Please note: The following is a reference based upon the previous year's application. Slight variations apply from year to year.

1. Application Form.
   Please log-in to your PiB account on the PiB Application page and follow instructions to complete the online application form. An essay (in either Chinese or English) explaining your experience in learning Chinese will be required.


2. Upload Audio Recording.
   In Mandarin Chinese, introduce yourself and discuss a topic of interest to you in Mandarin. Please limit the recording to three to five minutes. Please format your audio file in mp3, wma, aiff, or wav, at title it as "Last Name, First Name."


3. Transcript.
   Please upload your most recent official transcript from the institution at which you are currently studying or from which you most recently graduated. Official transcripts are available only from your school's Office of the Registrar. Please do not have your Registrar send  your transcript to us directly; have it sent to you, then include it with the rest of your application. (We receive many applications, and it is exceedingly difficult to keep track of things if the items are not sent in together.) If you are waiting for grades to be available, please first attach an unofficial print screen/scanned version of your grades or a report card. You will have the option to update us with your official transcript later. 


4. Recommendation.
   You will be responsible for providing the name, title, and e-mail of a recommender to submit one letter of recommendation for you to PiB. Your recommendation should be from your most recent Chinese language teacher who can properly assess your current Chinese level.  If you cannot obtain a recommendation from your Chinese language teacher, another teacher may write one for you.  Your recommender will be sent an e-mail recommendation request as soon as you save your application for the first time, so please get your teacher's approval BEFORE you submit their information to us.


5. Financial Aid Form.
   This form is included as part of the application and only required if you are applying for aid. Please submit your home-institution's financial aid award letter (if any) as attachment. All financial aid applicants will be subject to financial need assessment after admissions decisions are made. Therefore, the EARLIEST DATE that a financial aid applicant will be NOTIFIED is 5 days after the application deadline for non-Princeton applicants and 15 days after the application deadline for Princeton students. Princeton students will also be subject to disciplinary review before being notified.

Most applicants will be notified of decisions in late February or early March. For waitlisted applicants, it is possible that a decision may not come until mid-May. If you are accepted into the program, you will be asked to pay a non-refundable deposit of $500 in order to hold a place; this deposit will be applied towards your tuition.

Should you be admitted to PiB, you may also choose to drop off forms and payments to the Princeton in Beijing Office in Frist Campus Center, Room 234, during its hours of operation: Mondays-Fridays, 9am-5pm.  Otherwise, please mail any follow-up documents to:

Princeton in Beijing
211 Jones Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1008

If you have any questions regarding the application or the program, feel free to contact the Princeton in Beijing office.