The Registration Chapter 1, The Buildings

Before the first step, I think it would make your life faster if you familiarize yourself with the buildings that you will be going to.

First of all, there are many entrances to the University. If you are staying at Xijiao Hotel, the nearest entrance is the XiNan (West-South) Gate, then Xi (West) Gate. Do not be deceived by the map. There is no direct road from Xijiao Hotel going to Xi (West) Gate. More info on Xijiao Hotel in this page.

The “main” entrance is the East Gate located at Xueyuan Road. This is where you can see the popular picture of the school. The building in the picture below is the Main Building. In the map, it is highlighted by the red square. The Main Building has 3 sections, the North, the South, and the Main section. The main section is the one in the picture below.  

Taken from the Student Handboook Front Cover

The South building is an on building connected to the Main building. Across the South building is the Run Run Shaw Teaching Building (highlighted with green). You know you are near the Run Run Shaw Building when you see the big signage of Alliance Francaise, a big AF. Run Run Shaw Building is a 2-storey building beside AF and across South building. Another landmark is an ATM of Agricultural Bank of China. It is also near China Unicom shop. See picture of Run Run Shaw Building below.

The one highlighted in yellow near the South Gate is not a building, although is it located between two tall buildings. This is the Student Housing Services. It is located between dormitory 1 and 2. It is in the ground floor of between the two buildings. From Run Run Shaw, you just need to walk south to reach Student Housing Services.

Since we are talking about student housing, Dormitory Building 4 (highlighted orange near Student Housing Services), 6, 7 ,8, and 9 (highlighted blue near the basketball and tennis courts) are available for foreign students. Other dormitories are for local students. The Conference Center (highlighted pink) is also available for foreign students. It is located at the back of the Library.

Lastly, the one highlighted in white is where the bank (ICBC) and Accounting and Finance Office are located (see below for one of the entrances).

This is only one side of the building

Now, you’re familiar with the buildings, you need to remember to bring the following during registration

• Admission Letter
• JW201/JW202 (if you do not have the original JW form, go to Run Run Shaw 2F, Rm2 first to get the original. Usually, scholarship students will not have the original copy)
• Receipt of tuition ( not needed for scholarship students)
• Insurance (not needed for scholarship students)
• Scholarship acceptance (if applicable)
• 10 pieces 3.5cmx4.5cm picture in white or blue background (5 for the College office, 1 for Visa Extension, 1 for physical exam)
• Passport
• Copy of Visa (X, F, or tourist)
• Copy of registration form of temporary residence (the dorm will issue this)
• Registration of application for international students (you can get this from your college’s office and you need to complete the form)

Be prepared to have copies of every document that you have.

To summarize the buildings and color markings/box highlight

Blue- Dorm6,7,8, and 9

Pink- Conference Center

Orange-Dorm4

White- ICBC, Accounting and Finance Office

Red- Main Building

Neon Green- Run Run Shaw Building

Yellow- Housing Services Center