CSCA Exam Fee 2026–2027: ¥450 or ¥700, Payment and Refunds

How Much the CSCA Costs

The CSCA has two prices, and they depend only on how many subjects you sit at one sitting.

Subjects at one sitting	Fee	About	Per subject
1	¥450	US$62	¥450
2	¥700	US$96	¥350
3	¥700	US$96	about ¥233
4	¥700	US$96	¥175

The fee is set and charged in Chinese yuan (RMB). The dollar figures are approximate: your bank or payment app converts at its own rate on the day and may add a foreign-transaction charge.

The Fee Is Per Sitting

You pay each time you register. There is no limit on how many times you can sit the CSCA, and a retake is a new registration at the same prices. Two consequences:

• Sitting your subjects together is cheaper. Mathematics and Physics at one sitting cost ¥700; at two separate sittings they cost ¥900.
• A third and a fourth subject add nothing to the fee. If your programme might ask for Chemistry as well as Physics, adding it costs study time, not money.

The papers are spread over two days, Professional Chinese and Mathematics on the first and Physics and Chemistry on the second, so four subjects at one sitting is possible. Whether it is wise depends on your preparation: see the one-month study plan.

How to Pay

You pay online, as the last step of registering on csca.cn. The site accepts:

• Visa or Mastercard credit, debit and prepaid cards issued outside mainland China, with international payments enabled
• WeChat Pay
• Alipay

Before you pay, make sure the card or account is in good standing and holds enough for the fee and your bank's charge. If a card is declined, the usual cause is that online payments in a foreign currency are switched off: your bank can switch them on. The full sequence is in the registration guide.

Refunds and Changes

Situation	What happens to the fee
You withdraw before your admission ticket is generated	Refunded, less any bank or service charges
You withdraw after the ticket is generated	Not refunded, except for a documented emergency such as serious illness
You want another date or another subject	Not possible: a registration cannot be moved
You miss the exam	Not refunded
You cannot show a valid original passport that matches your registration	You cannot sit, and the fee is not refunded
Facial recognition fails because your photo breaks the rules	You cannot sit, and the fee is not refunded

The last two rows are why the passport and photo rules matter: both are set out in the registration guide.

What the Fee Covers

The fee is for the papers you registered for at that sitting. The score report is electronic: you download it from your csca.cn account and submit it yourself with each university application, so there is no separate request to send scores. A score stays valid for two years.

It does not cover what you need around the exam: for the home-based test, a Windows computer, a webcam, a phone or tablet as second camera and a reliable connection (the equipment list). University application fees are separate and set by each university.

Pay on csca.cn Only

The CSCA fee is paid on the official site during registration and nowhere else. An agency may charge for its own help, but the exam fee itself is ¥450 or ¥700 and goes to csca.cn. Preparing costs nothing here: the courses, flashcards and mock papers on CSCA.HELPCSCA by Foorsa are free.

When You Will Need to Pay

Payment is due inside the registration window of your sitting, which for November 2026 closed 24 days before the exam. The exam calendar lists every sitting and shows which registration is open.