Chinese university students queue for hours for library study space
Students preparing for postgraduate study admission exam must first find somewhere to prepare for the test
As universities across the country begin to resume normal operations following the New Year holiday, it’s not unusual to see long queues of students outside campus libraries waiting for a place study. But photos of hundreds of students lining up to obtain tickets for seats at the Hangzhou Dianzi University in the capital of Zhejiang province gone viral online.
The Hangzhou Daily Press reported that more than over 1,000 students preparing for their postgraduate admission test exam waited in front of the library since 6am on Thursday for the 528 seats that were available in a dedicated study room.
The study room is particularly popular with students, the Daily reported, because it does not usually close for maintenance, allowing students to leave their possessions at their seats overnight.
Students posted on social media that they were forced to study in the library given the limited space in their dorms and the large number of textbooks that were required for test preparation.
