3.Application Requirements
According to the regulations made by the Ministry of Education in
1. Intermediate level C required for admission to a college or university of arts, such as Chinese literature, history, philosophy, etc. and Chinese medicine.
2. Elementary level C required for admission to a college or university of science or technology.
4.Procedures of Registration
1) To register, an applicant is required to:
a) Submit two 30×
b) Show photobearing identification, such as an I.D. card, or passport.
2) Applicants shall pay the following fees for the test and registration:
a) HSK Elementary-Intermediate; RMB 180 yuan for the test, RMB 70 yuan for the registration.
b) HSK Advanced; RMB 250 yuan for the test, RMB 150 yuan for the registration. Other fees may differ for tests administered in other countries or to national minorities. Fees for the test and registration will not be refunded under any circumstances.
3) An applicant not near to a testing location may register by mail and should send the following:
a) A copy of the identification paper.
b) A resume to include name, sex, nationality, and date of birth, address.
c) Two 30x
4) Agencies will issue admission tickets and handbooks to those registered. Examinees must report to the testing room according to the time and place written on the admission ticket. The admission ticket becomes invalid after the test date. The admission ticket will be issued to the examinee upon arrival at the testing site.
5.Preparations for the test
The test aims at measuring the examinees' general competence in Chinese, so HSK is not based on any particular textbook or Chinese course. Examinees may refer to any textbook in preparing for the test.
Examinees are encouraged to read the HSK Guide that describes the organization and content of the tests. The HSK Guide, available for purchase at all agencies, provides a description of HSK, sample test papers and a key, a vocabulary list covered in HSK, and is accompanied by a cassette tape recording of listening section of the sample test.
Examinees are required to enter the testing room with his/her admission ticket and photobearing identification paper (such as an ID card or passport). It is impossible for examinees to enter the testing room without his ID and admission ticket. Examinees should have nothing on their desks but their test books, answer sheets, pencils, and erasers.
The use of tape-recorders, cameras, dictionaries, notebooks, textbooks or papers of any kind is prohibited. Examinees who are late to the test (beginning with listening) for less than five minutes can enter the testing room; those late for five to thirty-five minutes may enter the testing room when the first part (listening) is finished; and those late for more than 35 minutes are not permitted to take part in the test.
