Ameson Chinese Elite Identification Scheme

ACEIS member universities

University of Cambridge (UK)
University of Warwick (UK)
University of Bristol (UK)
University of Durham (UK)
University of Edinburgh (UK)
Aston University (UK)
Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
University of Glasgow (UK)
University of Nottingham (UK)
University of Melbourne (AUS)
University of Auckland (NZ)
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

he Ameson Chinese Elite Identification Scheme (ACEIS) is a program to help world-leading international universities identify top Chinese high school students. The ACEIS program not only identifies these top students, but also educates them on the opportunities available to study overseas. The ACEIS works with top universities from around the world admit Chinese students with proven credentials and abilities.

In China there are thousands of elite high schools and tens of thousands of extraordinary students. The ACEIS program (derived from an Ameson-Cambridge program founded in 2003) helps world-leading universities with the challenges of identifying the finest Chinese students and enrolling them in undergraduate programs.

How does ACEIS work?

With an ACEIS membership, universities have full access to the ACEIS resources and services. The program uses the following procedure in assisting universities:

1Search and select the highest achieving students from hundreds of China’s top high schools using an extensive networking system. Opportunities at ACEIS member universities are provided to elite students via ACEIS’ media partners and specially organized seminars held at top high schools throughout China.

2Evaluate and screen elite students’ academic abilities and potential through a series of applications based on criteria designed to assess exceptional students.

3Verify documents and make comparative analysis to assist Western admissions officers in clarifying the complexity and regional differences of the Chinese education system.

4Organize and administer the Ameson Scholastic Test (AST), a rigorous examination (in English) that assesses student skills in English, Mathematics and Physics.

5Guide qualified students through the entire admission process, based on the requirements of individual universities. In addition, ACEIS assists with and/or conducts personal interviews with students, based on the requests of individual universities.

With China's economic rise over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Chinese high school graduates interested in pursuing undergraduate degrees overseas. Fitting this trend, a core objective of the Ameson Foundation is to help disseminate Chinese culture and to assist in evolving China's domestic education sector by promoting intercultural exchanges.

For top-tier universities, it's not about money, but rather about the quality of students that are admitted to their programs. Unfortunately, determining the merit of Chinese students is not an easy task for western schools.

With the decentralized Chinese education system, the education system can seem like a labyrinth of fragmented policies that differ region by region. In addition, a plethora of unscrupulous, profit-driven agents in China exist who promise local students entry into top-tier schools – by any means necessary.

As a non-profit organization, ACEIS circumvents such disadvantages and allows schools to accurately guage the merit of prospective students.

There are thousands of elite high schools in China, with tens of thousands of extraordinary students. In addition to identifying talented candidates for overseas study, ACEIS also educates students about the opportunities available to study overseas.

In China, domestic schools are heavily promoted, while the majority of foreign schools rarely are. ACEIS provides the means to overcome this impediment by supplying its members with an efficient China-based team of seasoned education professionals.

ACEIS has a proven pedigree, having worked for 6 years with the University of Cambridge.

Today, 11 elite universities also use the ACEIS system, including the University of Bristol, University of Melbourne, Warwick University and many others.

ACEIS program registration

In order to maintain the procedures as explained above, registration is limited to leading universities (the top 50 in the US, top 30 in the UK, and top 20 in Australia and NZ) that welcome Chinese students to their undergraduate programs. There are no registration or membership fees to join the program. Currently, the program is supported by the Ameson Foundation, although donations from other interested parties are always welcome.

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