Dear Students,
Welcome to Beijing Foreign Studies University. Below is some important information about arriving at BFSU. Please read it carefully.
1. Arrival: Pick-up at the airport
a. August 31st from 9a.m. to 7p.m.; September 1st from 9a.m. to 2p.m., BFSU representatives will be at the Terminal 3 Exit B to assist you with finding transportation to campus.
On the 31st the school bus will leave the airport at 10:30am; 2:00 pm ; 7:00pm
On the 1st at 10:30am; 2:00 pm
(The BFSU representative will be holding a sign at the customs gate of Terminal 3.Please inform us your flight and arrival date in advance)
b. If your arrival date does not correspond with any of the preceding dates, these are your following options:
1) You may take the airport shuttle bus line 4. You will need to buy a ticket and it is 16RMB. Take the bus to Gong Zhu Fen and get off at the Beijing TV Station (Beijing Dianshi Tai). This stop is only 200m away from BFSU. If you¡¯re not confident in your Chinese speaking skills or you have a lot of luggage, this may not be the option for you. It may be a hassle to walk to campus while carrying your luggage.
2) Right out of the airport there is a Taxi Stand. It will cost you about 100RMB to take a taxi to BFSU. Don¡¯t forget to take the receipt (fa piao) to verify the bill. Be careful when getting out of the airport; only get into a taxi at the taxi stand.
2. Registration:
a. Dates and times: August 31st and September 1st, 2010 from 8:30-11:30 am and 1:30-4:30 pm
b. Location: White Building, West Campus. Tel:88816549 (See map)
c. Requested Materials: Admission Paper, JW201/202 Form, 8 pieces of 2-inch photos (white background). If you have done physical examination before, please take all the Physical Examination Records and the relevant materials (original only) with you.
3. Accommodations:
b. If you have reserved a room on campus at BFSU, you can go directly to your dorm building.
(Guojiao Building on East Campus; The White building, the Building 6 and the Building 7 on West Campus)
c. There is a 400RMB room deposit fee due upon check in.
d. If you are live off campus, you need to register at the local police station to get the Registration Form of Temporary Residence with your landlord within 24 hours after you move in. Students who live off campus must provide legal residence certificate. Otherwise you could not register at BFSU and the Public Security Bureau will not conduct any visa procedure.
e. During your period of study at BFSU if you choose to move off campus, one extra month of the accommodation fee will be kept, and the rest returned to you.
4. Payment:
a. You can either pay tuition and fees before arriving to campus by transferring money to BFSU¡¯s bank account or pay upon registration. You may either pay by semester or for the complete year. If you transfer money please keep the receipt of the transaction. You will need this in order to prove that you¡¯ve already paid your tuition and fees. If you do not pay the full semester tuition, you will not be able to attend BFSU.
b. For special case if payment is later than September 15th, the sum of 5% the fee will be added as a delay charge.
c. For personal reasons if you drop out class within two weeks, 20% of the tuition fee will be kept, the rest returned to you; within four weeks 50%;more than four weeks no refund will be given.( from the first day of registration)
d. BFSU¡¯s bank account
Beneficiary: BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY LB
Bank: INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA
BEIJING MUNICIPAL BRANCH
ZIZHUYUAN BANKING OFFICE
Account No.:0200007609026402172
Swift code: ICBKCNBJBJM
a. With an X visa, you must get a physical examination. If you cannot get one completed before leaving your home country, you can get one here. The physical cannot be older than 6 months. Any lab tests you have completed, you must have the actual lab results with your physical exam paper. Your physical must be notarized. When you get to BFSU you must go to the hospital to have your physical exam papers verified. If you have no problems, the fee is only 60RMB. However, if you are missing something, it can cost up to 400RMB.
This must be completed in order for the police to change your visa.
b. If you have a student X visa, you have 30 days to be registered with the police. If your 30 days expire before the police can change your visa, it is a fine of 500 RMB per day after it expired. Please be careful if you come to China to travel before going to BFSU. It will cost about 460RMB to get one year or less residency permit.
c. With an F visa, if the valid days are shorter than the days of your study, the fee of about 190-940 RMB will be needed to prolong your F visa.
6. Medical Insurance:
It is a new Chinese government policy that all foreign students who will study one semester or more should have Medical and Accident Insurance. (Insurance can be purchased from China Ping¡¯ an Insurance Company upon registration; the fee is 300RMB for one semester or 600 RMB for the whole year) .Students without medical insurance will not be enrolled as international students at BFSU.
Overseas Student Affairs Office
Beijing Foreign Studies University
June,2010 |
