University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program 2024

Scholarship application are open for Chinese students who wish to apply for PhD program at University College Cork Ireland 2024-2025 academic year.

The primary focus of this programme ls for selected Chinese students to take full PhD study at UCC. If the selected Chinese students successfully complete the requirements of the designated PhD program at UCC and defend their dissertation at UCC, they will be conferred a degree by UCC.

Up to twelve scholarships will be supported per year.

The programme name, in English, will be the China Scholarship Council - University College Cork PhD programme.

CSC and UCC will support the following areas of study with priority: Arts & Humanities, Science, Engineer & Technology, Food Science, Business, Law and Health Sciences (excluding Medicine & Dentistry). Students will be eligible to study disciplines in any of the above fields at UCC.

Candidates should be intending to pursue study/research in one of the priority academic areas identified by UCC and CSC. However, applicants to other study/research areas will also be considered subject to the availability of relevant programmes of study at UCC.

• Table of Content
• About University College Cork
• University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program
• Aim and Benefits of University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program
• University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program Courses
• Requirements for University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University College Cork

University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) (Irish: Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The university is located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges located in Belfast, Cork, and Galway. It became University College, Cork, under the Irish Universities Act of 1908. The Universities Act 1997 renamed the university as National University of Ireland, Cork, and a Ministerial Order of 1998 renamed the university as University College Cork – Na... continue reading

University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program

Aim and Benefits of University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program

Scholarship Value:

• Tuition fees,
• Research fees and
• Living allowance

University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program Courses

• Arts and Humanities
• Business
• Engineering & Technology
• Food Science
• Health Sciences
• Law
• Science

Requirements for University College Cork China Scholarship Council PhD Program Qualification

• Candidates will be citizens and permanent residents of the People's Republic of China at the time of application; Overseas Chinese students may be eligible for the awards subject to CSC policy at the time;
• Successful candidates must return to China upon completion of their studies and/or research;
• Candidates must hold an offer letter from UCC. They must therefore fulfill the relevant academic entry requirements set by UCC, including a high level of English language proficiency;
• Candidate should satisfy the selection criteria set out by CSC.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• Candidates should directly apply for admission to UCC before the application deadline, 1 February 2024. Candidates should inform the UCC International Office by email if they wish to apply for the UCC /CSC joint scholarship and include their name in Chinese and English on the email.
• UCC will evaluate the candidates by mid March 2024. UCC will provide CSC and each qualified candidate with a copy of the offer letter. This offer letter should be unconditional in terms of academic performance and English language capability. 
• After receiving the offer letter from UCC, candidates must also apply to CSC for funding by completing an application for funding and employer reference (forms are available online at http://apply.csc.edu.cn) by 30 March 2024.
• CSC will evaluate the candidates according to CSC requirements and priorities, and provide UCC with a final list of scholarship recipients and inform the successful candidates.

For more details visit: UCC website.