The honest answer is that there is no single headline minimum average you can quote for Chinese bachelor's degree holders. Queen Mary University of London (伦敦玛丽女王大学) publishes a mainland-China entry requirements page that some faculties use, accepts high school (Gaokao) scores for certain courses, and asks applicants to follow the page for updates. The percentages that do appear as hard numbers sit in the foundation-year routes, not in a general bachelor-to-bachelor cut-off.
So before you build a shortlist, here is what is stated, what is decided case by case, and what you can check yourself.
Where the published requirements actually live
Four places matter, and all of them sit on qmul.ac.uk:
- The undergraduate course finder, which lists the courses and their entry requirements course by course.
- The mainland China entry requirements page, which is the regional page for applicants holding Chinese qualifications.
- The International Foundation Year (IFY) page, which sets out the foundation route for students who do not yet hold a recognised bachelor's degree.
- The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry page for the A100 medicine degree, which carries its own detailed admission and screening arrangements separate from the general route.
Queen Mary's own materials note that the course finder is the reference for the undergraduate course list, and that the China page is the one to watch, because some faculties accept Gaokao scores and the details may be updated.
The hard numbers that are actually published
The clearest published figures are for the foundation routes:
| Route | High school average | Subject requirement | English (UKVI IELTS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-year foundation | 75% over three years | 75% in relevant subjects | 5.0 overall, 5.0 in each component |
| One-year foundation, 9-week language programme | — | — | 4.5 overall, 4.0 in each component |
| 1+3 (foundation plus bachelor's) | 80% over three years | 80% in relevant subjects | 5.5 overall, 5.5 in each component |
A high school diploma certificate is also required. The relevant-subject detail is itemised on the IFY admission requirements page rather than stated as a general list here.
For applicants who already hold a bachelor's degree, the university does not publish a single minimum average in this material. The published mainland-China page is the place to check for the current position on your specific qualification.
Which subjects and routes are blocked or restricted
Some routes are not open at all, and this matters more than a percentage:
- Second-year entry (transfer into year two) is not accepted for Business Management, Computer Science or Medicine.
- Other faculties consider second-year entry on a case-by-case basis only.
- The Faculty of Economics and Finance considers second-year entry only for applicants holding a UK bachelor's degree.
Medicine and dentistry have their own admission requirements and screening process, published separately for the A100 degree. Do not assume the general faculty rules apply.
For applicants moving from a Chinese associate-level (专科) qualification into a top-up or direct-entry arrangement, the university accepts one-year or two-year qualifications including the Chinese 3+2 route, and asks for the academic materials from the associate stage as well. The offer is based on the bachelor's stage; whether the associate-stage institution appears on any particular institutional list is stated as not important.
How to self-check before you apply
Work through this in order:
- Open the mainland China entry requirements page.
- Note whether your course accepts Gaokao scores for 2027 entry, and what the current published requirement is.
- Find your course in the course finder and read its specific entry requirements.
- If you are considering medicine or dentistry, go to the A100 page instead — it carries its own requirements and screening method.
- If you plan to transfer into year two, check whether your faculty is one of the restricted ones listed above.
- If your route is a foundation year, compare your three-year high school average against the 75% or 80% figure and check your relevant subjects against the matching threshold.
- Check your IELTS against the component figures for your route, not the overall score alone.
One practical limit worth knowing
The application system does not technically restrict how many courses you select, but the university states that within the same intake period at most two courses can receive an offer, and only one for law and LLM-type courses. If you select too many, Admissions will ask which you are most interested in and withdraw the rest. Accepting one offer automatically cancels another.