University application guide
华南农业大学
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for South China Agricultural University. 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 South China Agricultural University. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.
Agency number recorded: 10564. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.
CNY 500 South China Agricultural University's Prospectus for International Student (来华留学招生简章, 学习费用 / FEES AND CHARGES table, published by the College of International Education on 2 February 2026) lists 报名费 (application fee) at 500元, marked RMB 500 (non-refundable). The fee is charged once per application and sits on the same table as, but separate from, tuition. CSC scholarship holders have the application fee waived: the university's 高校研究生 CSC prospectus states 免除学费和申请费 (tuition and application fee waiver) and the current prospectus lists 免交申请费、学费和住宿费 among the CSC coverage.
South China Agricultural University international student admissions, CSC agency number, scholarships, fees and entry requirements for the 2026/2027 academic year · recorded source check: September 17, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
South China Agricultural University's own Prospectus for International Student (来华留学招生简章), published by the College of International Education on 2 February 2026, sets the self-funded degree-programme cut-off for the September intake at 30 June of the enrolment year, so the 2026/2027 September intake closed on 30 June 2026; applications are accepted year-round until that date. The same prospectus sets the Chinese Language Programme cut-off at 30 June for the September intake and 31 December of the prior year for the February spring intake, this is a standing rule, not an independently confirmed December 31, 2026 cutoff for a named Spring 2027 intake. For CSC awards the university's own 高校研究生 Chinese Government Scholarship prospectus (published 21 March 2022) ran a very short institutional window of 21 to 31 March 2022 and its 高校自主招生 notice gives an annual window of late January to early April with expert review in mid-April, provincial submission in early May and CSC admission letters issued by the end of June; those historical and annual rules do not establish a dated 2026/2027 CSC window or its status. The dated 2026 Guangdong Provincial Government newcomer scholarship guide requires applications before 1 September 2026; this round is closed. Applicants must already be admitted self-funded students and have paid the required charges. The one-time awards are CNY 10,000 undergraduate, 20,000 master’s and 30,000 doctoral. Continuing-student awards follow a separate notice; the older standing July 15/September 11 dates are not established here as current 2026 cutoffs. No notice for the 2027/2028 intake has been published as of 17 September 2026.
Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10564
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.
Start with the university application
Self-funded admission
2027 dates unconfirmed · Autumn degree intake; program-dependent
An exact 2027 admission window is not established by the reviewed university sources. Check the prospectus for your degree and teaching language before scheduling submission.
University website — locate the current admission noticeInternational direct admission
Register as a new applicant in SCAU’s portal and upload scanned documents. Successful review leads to electronic pre-admission, then formal admission and visa documentation. Register according to the admission notice. The brochure accepts degree applications throughout the year until June 30 of the admission year; verify a new cycle before assigning 2027 dates. It lists a non-refundable CNY 500 application fee, but no universal payment stage or interview/supervisor requirement in the application flow. Select the correct degree/language program and consult its document and language requirements.
Reference: Standing brochure published February 2, 2026; degree cutoff June 30 in year of admission. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck South China Agricultural University'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 official application link and complete the fields required for your route. Submit documents only through the channel and at the stage stated in the current notice. Pay a charge only when instructed; retain any submission confirmation the system provides.
Check tuition, accommodation, insurance, payment deadlines and any financial-guarantee requirement. Accept the offer through the university's stated process. A CSC application is not part of a purely self-funded route.
Check 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: 10564. For Type B, match it to South China Agricultural University 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.