The Ph.D. in Earth System Science at Lanzhou University is a research-intensive doctoral program offered under the first-level discipline of Geography or Earth and Environmental Sciences within the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, which houses related doctoral training areas including Earth System Science. The program emphasizes an integrated, interdisciplinary understanding of the Earth as a complex, coupled system composed of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere and human influences. It combines concepts and methods from physical geography, environmental science, climate science, biogeochemistry, and geospatial analysis to investigate Earth’s processes, interactions and responses on multiple scales
NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.
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Requirements Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental diseases that may affect the normal study, have a master’s degree and be under the age of 45 (Age limit is flexible for healthy applicants with certain work experience and high academic ability).
Language proficiency requirements:
1. Applicants for Chinese-taught programs of literature, history, philosophy, education and law should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 210,or HSK certificate of level 5 or above; applicants for other Chinese-taught programs should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 190.
2. There are no Chinese language proficiency requirements for the applicants of English-taught programs, but they (except for English native speakers) must have an internet-based TOEFL test score 90 or IELTS test score 6.5 (or above).