Your arrival in Xi'an
You may be arriving by airport or by train. You will find information on:

Xi'an Airport:
Xi'an airport is about 40 kilometers far from downtown and is about 50 kilometers far from Xi’an International Studies University.

Transportation to downtown, to university:

a. Shuttle bus will leave airport for downtown each half an hour and it will take you to the city about one hour. The bus fair is 25 yuan each and then you may take taxi to the university. It will charge you about 20 yuan or less than that.

b. You will spend one hour or more to take taxi directly from airport to the university if you like to and the charge will be about 100 yuan.

Xi’an Railway Station:
Xi’an Railway Station is about 5 kilometers far from downtown and is about 15 kilometers far from the university. You can take double-decker bus No 603 from railway station to the university with one yuan fair only or you can pay 15 yuan or 20 yuan if you like to take taxi.


Your basic needs and attention

Train:

In China, Frequent train connections are scheduled to lead you to all cities and they are the most ideal transportation for you to take a long-distance travel around China. At the railway station, you can buy a major-city train timetable or the complete timetable for all trains in China.

Chinese train has got three classes. They are: hard seat, hard sleeper and soft sleeper. Prices are definitely different. Many Chinese people and foreign visitors prefer to take hard sleeper which is economy and comfortable when they travel out.

Hard sleeper tickets are more pretty difficult to get rather than the other two ones especially in tourist season.

Travel agency is the way to get the train tickets if you urgently need and 30 or 50 yuan for each ticket will be charged.


Airplane:

In the city you may find out many booking office and travel agency selling plane tickets and they will be sent to your home if required.

As an international student you can enjoy the discount arrangement when you show your student ID to booking office people and there will be a change to the discount price in different season.


University Facilities

How to use library:

Students may apply for library card if you would like to use library. Please go to the office of School of Chinese Studies to hand over one piece of passport photo with 200 yuan deposit which will be returned to you before leaving and you should pay 10 yuan each month as management fee as well.

Students who wish to use materials have to show a valid library card and students may only borrow some materials. As the library is used by numerous people, it is absolutely necessary for users to put the books back.

The opening hours of the library are:
Monday to Friday: 9:00 – 11:00 Lunch break 14: - 22:00
Weekends and Holidays: closed


University Hospital:

The university hospital locates at the campus. It offers a better service and pretty low medical cost to all students and working staff. Please show your student ID to hospital people if you would like to see doctor in university hospital.

We suggest that the necessary medical insurance need to be managed before leaving your own country in case that you need to see the doctors from the state-run hospitals in China. Please keep your medical invoice well and you will have your refund after you back home.


Enrollment card
Student will have one enrollment card after registration and paying tuition.
Student can have all the necessary textbooks and study material with the card.


Student Identity Card
You will receive a student identity card that is accepted documentary evidence of your status as a student.
This card can provide you with certain percentage of discount on purchasing air tickets.
Student ID should be changed regularly on each new semester.
Please report your case to the office of SCS if you loose the ID.
Apply for substitute one need to pay 20 RMB.


Transfer to other university
Please go to the office of SCS to complete some necessary procedure three days in advance if you plan to transfer to study at other university.


Suspend schooling
Student is allowed to suspend his/her schooling during the period of study if the reason is an act of god.


Quit schooling
Student is allowed to quit school during the study time but the tuition may not refund to student.


Check on study attendance
Teacher is responsible for checking on study attendance for student who attendants class and give the regular report to the office of SCS.


Student Services
Three offices for student services will be introduced to you and hopefully they can offer some more information and convenience for your study and daily life in XISU.


Office of SCS
Office of SCS is an office that all the international students may always visit to. It can offer many services to students as bellow:
Welcome new students
Enrollment and registration
Collect tuition fee
Passport and visa checking
How to apply
Student ID
Travel and visit
Student records
Certificate
Educational management
Management for performance and sport activities .

Office opening hours:
Morning time 8:00-12:00