Cambridge uses gaokao as part of admissions

The University of Cambridge confirmed on Monday that it has been using scores from China's national college entrance examination, or gaokao, as part of its admission criteria for Chinese students for several years.

It said in a Weibo post, however, that it does not admit students solely based on their test scores.

The university's statement came after some Chinese media reported over the weekend that the university would start to admit Chinese students that ranked in the top 0.1 percent in the gaokao in their province, indicating that it would try to compete for talent with top universities in China.