Master's Microbiology at Jiangnan University: Eligibility & Requirements

Keep the standard admission route and the exact scholarship route separate.

• Be a non-Chinese citizen meeting the university’s health and conduct requirements.
• Hold a bachelor’s degree and be no more than 40 years old for the standard master’s route.
• IELTS at least 6.0, TOEFL at least 80, CEFR B2 or another English certificate accepted by the university. Graduates of an English-taught school have the stated certificate exemption.
• Upload a Jiangnan University supervisor’s provisional acceptance letter, a research proposal and two recommendation letters.
• The separate 2026 CSC High Level route limits master’s applicants to age 35 or below and requires a research proposal of at least 1,500 words.
• For that CSC route, applicants from an English-speaking country or graduating from an English-taught programme have the stated English-certificate exemption.
• Open to: International applicants meeting the exact programme and application-route conditions
• The English route requires the exact degree, nationality, age, language and document conditions above.
• Standard master’s age ceiling is 40; the subject-specific 2026 CSC High Level age ceiling is 35.

Teaching school: School of Biotechnology. The master catalogue identifies the school, without allocating this route to an exact classroom campus.