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Beijing Universities to Raise Tuition Fee Beginning New Semester
Beginning September 1, universities and colleges in Beijing will raise tuition charge by about 20 per cent from the present level.
A notice released recently by the Beijing Price Bureau, Beijing Finance Bureau and Beijing Education Commission, said the price hike was necessitated by an intensified high education reform going on in the capital. The reform calls a westernised college operation, in which the state, the local government and individual students co-fund high education.
After the adjustment, the annual tuition fee for ordinary majors will be raised to 4,200 yuan (US$506) in common universities; that for science majors will be around 4,600 yuan; and for foreign language and medicine majors will be around 5000 yuan.
New entries to state key universities such as Qinghua University and Beijing University will have to turn in an additional 1,000 yuan, according to the regulations.
However, students who major in education, forestry, physical education, navigation and minorities study with a state scholarship will enjoy a tuition waiver, according to the notice. And, the tuition will be deducted accordingly for students who come from impoverished families.
The notice continues to encourage college students to study on loans, and study on part-time jobs.
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