Universities in China

How many Chinese universities accept international students?

Aziya Global works with 1,385 Chinese universities that accept international students, spread across 32 provinces and 259 cities, running 7,798 programmes between them. Every entry is a university we work with directly, not a scraped list — which is why the number changes slowly and never in round figures.

Which provinces have the most universities?

Jiangsu leads with 118 universities, followed by Beijing (92) and Shandong (82). The full distribution is below — the second column counts universities our team has flagged as having a grant available.

How many programmes come with a scholarship?

5,823 of 7,798 programmes in the catalogue carry a scholarship of some kind — a tuition waiver, an accommodation waiver, a stipend, or a combination. The remainder are self-financed. Counted in the working database on 2026-09-07; the figure is re-checked against the database rather than estimated.

How do you pick a university from this catalogue?

Start from the programme, not the ranking: filter by the language you can study in, then by city, then compare tuition. A university that teaches your subject in English in a second-tier city will usually cost less and admit you faster than a famous name in Beijing. If you would rather not do that comparison alone, that is the work we do — see how admission works and what it costs.