UCAS 2022 Scholarship for International Students

The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) has set up the UCAS Scholarship for International Students to sponsor young talents all over the world to pursue Master’s or Doctoral degree, or attend courses, conduct research or pay academic visits at UCAS faculties/CAS institutes. The Scholarship also encourages international graduate students currently studying at foreign universities to come for study on joint programs.

The scholarship consists of both a full scholarship and a partial scholarship. The full scholarship provides tuition waiver, application fee waiver, monthly stipend, basic accommodation and medical insurance; while the partial scholarship covers some items of the Full. Since 2016, the Scholarship has been majorly sponsoring Master’s and doctoral candidates.

• Table of Content
• About University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
• UCAS Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of UCAS Scholarship
• Requirements for UCAS Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

UCAS is a higher education institution established with the approval of the Ministry of Education, focusing on graduate education. The predecessor of UCAS was the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GSCAS), which was founded in 1978 as the first graduate school in China by approval of the State Council. UCAS graduated the first doctoral student in science, first doctoral student in engineering, first female doctoral student and first student with double doctoral degrees in China. In 2014, UCAS began to recruit undergraduates.... continue reading

UCAS Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of UCAS Scholarship

a) Tuition waiver

PhD students would be exempted from a tuition fee of RMB 40,000/year.

Master students would be exempted from a tuition fee of RMB 30,000/year.

b) Monthly stipend:

UCAS provides monthly stipend of RMB 2,500 for Doctoral students and RMB 2,000 for Master students. In addition, host supervisor and UCAS faculty/CAS institute (hereinafter referred to as faculty/institute) provide research assistantship for awardees considering their academic performances. The total amounts of monthly stipend will be no less than RMB 3500 for Doctoral students and RMB 3000 for Master students.

c) Accommodation:

UCAS provides basic accommodation to awardees from faculties/institutes located in Beijing. As for awardees from CAS institutes located outside Beijing, they would be provided with basic accommodation when attending the concentrated study at UCAS, while their host institutes would help to provide accommodation or solve accommodation-related problems when awardees are with them, and the awardees shall pay for relevant expenses as requested by the institutes.

d) Medical Insurance:

The insurance premium is RMB 800/year and RMB 400/half year. Please refer to the www.lxbx.net for the introduction of insurance coverage.

e) Application Fee:

Students would be exempted from application processing fee of RMB 600.

Requirements for UCAS Scholarship Qualification

Eligible applicants must:

• Be non-Chinese citizen with a valid passport, friendly to China and abiding by the laws and decrees of China, and UCAS rules and regulations.
• Be proficient in English or Chinese;
• For PhD program applicants: be born after 1st January 1987 (inclusive);
• For Master's program applicants: be born after 1st January 1992 (inclusive);

For Senior visiting students: be born after 1st January 1977 (inclusive);

For Regular visiting students: be born after 1st January 1982 (inclusive)

• Meet the admission criteria for UCAS international students (please refer to the calls for 2022 Programs for international students);
• Not take up other assignments during the period of his/her scholarship.
• Scholarship awardees who pursue doctoral or master degree at UCAS should take full-time study without any occupation.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

1. Application Materials

Please refer to the Call for 2022 Doctoral Programs for International Students, the Call for 2022 Master's Programs for International Students and the Call for 2022 Visiting Students Programs for International Students (here).

1. Online Application

Please log in the Online Admission System for International Students at UCAS (here) and follow its instructions to finish all the required application procedures. File and submit your application in the system as requested before deadline. Choose “UCAS Scholarship for International Students” in your application.

Master/Doctoral students: no longer than 36 months; Students on joint programs and Regular and Senior visiting students: 6-24months.

For more details, visit UCAS website.