MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Program is set up by Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China to further strengthen the communication and cooperation between China and other countries as well as to develop talents for developing countries. Starting from 2015, MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Program mainly sponsors the young and the middle-aged talents from recipient countries to pursue their postgraduate degree education in China. China Scholarship Council is entrusted to administer the Scholarship.

1. Supporting categories, duration of scholarship and instruction language

MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Program supports Master’s program for 2-3 years or PhD program for 3 years.

Scholarship winners must register for English-taught program.

2. Where & When to Apply

The Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office (ECCO) of the Chinese Embassy in your country will be open for application.

Please consult the application receiving authority for the deadline of each year.

3. Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

-be a citizen of a developing country other than the People’s Republic of China, and under the age of 45;

-be healthy physically and mentally with a physical examination report issued by a local public hospital, and not having any disease or situation listed below:

a) Diseases prohibited by Chinese Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations

b) Other severe chronic diseases like high blood pressure, cardio-cerebrovascular disease, diabetes; psychological diseases; or other infectious diseases which may harm public health

c) In recovery period after major surgery or acute disease attacks

d) Severe physically challenged

e) Pregnancy

-with at least three years’ working experience, and be a bachelor’s degree holder when applying for master’s program; be a master’s degree holder when applying for doctoral program;

-be incumbents with a relevant educational background or working experience to the applied program are preferred;

-be public officials of division level and above (or corresponding level) in government sectors, or senior management staff of organizations and enterprises, or academic backbones of universities and research institutions;

-be sufficient in English which meets the academic requirements of the program, be equivalent to IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80 and above level;

-be with the potential of professional development, and is committed to promoting the friendly exchanges and cooperation between the host country and China;

-be neither studying in China nor being admitted to other scholarship programs provided by Chinese government.

4. Scholarship Coverage

(1) Students are exempt from tuition fee, teaching material fee, research and survey fee, allowance of English-taught program, dissertation guidance fee;

(2) Free on-campus accommodation;

(3) Monthly stipend;

(4) One-off resettlement fee;

(5) Free medical insurance for international students;

(6) One-time round-trip international airfare for all the students (First time fly to China after enrollment, and Fly back to home country while graduation), and a maximum of “n-1” (“n” is for the length of schooling year which is set while the student was enrolled by the program, “n” is maximally to three) round-trip international airfares for home visits (one time per year set at the end of an academic year);

(7) The annual review is compulsory for all students. Those who pass the review may continue to enjoy full scholarships in the next year.

(8) Other expenses shall be managed and used by the Ministry of Commerce or the universities as a whole, and shall not be distributed to students. The Ministry of Commerce only provides students with financial assistance within their enrolled academic duration. Students who postpone their graduation will not receive the continuing sponsorship.

Submission Offline

(1) The applicants shall obtain the approval and recommendation from the relevant department of host country before applying for this scholarship. Afterwards, the applicants could submit application according to the requirements of above department.

(2) For the applicants whose host government allows them to submit the application directly to the Embassy of China, please obtain the permission or recommendation letter from the host government which states that the applicant has been approved to study in China, and submit the original documents of the letter and other above mentioned application documents to the ECCO of Chinese Embassy in the host country. The scanned electronic edition of the documents is needed as well. For emails and addresses of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Offices, please visit http://www.china-aibo.cn.

(3) The responsible department of the host government shall submit a written request to the ECCO of Chinese Embassy for an official recommendation letter and clearly state:

a)  Whether the applicant is willing to be considered for a similar program at other universities if the applied programs could not accept the applicant.

b)    Other special requests if any.

5. Application Website

http://www.campuschina.org