- Scholarship
- Qinghai University's Chinese Government Scholarship admission guide states the application period is 1 March to 15 April, with applications received directly by the Qinghai University Foreign Affairs Office.
- Intake
- The university's own Chinese Government Scholarship intake through the Chinese University Program covers full-time master's and doctoral students, with a scholarship duration of three years for master's and four years for doctoral study.
- Tuition
- The scholarship is a full award covering tuition, free university accommodation provided by the university, a living allowance paid at the rate set for Chinese Government Scholarship students, and comprehensive medical insurance; students who live off campus must first apply and sign a safety undertaking.
- Verified fact
- The award is open only to new students and is not offered to students already studying in China; applicants studying Chinese language, or the language and literature of their own country or of a third country such as English or French, are not admitted.
- Scholarship
- Chinese-taught scholarship students whose Chinese is below the required level must complete one year of Chinese language preparation before entering their major, and the university states it does not run its own Chinese language preparation programme.
- Entry requirements
- Master's applicants must hold a bachelor's degree and be no older than 35; doctoral applicants must hold a master's degree and be no older than 40.
- Language requirement
- Applicants for Chinese-taught programmes must reach HSK Level 4, and the university requires Chinese-taught degree students to reach HSK Level 5 by graduation; applicants for English-taught programmes must provide IELTS or TOEFL evidence.
- Programmes
- Qinghai University states it is the only comprehensive university in Qinghai Province, is a provincial and ministerial co-built institution, is a national 211 Project university supported by Tsinghua University and other partner institutions, and joined the central and western university comprehensive-strength improvement programme in 2012.
- Scholarship
- The university posted a Chinese Government Scholarship application document checklist on 23 April 2026 and, on its English site, an Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship plus a 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship Application Document Checklist dated 23 April 2026; these are the China Scholarship Council's national guide and checklist, reproduced by the university.
- Physical examination
- The 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship checklist read from the university's own site (an image published on 23 April 2026, extracted by OCR) requires the applicant's ordinary passport to remain valid later than September 2026 and the expected start of study in China to be no earlier than September 2026, placing the intake in the 2026/2027 academic year; it sets out eligibility (master's applicants under 35 with a bachelor's degree, doctoral applicants under 40 with a master's degree, plus HSK Level 4 for Chinese-taught master's and doctoral programmes) and a twelve-item document list including pre-admission materials, a study plan of over 1,000 characters, two recommendation letters, the Foreigner Physical Examination Form valid six months and a police clearance certificate.
- Scholarship
- The university's Foreign Affairs Office publishes its international-student recruitment brochure listing with only two entries as of 17 September 2026: a Chinese Government Scholarship high-level postgraduate programme application guide dated 10 April 2026, whose body is published only as an image, and the Chinese Government Scholarship project notice dated 13 April 2017.
- Scholarship
- The English-language international site lists its Admissions documents as the 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship Application Document Checklist, the flow for international student admission approval, the application form for international students, the supervisor provisional-acceptance form and the documents required for admission approval, and its Scholarships section as the Chinese Government Scholarship application guide, the Chinese Government Scholarship application and an introduction to Chinese Government Scholarships.
- Current CSC scholarship coverage
- For the 2026 autumn Type B High-Level Graduate route, confirm benefits in the current award notice. The full tuition, accommodation, stipend and insurance package and three-/four-year durations shown in the university’s 2017/18 guide are historical and do not establish terms for the 2026 call. The host-list row is not an agency number; the 2026 Type B notice confirms agency number 10743.
- Application route
- For the 2026 High-Level Graduate Type B call, use the CSC Study in China system and the university’s current notice. The international admissions page is informational, not a submission portal.