Academic Excellence Scholarship — Master's Scholarship

The Academic Excellence Scholarship is a CEIBS award listed for second-year students in the school’s full-time MBA in Shanghai. It supports students after they have entered the 16-month, English-taught MBA rather than functioning as a direct-entry scholarship for outside applicants.

CEIBS does not publish the award value, number of recipients, detailed criteria, or a scholarship-specific application schedule on the public page. The MBA has one intake each year, and admission to the programme is the gateway to becoming eligible.

Benefits & funding

CEIBS lists the award among its financial-aid scholarships for second-year MBA students.
The public page does not state the award amount, number of awards, payment method, or duration.
MBA 2029 tuition is RMB 488,000, but CEIBS does not specify how much of that cost this scholarship covers.

Eligibility

Applicants must first enter the CEIBS MBA and reach their second year.
MBA admission requires a bachelor’s degree or above, at least two years of full-time work experience, a GMAT, GRE, or CEIBS Admission Test score, and English proficiency.
CEIBS states that its MBA financial aid serves qualified domestic and international candidates; it publishes no nationality, residency, gender, or age restriction for this award.

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Education required
Master Enrolled
Experience required
≥ 2 yrs

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Application process

1
Apply to the CEIBS MBA through the official online system and submit all required documents by the chosen admission-round deadline.
2
Complete the admissions review and interview if shortlisted, then enrol in the full-time MBA.
3
After reaching the second year, follow CEIBS’s internal scholarship instructions; the public page gives no separate form, deadline, or decision schedule for this award.

Program timeline

October 14, 2026
MBA Early Action deadline for the 2027 intake.
MBA Round 1 application deadline.
December 2, 2026
MBA Round 2 application deadline.
March 17, 2027
MBA Round 3 and final admission deadline.
May 19, 2027
Second year of the MBA
Academic Excellence Scholarship stage; CEIBS publishes no separate award deadline or decision date.