University application guide
中国海洋大学
Qingdao, Shandong, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for Ocean University of China. Requirements can differ by degree, program, teaching language, and funding route. The university’s current notice controls the application.
The profile includes CSC-related application guidance for Ocean University of China. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.
Agency number recorded: 10423. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.
The recorded application fee is CNY 400. Ocean University of China's 2026/2027 CSC programme brochures state an application fee (报名费) of 400 RMB in their application-procedure sections. The 'High Level Graduate Student' Program brochure says '缴纳报名费 … 金额：400 元人民币' with payment by bank transfer from the date of publication until 15 February 2026, and the 'Silk Road' Chinese Government Scholarship brochure repeats the same CNY 400 under the heading '1.缴纳报名费 … 2)金额：400 元人民币' with a 15 May 2026 payment deadline and the same bank account (Bank of China Shandong Branch Qingdao Shinan No.2 Sub-Branch, account 226007730053). Both notices state '报名费不予退还' — the application fee is not refundable — and both warn that applicants who fail to pay it will not be considered ('申请材料不全或不支付报名费，将不予受理'). The fee is a separate procedural step from the scholarship coverage, which the same brochures list as tuition waiver, free accommodation, a monthly living stipend and comprehensive medical insurance, so the CNY 400 is an application fee and not tuition or a per-term charge.
2026/2027 intake, international master's and doctoral applicants to Ocean University of China through its Chinese Government Scholarship programmes, with fee, deadline and award detail read from the university's own published brochures and their PDF attachments · recorded source check: September 17, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
Ocean University of China publishes dated 2026/2027 CSC windows as brochures on its School of International Education site, while the CSC index reviewed on 3 October 2026 still lists the recorded 2026/2027 notices; no later CSC call was recovered from that index in this pass. The Chinese Government Scholarship 'High Level Graduate Student' Program brochure, published 30 October 2025, sets the CSC online application deadline at 15 February 2026, with application-fee payment by bank transfer also running to 15 February 2026. The 'Silk Road' Chinese Government Scholarship brochure, published 30 April 2026, sets its CSC online application and bank-transfer fee deadline at 15 May 2026, and is restricted to nationals of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Pakistan, Tanzania and Fiji. The Chinese Government Excellence Scholarship brochure, published 30 October 2025, sets a deadline of 23:59 Beijing time on 31 March 2026 and is applied for directly to the China Scholarship Council under agency code 1563 rather than to OUC. The 2026/2027 Chinese Government Marine Scholarship notice, published 15 December 2025, refers applicants to the High Level Graduate Student Program brochure for its terms and states no separate date. All of these 2026/2027 rounds have closed as of 17 September 2026, and no 2027/2028 notice had been published by that date.
Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10423
Guide scope reviewed 3 October 2026. Dates apply only to the intake and route named in each notice.
Funding options
These awards are listed on the university profile. Eligibility, eligible degree levels, coverage, deadlines and whether new applicants can apply vary by award and intake. Open the dated call before selecting an award or paying an application fee.
Choose your funding route to see where to start, which systems to use and what to submit.
Historical reference: Application payment → receipt email → CSC portal
CSC Type B
2027 dates unconfirmed · Autumn degree intake; program-dependent
A university-specific 2027 schedule is not established by the reviewed sources. Confirm the program’s current Type B availability, opening date and deadline in its dated notice.
University website — locate the current route noticeCSC High-Level Postgraduate
The 2026/2027 HLP brochure first requires the non-refundable CNY 400 application fee by bank transfer and emailing its scanned receipt to iec@ouc.edu.cn, then completing the CSC online application by 15 February 2026. It states agency 10423 but does not explicitly establish Type B or a university-portal application. Upload CSC form, passport, notarized qualification, transcripts, language proof, a plan exceeding 1,000 characters/words, two academic references, medical and police records, and applicable art/guardian documents. Doctoral plans need a Chinese supervisor’s signature. OUC reviews and interviews candidates; CSC gives final approval and issues electronic admission/JW201. HSK 4>180 or IELTS 5.5/TOEFL 80 and stated equivalents apply. This closed route does not establish 2027 dates.
Reference: 2026/2027. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck Ocean University of China's current prospectus for your degree, teaching language, eligibility and deadline. Arrange supervisor contact or pre-admission first when the program requires it.
Read official admission instructionsUse the checklist below, then compare it with your program's required documents. Prepare any signed forms, translations and referee submissions before starting the final application.
Use the payment instructions and email address in the named official notice. Keep the bank receipt and send the required payment evidence before completing the CSC application. Confirm the fee and sequence for your intended intake.
Read official admission instructionsUse the application type, agency number, degree level, and submission order stated in the current call. A university-hosted place may use Type B; an embassy-nominated place may use Type A. Do not select a route or reuse a prior-cycle code unless the current notice confirms it.
Open CSC portalCheck your portal and email for missing-document requests, interviews and results. If a form is returned, correct it and resubmit. Keep admission and scholarship decisions separate; follow the final offer for acceptance, registration and original-document checks.
See annotated portal walkthroughs
Use the document list for your exact program. Prepare these common items, then add any scholarship-specific forms:
Scan each complete document clearly. Use the file type and size limit shown beside its upload field; combine multi-page documents only where the system permits. Open every uploaded file to check legibility, page order, signatures and stamps. Keep a copy of everything you submit.
Application templatesFollow the submission method in your programme's notice. The steps below apply when it requires an online form; email and paper applications follow their separate source-linked instructions above.
University agency number on record: 10423. For Type B, match it to Ocean University of China in CSC. Type A uses your dispatching authority's number instead.
Open CSC application systemCSC scholarship application systemThe links below support the dates, route sequence, and program details shown above. Some are planning references rather than a current university deadline; each item on the admissions calendar states its source and evidence basis.
Dates and funding rules change by intake. Recheck the current official notice before paying, submitting, or arranging documents.