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About CSC Path
CSC Path is an independent educational resource built to demystify the scholarship application process. We began with the China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship and now also publish guides to Global Korea Scholarship, Türkiye Bursları, and Stipendium Hungaricum.
Founder and editor
Aqib Javed
Aqib is a Pakistani international student in Nanchang, China, and a CSC scholarship recipient studying for a Master of Medicine at Nanchang University. He created CSC Path to turn scattered official notices into practical, source-checked application guidance.
He leads the editorial review, maintains the university dataset, and checks high-risk details such as deadlines, fees, agency numbers, and document rules against current official sources.
Not an official source
CSC Path is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the China Scholarship Council, any university, or any government body. Our content is guidance only: always confirm requirements and deadlines through official channels before applying.
How we verify our data
Every stipend figure, deadline, eligibility rule, and university profile on CSC Path is cross-checked against the following primary sources before publication. Verified facts carry their own check date on the page, and university deadlines and fees are re-checked on a rolling cycle rather than all at once:
- The official CSC portal (campuschina.org) for scholarship categories, stipend tiers, and coverage.
- Each university's international students office page for tuition, majors taught in English, and application windows.
- China's Ministry of Education (MOE) announcements for policy changes and quotas.
- Embassy of the People's Republic of China notices for country-specific Type A referrals.
Articles carry a "Last updated" date, a CSC Path Editorial byline, and a named human reviewer. Read our editorial and corrections policy. Spotted an inaccuracy? Email us using the form below and we will fix it.
What CSC Path covers
CSC Path is a free, independent reference built around the whole application journey, not a single article:
- A seven-step CSC application guide, from choosing universities through submitting the final application.
- A searchable directory of 345 tracked Chinese universities, filterable by discipline, province and scholarship.
- Source-checked answers in our blog, including a large FAQ and scholarship comparisons.
- Free application templates, an eligibility assessment.
- Reference data such as statistics, deadlines and country-specific CSC routes.
Everything above is free to read. An optional paid application-service page is clearly separated from the free reference content.
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