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Start Here: your CSC Path roadmap

Pick the track that matches you. Each pathway is an ordered checklist of the exact pages on this site to read, in order, from first search to submission.

Verified August 2026Updated for the 2027-2028 CSC cycle.Report an error

Choose your route

Who receives your application?

Start with the authority named in the current notice. The same university may have different instructions for each route.

An embassy or national agencyType A Follow your country’s dispatching authority notice.A universityType B Check that university’s current CSC call and program list.Another designated programType C Use that program’s own CSC instructions.No CSC routeSelf-funded Compare tuition, living costs, and other awards.

Undergraduate (Bachelor's)

Under 25, finishing high school. Current CGS notices require the CSCA. Stipend CNY 2,500/month.

  1. 1. Read the CSC Overview (coverage, stipend, timeline)
  2. 2. Read the 2027-2028 changes & CSCA rules
  3. 3. Check your eligibility (5-minute quiz)
  4. 4. Shortlist universities (filter by 'accepts undergrad')
  5. 5. Follow the 7-step application guide
  6. 6. Download the study plan & recommendation templates

Master's

Under 35, holding a Bachelor's. Standard CSC stipend: CNY 3,000/month.

  1. 1. Read the CSC Overview
  2. 2. Check your eligibility & competitiveness
  3. 3. Read: professor outreach & acceptance letters
  4. 4. Shortlist universities and departments
  5. 5. Work through the 7-step guide
  6. 6. Grab the study-plan and outreach-email templates
  7. 7. If short on time: our application services

PhD

Under 40, holding a Master's. Standard CSC stipend: CNY 3,500/month.

  1. 1. Read the CSC Overview
  2. 2. Read: professor outreach & acceptance letters
  3. 3. Read: academic culture & the daoshi relationship
  4. 4. Shortlist universities and target labs
  5. 5. Draft your research proposal (template)
  6. 6. Follow the 7-step guide (adapt for research proposal)
  7. 7. Read: academics & keeping your scholarship

MBBS (English-taught medicine)

Check your home-country regulator before you commit. A WDOMS listing alone is not recognition or accreditation.

  1. 1. Read the honest MBBS in China guide
  2. 2. Check the World Directory of Medical Schools (published by WFME and FAIMER) for your target university
  3. 3. Read the CSC Overview (MBBS eligibility varies)
  4. 4. Self-funded route: fees, admission windows
  5. 5. Documents & medical exam
  6. 6. Student visa & arrival

Self-funded

Skip the CSC queue. Direct admission, realistic costs, and how to keep your options open.

  1. 1. Read: self-funded overview (fees, timelines)
  2. 2. Costs, stipends & money
  3. 3. City cost guide (3 tiers, month-by-month)
  4. 4. Discover Hidden Gems (lower-cost, world-class niche)
  5. 5. Shortlist universities
  6. 6. Other scholarships you can also target

Research routes and references

Use these source-checked pages when you need to compare routes, subjects, locations, documents, or individual universities.

After you land: Living in China

Six new chapters covering your first year on the ground: arrival, money, phone, budgets, academic culture, and health.