2025 Chinese Government MOFCOM Scholarship

Summary

Government of China 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.

Chinese Government Scholarship—Chinese University Program is a scholarship established by Ministry of Education (MOE) to support Chinese universities in specific provinces or autonomous regions to recruit outstanding international students for graduate studies in China.

MOE authorized USTC to recruit full-time master and doctoral students under the Chinese Government Scholarship since 2008.

Benefits:

• Students are exempt from tuition fee, teaching material fee, research and survey fee, allowance of English-taught program, dissertation guidance fee;

• Free on-campus accommodation;

• Monthly stipend:

  • 36000RMB per year per master student,

  • 42000RMB per year per PhD student;

• One-off resettlement fee: 3000RMB per person;

• Free medical insurance for international students;

• 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, “n” is less than or equal to three) round-trip international airfares for home visits (one time per year set at the end of an academic year);

• The annual review is compulsory for all students. Those who pass the review may continue to enjoy full scholarships in the next year.

• Other expenses shall be managed and used by the Ministry of Commerce or the universities as a whole, and shall not be distributed to students. The Ministry of Commerce only provides students with financial assistance within their enrolled academic duration. Students who postpone their graduation will not receive the continuing sponsorship.

Eligibilities

To be eligible for this scholarship, applicants must:

• Be a citizen of a developing country other than the People’s Republic of China, and under the age of 45 (born after September 1, 1974)

• Be in good health

• Have at least three years’ working experience

• Be a bachelor’s degree holder when applying for master’s program;

• Be a master’s degree holder when applying for doctoral program;

• Have sufficient English or Chinese proficiency which meets the academic requirements of the program.

Deadline Varies by Institution

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