How to apply for the Chinese Government Scholarship

1. Search the university and program

You can do this by heading over to the CSC website at  http://www.csc.edu.cn/Laihua/scholarshipdetailen.aspx?cid=97&id=1422 and you can search the university and the program that you’re interested to study.

It’s very simple and easy to do, and you can find a lot of helpful information from their database of 300 universities:

 2. Fill in application online and prepare documents

Application Online:

· CSC has an online application that you can complete

· First, create an account for the website at http://laihua.csc.edu.cn 

· Second, enter the ‘Agency Number’; code given to each university/embassy and can be found    via https://www.facebook.com/groups/CGSchina/ or simply by Googling the University’s agent    number

· It’s often better to leave the ‘optional information’ sections blank and concentrate on the      compulsory part.

· After you’ve completed it, save it in PDF and print a hard copy (make sure that the application       form has a serial number)

Preparation of Documents:

·These include compulsory documents and also optional documents

Compulsory include:

1. Academic Documents (Degree certificates, transcripts) – they should be notarized

2. Foreigner Physical examination form (blank form can be downloaded from http://en/csc.edu.cn/uploads/foreignphy.pdf)

3. Recommendation Letters x 2 (issued by different teachers, previous university’s professors)

4. Research/Study Plan (Research plan/proposal for PHD/MS) or Study Plan for BA/MS)) in less than 800 words.

·Research Plan/Proposal – Research background, future research field, research methodology,

expected results, applications and references.

·Study Plan – Student’s introduction, educational background, motives/aims for further higher

education, and brief future research intentions.

Optional include:

Acceptance Letter/Invitation Letter (IMPORTANT) – Sometimes considered compulsory by some universities. This is where a Chinese teacher accepts you into their research group at the university that you want to study. How to get the acceptance letter:

v Research the relevant professor’s email address, which can be difficult if you don’t speak Chinese, hence why many students go to agents to apply as they’ll already know the right people to contact in the university and they’ll also speak Chinese. You may need to phone the university’s international office which could take a long time and get the contact details for the teacher.

v You then need to find good research papers from the teacher that are relevant to your research field, and contact them stating your research interest, interest in studying at the university, interest in the teacher’s research, the urgency to study under him/her at the university, including the help from CGS.

1. Passport

2. English Proficiency Certificate – IELTS or TOEFL – or English certificate from university

3. Other optional:

4. Research papers, awards, certificates, work experience etc.

3. Additional University Application Processes

·University Fee – Universities may ask for a processing fee

·University online registration – Registration form on university website

4. Collect all documents and send to authorities

v Apply through your agent, university or embassy, send directly to the university

v Make sure to have your photo on the application form, all of the above documents, and check with the university regarding how many copies they want you to send.

Please Note: If you’re having any difficulties and want a better chance of acquiring the right documents (including the acceptance letter), get in contact with Hongzhou Learning as they have good contacts within many universities and can help you with this process.

 For more information, please check www.studyinchina.hzlearning.com.