English or Chinese, depending on the program provided by the Chinese host universities.

All disciplines other than Chinese language study.

1. Be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China and be in good health both mentally and physically.

2. Be under 45 applying for general scholars. Be under 50 applying for senior scholars.

3. Register as full-time student or employed as full-time academic staff at CSC’s foreign partner university by the time of application and throughout the proposed stay in China. Foreign university list please refer to Appendix 1.

4.Have obtained admission qualification from the Chinese host university for the next intake.

1. Scholarship application portal opens to applicants all year round.

After obtaining admission qualification, applicants log into Chinese Government Scholarship Information System (https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/login) to complete CSC online application and upload supporting documents.Online application guide please refer to Appendix 3.

2. Application processed by Chinese host universities.

3. Chinese universities should submit scholarship nomination list to CSC at least 2 months before the start of study.

4. CSC notifies scholarship admission result to Chinese host universities.

5. Chinese host universities notify scholarship admission results to applicants.