China Scholarship Council (CSC) – Trinity College Dublin Joint Scholarship Programme

Eligibility criteria

Student applicants should review the CSC website for the latest updates www.csc.edu.cn/ Applicants must be citizens and permanent residents of the People’s Republic of China at the time of application (excluding Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan). Chinese students studying overseas may be eligible for application subject to the CSC policy at the time. Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time Master’s degree at a university in China. Bachelor’s degree students who are in their last year wishing to pursue master-doctor combined programme can also apply if they have an unconditional offer letter/letter of invitation combining master and doctoral study. For overseas Chinese students applying for full PhD study, only those who are in the last year of their master studies, recent graduates (less than one year), and those who are in the first year of their PhD studies are eligible to apply for joint scholarship program. Overseas Chinese students are required to be nominated by the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in Ireland after they have completed their Trinity application. Those who work as an employee at a higher education institution, scientific research institution, or an administrative organisation or enterprise in China, and have earned a masters-level degree are eligible. Successful students must return to China upon completion of their studies or research. Applicants must hold an unconditional offer letter from Trinity College Dublin. They must therefore fulfil the relevant academic entry requirement set by Trinity, including a high level of English language proficiency. Conditional offer letters may be accepted in certain circumstances, but these offers may not be conditional on English language scores. Applicants should satisfy the selection criteria set out by the CSC. This policy is subject to change and is at the discretion of the CSC.