Today (August 5), "Communication University of China Abolishes Art Entrance Exam" surged to the top of the trending list. On August 3, the Communication University of China (CUC) released an announcement on its official undergraduate admissions WeChat account, detailing the "2027 Undergraduate Art Major Admissions and Enrollment Methods Notice."
The notice states that, in order to thoroughly implement the Ministry of Education's reform deployment for art major admissions, continuously deepen the reform of art talent recruitment, and better align with the development needs of talent cultivation and industry, the university has outlined the following admissions methods for its 2027 undergraduate art majors: In the regular batch admissions section, applicants for majors such as Drama, Film and Television Literature, Radio and Television Directing (Literary and Artistic Directing Direction), Radio and Television Directing (Audiovisual Editing Direction), Intelligent Image Art, Drama, Film and Television Directing, Film and Television Photography and Production, Environmental Design (Light and Space Art Direction), and Art and Technology (E-sports Direction) are not required to participate in the provincial-level unified art exams of their home provinces, nor do they need to take the university's art school-organized exams. Instead, the university will admit students based on the provincial and major-specific enrollment plans, ranking candidates from high to low according to their college entrance examination cultural course scores.
Additionally, a note clarifies that three majors (directions)鈥斺淏roadcasting and Hosting Art (Chinese-Korean, Chinese-Korean Bilingual Hosting Direction), Broadcasting and Hosting Art (Chinese-Japanese Bilingual Hosting Direction), and Broadcasting and Hosting Art (Chinese-Spanish Bilingual Hosting Direction)鈥攁re suspended for enrollment. Prospective students are advised to consider applying for non-common language majors such as Korean, Japanese, and Spanish at the university, with specific language offerings and plans subject to the university's annual provincial and major-specific plans.
On January 17 of this year, the Communication University of China released its "2026 Art Undergraduate School-Exam Major Admissions Guide," which still required school exams for several majors in the "regular batch" category, such as Drama, Film and Television Directing, Environmental Design (Light and Space Art Direction), and Art and Technology (E-sports Direction). This excerpt is from the "2026 CUC Art Undergraduate School-Exam Major Admissions Guide."
In fact, as early as 2024, CUC had already issued notices for some majors not to organize school exams, directly admitting students based on college entrance examination cultural course scores. This included art majors like Drama, Film and Television Literature (Film and Television Scriptwriting Direction), Drama, Film and Television Literature (Drama Scriptwriting Direction), Radio and Television Directing (Literary and Artistic Directing Direction), Radio and Television Directing (Television Editing Direction), and Art Management. This excerpt is from CUC's article "Undergraduate Education for the Intelligent Media Era: Key Points of CUC's 2024 Undergraduate Admissions."
In response to this change, a reporter contacted the CUC Admissions Office. Staff responded that multiple majors, including Radio and Television Directing and Drama, Film and Television Directing, will be included in the regular batch admissions. However, provincial enrollment plans and specific quotas cannot yet be announced, awaiting official release in April or May next year. Since this is the first time these majors are being admitted via the regular batch, the university has no historical admission score lines for reference. Therefore, applicants are advised to first consult their home province's 2025 "non-school exam art major" admission scores and corresponding rankings as a preliminary assessment basis.
Regarding the reason for the policy adjustment, the admissions teacher stated it was due to higher-level regulations, unrelated to individual applicants' applications.
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