With the exception of the Mandarin Daily News Language Center, which accepts students eight years old and above, and the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies, which requires two years 'prior study of Chinese, all the other language programs have roughly the same entrance requirements.
入學資格方面，國語日報語文中心為年滿八歲即可申請；美國史丹福語言中心，以招收已學過二年以上中文的學生為主；其他中心約多接受十八歲以上、大專程度的外籍學生或華僑。