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Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei

China, Shanghai

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The school at a glance
Instructs in English
Fees RMB 220,000 - 238,000
Ages 14 - 18 years
Type Co-educational (boarding)
Opened 2001
Bus Service No
Availability Not shared by this school
Part of
Yew Wah International School of Shanghai
Academic offering
Curriculum Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels
Taught languages English, Mandarin, Japanese
Strengths Visual and Creative Arts, Performing Arts, STEM
Clubs Arts and Creative, Academic and Intellectual, Community and Service
Stages Secondary School, High School, Sixth Form, Senior Secondary School
Introduction

Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei opened in 2001 and is at 600 Gubei Road, Changning District, Shanghai. The campus delivers an English‑taught, three‑year upper‑secondary art and design programme that emphasises portfolio preparation and university guidance for overseas applications. The school website lists facilities including art and design classrooms, a fashion and textiles studio, a digital media lab, a design and technology workshop, and a multifunctional exhibition hall. Boarding is available and the site describes curriculum pathways aligned with Cambridge Pre‑A/IGCSE and AS/A Level courses, with subjects such as digital media offered. Admissions information notes applicants complete English and art assessments and a principal interview. The site also describes a Western–Chinese co‑leadership model and names the school's senior leaders. The website lists recent university destinations including University of the Arts London and Parsons; news pages describe collaborations with fashion designers and showcases student exhibitions and competition entries regularly.

www.ywies-sh.com
This campus is part of Yew Wah International School of Shanghai

600 Gubei Road, Changning District, Shanghai, 200336, China

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The Essentials

Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei has instruction in English.

Location
YWIES Shanghai Gubei is in the Gubei area of Changning District, central-west Shanghai — the school gives an address of 600 Gubei Road (postcode 200336). The campus page notes it sits near Shanghai fashion and design districts and is within the city's Gubei/Former French Concession area, so many residential compounds and transport links are nearby; contact the admissions office for specific commute options.

Stages
The Gubei campus is an Art & Design-focused secondary campus; the website describes programmes for secondary and upper-secondary students (including Phase/Year 1–3 of upper secondary). Course lists and an ‘Upper Secondary' timetable are published on the school site.

Type
YWIES Shanghai Gubei operates as a co-educational school and states a non‑discrimination admissions policy (accepting qualified students regardless of gender). The campus also offers boarding services for students; dormitory supervision is mentioned on the facilities page.

Additional learning support
The school publishes subject-support and English-support options in its upper‑secondary programme (e.g., ‘YWIES Subject Support' and extra English classes for students who need them). Admissions interviews are used to assess academic, social and language needs so the school can plan support; for complex or specialist SEN needs you should contact Admissions to discuss case‑by‑case arrangements.

Country affiliation
YWIES Shanghai Gubei is part of the Yew Chung Yew Wah (YCYW) education network (a mainland China / Hong Kong network of Yew Wah and Yew Chung schools) rather than being affiliated to a single foreign country.

Religious affiliation
The school website and network pages do not indicate a religious affiliation; the school presents itself as an international educational organisation without a stated religious denomination.

School day structure
For upper‑secondary students the site shows a typical school day beginning at about 08:00 with morning lessons, a core class block and a mid‑morning break around 10:15, then further lesson periods; exact start/end times and breaks can vary by year group and are set by the school.

Bus service
The school's public website and campus pages describe campus facilities and boarding but do not publish detailed school‑bus routes or a bus timetable for the Gubei campus. If you need a daily bus service or route details, contact the Admissions office (telephone and enquiry form are provided on the site) to confirm whether bus transport is available for your address and which routes are operating.
Diving Deeper
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Fees

Annual tuition at Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei ranges from RMB 220,000 to RMB 238,000 for 2026/27.

Application fees
- Application charge reported: RMB 500 (one-time).

Registration / acceptance payment
- The school requires payment of the Registration Fee as part of the application/acceptance process; the Admissions Office issues a Notice of Payment and requires payment to confirm an Offer of Placement within 10 working days of the offer. Payment by bank transfer is documented and the school provides bank account details.

Tuition fees (annual and inferred per-term)
- Published public listings for YWIES Shanghai Gubei show typical annual tuition in the mid-RMB 200,000s for secondary-aged students, with example figures around RMB 238,000 per year. Sixth-form (A‑Level) annual fees have been reported lower in some listings (example RMB 220,000). These representative figures are shown in third‑party fee summaries.
- Inference for per‑term instalments: the school operates on a three‑term year; dividing the annual tuition by three gives an approximate per‑term amount. For example, using RMB 238,000 per year → per term ≈ RMB 79,333 (this per‑term figure is an arithmetic inference, not an officially published per‑term rate).

Boarding fees (if applicable)
- Boarding has been reported as an additional annual charge in third‑party listings; example ranges reported are approximately RMB 36,000–42,000 per year. Boarding is offered but listed separately from tuition.

Other costs and typical additional charges
- Other costs commonly applied by international schools and referenced in market listings for this campus include uniforms, activity and course materials, examinations and portfolio or specialist materials (art/design). Specific published amounts for these items at the Gubei campus are not publicly listed in the school's online admissions notices.

Refund information
- A specific, publicly posted refund policy for registration, deposits or tuition is not shown in the school's admissions notices available in public listings; formal refund terms are typically set out in the Notice of Payment/Acceptance documentation provided to families at offer stage.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- The Offer of Placement must be confirmed by returning the signed Acceptance and payment of required fees as set out in the Notice of Payment within 10 working days of the offer. The school provides bank transfer details for payment. Parents will receive the Notice of Payment with the exact billing schedule and amounts once an offer is issued.

Fee payment options
- Bank transfer is explicitly documented (school provides bank account details in admissions notices). Other payment methods (credit card, Alipay/WeChat, etc.) are not specified in the publicly available admissions text.

Note: where per‑term figures are shown above these are arithmetic inferences from published annual amounts and the school's three‑term year; they are not published per‑term rates from the school.
Academics

Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei teaches Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, Cambridge A Levels for students aged 14 to 18.

Curriculum
Yew Wah International Education School of Shanghai Gubei is an art-and-design–focused campus delivering a mainly English-medium secondary programme with dedicated portfolio and university guidance. For primary and lower-secondary provision within the Yew Wah Shanghai network the school integrates the Chinese National Curriculum with bilingual and international content, alongside arts and character education. Upper secondary operates a two-phase pathway: Phase 1 covers core national-curriculum subjects and a broad range of electives, while Phase 2 prepares students for external qualifications and college entry with options including IGCSE and A Level pathways, the International Project Qualification (IPQ), and English/IELTS/TOEFL support. Compulsory and elective offerings include multiple English pathways, Chinese, Mathematics (including Additional/Further Mathematics), sciences, humanities, art & design, digital media, music, drama, and STEM/technology courses. Specialist facilities and subject choices—fine art, fashion/textiles, graphic communication, digital media, design & technology—are provided to support practical learning and portfolio development for domestic and international art-school progression.
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Admissions

Admissions
1. Submit an application and required documents (online or by email). Parents should apply online through the school's admissions portal and send copies of the child's ID (passport/residence card/birth certificate), the parent/guardian's ID, the child's most recent school reports (in Chinese or English or with an authorised translation), two passport-sized photos, and an artwork collection that shows the child's art/design work. The school requires payment of a registration fee by bank transfer as part of the application; the site gives the account name (上海长宁区耀华专修学校), account number (4546 5922 3465) and the receiving bank (中国银行上海市长宁路支行) — keep a copy of the transfer receipt to attach to your application. Mainland Chinese students must have completed nine years of compulsory education before enrolling; contact admissions if you are unsure about eligibility.

2. Entrance assessment (academic English and artwork). After the Admissions Office has your complete application package they arrange an entrance assessment that normally includes English written and oral tests (listening, speaking, reading, writing) plus an artwork review to assess the student's art and design competence. Parents should plan for the student to bring the recommended number of artworks/portfolio items and be prepared that the English assessment may be used to place the student in the appropriate class or recommend additional language support. The school's published notes emphasise that the assessment is used to understand academic, social and language levels so be candid about the child's current abilities.

3. Principal's interview (student and parent together). If the assessment is completed, the Admissions Office schedules a meeting with the principal; the principal will outline the school's education objectives and ask questions to learn more about the child and family. The principal may ask the family and student to sign a tripartite “Charter for Success” during this meeting — parents should read that document and ask for clarification about expectations before signing. Expect the interview to cover the student's academic goals, art/design interests and any pastoral or learning support needs.

4. Offer, acceptance and seat reservation. If the student passes the assessment and interview (and the Charter is signed where applicable), the school issues an Offer of Placement — the website says offers are issued within five working days. To confirm and reserve the place you must sign and return the Acceptance of Offer of Placement and pay the required fees shown on the school's Notice of Payment; the offer will expire if the signed acceptance and required payment are not received within ten working days. Because a place is definitively reserved only after the signed acceptance and payment, plan ahead so you can meet the deadline (especially when arranging international bank transfers).

5. Transfer students and campus visits. If you are a transfer student the Admissions Office asks that you contact them directly so they can advise any additional documentation or transfer procedures required. The school welcomes weekday campus visits but asks families to make an appointment in advance because the school's calendar does not follow public-school holidays; use the admissions contact channels to arrange a visit. If you are applying to specific year-level intakes such as Year 10, the school recommends following the published procedure early because those intakes often have a fixed start date (typically mid-August).

Scholarships
YWIES Shanghai Gubei participates in the Yew Chung Yew Wah (YCYW) scholarship programme and also publishes its own enrolment incentives. At the network level, the YCYW Scholarship Programme offers several types of awards (examples published by the network):

- Madam Tsang Chor-hang Memorial Scholarship (Overall Achievement Award) — recipients may receive a 50%–100% tuition waiver for up to four years.
- YCYW Subject & Talent Award — awarded for excellence in a particular subject or talent; typical awards are 25%–50% tuition waivers for one year.
- IGCSE / IB / A Level Award — for strong performance in upper-secondary programmes; recipients may receive 50%–100% tuition waivers for two to four years.
- Special scholarships — individual campuses occasionally run special awards for particular talents or needs. External applicants normally must submit admissions materials and take the network-specified tests (CEM and CPT) before applying to the scholarship programme. The YCYW scholarship announcement also lists the campus-level rollout and deadline for each campus; for YWIES Shanghai Gubei the network's 2025–26 scholarship rollout was announced on 2 Jan 2025 with an internal/external deadline shown as 28 Feb 2025 in that announcement — always check the current year's schedule with the Admissions Office because deadlines change annually.

At the school (YWIES Shanghai Gubei) level the admissions/news pages also list entry‑related incentives: for the 2025–26 admissions notes the school published an “early‑bird” tuition incentive (a 10% reduction in the tuition portion if full tuition is paid by April 30) and a “new‑student scholarship” track that can include awards for art or academic performance lasting up to three consecutive years; the page asks families to contact the Admissions Office for details and application procedures (amounts and eligibility vary by year and by programme). If you are applying for a scholarship, start with the school admissions team (admission.shgb@ywies.com or +86 21 6275 4365) to confirm current scholarship categories, the application timeline, supporting documents required, and whether the scholarship is competitive or linked to a particular intake.

Waitlist
No public waitlist details are published on the school's admissions pages. The school's admissions information states that an offer is only guaranteed when the signed acceptance and required payment are received within ten working days of the offer; this implies a first-come, first-served seat reservation based on completing the acceptance/payment steps rather than an openly published waitlist procedure. If a cohort is full the school's Admissions Office can advise whether they hold a waiting pool, estimated wait times, or whether they will keep late applicants on a contact list — the site directs families to contact admissions for transfer or capacity questions. For short-notice or high-demand intakes (for example some spring or year-entry intakes where the school posts limited places), third‑party admissions notices also report small class sizes for particular intakes, so contact the admissions office as early as possible if you need to know whether a wait pool exists for the specific intake you are targeting.
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