The scholarships are available for young talents all over the world to pursue Master’s or Doctoral degree, attend courses or conduct research at UCAS campus/CAS institutes. The Scholarship also encourages international graduate students currently studying at foreign universities to pay academic visits to UCAS where they study on joint programs.
Main criteria:
- Get recommended by a supervisor and the institute/school which the supervisor is affiliated with
- Have not accepted any other sponsorship at the time of application
- Age requirements:
-Master’s degree candidates should be no more than 30 years old.
-Doctoral degree candidates should be no more than 35 years old.
-Students on joint programs: no age limit
-Regular and senior visiting students should be no more than 40 years old.
- Requirements on language level:
-Programs taught in Chinese: Applicants should obtain at least 180 points for Level 5 of new HSK test before registration.
-Programs taught in English: Applicants should have adequate good English proficiency.
Since 2013, the scholarship has been majorly sponsoring Master’s degree candidates. 29.4% of the new international students enrolled in 2015 by UCAS are sponsored by the Scholarship.