CSC Scholarship at Central Conservatory of Music: Application Guide

Scope: 2026 intake and the 2026/2027 cycle, international degree and non-degree students at the Central Conservatory of Music (中央音乐学院), from the conservatory's own international students site liuxue.ccom.edu.cn and its main site ccom.edu.cn. See the recorded official notices and any source qualifications below.

Application fee

The Central Conservatory of Music charges a postgraduate application fee of CNY 800 (报考费800元), paid by Alipay QR code, non-refundable for applicants who do not sit the examination, per section 二（二）6 of its 2026 international master's admission notice published 13 January 2026.

Verified fact

The 2026 international master's registration window ran from 10:00 on 20 February 2026 to 16:00 on 2 March 2026 through the conservatory's own system at https://yjszs.ccom.edu.cn/tp/zs/login/toLogin/lxs, with no late applications accepted (逾期不再补报).

Tuition

Master's tuition at the Central Conservatory is CNY 43,000 per student per year, paid in full at registration each year (学费为每生每年43000元人民币，每年报到时一次交清全年学费), per the 2026 international master's notice.

Tuition

Non-degree visiting-scholar tuition is CNY 43,000 per year for general visiting scholars (普通进修生) and CNY 48,000 per year for senior visiting scholars (高级进修生), paid in full for the whole year at registration, per the 中央音乐学院外国进修生招生简章 of 13 January 2026.

Application fee

The conservatory states 报名考试费：无需缴纳报名费 for the non-degree visiting-scholar track — no application fee — while the degree track charges the CNY 800 postgraduate application fee.

Application deadline

Visiting scholars are admitted twice a year: spring registration closes 1 January and autumn registration closes 15 June, with no late acceptance (逾期不予补报), and the maximum period of study is two years, per the 外国进修生招生简章.

Application deadline

The conservatory's Chinese Government Scholarship page lists the country bilateral programme (国别双边项目) as generally running from early January to early April each year through the dispatching authority in the applicant's own country, and its own postgraduate intake under the Chinese University Independent Recruitment Program (中国高校研究生项目) as running March to April (我校申请时间为3—4月) filed with the International Students Office.

Tuition

Published national CSC stipend standards are CNY 2,500/month for undergraduate, CNY 3,000 for master's and CNY 3,500 for doctoral study; these are general standards, not confirmation that CCOM offers every level or route in a given intake. Confirm the specific CCOM call and package.

Scholarship

Central Conservatory Chinese Government Scholarship students must register with the International Students Office before 15 September each year and complete a monthly registration to draw the living allowance, and must pass an annual review beginning each April covering academic results, study attitude, attendance, conduct and rewards and penalties; failing the review suspends the scholarship for a year or cancels it.

Entry requirements

Central Conservatory Chinese Government Scholarship students whose Chinese does not meet the Chinese-medium teaching requirement must first complete Chinese language training at an institution designated by the China Scholarship Council, and must pass the conservatory's entrance examination before beginning specialist study.

Tuition

The Beijing Municipal Government Scholarship for Foreign Students (北京市外国留学生奖学金) at the Central Conservatory is a Beijing Municipal Government special fund paying the tuition of outstanding international students, administered by the conservatory under a published management method (中央音乐学院“北京市外国留学生奖学金”管理办法). Degree students may hold it for up to four academic years, senior visiting scholars up to one academic year and general visiting scholars and language students up to one academic year.

Tuition

Under the Beijing Municipal Government Scholarship at the conservatory, all self-funded doctoral students admitted are eligible (凡被中央音乐学院录取的自费博士研究生均可获得奖学金); master's applicants qualify if they are outstanding graduating undergraduates of the conservatory or have excellent entrance examination results, and undergraduates qualify on excellent entrance examination results. Recipients either have tuition waived directly or, for a half award, pay the balance; students already holding a Chinese Government Scholarship or another organisation's scholarship cannot in principle apply.

Language requirement

The conservatory's master's admission requires a valid HSK Level 5 certificate (HSK五级水平合格证书) and a degree equivalent to a Chinese bachelor's degree, and each applicant may apply for only one specialism.

Entry requirements

Visiting-scholar applicants must be non-Chinese citizens aged 18 to 40 inclusive with no criminal record, holding at least senior high school graduation for general visiting scholars or a master's degree for senior visiting scholars, per the 外国进修生招生简章.

Accommodation

International students at the Central Conservatory must in principle live in the on-campus International Student Apartment, which has 49 double rooms with private bathrooms, air conditioning and wireless internet, and off-campus residence requires an application to the International Students Office; accommodation is charged by semester or academic year at rates set by the apartment management rules, which publish no figure.

Contact

The International Students Office is at Room 1507 (and Room 1529 for in-person registration) of the International Student Apartment, 43 Baojia Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, email pchunni@ccom.edu.cn, telephone +86-10-66413202 or +86-10-66414640, and the postgraduate office can be reached on +86-10-66425586 or ccomyz@ccom.edu.cn.

Tuition notes

The 中央音乐学院2026年接收外籍人士报考硕士研究生招生简章 states 学费为每生每年43000元人民币，每年报到时一次交清全年学费 — tuition of CNY 43,000 per student per year, paid in full for the whole year at registration each year. The 中央音乐学院外国进修生招生简章 gives the non-degree visiting-scholar rates as CNY 43,000 per year for general visiting scholars (普通进修生) and CNY 48,000 per year for senior visiting scholars (高级进修生), also paid in full at registration, with the note that students who have not paid in full within two weeks of the start of term are treated as withdrawing and their study visa cancelled. Accommodation and other costs are self-funded. These are per-year charges and are never an application fee.

Source: Central Conservatory of Music — 2026 international master's admission notice, 2026 visiting-scholar prospectus (both on liuxue.ccom.edu.cn, published 13 January 2026), the International Students Office scholarship pages and the accommodation page, read through the r.jina.ai text-rendering proxy because liuxue.ccom.edu.cn is a JavaScript shell. Fees and dates can change: confirm the current intake on the official notice before paying anything.