Chinese Government Scholarship-Great Wall Program

I  Supporting Categories, Duration and Instruction Language

1. Supporting Category: 
   This program only supports general scholars and senior scholars.
2. Duration: 
   This scholarship covers, in general, one academic year of study.
3. Language Instruction: 
   Scholarship recipients of Chinese-taught programs without adequate Chinese proficiency are required to get the approval from both CSC and UNESCO for one academic year Chinese language study.

 II  Scholarship Coverage

The Great Wall Program provides a full scholarship which covers tuition waiver, accommodation, stipend, and comprehensive medical insurance. Please refer to Introduction to CGS—Coverage and Standard for details of each item.

III  Where and When to Apply

Where to Apply: You should apply to the National Commission for UNESCO in your home country.

When to Apply: You need to apply between early January and early April. Please consult the National Commission for UNESCO in your home country for the specific deadline of each year.

IV  Eligibility

1. Applicants must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health
2. The requirements for applicants’ degree and age are that applicants must:

• 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.

V Application Procedure

• Step 1 - Apply to the National Commission for UNESCO in your home country for CGS opportunity;
• Step 2 - Apply to your target university for the Pre-admission Letter once recommended by UNESCO as an eligible candidate (you will receive an Award Letter for CGS Candidate;
• Step 3 - Complete the online application procedure at CGS Information Management System for International Students (Visit http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina or http://www.campuschina.org and click “Application Online” to log in), submit online the completed Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship, and print a hard copy. Please consult the National Commission for UNESCO in your home country for Instructions of CGS Information Management System for International Students and Agency Number;
• Step 4 - Submit all your application documents to the National Commission for UNESCO in your home country before the deadline.

NOTE

Only applications of recommended candidates from UNESCO will be considered. Candidates holding the Pre-admission Letter will be placed in the host university; those without the Pre-admission Letter should accept CSC’s placement of university.

VI Application Documents (in duplicate)

1. Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (written in Chinese or English);
2. Notarized highest diploma;
   Prospective diploma recipients must submit official document issued by your current school to prove your current student status or expected graduation date. Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized Chinese or English translations;
3. Academic transcripts (written in Chinese or English);
   Transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized Chinese or English translations.
4. Two Recommendation Letters (written in Chinese or English);
   Applicants for the senior scholar programs must submit two recommendation letters signed by professors or associate professors;
5. A CD of your own works (only required for arts students);
   Applicants for music studies are requested to submit a CD of their own musical works. Applicants for the fine arts programs must submit a CD of their own works which include two sketches, two      color paintings and two other works.
6. A Study Plan or Research Proposal (written in Chinese or English);
   This should be a minimum of 500 words;
7. Foreigner Physical Examination Form (photocopy). Applicants studying in China for over half a year should submit the photocopy of this form. (The original copy will be kept by yourself and the form is uniformly printed by Chinese healthy quarantine departments. It must be written in English, can be downloaded from http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina or http://www.campuschina.org). The physical examinations must cover all of the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete forms or forms without the signature of the attending physician, or the official stamp of the hospital, or a sealed photograph of the applicant are considered as invalid. Please carefully plan your physical examination schedule as the result is valid for only 6 months.
8. The copy of Pre-admission Letter from designated Chinese university (if available);
9. The copy of valid HSK Certificate (if available). All documents should be bound together on top left corner in the order of 6.1 to 6.9. You should submit TWO sets of bound documents. No application documents will be returned.

VII  Placement & Scholarship Confirmation

1. Application documents of recommended candidates from UNESCO will be considered by CSC for eligibility and qualification. Ineligible or incomplete applications will not be considered.
2. Qualified applications will be sent to universities for placement. Based on various factors, such as the different scholarship funding requirements of every country, the host university's teaching capacity, study length and applicants’ criteria, CSC reserves the right to make necessary adjustments/changes to the candidate’s host university, field of study, supporting categories and duration of scholarship. Applications enclosed with the Pre-admission Letter will be sent to the universities who issued that Letter for placement confirmation.
3. After placement confirmation by Chinese universities, scholarship recipients will get Chinese government scholarships to study in China with approval by CSC. Each scholarship recipient will be granted with no more than one scholarship.
4. CSC reviews the placement results, approves the List of Scholarship Recipients and sends the admission documents to the permanent delegation of P. R. China to UNESCO before July 31st. The permanent delegation of P. R. China to UNESCO will send the admission documents (List of Scholarship Recipients and Visa Application Form for Study in China (JW201)) to the scholarship recipients.
5. Scholarship recipients shall not allowed to change their host university, field of study, or duration of study stipulated on the Admission Letter after their coming to China.
6. Scholarship will not be reserved if scholarship recipient cannot register before the registration deadline.

VIII  Contact information of UNESCO

Mr. Jhaycee Manansala (Fellowship Program Section, UNESCO)

Tel: +331-45681417

Email:J.Manansala@unesco.org

IX  Contact information of CSC

Tel: 0086-10-66093953

Fax: 0086-10-66093915

Email:  ouzhou@csc.edu.cn

Website: http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina; www.campuschina.org

Address: Division of International Students Affairs, China Scholarship Council

Level 13, Building A3, No.9 Chegongzhuang Avenue, Beijing, P.R. China.

Postcode: 100044