Chinese Government Special Scholarship Program-Cooperative Program with Provinces and Autonomous Regions
Scholarship Categories & Study Duration
Scholarship for master’s degree programs for 2-3 academic years
Scholarship for doctoral degree programs for 3 academic years
Note: The instruction language is mainly Chinese. Applicants are required to take one-year Chinese language course prior to the academic study if their Chinese is not qualified enough for the program study. Only by passing the examinations after the Chinese language course, can they start their academic studies.
Scholarship Coverage & Criteria
Scholarship holders are exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, laboratory experiment fee, internship fee, fees for basic learning materials, fee for accommodation on campus, and are provided with Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Protection Scheme for International Students in China, outpatient medical service, monthly allowance, one-off settlement subsidy.
Monthly allowance: CNY 1,700 yuan for Master’s degree students, CNY 2,000 yuan for doctoral degree students
One-off settlement subsidy: CNY 1,500 yuan for new students
Scholarship Eligibility
Non-Chinese citizen in good health
Not a student in any Chinese universities or schools at the time of application
Education background and age limit
—Applicants for master’s degree program scholarship must have bachelor’s degree, under the age of 35.
—Applicants for doctoral degree program scholarship must have master’s degree, under the age of 40 years.
Not sponsored by any other kind of scholarship
Confucius Institute Scholarship
Scholarship Categories
Scholarship for one-semester students
Scholarship for one-academic year students
Scholarship for two-academic year MTCSOL students (Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages)
Scholarship Eligibility & Requirements
One-semester scholarship is provided to applicants who are outstanding students of Confucius Institutes (Classrooms), winners of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competitions for Foreign College Students and for Foreign High School Students, overseas local Chinese language teachers, outstanding graduates of Chinese language across the world, outstanding performers on the HSK, and have had a score of at least 120 on the HSK (level 2) and at least 40 on the HSKK (elementary level), or over 60 hour studying experience at a Confucius Institute.
One-academic year scholarship is provided to applicants who are outstanding students of Confucius Institutes (Classrooms), winners of the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competitions for Foreign College Students and for Foreign High School Students, overseas local Chinese language teachers, outstanding graduates of Chinese language across the world, outstanding performers on the HSK, or who intend to become Chinese teachers, and who have had a score of at least 180 on the HSK (level 3) and at least 60 on the HSKK (primary level), or over 120 hour studying experience at a Confucius Institute.
Two-academic year MTCSOL scholarship is provided to applicants who are outstanding students of Confucius Institutes (Classrooms), overseas local Chinese language teachers, outstanding performers on HSK exams, winners of the "Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competitions for Foreign College Students, outstanding graduates of Chinese language, and who have had bachelor degrees or its equivalent with a score of at least 180 on the HSK (level 5) and a score of at least 50 on the HSKK (intermediate level), and a written commitment stating that he/she will be engaged in Chinese language teaching for at least 5 years after graduation.
Note: 1. All applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health, aged between 16 and 35, but Chinese language teachers in post shall be aged below 45. 2. Applicants with HSK and HSKK scores will be given priority to all categories of scholarships.
Scholarship Coverage & Criteria
Scholarship holders are exempt from registration fees, tuition, fees for basic learning materials, accommodation fees on campus, and are provided with a one-off settlement subsidy, monthly allowance, outpatient medical service and comprehensive insurance for foreign students studying in China.
Monthly allowances: CNY 1,400 for one-academic year and one-semester students; CNY 1,700 for MTCSOL students.
One-off settlement subsidy: CNY 1,500 for one academic year and MTCSOL students; CNY 1,000 for one semester students. The one-off resettlement subsidy will not be provided to those who have studied in China for more than half a year before being enrolled.
Chongqing Municipal Government Mayor Scholarship
Scholarship Categories & Applicants
The first category of scholarship for outstanding international applicants of bachelor's, master's, doctoral degree study and one year or more visiting study
The second category of scholarship for outstanding international students of bachelor's, master's, doctoral degree study and one year or more visiting study, all of whom have been studying in Chongqing for at least half a year and plan to further their studies for one year or more
Scholarship Criteria
The first prize of scholarship: CNY 35,000/year for doctoral degree program students, CNY 30,000/year for master's degree program students, CNY 25,000/year for bachelor's degree program students, CNY 10,000/year for visiting students
The second prize of scholarship: CNY 20,000/year for doctoral degree program students, CNY 15,000/year for master's degree program students and CNY 10,000/year for bachelor's degree program students, CNY 8,000/year for visiting students
Scholarship Eligibility
Non-Chinese citizen in good health
Meeting SWU enrollment requirements between the age of 18 and 40
Southwest University President Scholarship
Scholarship Categories
Scholarship for bachelor's degree students (including visiting students)
Scholarship for master’s degree students
Scholarship for doctoral degree students
Scholarship Grades
The first prize scholarship
The second prize scholarship
Scholarship Coverages
The first prize scholarship covers registration fee and tuition fee (including experiment and internship expense), provides Comprehensive Medical Insurance for International Students in China, monthly living allowance (CNY1100 for bachelor's degree students and visiting students, CNY1400 for master's degree students and CNY1700 for doctoral degree students).
The second prize scholarship covers registration fee and tuition fee (including experiment and internship expense), provides Comprehensive Medical Insurance for International Students in China.
Scholarship Duration & Annual Assessment
Generally, scholarship holders could get the corresponding scholarship according to their study duration: bachelor's degree students for 4 years, master's degree students 2-3 years, doctoral degree students 3 years and visiting students 1 year.
To maximize the inspirational function of the scholarship and follow relative regulations of the Annual Assessment of Southwest University President Scholarship, there is an annual assessment of the scholarship holder's comprehensive performance during the previous academic year every May to see whether the scholarship holder is qualified enough to go on enjoying the scholarship or not.
Scholarship Eligibility
Non-Chinese citizen in good health
Education background and age limit
—Applicants for bachelor's degree studies must have graduated from senior high school, under the age of 30.
—Applicants for master's degree studies must have bachelor’s degree, under the age of 35.
— Applicants for doctoral degree studies must have master’s degree, under the age of 40.
—Visiting students for the study of their own major or for the study of Chinese language should be at least at their second year of undergraduate study or have bachelor’s degree or similar degrees, under the age of 45.
Not sponsored by any other kind of scholarship