Not downhearted in the least by the weather, more than 19,000 eager new students at Shandong University, or SDU – located in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province – started registering for the school amid the autumn drizzle on Sept 6.

Before entering the campus, students provide their details and have their temperatures checked. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

Senior students help the newbie students with their luggage and guide them to register. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

Processing over, first year students take a campus shuttle bus to their dormitories. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

A girl signs her name onto her school's board. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

Freshers write down their hopes and dreams for the first term at Shandong University. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]