CSC Scholarship at Lanzhou University: Application Guide

Scope: CSC agency number, tuition, otherCosts and entry requirements for international students at Lanzhou University for the 2026/2027 intake. See the recorded official notices and any source qualifications below.

CSC agency number

10730 — stated in the university's own CSC brochures as 留学项目种类为B类，受理机构代码为：10730（兰州大学）, and repeated on the master's programme page

Excellence Scholarship agency code

1563 — stated in the 2025 Excellence Scholarship brochure as 奖学金类型选择“Type A”，受理机构代码为：1563，申报项目为“中国政府来华留学卓越奖学金项目”

Self-funded application window

1 November to 30 June of the following year for bachelor's and master's applicants, with scholarship applicants required to complete all submissions by 15 May 2026 at bachelor's level and 28 February 2026 at master's level

CSC Atomic Energy Programme deadline

10 May 2026, per the 2026 brochure (报名截止日期：2026年5月10日)

CSC High-Level Graduate Program deadline

5 March 2025 per the most recent published brochure; no 2026 edition had been published as of 17 September 2026

CSC Atomic Energy Programme coverage

Tuition waived, free on-campus accommodation, living allowance and CSC comprehensive medical insurance; master's study three years and doctoral study four years; recipients separately buy third-party liability insurance at CNY 100 per semester or CNY 200 per academic year

CSC High-Level Graduate Program coverage

Tuition waived, free on-campus accommodation, living allowance and CSC comprehensive medical insurance; master's study two to three years and doctoral study four years

Registration fee

CNY 600 per student (注册费 600元/生), paid on registration at the university (报到时缴纳)

Tuition — general advanced students

CNY 20,000 per year (liberal arts), CNY 25,000 per year (sciences), CNY 35,000 per year (medicine and arts)

Tuition — senior advanced students

CNY 25,000 to 45,000 per year, rising across liberal arts, sciences, and medicine and arts, and higher again for English-taught than Chinese-taught streams

Tuition — Chinese language programme

CNY 8,000 and CNY 15,000 per year depending on programme

Accommodation

CNY 900 per month at the Chengguan campus; CNY 3,000 per semester for a twin room or CNY 1,800 per semester for a four-person room at the Yuzhong campus

Comprehensive medical insurance

CNY 500 per semester or CNY 1,000 per year

Language requirements

Bachelor's HSK 4 at 210; master's HSK 5 at 180 for literature, history and philosophy, HSK 5 at 210 plus HSKK 60 for International Chinese Language Education, HSK 4 at 210 for other subjects; doctoral HSK 5 at 180 for literature and history and HSK 4 at 210 for other subjects; English-taught programmes IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL 80

Age limits

Bachelor's no more than 25, master's no more than 35, doctoral no more than 40

Academic average requirement

Highest qualification average of at least 3.0/4.0, 3.75/5.0 or 75% depending on the grading scale

CSCA test

Bachelor's applicants must take the China Scholastic Competency Assessment, covering major Chinese, mathematics, physics and chemistry, and submit the original score report by 15 May 2026

Nationality rules

Assessed under 教外函〔2020〕12号, requiring two years of actual residence abroad between 30 June 2022 and 29 June 2026 for applicants born outside China with a Chinese-citizen parent, or foreign nationality acquired and Chinese nationality renounced before 30 June 2022 for former Chinese citizens

Concurrent scholarship ban

A CSC recipient may not simultaneously hold another scholarship set up by a Chinese government at any level or by the admitting institution; breach cancels the CSC award, requires repayment, and bars further CSC applications for three years where concealment is found

Admission and enrolment timing

Admission results are published around mid-July and enrolment is normally in September; failure to register on time cancels admission

Programme duration

Bachelor's four years, five for clinical medicine; master's two to three years; doctoral four years; applicants below the HSK requirement must first complete one to two years of Chinese language study

Tuition notes

Published by Lanzhou University's School of International Cultural Exchange on its professional advanced-student and Chinese-language programme pages, which carry the only complete international fee tables on the site.

Medical insurance

CNY 500 per semester or CNY 1,000 per year for comprehensive medical insurance; CSC Atomic Energy and High-Level Graduate Program recipients must separately buy third-party liability insurance at CNY 100 per semester or CNY 200 per academic year

Registration fee

CNY 600 per student, paid on registration at the university

Entry requirements

Language: Chinese-taught bachelor's programmes require HSK Level 4 at 210 points or above, and Chinese Language and Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages additionally require HSKK Intermediate at 60 points or above. Chinese-taught master's programmes: HSK Level 5 at 180 points for literature, history and philosophy, HSK Level 5 at 210 points plus HSKK Intermediate at 60 for the master's in International Chinese Language Education, and HSK Level 4 at 210 points for all other subjects; applicants whose previous degree was taught in Chinese are exempt. Chinese-taught doctoral programmes: literature requires HSK Level 5 at 180 plus HSKK Intermediate at 50, history requires HSK Level 5 at 180, and other subjects require HSK Level 4 at 210. English-taught programmes require IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL 80, with exemptions for native English speakers and for applicants whose previous degree was taught in English. Applicants without the required HSK certificate must complete one to two years of Chinese language study before beginning their subject programme.. Age: Bachelor's applicants must be no more than 25 years old and hold a senior high school certificate; master's applicants must hold a bachelor's degree and be no more than 35; doctoral applicants must hold a master's degree and be no more than 40. International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship applicants must be 16 to 35 as at 1 September 2026, relaxed to 45 for serving Chinese-language teachers, and normally no more than 25 for bachelor's applicants.. Required degree: Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good physical and mental health. Nationality is assessed under the Nationality Law and Ministry of Education document 教外函〔2020〕12号: applicants born outside China who held foreign nationality at birth must show a parent who is a Chinese citizen held foreign permanent residence before the applicant's birth and that the applicant lived abroad for at least two years between 30 June 2022 and 29 June 2026; applicants who were formerly Chinese citizens must have acquired foreign nationality and completed renunciation of Chinese nationality before 30 June 2022 and also show two years of actual residence abroad over the same period. Nine months of actual residence abroad counts as one year.

Source: 中国政府奖学金 (Chinese Government Scholarship) notices, Lanzhou University School of International Cultural Exchange. Fees and dates can change: confirm the current intake on the official notice before paying anything.