CSC Scholarship at Qingdao University of Science and Technology: Application Guide

Scope: Qingdao University of Science and Technology's published international study costs, CSC agency number, entry requirements, dated 2026/2027 application windows and the awards it offers international students, as stated on its own International College pages and in its 2026 admission brochure.. See the recorded official notices and any source qualifications below.

Official name

Qingdao University of Science and Technology (青岛科技大学), Qingdao, Shandong Province; a provincial key university with five campuses — Laoshan (99 Songling Road), Sifang (53 Zhengzhou Road), Sino-German International Cooperation Zone (6 Xiaoqinghe Road, West Coast New Area), Gaomi (1 Xingtai West Street) and Jinan (80 Wenhua East Road).

CSC agency number

10426 — stated verbatim in the university's own 2026 International Student Admission Brochure in the Chinese Government High-Level Postgraduate Scholarship section: 「符合条件的申请者需登录“中国政府奖学金来华留学管理信息系统” https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/（留学项目种类: TypeB; 青岛科技大学编号: 10426）提交申请」 — applicants select programme category Type B in the CSC system and enter 10426 as the university number.

Application fee

CNY 400 registration fee (报名费), payable for bachelor's, master's and doctoral applicants and for long-term Chinese-language students, and not refunded whatever the review outcome (无论审核结果如何，报名费用均不退还). Recipients of the Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship and the Enterprise Scholarship have it waived (免交报名费).

Bachelor's tuition

CNY 17,000 per year (liberal arts and economics/management), CNY 18,000 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 20,500 per year (arts).

Master's tuition

CNY 20,500 per year (liberal arts and economics/management), CNY 22,800 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 24,600 per year (arts).

Doctoral tuition

CNY 26,000 per year (liberal arts and economics/management), CNY 28,600 per year (science and engineering) and CNY 31,600 per year (arts).

Chinese language programme tuition

CNY 7,000 per semester for the long-term class, with a CNY 400 registration fee; short-term culture-and-tourism classes are priced by agreement. The 2026 autumn semester runs September 2026 to December 2026 or June 2027.

Accommodation

Term-time per semester between CNY 1,200 and CNY 5,000 per person depending on room class and occupancy, and CNY 700 to CNY 2,250 per person over the holiday period. Rooms have a refrigerator, air conditioning, heating, bedding, a private bathroom and a shower water heater; a CNY 500 deposit is charged and refunded if nothing is damaged, and electricity is paid separately. Accommodation is charged per semester and is not refunded if a student leaves mid-term.

Other costs

Comprehensive medical insurance CNY 800 per year or CNY 400 per half year, bought online at http://www.lxbx.net; residence permit CNY 400 per half year; medical examination approximately CNY 200 to 600 per person per visit, paid to the Qingdao International Travel Health Care Centre.

Self-funded application window

Degree-seeking students applying for autumn entry must apply before 31 May of that year (攻读学位的留学生，秋季入学申请时间为当年5月31日以前); long-term Chinese-language students apply before 30 November of the preceding year for spring entry and before 31 May of the current year for autumn entry. Short-term group applicants are accepted at any time.

2026 autumn Chinese-language trainee deadline

31 May 2026 (申请截止日期 2026年5月31日), for a study period of September 2026 to December 2026 or June 2027; applicants must be non-Chinese passport holders aged 18 to 60 with junior high school education or above and no criminal record.

CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program window

Online application closed 31 January 2026 (网上申请截止时间：2026年1月31日), with all materials that pass the first review going to the academic schools for re-review and the result expected by e-mail in early February 2026; teaching began in early September 2026. Open to all master's and doctoral majors.

CSC High-Level Postgraduate funding

Tuition waiver (免学费); a free dormitory place on campus for the funded period (奖学金生资助期限内学校向学生提供免费宿舍); a monthly living allowance paid by the university of CNY 3,500 for doctoral students and CNY 3,000 for master's students (博士研究生为3500元人民币/月；硕士研究生为3000元人民币/月); and comprehensive medical insurance bought centrally by the university.

Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship deadline and terms

Closing date 30 April (申请截止日期：4月30日). It waives the registration fee and tuition and provides free on-campus accommodation (免交报名费、学费和提供免费校内住宿), and pays a living allowance to graduate students. Recipients must pass an annual review to keep the award for the following year.

Enterprise Scholarship

Open only to Thai nationals (申请人需为泰国籍公民) with senior high school education or above, aged under 25, HSK Level 4 or above; closing date 30 April; it waives the registration fee and tuition and provides free on-campus accommodation, and recipients must work for at least four to five years for the sponsoring enterprise after graduating.

Language requirement

At least the new HSK Level 4 for Chinese-taught degree study; the CSC High-Level Postgraduate notice requires master's applicants to hold HSK Level 4 or above. Applicants for programmes taught in a foreign language must supply IELTS or TOEFL scores as required by the university.

Age limits

CSC High-Level Postgraduate applicants are generally 18 to 40 years old, though the same notice states master's and doctoral applicants are generally no older than 45. The Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship sets under 30 for bachelor's, under 35 for master's and under 40 for doctoral applicants. The 2026 autumn Chinese-language trainee programme is open to ages 18 to 60.

CSCA requirement

Bachelor's applicants for self-funded study, the Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship and the Enterprise Scholarship must submit China Scholastic Competency Assessment (CSCA) results for professional Chinese (liberal arts or science track) and mathematics; registration and dates are at https://www.csca.cn.

Dual filing for CSC applicants

CSC applicants must file both in the Chinese Government Scholarship Information System at https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn under Type B with university number 10426 and in the QUST Online Service Platform for International Students at https://qust.at0086.cn/StuApplication/Login.aspx, uploading a scanned, signed copy of the generated CSC application form; no paper materials need to be posted.

Concurrent scholarship ban

Scholarship students may not simultaneously receive funding from other scholarships established by Chinese governments at any level or by the admitting institution; anyone who deliberately conceals other funding has their scholarship qualification cancelled and must repay the scholarship already received.

Official admissions contact

International Students Office, International College, Room B5113, fifth floor, Building 1 Nanyuan, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 99 Songling Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao; telephone +86-532-88959006; e-mail aoic@qust.edu.cn.

Tuition notes

Published on QUST's own Study Costs page (留学费用, cic.qust.edu.cn/zsxx/lxfy.htm), read 17 September 2026, and cross-checked against page 6 of the 2026 International Student Admission Brochure PDF, whose fee table was read by OCR. Figures are CNY per year unless stated.

Medical insurance

Comprehensive medical insurance is CNY 800 per year or CNY 400 for half a year, bought online by the student from the designated insurer at http://www.lxbx.net. Under Ministry of Education rules every international student in China for more than six months must hold insurance.

Residence permit

Residence permit fee CNY 400 per half year.

Entry requirements

Language: At least the new HSK Level 4 for Chinese-taught degree study (汉语水平至少应达到新HSK四级以上); the CSC High-Level Postgraduate notice requires master's applicants to hold HSK Level 4 or above (硕士申请者需有HSK 4及以上相关语言证明). Applicants for programmes taught in a foreign language must supply IELTS or TOEFL scores as the university requires. The English-taught Artificial Intelligence bachelor's project does not require an HSK score at the time of application.. Age: CSC High-Level Postgraduate Program applicants are generally between 18 and 40 years old, though the same notice states that master's and doctoral applicants are generally no older than 45 (申请者年龄一般在18至40周岁之间，其中申请攻读硕士学位和博士者年龄一般不超过45周岁). The Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship sets no older than 30 for bachelor's and college-level study, no older than 35 for master's and no older than 40 for doctoral study; the 2026 brochure states under 45 for master's and under 40 for bachelor's applicants. The 2026 autumn Chinese-language trainee programme is open to applicants aged 18 to 60.

Source: 招收留学生类别及费用 (Categories of International Students Admitted and Fees), International College, Qingdao University of Science and Technology. Fees and dates can change: confirm the current intake on the official notice before paying anything.