International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship — Bachelor's Scholarship

The Center for Language Education and Cooperation established this scholarship to prepare Chinese-language teachers, with Shanghai Jiao Tong University serving as the host institution. SJTU offers bachelor’s, master’s, one-academic-year, and one-semester routes in Shanghai.

The September 2026 routes have closed. The remaining live route is the five-month Chinese Language and Literature one-semester program beginning in March 2027.

Benefits & funding

The scholarship covers tuition, accommodation support, a monthly living allowance, and comprehensive medical insurance.
Bachelor’s, one-semester, and one-academic-year recipients receive CNY 1,100 per month for accommodation and CNY 2,500 per month for living costs; MTCSOL recipients receive CNY 1,320 and CNY 3,000 respectively.
Medical insurance is CNY 400 for the one-semester route and CNY 800 per year for the bachelor’s, one-academic-year, and MTCSOL routes.
Degree recipients must pass an annual review; excellent performance retains the full award, good performance leads to tuition, accommodation, and insurance only, and other outcomes suspend the scholarship.

Eligibility

Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens, aged 16–35 on September 1, 2026, in good physical and mental health, in good academic and behavioral standing, free of a criminal record, and interested in Chinese-language education or related work.
In-service Chinese teachers may be up to 45; bachelor’s applicants are generally expected to be under 25.
The live March 2027 one-semester Chinese Language and Literature route requires HSK Level 3 with at least 180 points and an HSKK score; applicants who received a similar scholarship within the previous three years are generally not admitted to one-semester or one-year routes.
The MTCSOL route requires a bachelor’s degree, HSK Level 6 with at least 180 points, and HSKK Advanced with at least 60 points; the bachelor’s route requires high school completion, HSK Level 5 with at least 200 points, and HSKK Intermediate with at least 60 points.
The one-academic-year route requires HSK Level 3 with at least 210 points, with an HSKK score preferred.

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Application process

1
Register on the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship application website and locate both a recommending institution and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2
Select SJTU as the first-choice host institution, complete the online form, and upload the required materials.
3
Submit a passport copy, valid HSK and HSKK reports, and a letter from the head of the recommending institution; applicants under 18 also need an attestation signed by a legal guardian in China.
4
Add route-specific materials: degree applicants provide academic credentials and transcripts, while MTCSOL applicants also provide two academic references and complete SJTU’s separate online registration.
5
Track review comments and results online; the expert panel normally publishes results about three months before enrollment.

Program timeline

Online application system opened.
March 1, 2026
May 15, 2026
Deadline for September 2026 entry.
Bachelor’s, MTCSOL, one-academic-year, and one-semester routes begin.
September 2026
October 31, 2026
Deadline for the March 2027 one-semester intake.
About three months before enrollment
Scholarship results are published.
Five-month one-semester route begins.
March 2027