Yunnan Minzu University
Province : Yunnan–Kunming University Ranking : 2560
Yunnan Minzu University (YNU) was established on 1st August 1951. It was first known as Yunnan National Institute. On April 16, 2003, this institute was renamed as Yunnan National University. Yunnan Minzu University(YMU) is a comprehensive higher education institution for all Chinese ethnic groups. From beginning to its establishment, this university received 20000 students and scholars, over 80 countries, to study academic exchange and scientific research.
After more than 60 years of development, now Yunnan National University has grown into a multi-disciplinary university. Yunnan National University is surrounded by 17 schools and departments that offer 22 four year program majors and higher professional education majors. It has offered distinctive academic programs including ethnology, sociology, ethnic languages and literature, languages and cultures of Southeast Asia and South Asia. Covering 10 disciplines including philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, natural science, engineering, management, and art. It offers 11 key disciplines at provincial levels, 8 programs at national levels, 26 provincial-level programs.
Yunnan Minzu University has 25,594 full-time students, including 22,531 undergraduates, 2,342 postgraduates, 43 PhD, 500 colleges and 268 international students. This university is organized by 1,630 teachers, 60 professional researchers, 36 professors, and 215 associate professors, 2 teachers are special allowances of the State Council,17 provincial wide teachers, and 7 under the support of “High-Level Talent Program”. YNU has 113 hectares of land with 970,000 square meters of floor area. It has over 10 national research center, 1 ethnic museum with almost 20,000 collections. Yunnan Minzu University has a large library which contains more than 7,10,000 books, 1.3 million of e-book, 2000 journals, and magazines.
YNU is associated with the book center of the Asian Foundation that was established in China, having 41557 books, donated by this foundation. It also has a rare collection of ancient texts for ethnic studies including the Beige Scriptures and the Dongba Scriptures. 26 universities of 10 nations including Baylor University, University of Virginia, USA; University of Bergen, Norway; and La Trobe University, Australia have a close connection with Yunnan National University.
In 1999, 2005 and 2009, Yunnan Minzu University was three times awarded the honor of “National Model Institution of Ethnic Unity and Progress” by the State Council, in 2016 won the title of “National Demonstration Unit of Building Ethnic Unity and Progress.”. Yunnan Minzu University gives high importance to established international cooperation and exchanges relationship. The university starts recruiting international students from 1981. More than 20,000 visitors have visited Yunnan Minzu University from more than 80 universities over 20 countries or regions including the United States of America, the Kingdom of Norway, Japan, and South Korea.
The Country rank of this University is 394 and the world rank is 2560.
YES, Chinese Universities provide programs in English. International Students can pursue their degrees in English taught in Chinese Universities.
No, Students don’t need IELTS or TOEFL certification for getting admitted to this University but for applying Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) sometimes students are asked for the IELTS certificate.
The primary documents for applying to this University are Notary stamped scanned copies of the last Academic degree certificate and testimonial, Passport, Police Clearance Certificate and Medical
Usually, It takes 4 to 8 weeks for an offer letter to come from any Chinese Universities after applying.
Bachelor degree:
Program | Degree | Duration | Tuition Fees(CNY) | Teaching Medium |
International Politics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Politics and Administration | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Law | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
International Economics and Trade | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Economic Statistics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Economics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
History | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Ethnonymics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Sociology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Philosophy | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Burmese | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Laotian | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Cambodian | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Editing and Publishing Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
International Chinese Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Network and New Media | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Advertisement Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Television and Broadcasting Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Chinese Language and Literature | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Social Sports Guidance and Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Martial Arts and National Traditional Sports | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Physical Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Labor and Social Security | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Administration Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Public Affairs Administration | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Ideological and Political Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Electronic Information Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Electrical Engineering and Automation | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Software Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Computer Science and Technology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Statistics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Information and Computing Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Preschool Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Applied Psychology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Educational Technology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Pharmaceutical Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Applied Chemistry | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Chemistry | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Environment Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Environment Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Chemical Engineering and Technology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Applied Physics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Physics | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Network Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Automation | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Civil Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Communication Engineering | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Musical Performance | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Tourism Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Human Resource Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Financial Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Accounting | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Marketing | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Business Management | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Secretary Science | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Art and Craft | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Animation | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Economics and Finance | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Marketing Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Financial Accounting Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Tourism Management and Service Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Information Management and System | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Pharmaceutical Analysis | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Biotechnology | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Art Design | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Secretarial Education | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Clothing and Clothing Design | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Environmental Design | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Product Design | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Fine Arts | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Dance | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Music学 | Bachelor | 4 Years | 11000 RMB | Chinese |
Masters degree:
Program | Degree | Duration | Tuition Fees(CNY) | Teaching Medium |
Regional Economics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
National Economics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Religious Studies | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Ethics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Ethnic Economics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Marxist Ethnic Theory and Policy | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Ethnonymics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Folklore | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Anthropology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Sociology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
International Politics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Political Theory | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Science of Environment and Natural Resources Protection Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Economic Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Civil and Commercial Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Criminal Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Constitutional Law and Administrative Law | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
National Defense Economy | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Quantitative Economics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Labor Economics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
International Trade | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Finance | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Asian-African Language and Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
English Language and Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Comparative Literature and World Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Ancient Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Classical Philology (Ancient Literature) | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Language and Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Literary Studies | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
National Traditional Sports | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Educational Technology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Vocational and Technical Education | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Curriculum and Teaching Methodology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Pedagogy Principles | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Ideological and Political Education | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Basic Principles of Marxism | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Minority Art | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Ethnic History | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Basic Mathematics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Social Security | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Administration Management | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Technical Economics and Management | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Tourism Management | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Business Management | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Accounting | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chinese Historical Geography | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
China’S Modern History | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Ancient Chinese History | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Special History | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Studies of Historical Literature | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Archaeology and Museology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Asset Valuation | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
International Chinese Education | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Social Work | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Electrical Engineering | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Law (Legal Science) | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Law (Illegal Science) | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Signal and Information Processing | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Communication and Information System | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Polymer Chemistry and Physics | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Physical Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Organic Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Analytical Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Inorganic Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chemical Biology | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Environmental Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Chemistry | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Public Administration | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Business Management | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Accounting | Masters | 3 Years | 13000 | Chinese |
Doctor Degree:
Program | Degree | Duration | Tuition Fees(CNY) | Teaching Medium |
Ethnonymics | Doctoral | 3 years | 15000 | Chinese |
Sociology | Doctoral | 3 years | 15000 | Chinese |
Other Fees:
After you are admitted, we will inform you via email for your confirmation of acceptance. Afterward, we will issue the admission letter, JW201/202 Form for visa application. If you wish to live on campus, please complete the Housing Application form.
Prepare Your Departure:
Before your departure, be sure to take the following materials:
(1) The Admission Letter
(2) Passport (valid for at least 6 months).
(3) JW201/202 Form
(4) Official Foreigner Physical Examination Form and your blood test report.
Be aware that the orientation is mandatory for freshman students.
Applying for Yunnan Minzu University is very easy, if you are determined to study in china, you must have to prepare some important required documents.
Required Admission Documents listed as below:
Here is the detail information about the admission documents required.
First of all, you must have a passport. As we know passport is a very essential document and without this, we can not go out of our country. So if you don’t have it yet, we advise you to make it from your home country as soon as possible. Moreover, if you already have your passport, then make sure that it is not expired. If your passport already expired then you need to renew it. Please note, your passport must have to be ready before your visa processing. See a sample of passport.
The general size of the passport size photo is (50mm x 40mm). For applying in china universities, your passport size photo has to be clear and the background must be plain, white or off-white in color. The height of the head between 28mm – 33mm and head width 21mm–24mm. Advice to submit a color photo that is taken 6 months before. Use a clear picture of your face. Do not use any filters and take off your eyeglasses for passport size photos, selfies or pictures with someone do not use as a passport size photo. Here is a sample of a Passport Size Photo.
Submit your immediate academic transcripts & certificate for applying. For example, if you are applying for bachelor submit your school transcripts and certificates. For Master’s Degree provide your undergraduate transcripts and certificates. When you are applying for Ph.D, you have to provide your both (undergraduate and graduate) transcripts and certificates. Transcript And Certificate are important, it help universities to decide if you have the necessary background and skills for the major. All Transcripts and Certificates must have to be notarized. You can notarize your document from an advocate who is authorized by the government.
Note: All the applicant’s transcripts and certificates must be notarized and language should be in Chinese or English version.
You must have to prepare a CV or resume for applying in abroad country. CV act as your business profile, though universities are not interested in detailed descriptions of your jobs or experience, but you have to add this. You should focus on your published academic papers, describe academic group works or extracurricular activities, relevant think-thanks, etc. Add your academic qualifications with results, personal details, personal achievement these are must for a perfect CV. Here is a sample of the CV/resume.
Aspiring overseas students are required to a medical examination to ensure that you are in a good physical condition. The medical examination must include all the items which are listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. The medical examination result will be declared as invalid without the signature of the attending doctor and hospital stamp or seal. You must bring the original medical documents when you come to arrive in China. The Medical certificate will be carried out on behalf of The Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Public Security. Here get a sample of physical examination.
The police clearance certificate is known as “No Criminal Record Certificate” and also known as a good citizen certificate. Police clearance is very important for going to abroad because a foreign country does not allow any criminal records. Police Clearance Certificate is an official document approved by the police or government agencies to prove that you have no criminal offense like arrest, conviction. Additionally, a police clearance certificate is valid for the next 6 months, After 6 months of issue, it will be declared as invalid. See the sample of the Police Clearance Certificate.
A bank statement is mandatory when we go foreign for different purposes like a visitor, a business or immigrants. These rules are not changeable for study. So, students also have to show a bank statement. China has no strict rules that only your parents have to be your sponsor. Anyone can be your sponsor. See the sample of a bank statement.
For studying in China you must have to submit your English proficient certificate to prove your English skills. It is not mandatory that you must have IELTS, you can take English Proficiency Certificate from your school or university. Additionally, If you have done IELTS or TOFEL you can submit it. See the sample of English proficient certificate.
If you want to study in Chinese taught and want to get CSC scholarship then you must have to submit HSK certificate of proficiency in Chinese. HSK is not mandatory for English taught, but if you have it will be beneficial for you. HSK supervised by the HSK Center of Beijing Language and Culture University to judge the Chinese language skill of non-native speakers. See the sample of HSK certificate of proficiency in Chinese.
Students of masters & Ph.D. have to submit two recommendation letters. A recommendation letter is usually written by a supervisor, colleague, and teacher. Two recommendation letter has to be written by two-person. Make sure that the writer knows you very well and you have completed any course with them or work with them. In the letter mention about your academic and personal traits and emphasize the strengths that are relevant to the major or university where you are applying. Have to maintain a positive and enthusiastic tone about you and include professor’s phone numbers and email addresses. Here is the sample of the Recommendation Letter.
If you want to apply for MS/Ph.D you must need a study plan or research proposal in Chinese or English (no less than 800 words). A study plan describes in detail what you are going to do with the scholarship. Explain your main educational goal, and how you want to achieve this. And keep it your mind that it is very important, that helps in an excellent organization as well as creating a sense of liability in your learning process. This document is needed only for Ms or Ph.D applicants, so please make sure that your study plan or research proposal states that information as specific as possible. See the sample of Study Plan.
Study gap certificate is an affidavit that is used to show a gap in education or further study. Gap certificate provides your statement on the non-judicial stamp paper stating the reason for taking the gap and claim that you did not take admission to any other college, university or courses during the gap year. You can get this stamp paper from any notary, sub-registry office or court and contact with an advocate they will prepare your gap certificate.
Fills this form in Chinese or English language. It is essential to fill all the information that should be very authentic. Click here to get the Application Form sample.
Please send us all these documents through our E-Mail: yc_chinaeducation@163.com.
Dear applicants, If you have more queries please don’t hesitate to knock our consultants. Here is our Consultant’s contact number : / 18852867225.
Yunnan Minzu University as setting up a series of scholarship schemes to sponsor international students and scholars to undertake studies and research.
Bachelor program
1. International trade and economics scholarship
Tuition fee: 7000 RMB per year
Dorm fee: 1200 RMB per year
Masters program
1. International trade and economics scholarship
Tuition fee: 4500 RMB
Dorm Fee: 1200 RMB per year
Application Requirements
Application Materials
The final information is subject to the University If there is any inconsistency!
Yunnan Minzu University is located in the spring city of Kunming, established in 1951. It is a comprehensive university and provides senior professional talents of various nationalities. YMU is a provincial key university which jointly established by the ministry of education.
Yunnan Minzu University offers 2 post-doctoral research, 2 first-level discipline doctoral site, 25 masters, 94 undergraduate majors, 11 provincial key disciplines, 8 national key disciplines. It has more than 25,594 full-time students including more than 268 international students, 1,690 adult night students and 12,597 correspondence students. Now, Yunnan Minzu University has 1,637 faculty member among them some enjoy the special allowance of the State Council, personnel who enjoy the special allowance of the provincial government, famous teaching teacher in Yunnan Province, Yunling There are more than 100 high-level talents, such as famous teaching teachers, and special support programs for provincial high-level talents.
Yunnan Minzu University gives high priority to establish a cooperative and exchange relationship with other countries. It gives professional outreach for minor people to ensure political, economic and cultural development of international outreach. The university took part in order to instruct the government to assist the minor people of Yunnan, for being concerned about their rights. Subway Route, High-speed Railway, Yuhua Public Bus Terminal are the suitable transportation as local facilities, to visit the attractive Scenic spots in Kunming: Dianchi Lake, West Hills, Wetland Parks, Guandu Ancient Town.