Financial is always a big problem for international students in China since you don't have any income, tuition fee and text book fee can’t be changed. However you can be smart with your money in other ways, this article will show you 5 saving tips for students in China.
Saving Tips for Students NO.1: Apply Chinese universities through CUCAS
If you are planning to study in China, apply Chinese universities through CUCAS, you could save at least 2000 dollars, since we don't charge any consulting service fee or application fee. We provide more than 300 Chinese universities information, and trustworthy service. If you are already in China, you may be interested in Chinese Language Program that can help you improve your Chinese level in a short time.
Saving Tips for Students NO.2: Live on Campus
All the universities in China provide accommodation for international students. For a double room, usually it costs under 50 RMB per day. For a single room, the cost is usually around 80 RMB per day. And most rooms have air conditioning, fridge and internet, some rooms even have kitchen. So the price is actually very good. It's also safer to live on campus since the campus security guard works 24 hours per day .
Saving Tips for Students NO.3: Have food in School Canteen
If you don't have a kitchen, that leaves you no choice but eat out. The only place you can spend little money but get big meal is school canteen. A meat dish in school canteen charges 4 to 6 RMB, a vegetable dish charges 2 to 4 RMB. Therefore you can get a big meal in school canteen within 10 RMB, and I assure you the food in school canteen is clean and healthy.
Saving Tips for Students NO.4: Buy Stuff Online
Shopping online is very popular in China now since it can really help you save money. For example a pair of headphones for iphone may cost you 80 RMB if you buy it in the Apple shop, but you may find somebody sell it online only for 50 RMB, and you can find absolutely everything you want online. I recommend you to check Taobao.com, the biggest online shopping platform in China, it's a website like eBay.
Saving Tips for Students NO.5: Use Public Transportation
Walk or ride to somewhere nearby, you can save money and do exercise at the same time. When you go somewhere far, you can choose to take a inner city bus, no matter which city you are staying, no matter how far you go on the bus, it won't cost you more then 2 RMB. Subway is little bit more expensive than bus, but it's still acceptable, and it's faster than bus.
Hope the saving tips for students in this article can help balance your financial problem. The CUCAS team is always happy to provide useful information and quality advice for International students in China. Stay tuned for future updates and more handy advice.
Written by Tina Ma, editor of CUCAS team