About CSC Scholarship
In order to promote the mutual understanding, cooperation and exchanges in various fields between China and other countries, the Chinese government has set up a series of scholarship programs to sponsor international students, teachers and scholars to study and conduct research in Chinese universities. Changsha University of Science & Technology (CSUST) is one of the universities designated by the China Scholarship Council to receive sponsored foreign students, offering a wide variety of academic programs in Education, Economics, Science, Engineering, Legal Studies, Management, Literature, Philosophy, Fine Arts, etc. for scholarship recipients at Chinese University’s Independent Enrollment Program level.
1. Scholarship Categories & Study Duration
►Scholarship for master’s degree programs is 3 academic years
► Scholarship for doctoral degree programs is 4 academic years
Note: The instruction language is mainly Chinese. Applicants are required to take one-year Chinese language course prior to the academic study if their Chinese is not qualified enough for the program study. Only by passing the examinations after the Chinese language course, can they start their academic studies.
2. Scholarship Coverage & Criteria
Scholarship holders are exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, laboratory experiment fee, internship fee, fee for accommodation on campus, and are provided with Comprehensive Medical Insurance for International Students in China.
Note: Monthly living allowance is granted to the students through the host institution at the following rates (CNY Yuan per month):
- Master’s degree students: CNY 3,000 Yuan
- Doctoral degree students: CNY 3,500 Yuan
Notes:
1. Tuition for CSC scholarship student will be paid by the government to the university directly, so the student does not need pay by himself/herself. And the tuition will not pay to the student.
2. If CSC scholarship student choose to live on campus, we will provide free double room at International Students Apartment. The dormitory fee will be paid by the government to the university directly, so the student does not need pay by himself/herself. If master’s degree programs student applies to live off campus, extra 700 Yuan monthly allowance will be given to the student, if PhD scholarship student applies to live off campus, extra 1000 Yuan monthly allowance will be given to the students.
3. Comprehensive insurance is bought to CSC scholarship student. The fees will be paid by the government to the insurance company, so the student does not need pay by himself/herself. You can neither give up the insurance nor claim the money for buying the insurance. Detail for the insurance can be found at:
http://www.lhgj.net/article/listDetails-2.html
The funding period for CSC master’s degree programs is 3 years, for PhD scholarship is 4 years, if the additional one year Chinese language applies, the Chinese language year is also covered by the scholarship.
Online application period:
CSC scholarship January 23, 2019 – March 31, 2019
3.Scholarship Eligibility
►Non-Chinese citizen in good health
►Age below 35 years old for CSC Scholarship master’s degree program, age below 40 years old for CSC Scholarship doctoral degree program
►Bachelor Degree for CSC Scholarship master’s degree program, Master Degree for CSC Scholarship doctoral degree program
► HSK5 180 or above for the majors in Chinese medium, if you are not qualified for , one year elementary Chinese language training.
► For the majors in English medium, you should be native English speaker or with official language in English. Otherwise, you need to provide TOFEL/IELTS result.
► Not sponsored by any other kind of scholarship.
4.Programs offered
See appendix 1
5. Application & Recruitment Procedures
►The English online application portal is http://www.campuschina.org/
Please follow the CSC website to do the online application, and sending us 2 sets of necessary support hard copy documents.
If the major cannot be chosen at the online system, please choose one of the related major, and while you printed out the hard copy, correct it by hand.
You must choose Program Category Type B.
The agency number of our university is 10536.
► CSUST organizes expert panel to appraise the documents and make a proposed list of applicants, and then reports to Hunan Provincial Education Committee and China Scholarship Council for final appraisal and approval.
► Getting the approval, CSUST announces the result at the website of /gjxy/gjxs/zsjz.htm and informs the successful applicants by the phone number and email address in the application. Please don’t use gmail.
► CSUST posts Admission Notice and Visa Application Form (JW201) to the successful applicants directly by July.
6.Application Documents
Post or submit 2 sets of supporting documents in hard copy
Set I
1. Application form of Changsha University of Science & Technology (See appendix 2) and application forms generated from CSC websites. You may print it out in color or black-and-white, photos should be printed on the application form. Please do not stick extra photo on the forms.
2. Two original recommendation letters issued and signed by two different persons.
3. Transcript of your bachelor study( application for master’s degree program) or master study (application for doctoral degree program)(original or notarized copy)
4. Copy of your diploma or degree
If you get the degree out of China, please provide notarized photo copy. Notarized photo copy means the original notarial certificate. Neither the black-and-white copy of the notarial certificate nor the color copy of the notarial certificate is acceptable.
If you get the degree in China, you may just provide the photo copy.
5. Foreigner Physical Examination Form(See appendix 3)
6. Study Plan in China (Write by yourself in Chinese or English with at least 800 words)
7. Examples of Art for Fine Arts; Music Audio for Music Major
8. HSK-5 or HSK-6 Certificate if you apply to study in Chinese without one year elementary Chinese study.
If you apply to study in Chinese without HSK-5 or HSK-6, we will offer you one year elementary Chinese language training. You DON’T need to apply for Chinese language training on the system.
9. English Language Certificate such as TOFEL or IELTS if you apply to study in English but you are neither native English speaker, nor a citizen in a country which official language includes English.
Set II:
The photo copy of set I
You may send them by post or submit to the office. None of the documents will be returned.
If you submit to the office directly, please come to the office on the business day from March 11 to March 31, 2019. Our office hour is 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:30, don’t visit us during the lunch break. The address for visit is Changsha University of Science & Technology, Yuntang Campus
The postal address:
New Energy building I office room 418, International Student Admission Office,International College, Changsha University of Science & Technology
No.960, 2nd Section, Wanjiali South RD, Tianxin District,Changsha, Hunan, China ,410114 TEL:+86-731-85256025
If you send them by post, you MUST send the hard copy in March to avoid the office off during winter vocation. If you send the hard copy from the places out of mainland China, you may choose any postal company. If you send the hard copy from mainland China, we suggest you to choose EMS or SF-express (顺丰), we cannot guarantee to receive the package from other postal company.
If we receive the post package with the tracking info shown that you send the document before Mar 31, it is valid application.
If we receive the post package with the tracking info shown that you send the document after Mar 31, it should be invalid.
The email admission@csust.edu.cn will be replied any time even in the winter vacation.
We don't accept any telephone inquiries. If you want to track the mail, please inquire the postal company, we won’t reply the email to verify if we received the hard copy or not.
FAQ
Q: Can I apply for bachelor CSC scholarship to Changsha University of Science & Technology directly?
A: No. You must enquire the Chinese embassy in your country to apply for bachelor at Changsha University of Science & Technology. If you need a pre-admission, please send an email to admission@csust.edu.cn for it.
Q: Do I need to pay application fee for applying scholarship at Changsha University of Science & Technology?
A: No.
Q: Besides applying master or PhD from Changsha University of Science & Technology, is there any other ways?
A: You may apply to the Chinese embassy in your country. If you require a pre-admission, please send an email to admission@csust.edu.cn
Q: Do I need a pre-admission if I apply to Changsha University of Science & Technology directly?
A: No. The pre-admission is for applying CSC scholarship to the Chinese embassy only.
Q: How many students can win the scholarship?
A: It differs every year, usually be 8-12 students can be awarded to CSC scholarship every year.
Q: I’ve heard that you have Belt and Road Scholarship, how to apply?
A: Belt and Road scholarship is among CSC scholarship, you may just apply for CSC scholarship.
Q: I’ve heard that if I just graduated in China this year, I am not qualified to apply for scholarship, is that true?
A: For CSC scholarship, it’s the truth that only the very top students can be awarded if you are now studying in China.
Q: I don’t have a passport, how should I fill in the passport info?
A: If you don’t have passport, please fill in “applying” at the “Passport No. Field”, the fill in “2099-12-31” at “Passport Expiration Date”, and upload one of your photos at “The
Photocopy of Passport (Pages with photo)”.
Q: May I fill in the application by hand rather than the online application?
A: No. You must make the on-line application, then submit, and print the form.
Q: What’s the on-line application portal?
A: if you apply for CSC scholarship, you must apply at CSC application system online. CSC application portal is http://www.campuschina.org/
Q: Besides the on-line application, do I need to submit the hard copy?
A: For CSC scholarship application, 2 sets of hard copies must be submitted.
Q: I want to apply for the additional one year Chinese language for my scholarship application, where should I apply for?
A: You don’t need to fill in the information for the additional one year Chinese language training; we will evaluate your Chinese language level and make the decision.
Q: I want to apply for PhD to Changsha University of Science & Technology. Can I apply without a “Acceptance Letter from Supervisor” signed by any Changsha University of Science & Technology supervisor?
A: Yes. CSUST organizes expert panel to appraise the documents and make pre-admission namelist of applicants and will help pre-admitted students to get Acceptance Letter from Supervisor .
Q: How do I know if my hard copies arrive?
A: Please enquire the postal company. We are unable to help you to check if we received.
Q: When can I have the result?
A: Please check the result by sending email to admission@csust.edu.cn during June 15 to July 15.
Q: How can I contact you?
A: email admission@csust.edu.cn
If you still have further questions after reading this document, please send us an email to admission@csust.edu.cn. If the answer to your questions can be found in this document, we won’t reply in your email.
