China Scholarship Council Visiting PhD Scholars Program

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• ­meet the conditions stipulated in the "Guidelines for the Selection of Overseas Students Sponsored by the China Scholarship Council for the Current year"
• have a solid professional foundation, strong learning and research abilities, communication skills, excellent academic performance, outstanding work achievements, and strong potential for development
• be under 35 years old (born after January 1, 1988)

Selection criteria

In awarding the China Scholarship Council Visiting PhD Scholar program, the China Scholarship Council will consider applicants who:

• are outstanding full-time doctoral students from Chinese universities or research institutions who hold a Letter of Offer from the University of Melbourne at the time of application
• have graduated with a major in English at the undergraduate level or above
• have studied abroad in an English-speaking country for one academic year (8-12 months) or worked continuously for one year or more within the last ten years.
• have passed the National Foreign Language Proficiency Test (WSK).
• have achieved the following scores on the IELTS (Academic) or TOEFL exam: IELTS 6.5, TOEFL (IBT) 95.
• have completed advanced English training courses organized by the Ministry of Education's designated overseas study training department and obtained a certificate of completion.
• have passed interviews, exams, or other tests organized by the University of Melbourne and met its admission language requirements, in which case the University of Melbourne will issue a separate English proficiency certificate; for those who meet the University of Melbourne's admission language requirements through other language tests (including the TOEFL iBT Home Edition and IELTS Indicator), they must submit their scores and a certificate from the school recognizing the language test.

To apply, you must submit to the CSC:

• Nomination letter from the University of Melbourne
• Nomination letter from your home institute or if applying from Melbourne a letter of support from the Consulate
• Letter of support/ invitation letter from the UoM hosting supervisor
• Other documentation, as detailed on the CSC website.

To receive your nomination letter from the University of Melbourne, applicants must apply to the University of Melbourne's Study Abroad Research program (SA-RES), flagging CSC Visiting PhD funding and obtain supervisor support. In your application please note that your home institute does not need to be one of the University of Melbourne partners.  If unsure if an exchange nomination has been sent on your behalf, please select no in response to this question.

Upon receiving a nomination/ letter of offer from the University of Melbourne, applicants must complete the online application to the China Scholarship Council as per the CSC website.

Visiting PhD scholars may commence their visit from June 2024, and admitted individuals will complete dispatch procedures according to the requirements of the China Scholarship Counil and the University of Melbourne.

Citizens of the People's Republic of China wishing to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Melbourne may be eligible for:

• China Scholarship Council- University of Melbourne PhD Scholarship
• Graduate Research Scholarships