MOFCOM Scholarship is set up by Ministry of Commerce of People's Republic of China to further strengthen the communication and cooperation between China and other countries as well as to develop talents for developing countries. Starting from 2015, MOFCOM Scholarship mainly sponsors the young and the middle-aged talents from recipient countries to pursue their postgraduate degree education in China and entrusts China Scholarship Council to administer the Scholarship.

Supporting categories, duration of scholarship and instruction language

II. Where & When to Apply

The Economic and Commercial Counselor's Office (ECCO) of the Chinese Embassy in your country will be open for application until 30th April 2018.

III. Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

-be a citizen of a developing country other than the People's Republic of China, and be in good health;

-be a master's degree holder when applying for doctoral program;

-be under the age of 45 when applying;

-have sufficient English or Chinese proficiency which meets the academic requirements of the program. English: IETS 6.0 or above, Chinese: HSK level 4 (score180) or above, or other evidence which indicates your English or Chinese proficiency is adequate.

IV. Scholarship Coverage

-tuition waiver;

-teaching material fee waiver;

-dissertation guidance fee waiver;

-one-off resettlement fee:

3000RMB per master student,

3000RMB per PhD student;

-on-campus accommodation;

-stipend:

3000RMB per month per master student,

-medical insurance

-one-time round-trip international airfare for all the students (First time fly to China after enrollment, and Fly back to home country while graduation), and a maximum of "n-1" ("n" is for the length of schooling year which is set while the student was enrolled by the program) round-trip international airfares for home visits (one time per year set at the end of an academic year).

V. Application Documents (written in Chinese or English)

Application Online

1. Application Form for MOFCOM Scholarship;

www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina  www.campuschina.org

For more application instructions, please check Attachment I.

2. Photocopy of highest diploma;

3. Photocopy of academic transcripts;

4. A Study Plan or Research Proposal with a minimum of 400 words;

5.6. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form;

6. Photocopy of English or Chinese proficiency;

7. Photocopy of a valid passport.

Submission Offline

1.Submit all the application materials listed above in both hard copy and scanned copy to the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of Chinese Embassy before 30th April, 2018. Hard copy must include both the original copy and the photocopy, as indicated above. For emails and addresses of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Offices, please visit http://www.china-aibo.cn.

2.Submit a written request to the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of Chinese Embassy for an official recommendation letter and clearly state:

a) Whether the applicant is willing to be considered for a similar program at other universities if the applied programs could not accept the applicant. 

b)Other special requests if any.

Reminders:

a) All the documents to be submitted should be in Chinese or English. Otherwise, a notarized copy in Chinese or English is required.

b) An original copy of degrees, transcripts, Foreigner Physical Examination Form and language certificates must be presented for on-site verification.

c) Applicants will get back all the hard-copy materials, both original copies and photocopies from the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office. If admitted, they must take the documents to China and submit them to the University during on registration in early September. 

VI. Placement

Each applicant can choose one same major in three universities out of the 26 designated universities as their desired option. CSC will place each applicant in one university only based on their desired option and universities' requirements.

VII. Admission & Registration

Scholarship winners will get the admission package from ECCO of the Chinese Embassy by the end of August, 2018, and must register at the host university before the deadline which is usually September, 2018.

For more information, please refer to http://www.campuschina.org/content/details3_343888.html