China Scholarship Council (CSC)-Kent PhD Scholarship

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Scholarship value

Full tuition fees at overseas rate, living stipend, a return airfare from China to the UK, medical insurance and a one-off reimbursement for UK visa costs.

Deadline

Sunday 31 January 2021

Criteria

You must: 
  1. Have a strong academic background and excellent research skills. 
  2. Be a citizen of the People’s Republic of China at the time of application. Applicants from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are ineligible. 
  3. Be a permanent resident of the People’s Republic of China at the time of application. Chinese citizens working abroad are therefore ineligible. Chinese students currently studying overseas, however, are eligible. 
  4. Satisfy the selection criteria relating to current study and employment as set out by the CSC on their website. 
  5. Agree to return to China for two years upon completion of their studies and/or research at Kent. Some exceptions apply (for example if the student is offered a postdoctoral position at Kent, they are allowed to postpone their return to China).

Further details

The University of Kent and the China Scholarship Council are jointly providing up to 20 fully funded PhD scholarships per annum for Chinese students to study at University of Kent's UK campuses.

How to apply

  • You should follow the university’s standard process to submit your PhD application. Guidance can be found here.?Please note you can only choose full-time as your study mode and September 2021 as your start date. 
  • Once you have submitted your PhD application, you must send a confirmation email to kentgrc@kent.ac.uk attaching the following documentation to your email: 
    • Curriculum Vitae (CV) 
    • Undergraduate and Postgraduate Transcripts
    • Statement of Interest (500 words max) - "Why I am interested in applying for a PhD at the University of Kent".
  • Your scholarship application will be assessed by the school in which you are applying; successful applicants will be invited to an online interview with the school. (If you are not successful for the CSC scholarship, your PhD offer remains valid and you are free to source other funding and/or self-fund.)
  • If you are nominated, we will provide you with further guidance on submitting a separate application to CSC on their website, which will be open in March / April 2021 (the exact dates are to be confirmed by CSC).
  • Once you have submitted your application to CSC, they will make a final decision in May / June 2021. Please note only candidates nominated by the University of Kent will be considered by CSC. 
  • CSC will notify both Kent and successful candidates. We will get in touch and ask you to reconfirm your intention of accepting the scholarship and studying at Kent. If we fail to hear back from you by 31 July 2021, the scholarship offer will be automatically withdrawn.