In order to successfully apply for the CAS “The Belt and Road” Master Fellowship, applicants are requested to follow a few key steps that are indicated below:

Tips: You are suggested to contact an eligible supervisor. But if you cannot find an accepting supervisor for accepting you, please first complete your online application and USTC will help to send your file to professors in relating fields (Only if it is complete).          If you successfully found a supervisor for accepting you, please send him/her the provisional Acceptance of International Student by USTC Professor (download at the bottom of the page). After the acceptance form is signed and stated, it will be sent back to you, and you need to upload the scanned copy in the online application system of USTC.

Step 1：SUBMIT YOUR ADMISSION APPLICATION VIA THE ONLINE SYSTEM OF USTC

l  For admission application to USTC, you MUST also submit your information and required documents via USTC online system following its instruction.

l  Application Deadline：March 31, 2019

Step 2：SUBMIT ORIGINAL APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

After applying online, applicants must submit application materials to Office of International Cooperation of USTC by post mail or in person (application materials submitted by email will not be accepted).

Application materials

*  Application form Application Form for CAS The Belt and Road Master Fellowship.

*  Photocopy of passport (ordinary passport with validity of at least 1 year).

*  A study or research proposal (no less than 800 words).

*  CV.

*  Two letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors (with phone number and email address).

*  Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form.

*  Chinese or English language certificate (the photocopy of valid HSK, IELTS or TOFEL result or other proof of their English proficiency (except those whose mother tongue is English).

*  Photocopy of degree certificate and academic transcript for both Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree (if have) notarized by Ministry of Education or equivalent authority in your country.

*  If applicants are university students, they must provide official documents showing their status as university students and stating clearly when they will obtain the degree certificate;

*  If applicants already graduated but have not yet obtained the degree certificate, they must provide official documents explaining the reasons and stating clearly when they will obtain the degree certificate;

*  If applicants are already employed, they must provide official documents showing their status as on-post employees and permission of release.

Postal address: Office of International Cooperation, Old Library, 229, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China