The local government scholarships are set to fund foreign students and scholars. Altogether 11 scholarships of this type are provided by provisional Government. These are – Beijing, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Yunan, Chongqing, Dalian, Hubei, Zhejiang.

Basic Requirements

Applicants should be non-Chinese citizens with good health and of proper age. The applicant should observe laws, rules as well as regulations of the Chinese government and Chinese universities. Applicants belonging to different categories should have the required corresponding certificates. (e.g. Applicants intended to apply for undergraduate studies should have completed senior high school with satisfied marks, applicants intended to apply for master’s degrees must have a bachelor’s degree, so on and so forth).

Application Date

In a general sense, applicants should submit applications once a year during January to April every year.

Scholarship Value

Different governments set different scholarship value according to their regulations. Usually, the scholarship will include registration fee, tuition fee, experiment fee, internship fee, materials fee, accommodation fee, insurance fee, living expenses, supervisor expenses, etc.

The application documents will be examined by the universities and the local government scholarship committee. The university will submit the scholarship letter, the Admission Notice and Visa Application form to the applicants who are confirmed as scholarship receiver three months before the start of the new academic year.