
MOFCOM Scholarship
MOFCOM Scholarship
Starting from 2008, the Academic Education Programs sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of People’s Republic of China is designed to foster top cadre business officials and managerial personnel from the recipient countries, offering one-year or two-year master programs as well as three-year doctoral programs for the purpose of offering inter-disciplinary education to top-level personnel working in the fields of government, trade, foreign affairs, agriculture, technology, education, culture, and health, building intellectual capacity and facilitating the economic and social development of the recipient countries. These programs provide assistance to government officials, research fellows, and senior managerial personnel for their master's and doctoral education in China. The programs are fully conducted in English. Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree, relevant working experiences, and good health conditions, essential for the high-compact curriculum programs.
1. Financial Aid
1) Exemption from tuition fees, teaching materials fees, research and investigation fees, English teaching subsidies, and graduation thesis guidance fees;
2) Free access to on-campus accommodation;
3) Living subsidy: 36000 RMB/Yr. for each master degree student; 42000 RMB/Yr. for each doctoral degree student;
4) Settlement allowance: 3000RMB/person;
5) Comprehensive medical insurance in China;
6) Free round-trip international air ticket: 1 time for students studying for one year; for those studying for two years or more, 1 time of free round-trip international air ticket plus n-1(n for the number of schooling years) time(s) of round-trip air ticket for returning home to visit relatives;
7) All degree students are required to participate in the annual review, and those who pass the academic performance assessment can continue to enjoy the full scholarship in the second year;
8) Other expenses are managed by the Ministry of Commerce or the school, and won’t be distributed to the students. The Ministry of Commerce only provides funding for students within the academic system. The student whose graduation is postponed will not continue to receive funding.
2. Application
(1) Requirements
All applicants must meet the following admission requirements:
1) The Applicants must be healthy non-Chinese citizens under the age of 45 (born after Sept. 1, 1979) from the developing countries;
2) All applicants shall be in good physical and mental conditions. A health certificate or medical report issued by a local public hospital is required. The Applicants should have no diseases prohibited by China’s Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations from entering China or from staying in China for a long time, including severe hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, other chronic diseases, mental disorders, or infectious diseases which may have a serious impact on public health. Applicants who are in the period from a major surgery recovery, onset of the acute disease, or have severe disabilities will not be considered. Females during pregnancy are not allowed to participate in training in China. If the Applicant becomes pregnant while studying in China, she will be expelled from school.
3) Bachelor's degree or above with three or more years of work experience;
4) Applicants with professional learning or working background related to the program and still in service will be preferable;
5) Serving as public officials at the department level or above (or corresponding levels) of the government of the home country, senior management personnel of various institutions and enterprises, or academic backbones of universities and scientific research institutions;
6) The Applicants must be proficient in English and utilize English for specialty course study. (Reference Standard: IELTS 6.0 or above in overall band score, or new TOEFL 80 or above);
7) Applicants should be equipped with the potential for career development in this field and intends to promote friendly exchanges and cooperation between the home country and China
8) Students having studied in China or have been admitted to other Chinese government scholarship programs are not allowed to apply.
3. Procedures
A. Please apply online on the university website:
http://admission.zjnu.edu.cn/
B. All the applicants should apply online and upload scanned copies of the required documents in the online application system, and there is no need to send the documents to our email again.
The financial source should be MOFCOM Scholarship.
4. Materials
Applicants should prepare the following materials before submitting the application:
Documents | Requirements | |
1 | Institutional Recommendation Letter | Issued by the applicant's institution to introduce your basic information and indicate that they are willing to recommend you to study in China |
2 | 2 Academic Recommendation Letter | Issued by associate professors or professors to introduce the applicant’s academic background, professional direction, previous performance and research capability |
3 | Highest Degree Diploma | An original copy and a photocopy shall be prepared for your graduation certificate and degree certificate of the highest academic qualifications |
4 | Official Transcript | Transcripts must cover all major courses taken by the student in the previous degree |
5 | Study Plan | The study plan must be written in English and be at least 1,000 words in length. The content should cover the applicant’s academic background, work experience, research proposal, future career plans and other basic elements |
6 | Photocopy of a Valid Passport | Scanned copy of the passport photo page, including name, passport number and other information. The passport must be a personal regular passport. A diplomatic passport or an official passport is not acceptable for application |
7 | English/Chinese Language Proficiency Test Results | Applicants who are not native English speakers or whose undergraduate education was not conducted in English shall provide the TOEFL or IELTS test score. The GRE test is recommended but not required |
8 | Physical Examination Form | Please visit our website at http://iso.zjnu.edu.cn/wownloads/list.htmfor the Physical Examination Form template. The result should be within 6 months. It should indicate that the applicant carries no infectious diseases which may have a serious impact on public health or fall into any of the health situations prohibited by China’s Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations |
9 | No Criminal Record | The document should be official, usually provided by local police station |
10 | Language Proficiency Certificate | Applicants whose mother language is not English should provide IELTS, TOEFL or other certificates; if you have Chinese learning experience, you can upload relevant certificates together |
11 | Bank Statement | Provided by bank |
12 | No Drug Addiction Statement | You could down the template from: http://iso.zjnu.edu.cn/wpplicationwwocuments/list.htm, and sign on it. |
13 | Certificate of Your Parents’ Nationality | Proof of parents’ nationality: Parents’ ID cards or passports |
14 | International Student Mental Health Questionnaire | Please finish the test on: https://forms.gle/vXgWUAwoPcmPH9US9 , and submit the screenshot of the test result |
15 | CV | Including your personal background and study or work experience after high school |
16 | Photos | 2 2-inch photos with white background, taken in the past 3 months |
5. Submission
A. The Applicants can apply for this scholarship program only after having obtained the approval and recommendation of the relevant responsible department of the home government and submit the materials according to the specific requirements of the relevant department in your home country;
B. If the home government allows the applicant to submit the materials directly to the Chinese embassy, the applicant must obtain a relevant certificate or recommendation letter for allowing study in China from the host country. Then submit all the application materials listed above in steps 1), 2) and 3) in both hard copy and scanned copy to the Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy in your home country. The Hard copy must include both the original copy and the photocopy, as indicated in the table. For emails and addresses of the Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Offices, please visit http://www.china-aibo.cn.
C. The relevant responsible department of the government in your home countries will submit a written request to the Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy for an official recommendation letter and clearly state: whether the applicant is willing to be considered for the same or a similar program at other universities if there is no vacancy in the programs at ZJNU. Other special requests if any.
6. Deadline
Deadline of Application June 6th, 2025
7. Contact
Office for International Students, Zhejiang Normal University
Address: 688 Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, 321004, P.R. China
Tel: +86-579-82283155
Fax: +86-579-82280337
E-mail: admission@zjnu.edu.cn;zjnu@vip.126.com
Website: http://iso.zjnu.edu.cn