As an emerging seat of learning, NBU is a key university Zhejiang Province, China, and one of the universities in the country's “Shuang Yi Liu” (“Double First-Class”) Initiative. NBU was set up in 1986 with the donations from Sir Yue-Kong Pao, the shipping magnet in Hong Kong, with its name inscribed by Mr. Deng Xiaoping. It is a crystallization of joint efforts among the provincial government of Zhejiang, MOE and Ningbo Municipality, as well as the State Oceanic Administration and Ningbo Municipality.

To be geared to the strategic needs of the state and the region, NBU attaches great importance to academic, scientific and technological innovation. Today, its ranks among Top 100 universities in graduate education.

The admission of graduate students and Ph.D. candidates started in 1990 and 2007, respectively. There are 6 primary doctoral programs, 3 post-doctoral research stations, 30 primary master programs, 23 professional master programs

NBU is entitled to recommend students enjoying examination waiver to graduate study, and enroll international students sponsored by the Chinese Government Scholarship and students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Today, NBU is home to more than 7,100 graduate students, with an annual total enrollment of over 2,500 applicants at all fields of learning.

Admissible Applicants for Graduate Study

Chinese Mainland

Ph.D. Candidates (general enrollment examination, successive postgraduate-doctoral program, or “Application and Review” procedure)

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/bszs.htm

Graduate Students (the national entrance examination for graduate study, or recommended applicants)

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/qrzsszs.htm

Applicants for an equivalent education level

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/tdxlzs.htm

Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

Ph.D. Candidates

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/gatzs.htm

Graduate Students

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/gatzs.htm

International Applicants

International Ph.D. Candidates

International Graduate Students

For more information, visit: Ningbo University Graduate Enrollment Website

http://graduate.nbu.edu.cn/zsgz/sy.htm

For international applicants, visit: Ningbo University Graduate Application System