Host jurisdiction · East Asia
Mainland China
A foreign provider must operate with a Chinese partner; both institutions and programmes require approval by the education authorities and are published on the national supervision platform.
- Entry route
- Approval of a Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run school or programme (Permit for Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools)
- records
- 3,277 · 2,302 awarding institutions
- Official register
- 教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台
Regulators
Regulators
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Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China MOE
Education authority of the State Council; approving body for Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools
http://www.moe.gov.cn/ -
Information Platform for Supervision of Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools
Publishes approvals, admission prospectus records, foreign certificate registration and evaluation results
https://www.crs.jsj.edu.cn/
Instruments
Instruments
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Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools
State Council Order No. 372 (2003); amended 2013 (No. 638) and 2019 (No. 709)
http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_sjzl/sjzl_zcfg/zcfg_jyxzfg/202204/t20220422_620494.html -
Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools
MOE Order No. 20
http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xxgk/xxgk/zhengce/guizhang/202112/t20211206_585024.html
Branch campus
Branch campus
Not confirmed from an official source
The Regulations define cooperation in running schools as cooperation between a foreign and a Chinese institution. We could not confirm from an official source any regime permitting a wholly foreign-owned degree campus.
Arrangements on the register
Arrangements on the register
Home systems delivering here
- United States517
- United Kingdom457
- Russia364
- Australia353
- South Korea277
- Canada238
- Germany150
- France113
Most active awarding institutions
- Technische Universität Dresden，Institute for Further and Continuing Education, Germany（德累斯顿工业大学继续教育学院）8
- University of Aberdeen, UK（英国阿伯丁大学）8
- University of Alberta, Canada（加拿大阿尔伯塔大学）8
- University of Wollongong, Australia（澳大利亚伍伦贡大学）8
- Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany（德国安哈尔特应用技术大学）7
- Broward College, USA（美国布劳沃德学院）7
- Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia（澳大利亚墨尔本理工学院）7
- University of Greenwich, UK（英国格林威治大学）7
Levels
- Other / not classified1,446
- Bachelor1,373
- Master377
- Doctoral81
Who is already delivering
Most active awarding institutions
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中央财经大学与美国史蒂文斯理工学院合作举办企业项目管理理学硕士学位教育项目
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
北京理工大学与英国雷丁大学合作举办信息科学硕士学位教育项目
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
郑州西亚斯学院堪萨斯国际学院（Zhengzhou Sias University Kansas International Institute）
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
重庆工商大学现代国际设计艺术学院
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
上海师范大学与英国龙比亚大学合作举办土木工程专业本科教育项目
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
上海工程技术大学与美国劳伦斯理工大学合作举办电子信息工程专业本科教育项目（停止招生）
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
重庆工商大学国际商学院
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台 -
上海海事大学与荷兰泽兰德大学合作举办电气工程与智能控制专业本科教育项目
教育部中外合作办学监管工作信息平台
Five questions, then a route map
No regulator here publishes approval timelines, fees or success rates, so none appear above. Getting to a defensible estimate means reading your specific case against the current instrument — which is where a person, not a page, is useful.
Checked against official sources on 2026-07-28