phd program for international students
field of study:
program length: 3 years of english-taught programs or chinese-taught programs.
eligibility:
chinese-taught programs: undergraduate or above, under the age of 40, healthy foreigners, new hsk 4 or old hsk 5 holders.
english-taught programs: undergraduate or above, under the age of 40, healthy foreigners, toefl 80 or ielts 6.0 (or above)
: rmb 29000 per year.
application deadline: may 31, 2017.
term starts: each year in september (the exact time will be written on the admission letter)
application method: applicants should first apply online at the website , and then send their original documents to smu. self-supported students should mail their documents directly to smu. also, sgs and cgs applicants are required to visit the website: and ,respectively. for detailed information, please refer to oursection.
application documents:
1. application form for international students (see attachment);
2. degree certificate, diploma or official proof of expected graduation (the diploma or
certificate must be in chinese or english with official school stamps or a notarized version in chinese or english);
3. relevant transcripts (transcripts must be in chinese or english with official school stamps or a notarized version in chinese or english);
4. two recommendation letters from professors or associate professors (in chinese or english);
5. new hsk level-4 certificate or old hsk level-5 certificate (for chinese-taught program);
6. statement of purpose - around 1000 words for master’s degree candidates; around 1500 words for doctoral candidates. topics to cover: study and work experience, academic research results, planned research proposals and personal development objectives after graduation;
7. catalogue and abstracts of published papers, as well as other documents that can prove academic ability;
8. passport and passport-sized photo;
enrollment: shanghai maritime university reserves the right to admit foreign students by written test or interview.
the enrollment result will be issued in the middle of june, 2017 the offer package will be delivered after that.
contact us
phone: 86-21-38284998
e-mail:
postal address: international education college, shanghai maritime university room b808-1, library building,1550 hai gang avenue, lin gang new city, pudong district, shanghai , 201306
doctoral program
college/school | major | program taught in | program length |
merchant marine college | vehicle operation engineering | chinese/english
| 3 years |
transport information engineering and control | chinese/english e | 3 years | |
marine engineering | chinese/english
| 3 years | |
college of transport and communications | transport planning and management | chinese/english
| 3 years |
school of economics and management | transport economics and management | chinese/english
| 3 years |
management science and engineering | chinese/english
| 3 years | |
logistics engineering college | power electronics and electric drive | chinese/english
| 3 years |
law school | shipping and management law | chinese
| 3 years |
college of information engineering | information management and information system | chinese/english
| 3 years |
scientific research academy | logistics engineering and management | chinese/english
| 3 years |
college of ocean science | ocean transportation engineering materials and protection | chinese/english
| 3 years |
colleges of foreign languages |
maritime language and application
| english | 3 years |