Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
The Great Wall Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme 2024-2025- UNESCO/People's Republic of China
About the Program
With a view to promoting the human resource development and capacity building of developing countries and
to enhancing international exchanges in the fields of education, culture, communication, science and technology, and friendship among peoples around the world, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has placed at the disposal of UNESCO for the academic year 2024-2025, under the co-sponsorship of UNESCO, seventy-five (75) fellowships for advanced studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These fellowships will be open to candidates from 135 developing Member States in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, and the Arab region.
Tenable at a selected number of Chinese universities, these fellowships are intended for students and scholars who plan to pursue advanced studies or undertake individual research with periodic guidance from the assigned supervisors in China for a duration of one year. The study programmes will be taught in English or Chinese, subject to the available fields of study at the selected universities. Candidates applying for the Chinese-taught programmes should have acquired a certain level of Chinese proficiency before taking up research or studying in their fields of interest.
Available Study Programs
Please visit the official web page of the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for the fields of proposed studies at the selected Chinese universities: http://www.campuschina.org/universities/index.html
Eligibility Requirements
Candidates must be nationals from the above-mentioned invited Member States, fulfilling the following eligibility requirements:
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Candidates applying for General Scholar Programs must hold a high school diploma and should not be older than the age of forty-five (45); and those who apply for Senior Scholar Programs must be master’s degree holders or an associate professor (or above) and not older than the age of fifty (50).
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English proficiency is required. For those who apply for Chinese-taught general / senior programmes, their Chinese proficiency must reach HSK Level 3.
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Be in good health, both mentally and physically.
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Meeting the admission requirements of the applied universities in terms of academic ability, language proficiency, and other relevant criteria.
How to Apply
Read carefully the Application Guidelines
