Before you enroll, search the school name once in the center's notices. Certification for a school under "enhanced review" takes at least 60 working days

The center names some foreign institutions for a separate, tighter review of their degree certification, and it also stops taking certification applications for particular schools. Searching the school name once before you enroll is much less trouble than appealing afterward.

Cost

No cost. Before you enroll, search the school name once in the notices of the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (留学服务中心 — the Ministry of Education office that certifies overseas degrees).

Benefit

The Chinese (Ministry of Education) Service Center for Scholarly Exchange keeps issuing notices that strengthen certification review for degrees from some foreign institutions (an extra check, done separately, on diplomas from those schools). The latest is No. 9 (2025-10-28), which names 4 schools. During enhanced review, certification applications for these schools take "in principle no fewer than 60 working days counted from the day the application is submitted, that day included." The basis is Article 28 of the Measures for Certifying Academic Degrees and Diplomas from Outside China: when certification data looks abnormal, when a lead about a problem comes in, and in similar cases, the center can start an enhanced review, require the applicant, the school, and others to help by providing materials, and extend the certification period at the same time. In May (5) 2025 the center also issued a notice of "enhanced certification review, again" for 3 schools. It has also issued notices that pause acceptance of certification applications for particular overseas institutions. The anti-fraud notice of August (8) 2025 states: "Any organization or person that claims 'guaranteed certification,' 'certification through inside channels,' 'pandemic backfill,' 'expedited certification,' or the like is making a false claim."

Notes

"Enhanced review" means an extra check and a longer deadline. It does not mean the credential definitely cannot be certified. Anything that promises "guaranteed certification" or "a rush job through inside channels" is a false claim, according to the center's notice. If you pay someone across a border to write a thesis for you or to attend online classes for you, and you are caught, the credential can be voided, and the visa record can be affected as well.

Sources · 4

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