Gaokao gets accepted by overseas universities_美文

Gaokao gets accepted by overseas universities

Li Baoli, Europe projects manager for EIC Group, said universities in France, Germany, Italy and Spain are also accepting gaokao students.

"The required scores for gaokao in many European universities are much lower than at top domestic universities," she said.

In a move to woo Chinese students, colleges and universities in some non-English-speaking nations have established degree programs in English, she said.

Analysts believe that accepting China's gaokao scores reflects intense competition for the crucial student yuan and closer cooperation between those universities and their Chinese counterparts.

"In France, scores for subjects in the gaokao exam, such as math, chemistry and physics, are used to judge the academic level of a Chinese student," Li said.

Alessandro Mariani, international affairs manager for China and Southeast Asia at the Paris Institute of Political Science, stressed the need for high grades.

"We are familiar with the education system of every country, for example the Chinese system, so we want our students to have high gaokao grades."

The institute, one of the most prestigious in France, has more than 450 Chinese students, making up 10 percent of its international students.

Gao Zhihang, a senior high school student from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, said greater international acceptance of gaokao grades offers students a host of opportunities.