Ministry of Education of P.R. China is pleased to offer Scholarship-Bilateral Program for international students in 2016-2017 academic session. Scholarship supports undergraduate programs, masters programs, doctoral programs, general scholar programs and senior scholar programs.

In order to promote the mutual understanding, cooperation and exchanges in various fields between China and other countries, the Chinese government has set up a series of scholarship programs to sponsor international students, teachers and scholars to study and conduct research in Chinese universities.

Chinese government has set up a series of scholarship programs to sponsor international students, teachers and scholars to study and conduct research in Chinese universities. They should meet the language requirements of the higher education institutions. General English language requirements for English-instructed programs and Chinese-instructed programs are different.

Applicant must meet all the below requirements

Scholarship supports undergraduate programs, masters programs, doctoral programs, general scholar programs and senior scholar programs.

Entry Requirements:

• Applicants must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health.


• Be a high school graduate under the age of 25 when applying for the undergraduate programs.


• Be a bachelor’s degree holder under the age of 35 when applying for the master’s programs.


• Be a master’s degree holder under the age of 40 when applying for the doctoral programs.


• Be under the age of 45 and have a high school diploma (or higher) when applying for the general scholar programs.


• Be a master’s degree holder or an associate professor (or above) under the age of 50 when applying for the senior scholar programs.

Language Requirements:

General Chinese Language requirements for application to Chinese-instructed program:

• Old HSK6 (or new HSK5) or above is required for application of liberal arts, economics and management majored students.


• Old HSK3 (or new HSK4) or above is required for application of science, engineering and medical science majored students.


• For details please refer to requirements published by the university.

General English language requirements for application to English-instructed programs:

• Free English Language testing for students from English speaking countries.


• Free English Language testing for students from countries in which English is the major teaching language on condition that the relevant proof documents were provided.


• TOEFL 550, IELTS 5.5 or Pass university’s entrance examination.

For details please refer to requirements published by the university.

The Bilateral Program provides both full scholarships and partial scholarships. Please refer to Introduction to CGS—Coverage and Standard for details of each item.