Overview

The Tsinghua University-Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) Joint PhD Program designed for outstanding students from around the world, the program offers an international and interdisciplinary research environment that combines world-class faculty, cutting-edge science, advanced research facilities, and strong partnerships across academia, healthcare, and industry.

Key facts:

Students are encouraged to explore different disciplines through rotation across laboratories, gaining hands-on experience in multiple research groups before choosing a research direction and supervisor that best align with their scientific interests and career goals. Through a “Life Science + X” approach, the program connects the life sciences with artificial intelligence, engineering, computational science, clinical medicine, and other emerging fields, fostering research that bridges fundamental discovery, clinical application, and industrial translation.

Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Shenzhen, China

Disciplines

Biology Medicine View 4 other PhDs in Biology in China

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a valid personal ordinary-type passports.

The students who will enroll in 2027 must obtain the nationally recognized bachelor’s or master’s degree (for the universities of Chinese mainland) or the degree authentication report issued by Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Ministry of Education, P.R.China (CSCSE) (for overseas universities) before THU graduate student registration date of 2027, otherwise the admission qualification is invalid.
Applicants must meet the following mandatory requirements:
The Minimum Requirement of GPA or Average scores at Undergraduate level: 3.2/4.0 or B+ or 82/100.
(The Minimum Requirement of GPA or Average scores at Postgraduate level: 3.0/4.0 or B or 80/100.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

40000 CNY / year

≈ 40000 CNY / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

40000 CNY / year

≈ 40000 CNY / year

Living costs

Shenzhen

China

4733 - 7653 CNY / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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