Mothers in crimson dresses and fathers clutching umbrellas huddled together in drizzly Beijing after sending their children into an exam hall on Friday, the first day of China's biggest "gaokao" tests ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Lu Mengqi showed up for the first day of China's annual college entrance exam, known as the "gaokao", in a black Nike (NKE.N) T-shirt featuring the brand's trademark swoosh logo.

International undergraduate students applying to universities overseas are accustomed to taking standardized college admissions tests, such as the SAT and ACT used by U.S. schools. Susu Zhu from China ...

The University of Birmingham has announced it will accept the ‘Gaokao’ exam for “high-flying” Chinese students wishing to join its undergraduate courses in 2019 in place of A-levels or the ...

This weekend, close to 10 million Chinese high school students will take the grueling two-day gaokao - the college entrance exam that is the sole determinant in a student's higher-education placement.

Chinese applicants to the University of San Francisco need not submit a transcript or an SAT score under a newly announced pilot program. Rather, the private Jesuit institution plans to admit students ...

Across China students are taking the "gaokao" college entrance exam -- typically the most stressful point of a Chinese student's life - Copyright AFP/File PEDRO PARDO ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Breaking News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The number of students taking this year's multi-subject gaokao series is set to be a record high, with ...

Teenage Covid-19 patients in southern China bent over test papers and scribbled answers alone in hospital rooms, taking the life-changing "gaokao" college entrance exams despite being in virus-induced ...

The number of students in China taking this year's multi-subject tests series is set to be a record high A student enters a school on the first day of the national college entrance examination, known ...

The number of students taking this year's multi-subject gaokao series is set to be a record high, with the Ministry of Education saying that 13.42 million candidates have registered for the ...