🇨🇳 Country Spotlight
China
Branch Campuses
China hosts a unique landscape of foreign higher education, predominantly Sino-foreign joint ventures (cooperative universities legally established with a Chinese partner) plus, since 2024, the first independently-operated foreign campuses (in Hainan's free-trade zone). Together they deliver UK, US, German, Russian, Israeli, Hong Kong, Canadian and Swiss degrees, taught in English, often at fees well below the home-country equivalent. Joint ventures with Western partners, including XJTLU (Liverpool/Xi'an JTU), University of Nottingham Ningbo, NYU Shanghai and Duke Kunshan, are particularly well-established and highly regarded.
📍 Data sources: Institutional websites, China Ministry of Education registration records, and QS rankings (where applicable). Fees are approximate annual GBP for international students. Always verify directly with the institution. ⭐ = QS Top 100.
Annual Cost
~£10,800/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#147
of University of Liverpool
Entry Requirements
A-LevelBBB
IB30
IELTS6.5
Accounting~£10,800/yr
Aerospace Engineering~£10,800/yr
Advanced Intelligent Manufacturing Technology~£23,300/yr
Annual Cost
~£12,700/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#97
of University of Nottingham
Entry Requirements
A-LevelABB
IB30
IELTS6.0
Accounting and Finance~£12,700/yr
Aerospace Engineering~£12,700/yr
Entrepeneurship and Innovation Management~£13,900/yr
Annual Cost
~£54,500/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#55
of New York University
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS7.0
Business and Finance~£54,500/yr
Computer Science~£54,500/yr
Data Analytics and Business Computing~£59,250/yr
Annual Cost
~£11,050/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#62
of Duke University
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS7.0
Data Science~£11,050/yr
Engineering in Electrical and Computing EngineeringSee website
Global Health~£12,150/yr
Annual Cost
~£7,900/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
—
Unranked
Entry Requirements
A-LevelCCC
IB30
IELTS6.0
Architectural Studies~£7,900/yr
Educational Leadership~£7,900/yr
Biotechnology Science~£12,700/yr
Annual Cost
~£12,150/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#350
of Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Entry Requirements
A-LevelBBB
IBSee website
IELTS6.5
Chemistry~£12,150/yr
Materials Engineering~£12,150/yr
MathematicsSee website
Annual Cost
See website/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#105
of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS5.5
BiologySee website
EconomicsSee website
Russian LinguisticsSee website
Annual Cost
~£9,100/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#244
of Hong Kong Baptist University
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS6.0
Accounting~£9,100/yr
Computer Science and Technology~£9,100/yr
Data Science~£9,100/yr
Annual Cost
See website/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#32
of Chinese University of Hong Kong
Entry Requirements
A-LevelCC
IB30
IELTS6.5
Big Data Management and ApplicationsSee website
Data ScienceSee website
AccountingSee website
Annual Cost
~£11,050/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#44
of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS6.5
Artificial Intelligence~£11,050/yr
Financial Technology~£11,050/yr
Robotics and Autonomous Systems~£11,050/yr
Annual Cost
~£9,100/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#63
of City University of Hong Kong
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS6.0
Business Management~£9,100/yr
Computer Science~£9,100/yr
Energy Science and Engineering~£13,350/yr
Annual Cost
See website/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
#36
Unranked
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS6.5
International BusinessSee website
Interpreting and Translation StudiesSee website
Health ScienceSee website
Annual Cost
See website/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
—
Unranked
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTS5.5
Computer ScienceSee website
Industrial EngineeringSee website
Logistics EngineeingSee website
Annual Cost
~£11,600/yr
UG from · approx GBP
QS Ranking
—
Unranked
Entry Requirements
A-LevelSee website
IBSee website
IELTSSee website
Culinary and Nutrition Education~£11,600/yr
Hospitality Management~£11,600/yr
Please note: this site is a work in progress. Programme details, tuition fees, and entry requirements are sourced from official university websites but may not always reflect the most recent updates. Verify directly with the institution before making any decisions.