BLCU Accommodation: Scholarship Students

Due to the high demand from my BLCU Dorm Accommodation post, I thought it best to make another post in hopes of answering questions regarding accommodation for scholarship students going to BLCU.

Disclaimer: Although I received the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Scholarship, I was never a Chinese Government Scholarship Student and anything I post here is from what I have gathered from friends, friends of friends, aquaintances etc. which may or may not be accurate!

More likely than not, scholarship students will be allocated to Dorms 1 and 2. These dorms have communal showers, toilets, kitchen, laundry etc per level, thus each floor alternates males and females. As a very general guide, the girls are usually in the lower levels and the guys are in the upper levels.

I don’t like the sound of Dorm 1 &2, is it possible to change accommodation?

The simple answer: Yes

It seems to be possible for a few persistant students to change to a different dorm within BLCU for a cost (money and/or time).

I’ve been told that some scholarship students have been successful in transfering from Dorms 1/2 to  Dorm 9 at no extra cost. You may possibly be able to ‘upgrade’ (and pay the difference) to another dorm, however I haven’t heard of anyone actually being allowed so it may not be possible afterall…

You can also stay in other dorms if you wish, but you will have to fork out the cost yourself (with no compensation from your scholarship) – This also applies for staying in apartments off-campus.

I still want to give it a go, what needs to be done?

The best way is to talk to the Housing Staff in charge of student accommodation, they had an office in Dorm 4 when I was there but may have moved to the new offices near Dorm 1 & 2. (Refer to BLCU Campus Map)

Another option is to talk to the fuyuans (staff) at the specific dorm, don’t assume that if you ask one fuyuan that all the fuyuans will give the same answer.

Although I have never asked about accommodation for scholarship students I have asked about changing dorms, and from experience they will say “No, it’s not possible” almost all the time. The trick is to get past the lower level fuyuans and talk to the person in charge – this way at least you have a chance! Unfortunately I don’t know any tricks to getting their attention, the only reason why our request was brought up to the higher level was because we had a justified reason to move.