Peking University Health Science Center Life Guide & Security Tips for Freshman

Welcome to Peking University Health Science Center. When you first arrive in the school, everything may seem strange to you. Here we provide you with the Life Guide & Security Tips. Hopefully it can make your adaption into the life on campus more easily.

1. Accommodation

After your arrival, the Management Center of Foreign Students Building will arrange your accommodation. You need to hand in two photographs of yourself, check in, sign Accommodation Agreement, and get the room card. Each room is furnished with desk, chair, wardrobe, and bed. For every freshman, we will also provide you with a suit of beddings with the price of 450RMB, including cotton quilt, bedclothes, pillow, quilt cover, bedspread, and pillowcase. You can also bring your own beddings.

Important Notion: Other people are not allowed to stay in the students’ dorm, including the parents. Parents can book a room in hotels near the school.

2.    Office

The Management Center of Foreign Students Building is in room 125 on the ground floor of the Foreign Students Building; The Foreign Students Offices are in room 123 of the same building, and room 105 &106 of International Cooperation Center.

3. The tuition, housing & insurance fees should be paid in a certain period time after admission (There will be another notice later). Any delay on the payment will cost 5% extra. An ICBC card is strongly recommended for payment (Online payment is also supported if you open up the function in the bank). The charged fees are not refundable when you quit the school or transfer to another school.

4. The facilities in the Foreign Students Building

1) Washing machine: there are washing machines on every other floor. You can consult the Service Desk for the details of using them.

2) Boiler Room: every other floor (1st, 3rd, etc.) has a boiler room, which supplies hot water 24 hours a day.

3) Telephone, web service: each room has an IC card telephone, through which you can make international calls, national calls and local calls (You should buy an IC card); to get international and national web service in your dorm, you have to go through some procedures at the Information Center of the school.

5.    Food: Four dining halls are available to you on the campus of PKUHSC.

Yuejin Building has three floors for dining, each floor with different flavor and price. Muslim canteen is for Muslim students and those who respect Muslim food tradition, which is on the 1st floor of NO.7 Building. De Yuan is to the north of the supermarket. KUAI LE SHI JIAN is a new student canteen which is on the second floor of the supermarket.

Student cards can be used in all the four student canteens. Students cards can be charged on the first floor of the Yuejin Building or online.

6. Post office

The 4rd building on campus has a post office, which provides service for posting mails, packages as well as EMS.

You can also find lots of express mailing companies in the F1 of the International Student Dormitory, there you can find cheaper & faster mailing services.

7. Hospital

If you get sick, you can go to the school infirmary (the 6th building) or the Third Hospital of Peking University, which is close to the school and supplies out-patient service for foreign students.

8. Mailing address of the school:

Room No××× Foreign Student Building, Peking University Health Science Center 38 Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District Beijing 100191, China

9. Transportation

There are bus stops near each gate of the school. You can check on the Internet for more bus information. For subways, the station of “Xue Yuan Qiao” of Changping Line is to the west of the North Gate of PKUHSC, which is very convenient.

10. Important Security Tips

1) Watch out for Fraud through Tel/Online/Other ways: If any person or organization ask you to send money or transfer money through any way, please contact the Foreign Students Office first. We’ll help you make sure whether it’s a fraud or not.

2) Erotic Materials/Gambling/Drugs are banned in Beijing, especially on campus. If you are found to have such a situation, you are facing a legal punishment and dismissal from school.