Chinese Government Scholarship Program (CGS) is open to international applicants of full-time graduate 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. China Scholarship Council (hereinafter referred to as CSC), entrusted by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as MOE), is responsible for the enrollment and the administration of Chinese Government Scholarship programs.

Benefits 

1. Tuition waiver. Tuition funds will be comprehensively used by the host university. It may cover scholarship students’ education, administration costs and expenditures to support student activities.
2. Accommodation: Free university dormitory or accommodation subsidy. If the host university requires students to live on campus, the university will accommodate the scholarship students in a university dormitory (usually a twin room); if the host university permits students to live off campus, the university will provide monthly/quarterly accommodation subsidy: master’s students(general scholars): CNY 700 per month; doctoral students (senior scholars): CNY 1000 per month.
3. Stipend: Master’s students/general scholars: CNY 3,000 per month; Doctoral students/senior scholars: CNY 3,500 per month.

Within the scholarship duration, registered scholarship students will receive a stipend from their host university each month. Students registering on or before the 15th of the month will receive a full stipend of that month. Those who register after the 15th of the month will receive a half stipend of that month. Graduating students will receive stipend until half month after the graduation date. If registered student stays out of China for more than 15 days due to a personal reason (school holidays excluded), his stipend will be stopped during his leaving.

Eligibility

Applicants for CGS through Tsinghua University should meet all the following requirements:

• Must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be in good health;
• Have applied for 2018 full-time international graduate programs at Tsinghua University (except joint graduate programs) and have been pre-admitted by the target dept./school of Tsinghua University;
• 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;
• Have not applied for CGS through other channels (for example, through Chinese Embassies or Consulates in the home country);
• Are not offered other kinds of scholarships for study at Tsinghua University.

The application time varies from country to country (generally from November of last year to April of that year). Please pay attention to the consultation with Chinese embassies and consulates in advance.