Apply For Chinese Government Scholarship Extension (Chinese Government Scholarship PhD students only)

In accordance with the relative requirement of “Measures for Management of Chinese Government Scholarship”, the scholarship review in 2025 for applying scholarship extension will be carried out from April 19th to May 16th, 2025. Here are the details for scholarship extension review arrangement.

1、Application Requirements

For several PhD students who study hard, have good performance, but fail to complete the study with special reasons, and the scholarship accepting institution cannot add it into the scholarship plan for the new academic year, they can apply to the CSC to extend the scholarship period. Applicants should pass the annual scholarship review of this year and meet the training requirement as completing the proposal report and pass the mid-term assessment of the research projects. The application for extension is limited to one time and with the maximum of one year.（Students who have applied for the CSC scholarship extension before should not apply again, they can only apply for self-funded Extension.）

2、Application Process

1）Log in to the system “studyinchina.csc.edu.cn”, then enter scholarship extension application module, click the add button, fill in  relevant information, save and submit (please refer to Appendix1:).

2）Download the Appendix 2: and fill in carefully. Ask your supervisors to write their opinions and get a stamp from major school.

3、Attention

1）To ensure the rights and interests of each student, we recommend that all doctoral students who are expected to graduate before January 2026 and meet the requirements  above submit their application for scholarship extension. If they graduate successfully, the extension application will automatically be invalidated.

2）Q & A for Chinese Government Scholarship Doctoral Extension in 2025

Q1: Who is eligible to apply for a doctoral extension?

A1：Students who have completed their proposal defense and mid-term evaluation, have never applied for an extension before, and meet one of the following criteria:

①Doctoral candidates originally scheduled to graduate in July 2025.

②Students who were previously suspended, resumed studies, and whose scholarship duration has been extended to July 2025 or January 2026.  

③Students currently suspended, planning to resume studies in the fall semester, and whose scholarship duration will be extended to January 2026 upon resumption.  

Q2：Who is not eligible to apply for a doctoral extension?

A2：The following students:

①Students who have not completed their proposal defense or mid-term evaluation.  

②Students who have applied for an extension before (regardless of whether the extension was for one semester or one academic year).

③Students whose scholarship duration in the system has expired and are in an off-campus status.

Apply for self-funded Extension(Undergraduates/Postgraduates)

1、International Students who cannot graduate on time and want to apply for self-funded extension,please download two forms attached and fill in carefully.

Appendix3；Appendix4

2、The Application Form comprises of opinions from your supervisors and major schools. The applicant need to ask your supervisors to write their opinions and get a stamp from major school.

3、The Notice Form needs you to fill in the Estimated Expense by yourself.

The DEADLINE for Application

The deadline for both applications is May 16th, 2025. Those who fail to submit the application before deadline will be considered as a waiver.

Contact Office

Students currently in China should submit the application documents to Wenhuan Building (East) Office 614.

The Result of Application

The results of the extension application and relevant documents will be posted on the official website of the school and the WeChat Official Account by the International Education School after.

Appendix1TheGuidelineofCSCDoctoralExtensionApplication.pdfAppendix2ApplicationforExtensionofScholarshipforChineseGovernmentScholarshipstudentsPhDOnly.docxAppendix3ExtensionFormforSelf-fundedStudents.docxAppendix4Noticeontheextensionofinternationalstudentsself-fund.docx