Students in China who have been studying international courses online must now travel to overseas study destination countries, authorities in the country announced on January 28.
The Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange had permitted students to study online as a result of Covid-19 travel restrictions, but the temporary rules have now been lifted. Students will have to go destination countries to join the first semester of 2023.
They should return “as soon as possible”, it said. CSCSE has restored its pre-pandemic rules as “major overseas study destinations have opened their borders, and overseas universities and institutes have fully resumed face-to-face teaching”, along with the fact that China eased its Covid-19 rules from January 8.
“CSCSE will no longer provide certification/accreditation services for foreign diplomas and degrees obtained during the Spring semester of 2023 (Autumn semester of the Southern Hemisphere) and beyond (including new enrolment and continuing study).
“If there are special reasons which also comply with the relevant regulations, CSCSE will handle it separately case by case,” it however added.
