Chinese Local Government Scholarship is one of the China Scholarships provided for international students studying and doing research in China by Chinese local provincial and municipal governments.
Till now, most of the Chinese local governments have offered Chinese Local Government Scholarship for international students with either full or partial scholarships. Applicants of the Chinese Local Government Scholarship as well as candidates planning to study in China can have a look at the cities of China first and then make their choices.
Generally, applicants of the Chinese Local Government Scholarships need to apply to corresponding provincial and municipal governments or the target universities they plan to or already study at. Fortunately, CUCAS provides a perfect service for applicants of Chinese Local Government Scholarships to apply China scholarships and the following services. Therefore, they can ask CUCAS to apply for them as well.
In terms of the application times and other detailed application information, applicants of the Chinese Local Government Scholarships normally shall consult the local governments, universities and CUCAS Scholarship Blog and Platform for latest information.
In order to better help applicants of Chinese Local Government Scholarships applying China scholarship, here are some Chinese Local Government Scholarships of major cities which are very popular among international students studying in China and applying China scholarships.
Beijing as the capital of China provides Beijing Government Scholarship (BGS) in order to promote higher education of international students in Beijing.
Excellent Degree Students |
Chinese Language Students and Senior Scholars |
General Scholars |
Exchange Students and Students with Special Contributions |
Applicants of Doctoral degree should be under the age of 40; |
Applicants of Master degree should be under the age of 35; |
Applicants of Undergraduate degree should be under the age of 30; |
Applicants of General Scholar program should be under the age of 50; |
Applicants of Senior Scholar program should be under the age of 50; |
Applicants of Long-term Language Studies should be under the age of 60. |
It covers tuition fees only with different categories respectively.
Applicants of this Chinese Local Government Scholarship shall apply to target Beijing universities directly or just ask CUCAS to help them apply.
Shanghai is a cosmopolitan city in China, which provides Shanghai Government Scholarship (SGS) including 3 categories from A to C in order to promote higher education of international students in Shanghai.
Doctoral degree applicants |
Master degree applicants |
Excellent international degree students |
Excellent international long-term study students |
Applicants of Doctoral degree should be under the age of 40; |
Applicants of Master degree should be under the age of 35; |
Applicants of Undergraduate degree should be under the age of 25; |
It covers some of the tuition fees, living allowance, basic accommodation fees and major disease and accident insurance, basic book expense, registration fee or one-off award in accordance with different categories.
Applicants of this Chinese Local Government Scholarship shall apply to target Shanghai universities directly or just ask CUCAS to help them apply.
Note: CUCAS Scholarship platform is going to be on-line in the coming December with more information of China scholarships and related application procedures. For more information on applying China scholarships, please log on to CUCAS right now. If you have any questions or problems right now, feel free to contact our scholarship team directly. We are here for you!
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Written by Amy Yang, Editor of CUCAS Scholarship Team