Many students find our homestay program very adventurous for they are practically living in a 100 percent Chinese speaking environment from morning till night. Some enjoy the campus residence more, since it gives them a very familiar university feel, and the ability to interact with local Beijing university students almost daily. Others enjoy the social aspect of living in their own shared apartment, and occasionally cooking their own meals. The hotel option is always a popular and comfortable choice for our students, and some of these hotels are within walking distance to our school.

Homestay Accommodations

GTN has gone through an extensive process to ensure our homestay families are ÒcompatibleÓ with our students. Before we place a student with a family the homes are inspected, families are interviewed to ensure the safety of all of our students. Students are provided with a private room and study area in the homestay with 2 meals each day from Monday to Friday and 3 meals a day on Saturday and Sunday. TV and internet access are available upon request. All home stay families are Mandarin speaking, this gives students a great opportunity to use Mandarin to talk about their day, their experience and really improve their Mandarin a lot while living with them.

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Campus Residence or Hostel

We offer campus residence or hostel accommodation to our students. The students either stay in Òon-campusÓ residence or stay in hostels that are popular with local university students. This way the student can have plenty of opportunity to interact with local Beijing university students. Many make friends and keep contact afterwards with these Beijing students.

You may choose to stay in single rooms, twin sharing rooms, or triple sharing rooms in the residence. TV, phone, private bathroom, 24 hours hot water, heating & air-conditioning is available in the room. Public kitchen is also available.

Campus areas are usually very convenient in terms of daily necessities, and the costs of living are generally very affordable and can be the least expensive among other options.

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Shared Apartment

Twin sharing or single room apartment is available for participants who would like to have flexibility in term of cooking and other arrangements. Most of these apartments are located in the school neighborhood.

Our apartments in the Haidian district are among the best in the neighbourhood. They are fully furnished and comprised of 2 to 3 bedrooms, a living and dining room, bathroom and kitchen. The common living room has a lounge, TV, Internet access and telephone. Each bedroom has a bed, desk, chair, and storage area for clothes and personal belongings. The kitchen has a fridge, microwave and cooking utensils. Washing machines are available in the apartment

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Hotel

There are many 3 or 4 stars hotels in the Haidian district close to the school. One of the hotels which was built in 2005 is literally next door to the school. These hotel rooms include facilities such as: air conditioning, central heating, satellite TV, refrigerator, phone and private bathroom in the bedroom. General hotel facilities include: laundry, exercise room, pools and restaurant services are also available in the hotel.

Note: Coin operated laundry facilities, very similar to the coin operated laundry facilities in North America and Europe, are available around your accommodation area.

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