prices Control Bureau.
21. There are scholarships schemes for talented students. Please see the Regulations on Student Scholarships for details.
22. Students who are admitted through the National Entrance Examination and Direct Entry recruitment will possess the same identity, and enjoy exactly the same treatments both in teaching and living conditions.
23. After the entry into the university, the candidates will be required to take a physical check within three month. Only those who have passed the check can obtain their status as a student. The students must abide by all the regulations and programmes requirements prescribed by the university.
Article 4. The Supplementary
24. For detailed information regarding the university's enrolment plan and programmes, please visit our website:
http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/|
25. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email or phone call.
Our Email address is:
admissions@nottingham.edu.cn|
Phone number is: 0574-88222460/88180004.
Fax number is: 0574-88222483.
26. The admissions policies will be carried out from its issuing date, and it is up to the university's Recruitment and Admissions Office to explain any outstanding issues.
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