Costs, campuses, climate and lifestyle in the Chinese cities that host international students.
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China's capital hosts the largest concentration of top-ranked universities in the country — and the highest rent. Here is what Beijing actually costs and how to choose where to live.
China's most international city, with the country's largest concentration of English-taught programmes outside Beijing. Here is how to budget and where the campuses actually are.
Southern China's largest student city, with the country's biggest African and Southeast Asian student communities and the lowest living costs of any tier-one city.
A city that barely existed in 1980 is now the hardware capital of the world and hosts campuses of five major Chinese universities.
One of China's most liveable cities, home to its largest university by international enrolment and to Alibaba's headquarters.
A former imperial capital with an unusually high ratio of students to residents, and two universities inside the global top 150.
Central China's academic capital, with Wuhan and Huazhong universities inside the global top 100 in ARWU and living costs among the lowest in urban China.
The eastern terminus of the Silk Road, with Xi'an Jiaotong and Northwestern Polytechnical universities and living costs well below the coast.
Consistently ranked China's most liveable large city, with Sichuan University, UESTC and the best food in the country.
A major port city 30 minutes from Beijing by high-speed rail, with Nankai and Tianjin universities sharing one large modern campus.
A subtropical island city in Fujian with the country's most photographed university campus and strong links to Southeast Asia.
Winter temperatures of -25 °C and the Harbin Institute of Technology, one of the C9 League's engineering universities.