Filed under: Scholarship
Author: Free Scholarship
Chinese Government Scholarship 2010 scheme is established by the Ministry of
Education of P.R. China (hereinafter referred to as MOE) in accordance with
educational exchange agreements or understandings reached between Chinese
government and governments of other countries, organizations, education
institutions and relevant international organizations to provide both full
scholarships and partial scholarships to international students and
scholars. MOE entrusts China Scholarship Council (hereinafter referred to as
CSC) to manage the recruitment and carry out the routine management of
Chinese Government Scholarship Programs.
*CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP*
*Study Program*
*Duration of Program*
*Duration of Remedial*
*Chinese Language Courses*
*Duration of*
*Scholarship*
Bachelor€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree
4-5
1-2 (college preparatory courses)
4-7
Master€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree
2-3
1-2
2-5
Doctoral degree
3-4
1-2
3-6
Chinese language training
1-2
None
Up to 2
General scholar
1
1
Up to 2
Senior scholar
1
1
Up to 2
1. According to the regulation stipulated by MOE, all undergraduate programs
for international students are instructed in Chinese. Applicants with no
command of Chinese are generally required to take the college preparatory
courses for one to two years before entering university. And only by passing
the examinations after the college preparatory courses, could they start
their university studies.
2. Part of the Chinese HEIs could conduct part of the postgraduate program
and non-degree courses for general and senior scholars in English. Please
check Directory of Chinese Higher Institutions Admitting International
Students under Chinese Government Scholarship Program or visit
http://www.csc.edu.cn/laihua.
3. Scholarship students should complete their study within the due time;
duration for scholarship specified in the Admission Notice can not be
extended in principle.
*APPLICATION *
Applicants shall apply to Chinese diplomatic missions or dispatching
authorities between January and April every year. Applicants may refer to
the above authorities for deadlines for application.
*CRETERIA & ELIGIBILITY*
1. Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health.
2. Education background and age limit:
- Applicants for undergraduate program must have senior high school diploma
with good academic performance and be under the age of 25.
- Applicants for master€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree program must have bachelor€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree and be
under the age of 35.
- Applicants for doctoral degree program must have master€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree and be
under the age of 40.
- Applicants for Chinese training program must have senior high school
diploma and be under the age of 35, Chinese language is the only subject
available.
- Applicants for general scholar program must have completed at least two
years of undergraduate study and be under the age of 45, all subjects
besides Chinese language are available.
- Applicants for senior scholar program must have master€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree or above,
or hold academic titles of associate professor or above, and be under the
age of 50.
*VALUES OF SCHOLARSHIP*
*1. Full Scholarship *
- Exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, fee for laboratory experiment,
fee for internship, and fee for basic learning materials; free accommodation
on campus;
- Living allowance;
- One-off settlement subsidy after registration;
- Fee for outpatient medical service, Comprehensive Medical Insurance and
Benefit Plan for International Students in China;
- One-off inter-city travel subsidy.
*Note:*
1) Costs of the laboratory experiment or internship beyond the institution€ ¢?’ ’¹s
arrangements should be self-afforded.
2) Fee for basic learning materials only covers the necessary learning
materials prescribed by the host institution, and other textbooks and
materials shall be self-afforded.
3) Monthly allowance is granted to the students through the host institution
at the following rates (CNY Yuan per month):
- Undergraduates & Chinese language students: CNY 1,400 Yuan
- Master€ ¢?’ ’¹s degree students & general scholars: CNY 1,700 Yuan
- Doctoral degree students & senior scholars: CNY 2,000 Yuan
Scholarship students shall receive their monthly living allowance after
registration. New students who register before 15th (15th included) of the
registration month will get the full amount of living allowance of that
month, and those who register after 15th will get half amount of that month.
Students upon graduation will get a living allowance for another 15 days
after the graduation date set by the university. The allowance will be
terminated from the next month after students suspend their studies, drop
school or complete schooling from the university. Monthly living allowance
covers school holidays. Scholarship students who missed the monthly living
allowance during holidays could be reimbursed upon their return on campus.
The allowance will be suspended for one month for those students who do not
register on time without permission from the university, leave for
non-health reasons or are absent from university over a month. Students who
have to suspend their studies for health reasons are required to go back to
their home countries for treatment. The international travel expenses should
be covered by the students themselves. With the university€ ¢?’ ’¹s approval, the
scholarship status can be reserved for up to one year and their living
allowances will be suspended during their leave. The scholarship status will
not be reserved for those who suspend their studies for other reasons.
4) New students will get a one-off settlement subsidy upon their arrival in
China.
- CNY 1,000 Yuan for new students who will study in China up to one academic
year
- CNY 1,500 Yuan for new students who will study in China above one academic
year
5) Fee for outpatient medical service refers to the outpatient expense in
the institution€ ¢?’ ’¹s hospital or the hospitals entrusted by the institution.
The students are required to share a certain percentage of expense in
accordance with the institution€ ¢?’ ’¹s regulations.
6) Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Benefit Plan for International
Students in China is provided by MOE for the scholarship students in China
in case of hospitalizing for serious diseases and accidental injuries. The
institutions or the entrusted medical assistance agencies provide
advancement service for insurance expenses, and claim for compensation with
relevant payment receipts from the insurance company according to the
stipulated insurance articles. For scholarship student, the individual claim
will not be accepted by the insurance company.
7) One-off inter-city travel ticket (each for coming-in and leaving China)
A hard-seat train ticket (hard-berth train ticket for overnight trip) will
be provided for new scholarship students traveling from the port of entry
upon registration to the city where the admitting institution or institution
of Chinese language training or college preparatory courses is located; for
students traveling from the Chinese language training institution or
preparatory education institution to the city where the university for major
study is located; and for students traveling from the city where the
institution is located to the nearest port for departure upon graduation.
Meal and excess of baggage should be self-afforded.
*2. Partial Scholarship*
One or several items of full scholarship (one-off settlement subsidy and
one-off inter-city travel allowance excluded).
*APPLICATION DOCUMENTS*
The applicants must fill in and provide the following documents truly,
correctly and completely (in duplicates).
1. *Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship* € ¢?¼’Øfilled in Chinese
or English€ ¢?¼’©
Those who are available for online application shall fill in and print the
application form after submitting it online.
*The CSC Online Application System for Study in China *is available on
http://laihua.csc.edu.cn .
Those who cannot apply online shall contact the dispatching authorities to
get the application form and fill it truly, correctly and completely.
2. Highest diploma (notarized photocopy): University students or applicants
employed shall also provide proof of studying or employment on application.
Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with
notarized translations in Chinese or English.
3. Academic transcripts (notarized photocopy): Transcripts in languages
other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized translations
in Chinese or English.
4. A study or research plan. All applicants are required to submit a study
or research plan. It must be in Chinese or in English.
5. Recommendation letters: Applicants for postgraduate studies, or study in
China as senior scholars must submit two letters of recommendation in
Chinese or English from professors or associate professors. Applicants who
apply in China shall submit the Admission Notice or Invitation Letter issued
by the targeted university.
6. Applicants for music studies are requested to submit a CD of the
applicants€ ¢?’ ’¹ own works. Applicants for fine arts programs must submit a CD of
the applicants€ ¢?’ ’¹ own works (including two sketches, two color paintings and
two other works).
7. Applicants under the age of 18 should submit the legal documents of their
legal guardians in China.
8. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form (The original copy
should be kept by the applicant. The form printed by Chinese quarantine
authority could be downloaded from http://www.csc.edu.cn). The medical
examinations must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical
Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the
attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed
photograph of the applicants are invalid. Please select the appropriate time
to take medical examination due to the 6-months validity of the medical
results.
The above documents should be forwarded to CSC by April 30th, 2010 via
either the Chinese diplomatic mission in the applicant€ ¢?’ ’¹s home country or the
embassy of the applicant€ ¢?’ ’¹s home country in China. Individual applications
are not accepted by CSC. Application documents will not be returned.
*SELECTION OF INSTITUTIONS AND SPECIALTIES*
Applicants can choose one academic program and three institutions as their
preferences from the Chinese HEIs designated by MOE. Please check the
*Directory
of Chinese Higher Institutions Admitting International Students under
Chinese Government Scholarship Program*. Only the listed Chinese HEIs in the
Directory are available to the applicants for their study in China.
*APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION*
1. CSC will assess all the application documents and CSC reserves the right
to make necessary adjustments on the proposed institutions, specialties and
duration of study. The qualified applications will be forwarded to
institutions for academic caliber and they will forward their nominations to
CSC for agreement. The applications will be regarded as invalid and will not
be accepted if they fail to meet the enrollment requirements or the
application documents are incomplete.
2. If overseas applicants for degree programs with exemption of examinations
are academically ineligible to the proposed programs, the institution
reserves the right to decide the academic program they could attend or
whether to give them conditional offers for their proposed programs.
Students who attend Chinese language courses prior to their university study
or those attend the college preparatory program must pass the university
entrance examinations or other examinations required before they start their
major studies. Students attending the college preparatory program, who fail
to pass the required examinations within the due period shall complete their
study as Chinese language students.
3. Applicants are required to enclose the admission notice from Chinese
HEIs, if they have, in the documents submitted to CSC.
4. Scholarship applicants academically accepted by Chinese HEIs will be
officially awarded the Chinese Government Scholarship with the approval from
CSC.
5. Students are required to sign on their Admission Notice, if they have no
objection with the placement, and are not permitted, in principle, to change
their specialties, institutions or the duration of study specified in the
Admission Notice.
6. CSC will send the Admission Notice and Visa Application Form for Study in
China (JW201) to dispatching authorities by July 31st , 2010, who will
forward the documents to the students.
