WELCOME

TO BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY!

 

Here comes the golden September, the best time of the year in Beijing. We have happily accepted more than two thousand new students from over 60 countries and regions. We wish you all the best in your studies and good health during your stay at BNU. Below we would like to introduce you some useful tips for your study and life.

 

1          A Brief Introduction to International Students Office

The International Students Office (ISP) is an administrative office as well as a service agency for international students of BNU. Please come to the office if you need to extend your F visa, apply for the Residence Permit (if you hold an X Visa), or the Re-entry Visa and so on.

http://www.bnulxsh.com is a website for international students at Beijing Normal University. The website is updated frequently with the latest announcements and notices. Please check the website once or twice each week for important information.

 

2          Preparation Work Before Registration

2.1     Get your Registration Form of Temporary Residence

·Living On Campus

Ø         Students who have booked rooms on campus are expected to check in with the required documents in the apartment directly and get the Registration Form of Temporary Residence at the Reception Desk.

Ø         How to Change Your Room among Different Apartments: If you are not satisfied with your current room and wish to change your room on campus, please register at the Reception Desk of the apartment you intend to live in after 8:00 am, Sep.16^th. The Information Desk of that apartment will inform you from Sep. 20^th to 12:00am, Oct. 3^rd (two weeks), if there is any room available. It is based on the first come, first served case. After that, please go to International Students Office with your new legal Registration Form of Temporary Residence to register your new address and phone number.

Ø         If yon want to change room after Oct. 3^rd, you need to pay the house rent of two weeks to the formal apartment you live in as expense. Please refer to the related items in the Introduction to International Students Apartments of BNU.

·Live Off BNU Campus

Ø         If you live in a foreigner-proofed hotel, apartment or an international student apartment at another school, you need to apply for the residence registration certificate from the Reception Desk beforehand. If you rent a civilian apartment or house, 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. To apply for the registration form, your landlord need to present the host’s residence booklet, the certificate of title to house property, the lease and ID card (户口本、房产证、出租合同和身份证) to the policeman and you need to present your passport.

Ø         If your off-campus address changes or the valid period of your Registration Form of Temporary Residence expires, please get the new legal residence certificate and provide it to International Students Office and together with your new phone number.

Ø         If you go outside of mainland China (including going to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan region), you need to apply for a new Registration Form of Temporary Residence even though you come back to the same residence. Please DO confirm with the Reception Desk of the hotel, apartment, or the local police station if your residence information has been submitted successfully via internet.

Ø         If your visa changes or renews, please go to the local police station within 24 hours with your passport to update your residence certificate. Otherwise, you will be fined by the police station.

Ø         Students who live off campus must provide legal residence certificate to the International Students Office together with your phone number. Otherwise you could not register at BNU and the Public Security Bureau will not conduct any visa procedure.

 

2.2     Purchase Insurance

Please present English or Chinese proof of your overseas medical insurance (originals or notarized copies) at registration time (documents in other languages are not approved). The document should demonstrate that the insured individual, during time spent at Beijing Normal University, possesses at least RMB400,000 yuan worth individual maximum amount of compensation for overseas medical care and accidental injury. Students who are unable to provide proof will not be enrolled as international students at Beijing Normal University.

As recommended by China Ministry of Education, students may also purchase international student insurance from China Ping’an Insurance Co. Students studying for one semester pay a premium of RMB300 yuan for a 6-month insurance; students studying for one year pay a premium of RMB600 yuan for a 12-month insurance. Only RMB cash is acceptable to purchase this insurance. The insurance covers hospital fees for SARS treatment and the treatment of other diseases, as well as other accidental injury.

Please refer to The Brief Introduction to Insurance for International Students before purchasing. For information on compensation and other issues, please call the information hotline of Beijing branch of the Ping’an Insurance Co. at 010-59731688 / 010-59731677.

Ping’an Insurance Company of China reserves its right for final explanation of insurance items.

 

2.3     Prepare Enough RMB Cash

During the registration period, your passport maybe sent to Exit-Entry Administration of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau to conduct visa procedure. Visa application will take you about 25 days to be processed. During this period, you won’t have your passport with you. In order not to bring troubles to your normal life, please keep the copies of your passport with you (including first page with your photo and personal information, and the visa page), as well as the copy of your Registration Form of Temporary Residence. Please prepare enough RMB cash beforehand to pay tuition fee, accommodation fee and living expenses.

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