• After logging, please choose Type B and fill in 10358 as agency code for USTC.
• After filling in the application form online, applicants must click the "submit" button and print out application form in the application system.
• Sign and put a recent photo on the application form.
• Scan the application form and upload it later on USTC application system.

1. Please fill in the exact "Family name", "First name" and passport number as shown on your passport, and make sure the email address and "present contact address" (postal address for admission documents) correct and valid.
2. Please make sure you have put your photo on and sign the application form, otherwise it will be INVALID.
3. Once you have downloaded the complete form, please DO NOT retrieve your application in CSC system without our permission, otherwise we will be unable to process your application further.

1. Create your online application ID with a valid email account and input a password of your own. You will receive a confirmation email.
2. Log on your application ID and fill in all the information and upload required documents. The online application can be accessed and edited as many times as you like before the deadline of application (March 15, 2020). Your information will be automatically saved once you click "NEXT" when you finish each step.
3. Submit your application form by clicking "Confirm and Submit" upon completion. Note that once your application pass "file review", your information CANNOT be changed.
4. You can click "Status" in the Quick Links to check your application status.

1. Application form for Chinese Government Scholarship with signature and recent photo.
2. Photocopy of passport (ordinary passport with validity of at least 1 year).
3. A study or research proposal (no less than 800 words).
4. CV.
5. Two letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors (with phone number and email address).
6. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form (download in the attachment below).
7. Applicants for programs instructed in Chinese but do not apply for one-year Chinese language courses, must provide the photocopy of HSK certificate (at least level 4) or other proof of their Chinese language proficiency; applicants for programs instructed in English must provide the photocopy of valid IELTS or TOFEL result or other proof of their English proficiency (except those whose mother tongue is English).
8. 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.