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Download International horizons have opened up for students sitting the national college entrance exam, as an increasing number of overseas universities accept the exam's scores, according to education analysts. Millions of Chinese students sit the exam, also known as gaokao, every year, but only a select few enter the top domestic universities. "The situation has changed as more foreign universities accept that Chinese students with high gaokao scores are qualified to sit in world-class classrooms," said Zhang Feng, marketing manager for Australia and New Zealand projects at EIC Group, an overseas study consultancy. Up to 60 percent of colleges and universities in Australia now accept gaokao results after the University of Sydney led the way in 2017, he said. Students need to submit their gaokao scores, and if these are accepted, they have to satisfy English language proficiency requirements before enrolling. For instance, the University of New South Wales launched its gaokao policy this year, with its admissions requirements based on the average of all subjects in the exam. Students from provinces with a maximum gaokao mark of 750 are required to achieve scores ranging from 600 to 660 (a range of 80 percent to 88 percent), to gain entry into the university's undergraduate programs. The degree programs span the humanities, commerce and economics, actuarial studies, architecture, fine arts, media, engineering and science. | 
