秋季自主招生录取本科生中超9成持全球前50院校offer，宁诺受“准留学生”青睐

Over 90% students admitted through UNNC Special Placement Programme hold offer from world top 50 universities 

“At the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), you can enjoy high-quality international education resources, which include a pure British-style education and international teaching staff. Further study destinations and the employment rate of graduates are also very eye-catching”, says Yingguang Deng, who received an unconditional offer from University College London (2020 QS ranking 8) but chose to study in China. Now he has just started his four-year university life at UNNC.

Some Chinese students who plan to study abroad were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic this autumn. With the support of the Ministry of Education of China, UNNC took its social responsibility as a Sino-foreign university by providing an opportunity for Chinese students who have received admission notices from top foreign universities to receive an international education domestically with a Special Placement Programme.

Yingguang Deng is not alone. This year there are a large number of applications from Chinese high school graduates holding offers from top overseas universities, making the competition quite stiff. “We have received more than 2,000 applications, and applicants are from about 30 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China. Compared with last year, the number and the quality of applicants have improved”, said Kevin Lin, Director of External Relations of UNNC Global Engagement Office.

This year, UNNC admitted a total of 366 undergraduate students through the Programme, 90% of whom have received offers from world top 50 universities such as University of Toronto, University of California--Los Angeles, and Nanyang Technological University. In addition, 119 postgraduate students were admitted through the Programme this year, many of them graduated from top universities in the nation or overseas.  

Established in 2004, UNNC is the first Sino-foreign university in China. Having developed for 17 years, on campus there are currently over 8,000 domestic and international students and nearly 500 teaching staff from about 70 countries and regions around the world, forming a complete international education system that covers undergraduate, master, and doctoral levels.

Since its founding, UNNC has persisted in cultivating excellent talent with both social responsibilities and international vision, and maintained “high-level and international” characteristics. This year, the social sciences and engineering disciplines have risen to be ranked in the top 1% and 0.5% of Essential Science Indicators global rankings respectively.

So far, the University has cultivated nearly 20,000 graduates from all three levels. Among the undergraduates who directly went to work, approximately 75% entered the world top 500 companies, listed companies and other renowned domestic or international enterprises. 30% of the undergraduates who sought for further study were admitted by top 10 universities in the world, and over 50% admitted by top 50 universities.