According to the Regulations on the Management of International Exchange Students of GDUFS and the cooperation agreement between GDUFS and the University of California, Riverside (UCR), several undergraduate students will be selected in the 1st semester of 2024-2025 to participate in the 3+1+1 Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Program at UCR. The exchange period will be from September 2024 to June 2026 (subject to the course schedule of UCR). The details are as follows:

I. Application requirements

1. Full-time undergraduate students of the Class of 2021 of School of Business (SoB) (both innovation and regular classes are eligible).

2. Candidates should demonstrate high overall quality, good moral character with no disciplinary record, be in good health, and be able to successfully complete all study tasks (including the selection semester).

3. Academic performance: Applicants must have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above (inclusive) for the first three years. This requirement must be met at the time of application, eligibility review, and prior to departure.

4. Language proficiency: TOEFL: 550 PBT or 80 IBT; IELTS: 6.5 overall; Duolingo English Test: 100; CET-4: 500; CET-6: 460. (Applicants who already meet the above requirements will receive priority recommendation during internal selection. These criteria are set by UCR and are not used as school-level screening requirements. Language scores do not need to be submitted at the internal application stage; final submission to UCR must be completed by August 1 of the admission year.

5. Required general courses to be completed by the 7th semester:

(1) College English: all completed (for non-English majors);

(2) Required mathematics courses: all completed (if applicable);

(3) Required statistics courses: all completed (if applicable);

(4) Required computer courses: all completed;

(5) Required ideological and political courses: all completed;

(6) Required physical education courses: all completed;

(7) Second foreign language: all completed (for English majors);

(8) General elective courses: all completed.

6. Applicants must also complete all required major courses (except graduation thesis and professional internship) before the 7th semester. For questions, please contact Instructor Liu.

7. Students are allowed to apply for only one program and one major. Applications for multiple programs are not permitted. Applicants should consider carefully; students who wish to apply for another program must wait until the selection for this program is completed. Once the selection results are announced, admitted students are not allowed to withdraw arbitrarily.

II. Schedule