1. Introduction
XMU offers scholarships to doctoral, master’s and undergraduate candidates. Scholarship awardees will have their tuitions covered (a maximum of 3-4 years for doctoral programmes, 2-3 years for masters programmes, 4-5 years for undergraduate programmes). Moreover, XMU provides monthly living allowances for outstanding master’s or doctoral candidates in accordance with the standards of Chinese Government Scholarships. 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.
2. Eligibility
① Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health.
② Educational background and age limits:
l Applicants for bachelor’s degree studies must have a high school diploma and be under the age of25.
l Applicants for masters degree studies must have a bachelors degree and be under the age of 40.
l Applicants for doctoral degree studies must have a masters degree and be under the age of 45.
3. Duration of scholarship
|
Categories of applicants |
Duration of study and scholarship |
|
Undergraduate candidates |
4-5 years |
|
Masters candidates |
2-3 years |
|
Doctoral candidates |
3-4 years |
4. Scholarship availability: 24 (including 8 for doctoral candidates, 11 for master’s candidates and 5 for undergraduate candidates)
5. Scholarship details
The University offers scholarships to doctoral, masters and undergraduate candidates.
The first-class scholarships for doctoral and masters candidates will have their tuitions covered (a maximum of 3-4 years for doctoral programmes, 2-3 years for masters programmes) and offer monthly living allowance (RMB 2,000 for each doctoral student; RMB 1,700 for each masters student). Undergraduate candidates will not be provided with the first-class scholarship.
The second-class scholarships will have the awardees tuitions covered (a maximum of 3-4 years for doctoral programmes, 2-3 years for masters programmes, 4-5 years for undergraduate programmes).
Scholarship details are as follows:
|
Categories |
First-class scholarships |
Availability |
Second-class scholarships |
Availability |
Total |
|
|
Doctoral candidates |
Tuitions covered;
Monthly living allowance: RMB 2,000 /person |
3 |
Tuitions covered |
5 |
8 |
|
Masters candidates |
Tuitions covered;
Monthly living allowance: RMB 1,700 /person |
3 |
Tuitions covered |
8 |
11 |
|
Undergraduate candidates |
None |
None |
Tuitions covered |
5 |
5 |
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.
6. Application time: Feb. 1- April 30, 2014
7. Application procedures
Applicants are eligible for scholarship assessment only after they are admitted to the undergraduate, masters or doctoral programme of Xiamen University. (The prospectus for undergraduate programmes / master’s programmes / doctoral programmes 2014 is available at http://admissions.xmu.edu.cn )
① Applicants are required to make online application at http://admissions.xmu.edu.cn/application?
and then download and print out the Application Form for International Students generated upon successful online application.
② Applicants can fill in and print out the Application Form for XMU Scholarship (click to download).?
③ Submission of application documents:
Send by post to XMU Admissions Office by 30 April 2014 the two forms and other required documents. (Postal address: Admissions Office of Xiamen University, Fujian Province, China 361005; Tel: +86 (0)592 2184792)
★ Applicants are expected to keep their phones open and check their email regularly as XMU Admissions Office will contact them when necessary.
8. Selection and notification
Applicants for undergraduate programmes will be given priority if they apply with a high score in SAT, IB diploma, GCE A level test, or UCE test. Applicants for postgraduate programmes will be given priority consideration if they graduate from world-renowned universities, sister universities, or are recommended by senior professors or experts. A panel of experts at XMU will screen candidates for the scholarship and submit a list of nominees to university authorities for approval. Scholarship decisions will be made on the basis of the applicants’ application documents, academic performance, overall merits, research achievements and supervisors’ comments.
The result will be published on the website of the Admissions Office (http://admissions.xmu.edu.cn) in Mid-June 2014. Scholarship awardees will be notified via email and their Admission Notice and Visa Application Form (JW202) will be sent out as soon as possible.
9. Contact Information
For scholarship application:
Address: Admissions Office of Xiamen University
Fujian Province, P.R. China 361005
Tel: +86 (0)592 218 4792, 218 8375 Fax: +86 (0)592 218 0256
Email: admissions@xmu.edu.cn Web: http://admissions.xmu.edu.cn
For Master of Marine Affairs program and Ph.D. in Marine Affairs
Ms. Phoebe Ye
Address: Rm. 131, Building of College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiang’an Campus, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, P. R. China
Tel.: +86-592-2186171
Fax: +86-592-2181875
