The “Chengdu Government Scholarship for International Students from Sister Cities” is set up by Chengdu Municipal Governmentto attract more international students to study in Chengdu.

1.Basic Requirements for Application

(1) Applicants should be the citizens from the Sister Cities with foreign nationalities, friendly to China and in good health;The list of Sister Cities with Chengdu

(2) Applicants should abide by the laws and regulations of the Chinese government, have good performance, meet the admission requirements of SAU;

(3)Applicants should have a good attitude of study, abide by the school rules and disciplines;

(4) Educational background and age limit:

a) Applicants for bachelor’s degree program should have senior high school diploma and be under the age of 30;

b) Applicants for master’s degree program should have bachelor’s degree and be under the age of 35;

c) Applicants for doctoral degree program should have master’s degree and be under the age of 40;

d) Applicants for Chinese language program should be under the age of 45.

(5)Language proficiency requirements:

a) For programs taughtin Chinese: HSK4 is required for bachelor program; HSK 5 is required for master’s and doctoral program.

b) For programs taught in English:TOEFL 60 or IELTS 5.5 is required for bachelor program; TOEFL 70 or IELTS 6.0 is required for master’s and doctoral program.

(6)Applicants shall have not obtained the Sichuan Government Scholarship, Chengdu "Belt and Road" Government Scholarship or other government scholarships.

2. Scholarship Standards

★Note:The duration of scholarship is fixed and subject to the Admission Notice.

3. How to apply

Applicants shall submit all the required application documents in the online system http://appghc.sicau.edu.cn including scholarship application and other documents according to the admission notice (Forthe format of confirmation letter from sister cities,please click here).

4. Scholarship Management Rules (excerpts)

(1) The applicants will be evaluated by the Review Committee of Sichuan Agricultural University for International Students Scholarships.

(2) Scholarship recipients shall go through the formalities of registration and pay the tuition, insurance, accommodation fee and other fees on the date stipulated by the university. For those who fail to report within the time limit without approval will be deemed as automatically give up their student status, the scholarship eligibility will also be cancelled automatically, and they will not be allowed to apply again within 3 years. Scholarship recipients who are unable to start school for some special reasons may retain their admission qualifications for one year, but the scholarship qualifications will be automatically cancelled.

(3) Scholarship recipients must go through the Annual scholarship Review. Those who fail to pass the review will be suspended or disqualified from the scholarship.

(4) The duration of the scholarship shall not be extended if the scholarship recipients fail to complete their studies due to personal reasons.

(5) Scholarship recipients who suspend their studies due to illness or other personal reasons will not be reserved.

((6) International College of Sichuan Agricultural University reserves the final right of interpretation of these implementation rules.