STUDY IN ASIA SCHOLARSHIP
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It is a full scholarship scheme established by the Ministry of Education of P. R. China (hereinafter referred to as MOE) aiming to stimulate the mobility of Asian students and scholars within Asia. It is aimed to strengthen mutual understanding among people in Asian countries, develop education cooperation and exchanges, and promote Asian education quality. MOE entrusts China Scholarship Council (hereinafter referred to as CSC) to manage the recruitment and carry out the routine management of this scholarship program. 20 full scholarships are available for the academic year 2010/2011.
CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP
1. This scheme sponsors general scholars and senior scholars with the duration of one academic year.
2. The instruction language could be either Chinese or English. Applicants who apply for courses instructed in Chinese are required to take one-year Chinese language course prior to the academic study if their Chinese is not qualified. Only by passing the examinations after the Chinese language course, could they start their academic studies. And their scholarship duration will be extended automatically for another year.
APPLICATION Applicants shall apply to the Chinese Embassies in their home countries (属CUCAS网页http://scholarship.cucas.edu.cn/ListNews.php?id=36) between the beginning of January and the beginning of April, 2011.
You may continue to get details from China Scholarship Council.(链接到文本末尾contact)
CRETERIA & ELIGIBILITY 1. Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health.
2. Education background and age limit:
- Applicants for general scholar program must have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies and be under the age of 45.
- Applicants for senior scholar program must have master’s degree or above or hold academic title of associate professor or higher and be under the age of 50.
VALUES OF SCHOLARSHIP
- Exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, fee for laboratory experiment, fee for internship, and fee for basic learning materials, free accommodation on campus;
- Living allowance;
- One-off settlement subsidy after registration;
- Fee for outpatient medical service, Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Benefit Plan for International Students in China;
- One-off inter-city travel subsidy.
Note: 1) Costs of the laboratory experiment or internship that beyond the university’s arrangements should be self-afforded. 2) Fee for basic learning materials ONLY covers the necessary learning materials prescribed by the host institution, and other textbooks and materials shall be at self-expense. 3) Monthly allowance is granted to the students through the host institution at the following rates (CNY Yuan per month):
- General scholars: CNY 1,700 Yuan
- Senior scholars: CNY 2,000 Yuan
Scholarship students shall receive their monthly living allowance after registration. New students who register before 15th (15th included) of the registration month will get the full amount of living allowance of that month, and those who register after 15th will get half amount. Students upon graduation will get a living allowance for another 15 days after the graduation date set by the university. The allowance will be terminated from the next month after students suspend their studies, drop school or complete schooling from the university. Monthly living allowance covers school holidays. Scholarship students who missed the monthly living allowance during holidays could be reimbursed upon their return on campus. The allowance will be suspended for one month if students do not register on time without permission from the university in advance, leave for non-health reasons or are absent from the university over a month. Students who have to suspend their studies for health reasons are required to go back to their home countries for treatment. The international travel expenses should be covered by the students themselves. With the university’s approval, the scholarship status can be reserved for up to one year, and their living allowances will be suspended during their leave. The scholarship status will not be reserved for those who suspend their studies for other reasons. 4) New students will get a one-off settlement subsidy upon their arrival in China. - CNY 1,000 Yuan for new students who will study in China up to one academic year
- CNY 1,500 Yuan for new students who will study in China above one academic year
5) Fee for outpatient medical service refers to the outpatient expense in the institution’s hospital or the hospitals appointed by the institution. The students are required to share a certain percentage of expense in accordance with the institution’s relevant regulations. 6) Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Benefit Plan for International Students in China is provided by MOE for the scholarship students in China in case of hospitalizing for serious diseases and accidental injuries. The institutions or the appointed medical assistance agencies provide advancement service for insurance expenses, and claim for compensation with relevant payment receipts from the insurance company according to the stipulated insurance articles. For scholarship students, the individual claim will not be accepted by the insurance company 7) One-off inter-city travel ticket (each for coming-in and leaving China)
A hard-seat train ticket (hard-berth train ticket for overnight trip) will be provided for new scholarship students traveling from the port of entry upon registration to the city where the admitting institution or institution of Chinese language training or college preparatory courses is located; students traveling from the Chinese language training institution or the preparatory education institution to the city where the university for major study is located; and students traveling from the city where the institution is located to the nearest port for departure upon graduation. Meal and excess of baggage should be self-afforded.
8) International travel expenses: self-afforded. APPLICATION DOCUMENTS The applicants must fill in and provide the following documents truly, correctly and completely (in duplicate). 1. Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (filled in Chinese or in English)
Those who are available for online application shall fill in and print the application form after submitting it online.
The CSC Online Application System for Study in Chinais available on http://laihua.csc.edu.cn
Those who cannot apply online shall fill in the application form printed by CSC.
2. Highest diploma (notarized photocopy): University students or applicants employed shall also provide proofs of studying or employment on application. Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized translations in Chinese or English. 3. Academic Transcripts (notarized photocopy): Transcripts in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with notarized translations in Chinese or English. 4. Recommendation letters: Applicants for senior scholars must submit two letters of recommendation in Chinese or English from professors or associate professors. 5. Applicants for music studies are requested to submit a CD of the applicants’ own works. Applicants for fine arts programs must submit a CD of the applicants’ own works (including two sketches, two color paintings and two other works). 6. A study or research plan written in Chinese or English (no less than 400 words). 7. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form (The original copy should be kept by the applicant. The form printed by Chinese quarantine authority could be downloaded from http://www.csc.edu.cn). The medical examinations must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. Please select the appropriate time to take medical examination due to the 6-months validity of the medical results
The above materials should be forwarded to CSC by April 30th 2011 via the Chinese Embassy in the applicant’s home country. Application documents will not be returned.
SELECTION OF INSTITUTIONS AND SPECIALTY Applicants may choose three institutions and one academic program as their preferences from the Chinese HEIs designated by MOE. Please check the Directory of Chinese Higher Institutions Admitting International Students under Chinese Government Scholarship Program. Only the listed Chinese HEIs in the Directory are available to the applicants for their study in China. APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION 1. CSC will assess all the application documents and CSC reserves the right to make necessary adjustments on the applied institutions, specialties and duration of study. The qualified applications will be forwarded to institutions for academic caliber and they will forward their nominations to CSC for agreement. The applications will be regarded as invalid and will not be accepted if they fail to meet the enrollment requirements or the application documents are incomplete. 2. Applicants are required to enclose the admission notice from Chinese HEIs, if they have, in the documents submitted to CSC. 3. Scholarship applicants academically accepted by Chinese HEIs will be officially awarded the Chinese Government Scholarship with the approval from CSC. 4. Students are required to sign on their Admission Notice, if they have no objection with the placement, and are not permitted, in principle, to change their specialties, institutions or the duration of study specified in the Admission Notice. 5. CSC will send the Admission Notice and Visa Application Form for Study in China (JW201) to dispatching authoritied, who will forward the documents to the stuadents.
Contact China Scholarship Council
Address: Level 13, Building A3, No.9 Chegongzhuang Avenue, Beijing 100044, P. R. China
Tel: 0086-10-66093925
Fax: 0086-10-66093915
E-mail: xmsun@csc.edu.cn
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