Xiamen University China, is offering Scholarships for undergraduate, masters and doctoral International students in accordance with the Chinese Government Scholarship Programme 2018. XMU itself offers scholarships to doctoral, master’s and undergraduate candidates. Scholarship awardees will have their tuitions covered (a maximum of 4 years for doctoral programmes, 2 or 3 years for master’s programmes, 4 or 5 years for undergraduate programmes). The awardees’ academic performance will be assessed each year and only those achieving the required standard will have their scholarship renewed for the following year.

Brief Description

The Xiamen University in China offers scholarships for doctoral, master’s and undergraduate candidates. The first-class scholarship for doctoral and master’s candidates will have their tuition fees covered (a maximum of 3 years for doctoral programmes, 2-3 years for master’s programmes). Meanwhile, the University provides monthly living allowance for outstanding doctoral and master’s candidates in accordance with the Chinese Government Scholarships (RMB 2,000 /month /person for doctoral students; RMB 1,700/month/person for master’s students). Bachelor’s candidates will not be provided with the first-class scholarship.

The second-class scholarship will have the awardees’ tuition fees covered (a maximum of 3 years for doctoral programmes , 2-3 years for master’s programmes ; 4-5 years for bachelor’s programmes).

Host Nationality:

The scholarship is made available by Xiamen University,China and Chinese Government

Eligible Nationality:

Xiamen University Scholarship is open to international students.

Scholarship Benefits:

Scholarship awardees will have their tuitions covered. Two kinds of scholarships exist:

The first-class scholarships for doctoral and master’s candidates will have their tuition covered (a maximum of 4 years for doctoral programmes, 2 or 3 years for master’s programmes) and offer monthly living allowance (RMB 3,500 for each doctoral student; RMB 3,000 for each master’s student). Undergraduate candidates will not be provided with the first-class scholarship.

The second-class scholarships will have the awardees’ tuition covered (a maximum of 4 years for doctoral programmes, 2 or 3 years for master’s programmes,  4 or 5 years for undergraduate programmes).

How long will sponsorship last?

• Bachelor’s degree students         4-5 years
• Master’s degree students            2-3 years
• Doctoral degree students            4 years

Scholarship Number:

Xiamen University Scholarships for International Students has 24 openings (including 8 for doctoral candidates, 11 for master’s candidates and 5 for undergraduate candidates)

Eligibility:

Scholarship assessment will be on the basis of application documents, applicant’s academic performance and overall quality, and their supervisor’s opinions. The recipients’ academic performance will be assessed each year and only those achieving the required standard will have their scholarship renewed for the following year.

• Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens and in good health.
• Applicants for undergraduate studies must hold a high school diploma and be under the age of 25.
• Applicants for master’s studies must hold a bachelor’s degree and be under the age of 40.
• Applicants for doctoral studies must hold a master’s degree and be under the age of 45.

Application Procedure: 

Applicants of Xiamen University Scholarships for International Students will be eligible for scholarship assessment only after they are admitted to the undergraduate, masters or doctoral programme of Xiamen University.

Important Notes: The result is expected to be out in early June and will be published on the website of the Admissions Office. Awardees will be notified via email and their certificate of award will be sent out as soon as possible.

You can begin the application by clicking on Online Application and get more details by clicking the Scholarship Link

Application Deadline:

Application ends April 30 (annually)

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