Announcements on SCIE Online Entrance Examination

Under the current epidemic situation, SCIE will conduct 2020 Entrance Examinations online. The 1st round of Entrance Examination will be held on May 24th.

In order to make sure the Entrance Examination goes smoothly on the test day, SCIE will conduct a trail exam in advance to test the online exam system at 9:00-18:00 (Beijing Time) on May 16th,  17th and 23rd. Candidates can choose any of the 3 dates to take the trail exam and login the system at the designated time 3 times at most in one day.

Both in the trail exam and the formal exam, the candidate number is your ID number which has been filled in your application form. If your ID number ends with  X or  there are letters in your ID number, please type in capital letters. Brackets in Hongkong,  Macau and Taiwan Certificates should be removed.

The trail exam is just for testing your exam equipments and internet, thus help candidates get used to online exam system. The scores will not be counted in formal exam results.

As for the formal entrance examination on May 24th, candidates should pay attention to the following items:

1.  Exam Time:

Candidates can login the exam system and invigilation system from 8:30 am, 30 minutes before the test. 

English Test Time: 9：00 – 11：00 am

Break: 11：00 – 11：10 am

Mathematics Test Time：11：10 – 12：00 am

2. English Test:

The English Test will last for 120 minutes. The full scores are 200.

The English Test includes 5 parts: Writing (20 minutes), Speaking (5 minutes), Listening (28 minutes), Vocabulary& Grammar (39 minutes) and Reading (28 minutes). 

The Writing session should be input via computer keyboard. It is not allowed to write answers on papers, then upload the photos of papers to the computer.

3. Mathematics Test

The Mathematics Test will last for 50 minutes. The full scores are 100.

Question Types: multiple-choice and fills-up. No special character.

Answers should be input via the computer keyboard. It is not allowed to write answers on papers, then upload the photos of answers to the computer.

4.  Exam Procedures:

When candidates completed answering a question, he/she will move to the next question automatically and cannot return to the last question to check or make any modification.

Each session of the exam papers should be finished within the specified time, then move to the next session.

Each test should be finished within the specified time.

Candidates can hand in English Test papers 40 minutes before the test is over, whereas handing in Mathematics Test papers 20 minutes before the test is over.

The Exam system will submit your answers automatically if you haven’t handed in your test papers when the time is up.

5. The Interview has been canceled.

6. Notes：Students should login the homepage of candidates on SCIE Entrance Examination Application Platform to check relevant notices, i.e. Commitment Letter, Instructions to Candidates, Instructions for downloading the software and the downloading address, Trail Test Password.