CSC Scholarship at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: Application Guide

Scope: Scholarships, the CSC agency number, the dated application windows for the 2026 and 2026-2027 intakes and the published application fees for international students at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, from the university's own International Cultural Exchange School site at intlstu.sufe.edu.cn.. See the recorded official notices and any source qualifications below.

CSC agency number

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics' agency number is 10272. The 2026 CSC High-level Graduate Program notice instructs students who receive a pre-admission letter to log in to the CSC study-in-China online application system, fill in the scholarship application information with 奖学金类别：B类 and 受理机构编号：10272 (scholarship category: Type B, receiving institution number: 10272).

CSC High-level Graduate Program window

The 2026 intake ran in three stages: the university programme application ran from 16 November 2025 to 28 February 2026; the scholarship application for students holding a pre-admission letter took place in late March 2026; and the university recommended candidates to the China Scholarship Council at the end of March 2026. Applicants who were not recommended by the university were defaulted to self-funded status.

CSC High-level Graduate Program coverage

A full scholarship for all graduate majors, covering a waiver of full tuition and on-campus accommodation fees, a living allowance of CNY 3,000 per month for master's students and CNY 3,500 per month for doctoral students, and comprehensive medical insurance. The funding period is the basic duration fixed at admission: two academic years for master's and three or four academic years for doctoral study.

CSC High-level Graduate Program eligibility

Open to master's and doctoral programmes only. Master's applicants must hold a bachelor's degree, have excellent academic results and be no more than 35 years old; doctoral applicants must hold a master's degree, have excellent academic results and be no more than 40. English-taught programme applicants need TOEFL iBT 80, IELTS (A) 6.5 or Duolingo 110; Chinese-taught applicants need HSK Level 5 at 180. Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good physical and mental health holding a valid ordinary foreign passport. Awardees may not simultaneously hold other scholarships established by Chinese governments at any level or by the admitting institution, excluding one-off awards, and concealment leads to cancellation, repayment and a three-year bar on applying.

CSC High-level Graduate Program result timing

After the CSC issues its approval, normally between the end of June and July, the university sends awardees the Admission Notice, the Confirmation Form for Study in China (JW201) and other admission materials. Applicants who do not report within the registration deadline lose their scholarship qualification, and awardees may not change the admitting institution, field of study, teaching language or duration of study after admission.

Application fee

The application fee is CNY 830 per person for Chinese-taught programmes and CNY 1,660 per person for English-taught programmes, paid by bank transfer. The 2026 CSC High-level Graduate Program notice states 通过银行转账方式支付报名费（中文授课项目830元/人，英文授课项目1660元/人）, the Silk Road notice repeats 在线支付报名费：中文项目830元/人，英文项目1660元/人, and the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship notice gives 报名费（人民币830元或等额外币）.

Silk Road Program window and coverage

The 2026-2027 Silk Road Chinese Government Scholarship — Lancang-Mekong Financial Strategy Talent Leadership Program ran on these dates: online application 1 May to 17 May; document review and online interview before 24 May; school recommendation determined by 27 May; and CSC submission by 31 May, with the pre-admission notice and other materials submitted by that date. Coverage is a waiver of tuition, a free dormitory or a housing subsidy, a living allowance of CNY 2,500 per month for undergraduates and CNY 3,000 per month for master's students, and comprehensive medical insurance, with international travel at the student's own expense. It is open to citizens of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand for finance, international economics and trade, finance master's, international business master's and public administration master's programmes.

International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship window and coverage

For the 2026 international Chinese language education master's intake: the master's admission application ran from 15 March to 26 April 2026 with the application fee of CNY 830 or the equivalent in foreign currency paid at ao.sufe.edu.cn, and the scholarship application ran from 1 March to 15 May 2026 through cis.chinese.cn. Coverage is a full tuition waiver, free on-campus accommodation normally in a double room (or a housing subsidy if off-campus accommodation is approved) and comprehensive medical insurance, plus a living allowance. Requirements include HSK Level 5 at 210, HSKK Intermediate at 60, and ages 16 to 35 as of 1 September 2026, relaxed to 45 for in-service Chinese language teachers.

University undergraduate scholarship

The 2026 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Undergraduate New Student Scholarship, published 12 November 2025, has a funding period of four undergraduate academic years and provides CNY 5,000 per semester.

Shanghai Government Scholarship for international students

The 2026 Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship for International Students, published 12 November 2025, has a funding period of four undergraduate academic years. Class A covers a full tuition waiver and on-campus accommodation, comprehensive medical insurance for study in China and a living allowance of CNY 2,500 per month during study. Class B covers a full tuition waiver and comprehensive medical insurance.

Awards published across programme levels

The university's scholarship index publishes separate pages for undergraduate programme scholarships, graduate programme scholarships, short-term programme scholarships and advanced-study programme scholarships. The undergraduate page lists the Silk Road Lancang-Mekong programme, the SUFE Undergraduate New Student Scholarship, the Shanghai Municipal Government Scholarship for International Students and the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship for the four-year Chinese language education bachelor's. The graduate page lists the Silk Road Lancang-Mekong programme, the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship for the two-year international Chinese language education master's, and the CSC High-level Graduate Program.

Application portals

Applications are submitted through the university's international student online application system at ao.sufe.edu.cn. Under the CSC High-level Graduate Program route applicants must tick the funding source box 中国政府奖学金-高校自主招生项目, and CSC scholarship applications are then filed at studyinchina.csc.edu.cn. The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship is filed at cis.chinese.cn, where applicants choosing SUFE as the recommending institution select 上海财经大学 under the HSK test centre (non-Confucius Institute), Asia, China list.

Admissions contact

International Cultural Exchange School, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Room 620, 321 Wudong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai; tel +86-21-65361944; email ices@sufe.edu.cn.

Source: 2026学年中国政府奖学金——高水平研究生项目 notice published 14 November 2025 by the International Cultural Exchange School (国际文化交流学院) of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics at intlstu.sufe.edu.cn, the university's official international-student site; scholarships list, scholarship amounts and the Silk Road and International Chinese Language Teachers timelines cross-checked against the other dated notices on the same site. Fees and dates can change: confirm the current intake on the official notice before paying anything.