I. Introduction

Hainan Normal University (HNU) is located in Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province, which is a beautiful coastal tourist city and a famous national historical and cultural city. Founded in the autumn of 1949, It is a key jointly-built university by China’s Ministry of Education and Hainan Province and is among the first batch of colleges and universities approved by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the CPC to jointly build a school of journalism. It is also an important training base for outstanding teachers and senior professionals in Hainan province and is reputed as “a famous university in Hainan and a cradle for teachers”.

The university has more than 20,000 full-time students, 25 schools, 67 undergraduate programs, 18 first-level master's degree programs, 17 master's degree programs, and 5 first-level doctoral degree programs. The university has 2,200 faculty members, including 1361 full-time teachers and researchers, and 649 teachers with senior professional titles.

The university started to enroll international students in 1988. Now it is one of the first universities approved to admit international students by State Education Commission, and one of the first Chinese education bases established by Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, established a joint Confucius Institute with Malaysia’s Sysmatic Education Group International （SEGI）. The university provides Chinese Government Scholarship, Confucius Institute Scholarship, Hainan Government Scholarship and Hainan Overseas Chinese Language and Culture Education Scholarship for international students. The university is the Southeast Asian Teachers’ Training Base for Promotion of Chinese, under the approval of Confucius Institute Headquarters / Hanban, the site for HSK in Hainan, and has been awarded by Hainan Provincial Department of Education to the Preparatory Education School for Hainan international students.

At present, the university has undertaken academic exchanges with over 100 universities and education institutions in 60 countries, established sister relationship with 82 foreign universities and education institutions such as University of Hawaii of the United States, The University of Chester of Britain,University of Barterboldt of Germany, Hiroshima University of Japan ,and cooperated with 10 universities in cultivation of talents such as St. Petersburg National Film and Television University of Russia, DePaul University of the United States,Hiroshima University of Japan, and the Indian National Institute of Information Technology .

II. Strengths of the University

1. Complete Facilities

Hainan Normal University accommodates two campuses—the South Longkun Road campus and the Guilinyang campus, covering an area of 2,066,666 square meters (3,100 mu). There are 3 key laboratories founded by the Ministry of Education, 3 national and regional research bases at the ministerial level, 8 Provincial key laboratories, 4 engineering centers, 13 key research bases of humanities and social sciences, 1 international-joint research center, 1 key new type think tank, 4 field scientific observation and research stations, and 2 natural science bases.

  With multi-media classrooms, a students’ reading room, a language lab, a multi-media lecture hall, and an HSK network exam classroom, the building for Chinese language teaching occupies 3,500 square meters.

2. All-round Services

  We are active, enthusiastic, considerate and effective in delivering services to students, such as airport pickup and formalities assistance.

3. Beautiful Environment

  The school is located in Haikou, a coastal tourist city and a famous national historic and cultural city. Hainan is a southernmost province and the only tropical island in China. With an average temperature of 23.8℃, it has a long summer and no winter. As the first ecological province in China, Hainan is the best tourist destination for holiday in terms of its first-class environment and unique customs. Therefore, it’s also called green island, ecological island, safe island and vacation island by Chinese and foreign tourists.

4. Convenient Transportation

  In Hainan, there are 3 airports, Meilan International Airport in Haikou Boao Airport in Qionghai and Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, offering 440 international and domestic routes. It boasts Cross-sea Railway, high-speed railway around Hainan island. Besides, Haikou is also adjacent to Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou, each of which is within 50 minutes of flight.

III. Enrollment Programs

i. Bachelor Program

Enrollment Requirements

  a. Observing the law of PRC and regulations of the University

  b. Honest

  c. Healthy

  d. Aged under 30

  e. With high school diploma or equivalent

  f. HSK requirement: New HSK Level 4 180 score or above

  g. Arts majors applicants should passed interview by professional colleges

h. International students who apply for bilingual teaching should be exempted from native English speakers or whose previous degree education instruction language is English , and non-native English speakers should have a TOEFL score of 78 or above or IELTS score of 6.0 or above.

ii. Master Program

Enrollment Requirements

  a. Observing the law of PRC and regulations of the University

  b. Honest

  c. Healthy

  d. Aged under 35

  e. With bachelor’s degree and good performance

  f. Major of arts: New HSK Level 5 over 180 scores, Master’s Degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages requires New HSK Level 5 over 210 scores

  g. Major of science: New HSK Level 4 or above

  h. With the recommendation of two professors or associate professors

i. Arts majors applicants should passed interview by professional colleges

j. International students who apply for English teaching or bilingual teaching should be exempted from native English speakers or whose previous degree education instruction language is English，and non-native English speakers should achieve TOEFL score of 78 or above or IELTS score of 6.0 or above.

k. International students who apply for Russian teaching must be the native Russian speakers.

iii. Doctoral Program

Enrollment Requirements

  a. Observing the law of PRC and regulations of the University

  b. Honest

  c. Healthy

  d. Aged under 40

  e. With master’s degree and good performance

  f. Major of arts: New HSK Level 6 

  g. Major of science: New HSK Level 5 or above

  h. Two recommendations from professors or associate professors

i. International students who apply for English teaching or bilingual teaching should be exempted from native English speakers or whose previous degree education instruction language is English，and non-native English speakers should achieve TOEFL score of 78 or above or IELTS score of 6.0 or above.

j. International students who apply for Russian teaching must be the native Russian speakers.

IV.Scholarship Coverage

Scholarship winners are exempt from tuition fee, accommodation fee

and comprehensive medical insurance.

V. Application Deadline and Admission time

The application deadline is April 30^th and admission time is September.

VI. Application Documents（in duplicate）

1. Application Form for Hainan Government Scholarship

（in Chinese or English, download link:

http://gjwh.hainnu.edu.cn/index.php/Edownload/show/id/1287.html）

2.Passport Copy.

3. Valid HSK Certificate. It is valid until June 2025

4. Notarized highest diploma;

Prospective diploma recipients must submit official document issued by your current school to prove your current student status or expected graduation date. Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized Chinese or English translations.

5. Academic transcripts （written in Chinese or English）;

Transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized Chinese or English translations.

6. A Study Plan or Research Proposal （written in Chinese or English, and should be a minimum of 800 words. )

7. Two Recommendation Letters （written in Chinese or English）;

Applicants who apply for master degree or doctoral degree must submit two recommendation letters signed by a professor or an associate professor.

8. Foreigner Physical Examination Form （ photocopy ）

（ written in English, can be downloaded from

http://gjwh.hainnu.edu.cn/index.php/Edownload/show/id/2099.html）;

The physical examinations must cover all of the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete forms or forms without the signature of the attending physician, or the official stamp of the hospital, or a sealed photograph of the applicant are considered as invalid. Please carefully plan your physical examination schedule as the result is valid for only 6 months.

9. Certificate of no criminal record.

10. Arts majors applicants should passed interview by professional colleges.

VII. Application Procedure

Step 1 - Prepare all the required documents;

Step 2 – Fill the Application Form for Hainan Government Scholarship on computer (No handwriting), then print it out to sign your name at the specified location of the application form;

Step 3 –Apply online in our website: http://study.hainnu.edu.cn/;

Step 4 - Submit two hard copies of all your application documents to us before April 30^th. No application documents will be returned.

VIII. Contact information  

*Address: No.99, Longkunnan Road, Haikou, Hainan, PRC 

Admission Office, School of International Education, Hainan Normal University 

*Postcode: 571158 

* Telephone: 0086-898-65819460 

* Fax: 0086-898-65819460 

* E-mail: hainnu@sina.com     570010@hainnu.edu.cn

* Website: http://gjwh.hainnu.edu.cn 

*School Wechat ID(Constructing ) : “海南师范大学国际教育学院” or “Hainannu”