Three- to Six-Month Study Stays
Three- to six-month study stays in China are where a casual “half year” meets Article 45. Short study is at most 180 days, including the 180th day. Long study is longer. Six months is not the phrase the order uses. DragonTrail does not decide which side a stay falls on.
Information checked 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai).
The 12-week column, about three months, sits on the short side of 180 days. A stay that runs past 180 days does not. No page opened here printed a five-month or six-month course with a start date. 北京语言大学’s undergraduate deadlines had passed and are not a half-year language product.
At a Glance
| Who This Is For | A reader between a 12-week column and a full year who will count days. |
|---|---|
| Who Should Look Elsewhere | A reader who can name 4, 8, or 12 weeks. Use the one-to-three-month page and stop rounding up. |
| Clock | 180 days including the 180th. Six months is not the legal phrase. No five-month course was printed. |
| Money | No half-year fee. Do not prorate a full-program tuition. |
| Who Decides | The school’s dates decide the day count. The embassy applies X1 or X2. DragonTrail does not round. |
| Papers | X2 packet under 180 days. X1 packet, including a residence permit step, if the stay is longer. |
| Easy to Mix Up | Saying six months when the stamp will use 180 days. They are not a matched pair. |
| Worked Example | A course the school dates as 1 March to 1 September is not “short” merely because someone calls it half a year. Count the days against Article 45. |
| What We Do Not Do | DragonTrail does not round 180 days to six months or sell a half-year intake. |
Who This Route Fits
Three- to Six-Month Study Stays is for a reader whose plan is longer than a short grid column and shorter than a full degree, and who needs the 180-day line kept literal. DragonTrail does not enroll this reader and does not set an age or a start date.
Read alongside that fit, Three- to Six-Month Study Stays still has to obey the office that printed the limit below. Article 45 of 教育部、外交部、公安部令第42号 counts short study as no more than 180 days, including the 180th day, and long study as more than 180 days. The Sweden embassy note dated 2026/10/12 uses the same split for an X2 visa and an X1 visa. An X1 holder applies for a residence permit within 30 days of entry. The consular officer decides the category. A season name does not.
- Count days. Include day 180.
- Do not let “half a year” choose the visa.
What the Printed Rules Say
The rule that actually constrains Three- to Six-Month Study Stays is narrower than a brochure. The school still admits. A half-year hope is not a category in Article 9. If the school’s own calendar makes the stay 181 days, the order calls it long study even if the reader says six months. Count days, not slogans. A line from a different office is not copied onto this reader.
Where Three- to Six-Month Study Stays cites a number, the number stops at the page it came from. 北京语言大学’s short-term Chinese grid prints 4, 5, 6, and 8-week courses and a one-semester or 12-week course, at 20 class hours a week, with a class hour of 50 minutes. Credits on that page are 18 to 20 class hours each. The grid prints no month, no fee, and no age. A length is not a start date.
- 12 weeks is on the grid. Five months is not.
- A half-year hope is not an Article 9 category.
Time and the Visa Split
The clock for Three- to Six-Month Study Stays is the stay length and the school’s own window, not a season label. Three months, read as 12 weeks, is on the language grid without a month. Anything longer was not on that grid. 清华大学’s application rounds are not a six-month course. Beijing’s passed registration days were a few days of check-in, not a half-year program. A date that has already passed stays passed.
Timing on Three- to Six-Month Study Stays does not create an intake DragonTrail can open. The Beijing municipal English page dated 24 August 2026 lists autumn registration days and says they are for reference only. It prints 清华大学 new undergraduates, including international students, as 19 August, 北京大学 new undergraduate international students as 30 August, and 北京师范大学, including international students, as 6 September. On 29 October 2026 those days had passed. The source line is China Education Network Television, not each university’s own notice.
- Registration days in August were check-in, not a six-month course.
- Degree rounds are not this length.
Fees That Belong to a School
Money on Three- to Six-Month Study Stays is whatever the named school printed in RMB, if it printed anything. No three-to-six-month fee was opened. A stay that becomes long study can meet a yearly tuition if the person is on a degree page, and only then. Insurance under Article 40 still has no national premium. Do not prorate 198,000 RMB across six months. That figure is a full Master of Finance program. DragonTrail does not add a fee of its own.
Any yuan figure named for Three- to Six-Month Study Stays stays on the school’s list. On that 清华大学 page, Master of Finance tuition is 198,000 RMB for the full program and Master in Management is 30,000 RMB a year. The Tsinghua phase of the Columbia dual degree is 30,000 RMB a year. Insurance is 800 RMB a year. A Beijing double is 40 RMB a bed a day and a triple is 30 RMB. A full Chinese Government Scholarship is described as usually covering tuition, housing or a subsidy, a stipend, and insurance, but no stipend amount is printed, so none is repeated here.
- Do not slice 198,000 RMB into six payments unless the school said so.
- It did not, on the page that was read.
Papers and Who Decides
Papers for Three- to Six-Month Study Stays come from the school and, if a visa is needed, from the consulate. On the short side of 180 days, the Sweden note describes X2 and an admission notice. On the long side, X1, an admission letter, JW201 or JW202, and a residence permit within 30 days of entry. Guessing “about six months” is how the wrong packet gets built. This site does not issue either document.
Documents discussed for Three- to Six-Month Study Stays are examples of what an office asked for, not a pack we issue. Article 14 says a higher-education school publishes its fee items, standards, and refund rules, and prices them in RMB. Article 40 requires the insurance the state and the school demand. Someone who does not insure in time is not admitted. Someone already studying who does not insure is withdrawn or not registered. The order prints no premium. DragonTrail does not add a rate card.
- Build the X1 packet only after the day count exceeds 180.
- The residence permit step is 30 days from entry, for X1.
What to Do Next
The useful next step after Three- to Six-Month Study Stays is a question to the school, then a look at the neighboring routes. The semester page is Semester-Length Study Options. The degree-length page is Academic-Year Study Options. Count days before you choose. Neither button on this page reserves a seat.
Before acting on Three- to Six-Month Study Stays, keep the following boundary in view. Article 9 lists degree study as junior college, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral, and non-degree study as preparatory, advanced students, and research scholars. Article 12 says the school checks qualifications and financial support, may test the applicant, and decides admission. Someone who misses the school’s conditions is not admitted. DragonTrail is not that office.
- Choose the semester or year page once the school’s calendar exists.
- This page does not count the days for you.
Sources
These pages were read on 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai). An age line, a fee, and an application window belong to the office named in the link. If a date has passed, the page says so. None of this is a DragonTrail age rule, an intake, or a seat, and none of it is legal advice.
- 国务院公报 — 教育部、外交部、公安部令第42号《学校招收和培养国际学生管理办法》, signed 2017-03-20, in force 2017-07-01. Article 2 sends preschool, primary, and secondary schools to provincial rules. Articles 9, 12, 14, 30, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, and 45 are this order. Fees, if a school charges them, are that school’s RMB items. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Sweden — Instructions for Applying for a Visa, page date 2026/10/12. X1 is study for more than 180 days and asks for an admission letter plus JW201 or JW202, then a residence permit within 30 days of entry. X2 is study for no more than 180 days and asks for an admission notice, plus form DQ if it applies. F is exchanges, visits, study tours, and other activities, and it needs an invitation with the visitor’s identity, dates, places, funds, and the inviter’s stamp and signature. The consular officer decides the category. The procedure on this note is the Sweden post, not a rule this page copies onto every embassy. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
- 北京语言大学 short-term regular Chinese courses, one semester or less. The grid prints one-semester or 12-week courses and 4, 5, 6, or 8-week courses, each at 20 class hours a week, with a class hour of 50 minutes. Non-degree language courses offer credits, 1 credit = 18–20 class hours. No start month, no fee, and no age appear on this page. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
- 清华大学经济管理学院 — Admission to Pre-Experience Master’s Programs 2027 for international students, released September 2026. A bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent, is required before 2027 registration. Final deadline 26 February 2027, 17:00 China Standard Time. Round 1 for Master of Finance (SEM) and Master in Management runs through 15 December 2026, 17:00. Round 2 is 1 January 2027, 08:00, to 26 February 2027, 17:00. The Shenzhen finance program adds a third round, 27 February 2027, 08:00, to 15 May 2027, 17:00. Winter break is printed as 21 January 2027 to 17 February 2027: the system stays available, and online verification may be delayed. Application fee 800 RMB, not refundable. Tuition: Master of Finance 198,000 RMB for the full program; Master in Management 30,000 RMB a year; Columbia dual degree, Tsinghua phase, 30,000 RMB a year. Insurance 800 RMB a year. Beijing dorms: 40 RMB a bed a day for a double, 30 RMB for a triple. The page’s TOEFL line for the Columbia track prints both “5.5” and “100,” so 5.5 is not treated here as a confirmed TOEFL score. These are 清华大学 figures, not DragonTrail prices. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Chinese Visa Application Service Center (Sweden) — X1, long-term study of more than 180 days, page date 2026-08-26. Papers named: admission letter and JW201 or JW202. Residence permit within 30 days of entry. Same category split as the embassy note. Not a DragonTrail visa service. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Chinese Visa Application Service Center (Sweden) — X2, short-term study of no more than 180 days, page date 2026-08-26. Papers named: admission notice, and form DQ if it applies. Same category split as the embassy note. Not a DragonTrail visa service. — retrieved 29 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai)
FAQ
Does DragonTrail set an eligibility rule for a three- to six-month study stay?
No. The school still admits. A half-year hope is not a category in Article 9. If the school’s own calendar makes the stay 181 days, the order calls it long study even if the reader says six months. Count days, not slogans. The school decides who it admits. DragonTrail does not publish a substitute age, degree bar, or start date for Three- to Six-Month Study Stays.
Which age or status line was actually printed for a three- to six-month study stay?
Only the lines named on this page. The school still admits. A half-year hope is not a category in Article 9. If the school’s own calendar makes the stay 181 days, the order calls it long study even if the reader says six months. Count days, not slogans. If a provider’s brochure is silent, this page stays silent too. Nothing here is a DragonTrail cutoff.
What does a stay’s length mean for a three- to six-month study stay?
Three months, read as 12 weeks, is on the language grid without a month. Anything longer was not on that grid. 清华大学’s application rounds are not a six-month course. Beijing’s passed registration days were a few days of check-in, not a half-year program. Article 45 of 令第42号 still splits short and long study at 180 days, including the 180th day. The embassy, not this page, chooses X1 or X2.
Were any intakes open for a three- to six-month study stay on 29 October 2026?
Three months, read as 12 weeks, is on the language grid without a month. Anything longer was not on that grid. 清华大学’s application rounds are not a six-month course. Beijing’s passed registration days were a few days of check-in, not a half-year program. DragonTrail does not run an intake of its own. A window that had passed is not described as open, and a window that was still printed as open belongs to the university that printed it.
Are the fees on this page a DragonTrail price for a three- to six-month study stay?
No. No three-to-six-month fee was opened. A stay that becomes long study can meet a yearly tuition if the person is on a degree page, and only then. Insurance under Article 40 still has no national premium. Do not prorate 198,000 RMB across six months. That figure is a full Master of Finance program. Article 14 says a higher-education school prices its own items in RMB. DragonTrail does not add a rate card beside that list.
Who issues the papers for a three- to six-month study stay?
On the short side of 180 days, the Sweden note describes X2 and an admission notice. On the long side, X1, an admission letter, JW201 or JW202, and a residence permit within 30 days of entry. Guessing “about six months” is how the wrong packet gets built. An admission notice, a JW form, and an invitation come from the school or the inviter. The consular officer decides the visa category. DragonTrail issues none of them.
What should someone ask before paying for a three- to six-month study stay?
Ask the school whether the age line, the guardian rule, the teaching weeks, and the refund rule apply to this person. No three-to-six-month fee was opened. A stay that becomes long study can meet a yearly tuition if the person is on a degree page, and only then. Insurance under Article 40 still has no national premium. Do not prorate 198,000 RMB across six months. That figure is a full Master of Finance program. Pay only the office that published the fee, and keep the receipt in that school’s name.
Where should a reader go after a three- to six-month study stay?
Use Find a Suitable Program for how routes are organized, and Request Guidance if you want help reading a rule. Neither button enrolls you. Three- to Six-Month Study Stays does not hold a seat.
Related Study Routes
- Program Intake CalendarThe only dates this batch opened, each marked passed or still printed as open.
- Find a Suitable ProgramHow study routes are organized. Not a seat and not an intake.
- Cost of StudyingSeparate a school’s published fee from flights, housing, and daily spend.
- Plan Your Study StayArrival and the first days in the city, after a school has actually admitted you.
- How to ApplyDocuments and the order of a study application.
- CitiesWhere a stay might be based. Not a campus address.
Compare study routes, or tell us the length of stay and the season you are considering. Neither button opens an intake or reserves a seat. DragonTrail does not publish a start date.