To promote the mutual understanding and friendship between China and other countries, and to provide education opportunities to the youths worldwide who enjoy good potentials in their career development, the Chinese Government established the “Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Program ” with the aim of providing financial support to the outstanding youths coming to China to pursue a Master's degree. The following are details of the programs provided at NJU.

QUALIFICATIONS:  

1) An applicant must be a citizen of a country other than the People's Republic of China, and be under the age of 45 in good health both mentally and physically.

2) An applicant must have a bachelor's degree or higher degree and at least three years of work experience. Those with professional training or work experience related to the proposed program will be given preference.

3) An applicant must fall into one of the following four categories:

① A government official at the division chief level (or equivalent level) or above;

② A senior manager of an institution or enterprise;

③ An administrator of a university or scientific research institution;

④ Those who have relevant employment or internship experience in international organizations.

※ Students who have been granted other Chinese scholarships or funding （2025-2026） are not eligible for this scholarship.  If a student was found to have the Chinese Government Scholarship and another Chinese scholarship at the same time, his/her Chinese Government Scholarship would be canceled immediately, and he/she would be required to return the scholarship that he/she had received before. Those who deliberately concealed the truth would not be permitted to apply for the Chinese Government Scholarship again within 3 years.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT:

Admission requirement: IELTS 6.0/TOEFL 85/TOEFL Essentials 9/Duolingo English Test 100 (https://englishtest.duolingo.cn/applicants);

Graduation requirement: Finish one-year Chinese language course and reach HSK Level 3 proficiency.

Applicants who do not meet the above requirements will not be accepted.

TRAINING APPROACH & DURATION:

The program duration is 2 years, which follows the "1+1" paradigm and requires students to do their full-time basic course work and research in Nanjing University in the first academic year while finishing up their dissertation preparations. Before traveling to China to defend their dissertations as required, they must work in their home countries during the second academic year and finish their dissertations based on studies and actual work. A degree will be awarded to those who successfully complete the defense.

COVERAGE：

The scholarship covers the high costs of the first academic year studying in China, including tuition, on-campus accommodation, living expenses, and comprehensive health insurance for international students in China. Additionally, it includes round-trip airfare (Economic Class) for attending courses in the first academic year and defending the thesis in the second academic year in China.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:   

1. Applicants should register and apply at NJU's China International Student Service System https://nju.17gz.org/ . The application duration is from Jan. 1, 2025 to Mar. 1, 2025. (For the program type, please choose “CSC Scholarship Type A”.) 

The following documents will need to be uploaded.  

1）Certificate of your highest diploma;

2）Academic transcripts; ；

3）Two recommendation letters from the teachers of the school you last attended (The referees for the master's program applicants should at least be associate professors)； 

4）TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test result;   

5）Personal Statement (the master's program applicants need to use the template个人陈述模板 Template of Personal Statement)； 

6）List of papers published in professional or scientific journals & representative papers or abstracts of articles (optional);

7）Medical certificate(williamhill官网登录入口外国人体格检查记录，obtained within 6 months);  

8）First page of your passport;

9）Certificate of non-criminal record (obtained within 6 months);

10）Employment certificate or internship certificate (shall include the applicant's personal information, years of employment, position held, etc., and must be signed and stamped by the company).

2. After submitting the online application, you will receive feedback on our initial review within 3 workdays; if you received notices for resubmission, please re-upload the documents as required by the application deadline.

3.  The applications that have passed the initial review will be transferred to the relevant schools/departments for further assessment in early March, 2025, and the result will be sent via system message and email by March 20, 2025. 

4. Before March 31, 2025, those who have received NJU's pre-admission letter are required to register and apply on the CSC website (http://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/. For Agency No., please fill in "1563"; for Program Type, please choose "A"). Before applying, please read Instructions for Chinese Government Scholarship（CGSIS） and  Chinese Government Scholarship Application Materials carefully. In the process, you will need to upload NJU's pre-admission letter. (If you have already submitted the application on the CSC website before obtaining the pre-admission letter, please withdraw the application first, upload the letter, and then submit the application again.)  If an applicant who has obtained NJU's pre-admission letter didn't submit the application at the CSC website before March 31, we would assume that he/she had chosen to give up the nomination by Nanjing University.

※ If one of the original documents is neither written in Chinese nor in English, please also submit a notarized Chinese or English translation.

※ The applicants are responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of the submitted information and documents. If any dishonesty or falsification was found, the application would be invalid.

ADMISSION & REGISTRATION:  

1. After receiving the CSC's final decision, Nanjing University will inform the applicants via email and system message, as well as post the admission documents to the new students. 

2. The new academic year is expected to start at the beginning of September 2025. You will find the specific dates of registration on the admission notice. 

3. When coming to NJU to register, the new students will be required to bring the admission notice, JW201 form (hard or soft copy), physical examination report, original highest diploma, etc. for the qualification review. (If the original copy is neither written in Chinese nor in English, a notarized Chinese or English translation will need to be submitted.) The scholarship of those who didn't pass the review would be canceled.

For further inquiries, please contact:  

Ms. Wang Dongxu

Scholarship Coordinator  

Institute for International Students 

RM. 514 Zeng Xianzi Building,  

18 Jinyin Street, Nanjing 210008, China  

Tel.: +86-25-83594535

Fax: +86-25-83316747  

Email: wangdongxu@nju.edu.cn 

CSC Youth of Excellence Scheme of China Program

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