Global university admissions
Meridian guides students into universities and scholarships across China, the UK, Europe, Canada and the USA. We review your profile and handle the entire application, admission, funding and visa.
Three years placing students, many of them on scholarship.
How it works
You focus on your studies. We do the paperwork, the chasing and the deadlines.
A global classroom
The students we place sit in classrooms with people from every continent. English-taught programmes, international campuses and communities where a student from Ghana, Nigeria or anywhere else belongs from day one.
We match you to universities that welcome international students and support them properly, not just admit them.
Where we send students
Not a China-only service. We place students wherever the right programme and the right funding are.
English-taught degrees, strong engineering, medicine and business, and real funding. At many Chinese universities a first-year scholarship is close to standard, and a full award is possible though competitive. We prepare you to win the best funding you realistically can.
CSCA preparationTop global universities and fast, focused master's degrees. We target the courses and scholarships where you are competitive.
A warm, English-speaking route into Europe with a strong post-study work offer for graduates.
Quality universities, a clear post-graduation work permit, and one of the strongest paths from study to residency.
The broadest set of programmes in the world, with assistantships and scholarships for students who apply well.
English-taught programmes at low cost inside the EU, and a growing destination for our students.
State scholarships and strong, affordable programmes in medicine and engineering.
Affordable, well-regarded universities in the heart of Europe, with English-taught options.
Straight talk on cost
Most agencies keep this vague. We would rather you saw it clearly. Tell us your budget in the free assessment and we point you to the affordable, funded routes.
Funded engineering, medicine and business
Affordable EU degrees, English-taught
Medicine and engineering, state awards
Central Europe on a budget
English-taught, strong post-study work
World-ranked, one-year master's
Study, work, and a path to stay
Widest choice, funding for strong students
Indicative only. Real costs vary by university, city and programme, and tuition is paid to the university, not to Meridian. The free assessment gives you the honest picture for your profile.
Our programme
The CSCA is the scholarship assessment behind many funded places in China. We organise a structured preparation programme, the same way we run our China service, that builds the knowledge and confidence to do well when it counts.
A separate programme at $149, apart from the admission service. We prepare you well; we never promise a specific award.
Join CSCA preparationFree assessment
Answer a few questions. We show you matched destinations and scholarship routes, then our advisors take it from there. No cost, no obligation.
What it costs
A fixed, published fee. You review for free, pay a little to begin, and settle the rest only once your offer is in hand.
Before anything
Free
We check your profile against the entry requirements first.
$199
Covers the real cost of applying, paid out on your behalf.
Step two
$299
Paid only after your offer arrives. You see the result first.
$498 in total for the admission service. The first $199 is non-refundable because it is spent on your behalf, on university fees and translators, not held by us. That is why we review your documents for free first. CSCA preparation is a separate programme at $149. Tuition and living costs are paid to the university, not to us.
The honest choice
The study-abroad world is full of big promises and hidden fees. We built the opposite, and it is the whole reason students trust us with something this important.
A typical agent
Meridian
Where students end up
Why Meridian
Funding is the whole point. We chase the awards most agencies never mention and run CSCA preparation, so the cost of studying abroad comes down to something you can manage.
You are not handed a checklist and left alone. We prepare the documents, write the statements, meet the deadlines and follow up with the universities.
Strongest in China, and placing students across Europe and North America. We recommend the destination that fits you, not the one that is easiest for us.
Questions
The assessment is free. If you go ahead, the admission service is a fixed $498: $199 to begin, which covers university application fees and document translation, then $299 only after your admission comes through. CSCA preparation is a separate programme at $149. Tuition and living costs are paid to the university, not to us.
No, and it is worth saying why. The $199 goes straight out to the universities as application fees and to translators for your documents, so it is spent on your behalf rather than held by us. That is exactly why we review your documents for free first: if you do not meet the entry requirements, we tell you then, before any money moves.
The second payment of $299 is only made once an offer is in hand, so if we cannot secure you a place, you do not pay it. We also only take on students we genuinely believe we can place, which is the whole point of the free assessment.
The CSCA is a scholarship assessment on the route to funded study in China. We organise a preparation programme, online classes plus the study materials we provide, to help you do well. We prepare you thoroughly, but we never promise a specific scholarship, because these awards are competitive.
At many Chinese universities a first-year scholarship is close to standard, and some students go on to fuller funding. We cannot promise a full scholarship, because places are competitive, but improving your funding is where we spend most of our effort.
It depends on the country and the programme. Some destinations are open to average results with the right approach, others are competitive. The free assessment gives you an honest read on where you stand.
For most of the programmes we place students on, no. They are taught fully in English. If you would like to learn Chinese, or a programme calls for it, we can point you to language options and their scholarships too.
It depends on the country and the intake, but plan for a few weeks to a few months from a complete application to an offer, then a little longer for the visa. The earlier you start, the more universities and scholarships are still open, so we always suggest beginning well ahead of your intended intake.
Usually your academic transcripts and certificates, a copy of your passport, passport photographs, and sometimes a short study plan or a reference. We tell you exactly what your chosen universities require, and we prepare and translate everything for you.
You choose. You tell us your field, your goals and your budget, we build a shortlist of universities and scholarships you have a real chance at, and the final decision is always yours.
Very likely, yes. A gap after school is not a problem, and some destinations are open to average results with the right approach and the right programme. The free assessment gives you an honest read on where you stand and what is realistic.
Yes. Once your offer arrives, we cover visa guidance and preparation, accommodation and everything else you need before you travel, right up until you land on campus.
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