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Chinese Government Scholarship Programme

1. Categories of Applicants and Duration of Scholarship

Master’s Degree Students: 2-3 academic years
Doctoral Degree Students: 3-4 academic years
1) The instruction language could be either Chinese. Applicants who apply for courses instructed in Chinese are required to take one-year Chinese language course prior to the academic study if their Chinese is not qualified. Only by passing the examinations after the Chinese language course, could they start their academic studies.
2) Scholarship students should complete their study in China within the set time. Scholarship duration specified in the admission notice cannot be extended in principle.
3) The scholarship quota is only for the autumn semester intake of academic year.

 All the disciplines and majors authorized to confer master’s degrees and doctoral degrees are available to international students.

 Length of Schooling: Master’s degrees: 1+3 years 

1) Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens and be in good health.
2) Applicants must not be students in Chinese universities at the time of application (or at least one year after graduation in China).
3) Education background and age limit:
- Applicants for master’s degree studies must have bachelor’s degree and be under the age of 35.
- Applicants for doctoral degree studies must have master’s degree and be under the age of 40.

1) The applicant who wants to apply for Lanzhou Jiaotong University Chinese Government Scholarship Programme should take an online application.

2) The applicants must fill in and provide the following documents truly, correctly and completely (in duplicate). Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (filled in Chinese or in English);

3) The CSC Online Application System for Study in China is available on

4) After registration the applicant can input information. The first information is the Agency Number. The Number of LZJTU is 10732.

5) Please input all information needed correctly. If the applicant would not take online application, LZJTU would not accept his or her application.

6) Applicants shall fill in and Download/print the application form after submitting it online with signature and photo.

The following materials are needed (2 copies for each):

1) Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship (printed by CSC) filled in Chinese or in English, available at http://laihua.csc.edu.cn

2) Highest diploma (notarized scanned version). Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with translations in Chinese or English.

3) The applicant for a master’s degree should submit undergraduate transcript; the applicants for a doctoral degree should submit postgraduate transcript. Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must be attached with translations in Chinese or English.

4) Foreigner Physical Examination Form (printed by Chinese quarantine authority and only for those whose period of studies in China lasts up to six months) filled in English. The medical examinations must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. Available at: http://sie.lzjtu.edu.cn

5) Passport Photocopy

6) Study or research plan: in Chinese or in English, no less than 800 words.

7) Recommendation letters: Two letters of recommendation in Chinese or English from professors or associate professors.
8) Applicants for music studies are requested to submit a CD of the applicants’ own works. Applicants for fine arts must submit a CD of the applicants’ own works (including two sketches, two color paintings and two other works).

All the application materials are required to be scanned and submitted by Email and post before April 10.

LZJTU will organize a committee to review all the application materials, make the decision and report to CSC which will make the final decision that whether to admit the applicants or not after that LZJTU will release the list of matriculated students and send them the Admission Notice of LZJTU.

Enrollment time may be September 10th. The definite time will be informed on Admission Notice. All the matriculated students should be enrolled in LZJTU on time according to the Admission Notice.

- Exempt from registration fee, tuition fee, fee for laboratory experiment, fee for internship, and fee for basic learning materials, and accommodation fee for dormitory on campus;
- Living allowance;
- One-off settlement subsidy after registration for new student;
- Fee for outpatient medical service, Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Protection Scheme for International Students in China.
Note:

1) Costs of the laboratory experiment or internship beyond the university’s arrangements should be self-afforded.
2) Fee for basic learning materials ONLY covers the necessary learning materials prescribed by the host institution, and other textbooks and materials shall be self-afforded.
3) 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 1,700 Yuan
- Doctoral degree students: CNY 2,000 Yuan
Scholarship students shall receive their monthly living allowance after registration. New students who register before 15th (15th included) of the registration month will get the full amount of the living allowance of that month, and those who register after 15th will get half amount. The graduates will get a living allowance for another 15 days after the graduation date set by the university. The allowance will be terminated from the next month after students suspend their studies, drop school or complete schooling from the university. Monthly living allowance covers school holidays. Scholarship students who missed the monthly living allowance during holidays could be reimbursed upon return on campus. The allowance will be suspended for at least one month if students do not register on time without permission from the university in advance, leave for non-health reasons or are absent from the university over a month.
Students who have to suspend their studies for pregnancy or for health reasons should go back to their home countries for labor or for treatment. The international travel expenses should be covered by the students themselves. With the university’s approval, the scholarship status can be reserved for up to one year, and their living allowances will be suspended during their leave. The scholarship status will not be reserved for those who suspend their studies for other reasons.
4) New students will get one-off settlement subsidy upon their arrival in China.
- CNY 1,500 Yuan for new students who will study in China for one academic year and above.
5) Fee for outpatient medical service refers to the outpatient expense in the institution’s hospital or the hospitals appointed by the institution. The students are to cover a certain percentage of expense in accordance with the institution’s relevant regulations.
6) Comprehensive Medical Insurance and Protection Scheme for International Students in China is provided by MOE for the scholarship students in China in case of hospitalizing for serious diseases and accidental injuries. The institutions or the appointed medical assistance agencies provide advancement service for insurance expenses, and claim for compensation with relevant payment receipts from the insurance company according to the stipulated insurance articles. For scholarship students, the individual claim will not be accepted by the insurance company.
7) International travel expenses: self-afforded.

1) If the student comes to the university with his families, the accommodations and other cost should be paid by himself.

2) The student who has taken the physical examination overseas should verify the results by Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China; verification fee should be paid by student himself. If the Bureau believes that student needs to re-take physical examination, the physical examination fee should be paid by student himself. If the physical examination is not qualified, the student should leave China within a time limit and bear the cost himself.

3) The student whose application materials are found inconsistent with the truth will be required to leave China within a time limit and bear the cost himself.

4) If student arrive at university before enrollment time, the room and board rates should be paid by student himself.

5) All matriculated students should be enrolled in LZJTU on time. After enrollment, students should not ask for changing their university with scholarship.

6) All students should observe the university rules and regulations.