Registration to HEBUT

In accordance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, personal information needs to be uploaded to China Higher Education Student Information System (CHSI). To complete your enrollment process at HEBUT, you are required to register by scanning the designated QR code before October after you are enrolled at LUT.

Failure to complete this registration will result in your information not being recorded in the CHSI system, consequently preventing HEBUT from issuing your degree or graduation certificates. The registration process requires you to provide your passport number, date of birth, email address, and other necessary details.

Please note that this information will be utilized exclusively for registration purposes and will NOT be collected for commercial use.

The new questionnaire QR code will be released soon through HEBUT Moodle System.

Photo requirements

According to the regulations of China’s Ministry of Education, students must complete online registration, which includes the submission of personal image information, and the uploaded image must match the one on their graduation certificate. 

For students intending to obtain a degree from HEBUT next year, it is mandatory to provide a graduation image that meets the required standards. Therefore, all HEBUT - LUT double-degree students must participate in the personal image collection process arranged by HEBUT. 

HEBUT will notify all double-degree students around November each year via email (finland.teaching@hebut.edu.cn ) with instructions on registration and participation for the photo collection.

If you are unable to come to the Campus for the photo-taking session arranged by HEBUT, please refer to the following requirements and provide them to a third-party photo studio or photography service:

The photo must meet the specified requirements below.

Please send a digital copy of the photo to the designated email address of HEBUT, naming the file as [Your Name] + [Student ID Number].

Chinese language and culture courses

Visit:https://elut.lut.fi/en/completing-studies/language-studies/chinese

Chinese language courses for the HEBUT double-degree students are as follows:

1.HDD7010 Basic Chinese 1 (5 ECTS) in autumn in Lahti and Lappeenranta

It is a mandatory course for the HEBUT double-degree students in their second year of studies. The course will teach Chinese phonetics, basic rules of reading Chinese phonetics, syllables frequently used in communication, Chinese characters and grammar, and topics that foreigners are most likely to encounter in their studies, life, work and travel in Chinese context.

2.HDD7020 Basic Chinese 2 (5 ECTS) in spring in Lahti and Lappeenranta

It is a mandatory course for the HEBUT double-degree students in their second year of studies. This course will continue to teach more syllables frequently used in communication, Chinese characters, grammar, and practice for preparing HSK2/3 test. This course is for upper-elementary level students.

3.HDD7030/KC00CQ68 Intermediate Chinese 1 (3 ECTS) in autumn in Lahti and Lappeenranta

It is an elective course designed for the HEBUT double-degree students who have taken Basic Chinese 1 & 2 or have achieved the corresponding Chinese proficiency (mastery of basic Chinese grammar and about 300 syllables). The four skills--listening, speaking, reading, and writing--will be further practiced. Students will expand their Chinese lexical resources and grammar to prepare for HSK 3 test. HSK 3 practice will also be offered in this class.

4.HDD7040/KC00CQ69 Intermediate Chinese 2 (3 ECTS) in spring in Lahti and Lappeenranta

It is an elective course designed for the HEBUT double-degree students who have taken Basic Chinese 1 & 2 and Intermediate Chinese 1, or have achieved the corresponding Chinese proficiency (mastery of basic Chinese grammar and about 600 syllables). The comprehensive proficiency in Chinese (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) will be continuously trained. HSK 4 practice will be also offered in this class.

Chinese culture course for the HEBUT double-degree students is:

1.HDD4120 Overview of China (3 ECTS) in autumn in Lahti and Lappeenranta

It is a mandatory course for the HEBUT double-degree students in their second year of studies. The course adopts a task-based learning approach to introduce students to a comprehensive panorama of China.

Other Chinese culture courses in Chinese Business, Culture and Technology minor study:

2. HDD4070 Traditional Chinese Culture (6 ECTS)

This course deals with major cultural aspects of China, including traditional Chinese thoughts, arts, artifacts and folk customs embodied in various ways in people’s lives to provide a comprehensive understanding of China. In addition to the lectures, it provides students with cultural practice activities corresponding to the topics.

3.HDD4080 China’s 40 Years of Economic Reform and Development (2 ECTS)

The course introduces students to different concepts of economic reform and development during the past 40 years in China, through a task-based learning and learning-by-doing approach. The reading materials, lectures, in-class and off-class activities are designed for students to obtain a wide range of detailed information on different topics.

4.HDD4090 Academic and Cultural Exchange in China (5 ECTS)

This course can be completed as part of an exchange period of at least 3 months at HEBUT in Tianjin, China. The exchange will be offered from approximately mid-May to mid-August. 

HEBUT graduation requirements

To qualify for graduation and the bachelor’s degree, students must meet the following requirements:

1.Credits

Requirements: a minimum of 180 LUT credits that align with LUT’s bachelor’s degree structure.

Supporting documents: LUT degree certificate (if awarded) and transcript.

2.GPA

Requirements: a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5. Students who meet all other requirements but have a cumulative GPA below 2.5 will be awarded only a graduation certificate and not a degree certificate.

Supporting documents: LUT degree certificate (if awarded) and transcript.

3.Bachelor’s thesis

Requirements: The thesis must meet the joint graduation requirements established by HEBUT and LUT. For more information, see Guidelines for Thesis Requirements and Overview of Bachelor’s Thesis Procedure.

Submission Guidelines: Students must submit their bachelor’s thesis and related materials using the official HEBUT bachelor’s thesis template to the Bachelor’s Thesis System for HEBUT Finland Campus (https://finlandgraduation.hebut.edu.cn/).

Process schedule:

    Topic approval

    Supervisor allocation

    System account registration*

    Preliminary deliverable

    Mid-term seminar

    Plagiarism detection

    Final seminar

    Final thesis submission

    Thesis evaluation and grading

*System account registration: System administrators will automatically assign accounts to students who have submitted their personal image information. The account and initial password will be sent via email. For more information, see Photo requirements. Students who have not submitted image information (i.e., those not graduating this academic year but intending to complete their bachelor’s thesis) must apply for a system account. Please submit the account request to the designated teaching email address ( finland.teaching@hebut.edu.cn) no later than the conclusion of Week 1.

Supporting documents: All students seeking a HEBUT degree must participate in the HEBUT thesis process. Thesis review is conducted exclusively through the system, and no external submissions are needed.

4.Chinese language and culture

Requirements: 

Complete the compulsory Chinese language courses:

    HDD7010    Basic Chinese 1

    HDD7020    Basic Chinese 2

    HDD4120    Overview of China

Supporting documents: LUT transcript

Pass HSK Test:

HEBUT double-degree students are required to pass the HSK Level 4 test to satisfy the language requirement for graduation. For the specific schedule and detailed content regarding this requirement, please refer to the information provided during the orientation held at the beginning of each academic year or the language requirement information sessions provided in March and October each year.

The specific time and venue of the orientation and information sessions will be notified via email.

5.Registration and Image collection

As outlined in the HEBUT requirements under sections a. Registration to HEBUT and b. Photo Requirements, students must ensure that they have completed HEBUT registration, so that their information can be recorded in the CHSI system. Additionally, students are required to complete image collection during the graduation year.

Graduation qualification reviews

1.Procedure:

Students are required to submit the necessary documents via email to  finland.graduation@hebut.edu.cn. The HEBUT teaching management office will then verify whether students meet the requirements, including credits, GPA, Bachelor’s thesis, and mandatory Chinese language and culture courses. If they meet all the requirements, students will be awarded both the HEBUT graduation certificate and the bachelor’s degree certificate.

2.Review schedule:

First review: early June

Second review: early July

Third review: late February of the subsequent year

3.Required documents:

LUT degree certificate and transcript

HSK certificate or other relevant language proficiency credentials (scanned copy)

4.Consequences of not meeting requirements:

       Graduation extension option:

Students who fail to meet graduation requirements may apply for graduation extension. Students are required to submit the Graduation Extension Application Form via email to finland.graduation@hebut.edu.cn in May, prior to the first graduation review. The normal study period spans three years, with a maximum extension to five years, allowing for an extension of up to two years.

       Completion certificate scenario

Students who fail to meet graduation requirements within the prescribed study period will only receive a completion certificate from HEBUT and will not be awarded either the graduation certificate or bachelor’s degree certificate. These students are classified as program completers* rather than graduates. Program completers have three additional review opportunities during the subsequent academic year: late February, early June, and early July. If they pass any of these reviews, program completers will be reclassified as graduates and awarded both the graduation certificate and the bachelor’s degree certificate. However, failure in all three reviews will result in the final issuance of the official completion certificate as the sole credential.

*Program completers are students who complete all the coursework specified in a double degree program within the prescribed study period but fail to meet the requirements in terms of credits, GPA, bachelor’s thesis, or mandatory Chinese language and culture courses.