Scholarships

Guides in this section

• ACYLS after the award: placement, confirmation and changing universityExplains how the ACYLS guidebook places applicants among 33 designated Chinese universities and when a change of university, major or length of study is allowed.
• ACYLS paperwork: online application, hard copies and the national focal pointThe ACYLS guidebook requires an online application through CGSIS, lists 11 application documents, and sends hard copies to the home-country national focal point or the AUN Secretariat as required.
• After you press Submit in the CSC system: revoking, editing and printingStep 6 of two CSC online-application notices bars amendment after submission but allows revoking before the application is processed, and Step 7 covers printing the form.
• Arriving on an ACYLS scholarship: visa papers, registration, health verification and airfare claimsAfter an ACYLS award, the programme guidebook sets out the visa, registration, health verification, residence permit and airfare reimbursement papers, with airfare ceilings of 3000 RMB and 6000 RMB as printed.
• Chinese Government Scholarship: Which Channel to Apply Through, What It Covers, and the Age LimitsThe CSC application guide sorts the Chinese Government Scholarship into four programme types, each with its own place to apply. Here is where each one is filed, what the scholarship pays, the age and language limits, and the documents the guide lists.
• The 13 items of the Chinese Government Scholarship document list and who needs eachThis page lists the thirteen Chinese Government Scholarship application documents in Section VI of the official guide and shows which applicants each item applies to.
• International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship paperwork: online registration, deadlines and materialsThe 2025 guidelines for the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship set an applicant deadline and a review deadline for each start month, with the earliest applicant deadline on April 15 for July programmes.
• The CSC online application system step by step, as printed in the ACYLS guidebookThis page follows the eight CGSIS steps printed in the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship guidebook, from account creation to printing the form, and shows where the hard copies go.
• CSC scholarship paperwork in order: from the pre-admission document to the online formSection V of the CSC Application Guide sets out seven steps; this summary places each step beside the section VI document it names, from the pre-admission document to the online form.
• Great Wall Fellowship paperwork: applying through your National Commission for UNESCOUNESCO's Great Wall Fellowship page says candidates apply through the National Commission for UNESCO of their home country, not directly to UNESCO, and the candidate deadline for the 2026-2027 edition was 23 January 2026.
• Language papers for a CSC application: HSK report, IELTS or TOEFL, and the CSCA score reportThe Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship links the language paper to the language the program is taught in: an HSK score report for Chinese-taught master's, doctoral, general scholar and senior scholar programs, and a CSCA score report for bachelor's applicants. Programs taught in another language follow the requirements of each university.
• MOFCOM Scholarship paperwork: the document list and where the hard copies goSection V of the MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Enrollment Guide lists nine application documents and sets out the offline route, from the host government's department to the ECCO of the Chinese Embassy.
• Notarised copies and translations in a CSC application: what items 3 and 4 ask forThe Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship asks for a notarized photocopy of the highest diploma (item 3) and notarized translations of academic records not in Chinese or English (item 4). The Silk Road and MOFCOM notices word these items differently.
• Papers with an expiry date in a CSC application: passport, medical form and police certificateThree papers in section VI of the CSC Application Guide carry time limits that can run out before you apply: the passport, the medical examination record and the non-criminal record certificate.
• Program Category and Agency Number in a CSC application: what three official notices printThree CSC scholarship notices each print a Program Category and an Agency Number for the online application, and each one quotes its own rule on matching them and on an incorrect entry.
• Chinese Trade Unions Silk Road Scholarship paperwork: documents and the four application stepsThe China Scholarship Council (Campus China) notice for this scholarship lists seven application documents and seven numbered procedure steps, including the fixed entries for the Language Proficiency and Study Plan section. This is an unofficial summary.
• Study plan and recommendation letters for the CSC scholarship: the two papers you write or requestThe Chinese Government Scholarship requires a study plan of at least 200, 500 or 1000 words or characters by category, and two recommendation letters from applicants for postgraduate programs or academic education as senior scholars. The MOFCOM and Silk Road scholarships set their own rules.
• Under 18 and applying for a Chinese Government Scholarship: the guardian papersAn applicant under 18 must submit the legal documents of a legal guardian in China under item 11 of the Application Guide, and none of the three provisions covered here names the form of that document.
• YES China scholarship paperwork: pre-admission letter first, then the online applicationFor the 2026 intake of the Youth of Excellence Scheme of China, the notice asks applicants to hold a pre-admission letter when they apply online, with the online deadline at 23:59 on March 31, 2026 (GMT+8).

The official pages this section relies on

1. CSC — Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship (Campus China)www.campuschina.org
2. Campus China — scholarship programme noticeswww.campuschina.org