MOFCOM Scholarship supports Master’s program for 2-3 years or PhD program for 3-4 years. Scholarship winners must register for English-taught program. When only Chinese-taught program is available, students should take Chinese language training courses for one to two years before moving on to their degree study.
Main criteria
- be a citizen of a developing country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health;
- be a Bachelor’s degree holder when applying for master’s program;
- be a Master’s degree holder when applying for doctoral program;
- be under the age of 45 when applying;
- have sufficient English or Chinese proficiency which meets the academic requirements of the program. English: IETS 6.0 or above, Chinese: HSK level 4 (score180) or above.
Each applicant can choose the same major in three universities out of the 26 designated universities as their desired option.









