Merit- or Diversity-based Scholarships for first-year students — Master's Scholarship

CEIBS offers this scholarship family to admitted first-year students in its 16-month, full-time MBA in Shanghai. It comprises the Outstanding Achievements Scholarship, Distinction Scholarship, Honors Scholarship, and Diversity Fellowship.

Recipients are selected automatically after admission, so there is no separate scholarship application. Selection considers academic and professional achievements, personal accomplishments, diverse experience and aspirations, interview performance, and potential contributions to the MBA programme.

Benefits & funding

Admitted candidates receive automatic scholarship consideration without submitting an extra form.
The family includes three merit scholarships and one diversity fellowship for first-year MBA students.
The public CEIBS page does not state award values or the number of recipients for these four awards.

Eligibility

Applicants must be admitted to the first year of the CEIBS MBA.
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 describes its financial aid as available to qualified domestic and international candidates and publishes no nationality, residency, gender, or age restriction for this scholarship family.

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Education required
Bachelor · Master · PhD
Experience required
≥ 2 yrs

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Application process

1
Confirm that you meet the CEIBS MBA admission requirements.
2
Submit the online MBA application and supporting documents by one of the published admission-round deadlines.
3
Complete the required application essays and provide two recommendations, academic records, identification, fee receipt, test score, and other listed materials.
4
Attend an interview if shortlisted.
5
If admitted, enter automatic consideration for these scholarships without a separate scholarship form.

Program timeline

Early Action application deadline.
Oct 14, 2026
Early Action admission decision.
Nov 4, 2026
Round 1 application deadline.
Dec 2, 2026
Round 1 admission decision.
Dec 23, 2026
Round 2 application deadline.
Mar 17, 2027
Round 2 admission decision.
Apr 14, 2027
Round 3 and final application deadline.
May 19, 2027
Round 3 admission decision.
Jun 19, 2027