The China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a non-profit institution with legal person status affiliated with the Ministry of Education.

The objective of the CSC is to provide, in accordance with the law, statutes and relevant principles and policies of China, financial assistance to the Chinese citizens wishing to study abroad and to the foreign citizens wishing to study in China in order to develop the educational, scientific and technological, and cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between China and other countries, to strengthen the friendship and understanding between Chinese people and the people of all other countries, and to promote world peace and the socialist modernization drive in China.

China Scholarship Council is financed mainly by the state's special appropriations for scholarship programmes. At the same time the CSC accepts donations from the personages, enterprises, social organizations and other organizations at home and abroad.

The tasks of the CSC are to use legal and economic means to manage the affairs of the Chinese citizens studying abroad and of the foreigners studying in China, take charge of the management and utilization of China Scholarship, determine the relevant assistance projects and modes, formulate management regulations and put the scholarship to best use; manage the bilateral and multilateral exchange or unilateral scholarships between China and other countries; manage other matters concerning educational exchanges and scientific and technological cooperation on behalf of relevant organizations, insitutions nad individuals inside and outside China; provide financial support to the projects conducive to the development of ChinaAZs education and its friendly relations with other countries; strive for donations from home and abroad, expand the sources of the Scholarship and increase the Scholarship; establish contacts with its counterparts at home and abroad and carry out exchange and cooperation with them.

Procedures of Application for International Students Scholarship
The Distinguished International Students Scholarship was established by the Ministry of Education of China to sponsor outstanding international students who have finished their bachelors or masters education in China and have been enrolled by designated Chinese institutions as Masters or Doctoral candidates or are now carrying out their Masters or Doctoral studies in those institutions (there are 50 full scholarships for academic year 2006/2007). China Scholarship Council (hereinafter referred to as CSC) is responsible for the application, evaluation and management of the scheme.

Categories of Applicants and Duration of Scholarship.



Master degree students
1-3 academic years

Doctoral degree students
1-4 academic years

Application Procedures:

If applicants continue their study in the present institutions, they are required to submit their applications to CSC via the institutions recommendation.
If applicants graduated from the current institutions and apply for further study in another institution, they are required to submit their applications to CSC via both the two institutions commendation.
CSC does not accept the applications from the non-designated Chinese institutions for the time being.
Application must be submitted before the deadline for the application dated every year.
Eligibility Criteria for Distinguished International Students Scholarship:

Applicants must be international students currently studying in the designated Chinese institutions and in good health.
Applicants must have a good academic record and merits in the duration of their academic year, also they must be those who have been enrolled by the designated Chinese institutions as Masters or Doctoral candidates in the year of their graduation or are now carrying out their Masters or Doctoral studies in those Chinese institutions.
Applicants for master degree studies must be under the age of 35, and applicants for doctoral degree studies must be under the age of 40.
Details of the Scholarship and the Allowance provided:
This kind of scholarship is full scholarship, which covers the tuition fees, fee for basic learning materials, accommodation, living allowance, fee for outpatient medical services, comprehensive medical insurance plan of foreign students in China, a one-off settlement subsidy and a one-off inter-city travel allowance.

Living allowance is monthly paid to the students by the institution at the following rates (CNY yuan per month):
Master degree students:
CNY 1,100 yuan

Doctoral degree students:
CNY 1,400 yuan

Fee for outpatient medical service refers to the out-patient expense generated in the institutions hospital or the hospitals appointed by the institutions. The students should afford a certain percentage of expense in accordance with the institutions regulations.
Comprehensive medical insurance plan of international students in China is insured by the Ministry of Education of China for the scholarship students in China against diseases and accidents. The institution is entitled to ask for compensation on the payment receipts from the insurance company for the expenses generated from hospitalizing for serious diseases or from accidental injury according to the stipulated insurance articles.
The scholarship students are required to afford their inter-city ticket when they have to transfer to another admitting institutions. For those who are originally the Chinese Government Scholarship Students and eligible to the international travel cost, the international air ticket will be postponed to provide once only till the day they complete their study.
Essential Documents required for application:
The applicants must fill in and provide the following materials truly and correctly (in duplicate). Application Form for Distinguished International Students Scholarship (printed by CSC). The application form can obtain from the institutions and also could be downloaded from the website of CSC:
http://www.csc.edu.cn

Copies of last diploma and degree certificate. Candidates should provide proof letter issued by the institutions if the candidates have not obtain the diploma and degree certificate during the application.
Copy of Admission Notice as masters or doctoral degree student. Candidates should provide proof letter issued by the institutions if the candidates have not obtain the Admission Notice during the application.
Transcripts during the study in Chinese institutions.
Study plan (Should include the understanding of the major and plan for further study. No less than 1000 words for master candidates and no less than 2000 words for doctor candidates).
Recommendation letter by the Chinese institution in which the student currently studies. Recommendation letters by two professors.
Other materials (released articles or academic achievements).
Official note issued by the Embassy of candidate's country, in which approve the candidate's application of the scholarship, and should indicate that the candidate is not in the exchange program between the two governments
The above documents should reach CSC before the end of stipulated day sent by the recommending institution, CSC does not accept individual application.
Source: China Scholarship Council Website.