◆Highlight of the scholarship:

To attract more American young people to study in China, and to coordinate with the goal set by President Obama when he came to visit China in 2009, that 100,000 American young people will be sent to China for various kinds of learning programs, in 2011, the Education Ministry of China established the “special scholarship program to promote personnel and cultural exchanges between China and the United States”,which includes two sub-categories: the degree program and credit program. Guangxi Teachers Education University (GXTEU) is authorized to enroll American students for the degree program, which means all learning-related expenses will be covered by the scholarship granted by the Chinese government (please refer to the details that follow). GXTEU will provide scholarship for the bachelor’s degree program as well as for the master’s degree program.

◆Requirements on the applicants

▲An applicant must have finished senior high school, and must be under the age of 25 if he or she is to engage in an undergraduateprogram;an applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree, and must be under the age of 35 if he or she is to engage in a postgraduateprogram.

▲ An applicant must not currently be studying inChina.

◆ Application time: March 1^stthrough April 20^thevery year (but for 2016, the deadline for the application is April 26^th).

◆Term for the scholarship:

▲A bachelor’s degree candidate will have to finish his or her program in 4 to 5 years’ time, and he or she will enjoy 4 to 5 years’ scholarship.

▲A master’s degree candidate will have to finish his or her program in 3 to 4 years’ time, and he or she will enjoy 3 to 4 years’ scholarship.

Since all the courses will be delivered in Chinese, it is requested that the Chinese levels of the prospective students should be up to demand for their academic learning. One-year preparatory Chinese classes will have to be taken for those whose Chinese levels are not up to demand, and not until their Chinese levels are confirmed to be qualified through a test will they be allowed to enter theirspecialtyprograms.

Anannual assessment will be conducted on those who have received the scholarship in line with theEvaluation Procedures of the Chinese Government Scholarship, to decide whether or not a scholarship- receiver’s academic performance is good enough for him or her to continue receiving the scholarship for the next academic year.

◆The scholarship will cover the following costs:

▲ registration fee, tuition and fee for teaching materials;

▲ accommodation (in the dormitory for international students);

▲ living expenses;

▲ medical insurance.

◆Application procedures:

▲On-line Application: The applicant will have to provide relevant information through “On-line Application System” on the website ofChina Scholarship Council, and then an application form will be automatically generated. Please print this form and sign a name on it. Applicants can locate the “On-line Application System” at the following site:http://laihua.csc.edu.cn

▲An applicant must provide the following documents in triplicate:

●an application form;

●a notarized diploma, degree certificate, and a transcript of the applicant;

●a study and research proposal (either in Chinese or in English);

●two recommendations respectively by two professors (either in Chinese or in English);

●a photocopy of record of physical/blood examination;

●a photocopy of the passport;

●aphotocopy of the certificate of HSK.

The above-mentioned documents shall be mailed to the following address before April 26, 2016:

175 East Mingxiu Rd,

CollegeofInternationalCulture and Education,

GuangxiTeachersEducationUniversity,

Nanning, Guangxi, 530001,China.

(Tel:+86- 0771 -3908095)

◆ Admission and registration

GXTEU and relevant department of the government will check the documents of all the applicants before the candidates to be admitted are finally decided. A notification of admission will be issued by GXTEU to the applicant who has been admitted. The one who has been admitted will apply foran entry visa in the relevant Chinese Consulate, and then go through the registration formalities atGXTEU according to the time stated in the notification of admission. The following documents are needed for the application ofan entry visa:

▲ a passport;

▲ an application form foran visa to enterChina;

▲ a notification of admission

▲ a record of physical examination;

▲ a diploma, a degree certificate, and a transcript.

Please contact Ms Li Huizhe at:

Tel: +86-0771-3908095

Mobile: +86-18934747018

Email:GTEU@sina.com jiangzf@gxtc.edu.cn

Website of College of International Culture and Education, GXTEU:

http://gjxy.gxtc.edu.cn/Category_6481/Index_1.aspx

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