The desire for high fee paying international students is one that is pursued by many educational institutions globally. However, the entry requirements for international fee paying students and local students are often quite different. This article from the SCMP is reporting on China trying to close a loophole that allows rich local students to access universities via the ‘easier’ international student route.
The Chinese education ministry is tightening scrutiny of international applications for undergraduate programmes at Chinese universities in a bid to stop back-door entry by locals. Across China, students must sit a gruelling entrance examination known as the gaokao to get a university place, while those from overseas do not have to take the exam.
It means the university assessment process is considered less competitive for international students, spurring some wealthy parents to acquire overseas passports for their children through investment immigration schemes. That has seen students gaining international places when they have never lived overseas, or even left China.
To address this, the Ministry of Education on Wednesday said universities would be required to “strictly” check the eligibility of international applicants, starting from next year.
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