University application guide
华南理工大学
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
This guide brings together the application routes, published timing, submission methods, scholarship steps, documents, and source links recorded for South China University of Technology. 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 University of Technology. Type B participation, eligible programs, and deadlines must be confirmed in the current university call.
Agency number recorded: 10561. Confirm it in the current Type B notice before submitting.
The recorded application fee is CNY 450. The application fee is CNY 450, stated as 申请费：450 元 in the 学习费用 (Study Fees) section of the university's own 2026 华南理工大学来华留学生招生简章 (South China University of Technology International Student Prospectus 2026, PDF published by the School of International Education). The prospectus note reads 申请费一经缴纳，不予退还（不支付申请费的申请无效） — the application fee is non-refundable once paid, and an application that does not pay it is invalid — and 申请费和学费按照人民币结算，网上支付，不收现金, that both the application fee and tuition are settled in RMB by online payment with no cash accepted. The English master's and doctoral admission pages instruct applicants to 'pay the application fee online' at www.scut.edu.cn/apply. The CNY 450 charge applies to self-funded applicants. The official standing FAQ explicitly exempts applicants applying for CSC or ICLTS, not only awarded recipients. The standing ICLTS procedure also describes SCUT registration as free of application fee. This figure is the one-off application fee only and is not tuition, which is recorded separately under tuition. The 30 元 (学历生全免) line on the accommodation page of the same prospectus is a campus card (校园一卡通) charge, not an application fee, and is not counted here.
2026 intake and the 2026/2027 cycle, international degree and non-degree students at South China University of Technology, from the university's own School of International Education prospectus and admission pages at sie.scut.edu.cn and www.scut.edu.cn/en · recorded source check: September 17, 2026
Published dates and unconfirmed windows
South China University of Technology publishes a self-funded deadline for the 2026 undergraduate and master’s routes: 每年 6 月 30 日 (30 June each year) for undergraduate and master's applications, stated in the 2026 华南理工大学来华留学生招生简章 and repeated on the university's English admission pages, with the note that some schools set their own earlier cut-off (部分专业的报名截止日期以学院最终招生要求为准). Teaching begins each September. The 30 June 2026 date for the 2026 autumn intake has now closed. The Chinese Government Scholarship route (中国政府奖学金, Type B) runs on a separate cycle: the 2026 prospectus states 申请日期：每年 10 月至次年 2 月 (applications from October to the following February), final award lists published May to July, and the JW201 visa form and admission letter downloaded from the CSC portal in July; the 30 June 2026 self-funded deadline and the February 2026 CSC deadline have both passed. The published standing rules are June 30 each year for self-funded applications and October to the following February for CSC. They do not establish a dated 2027 application window or current open status. No separate 2027/2028 call was verified in this review. The International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship runs its own cycles: the 汉语国际教育本科 and 一学年研修生 programmes commence September 2026, the 一学期研修生 programme commences either September 2026 or March 2027, and the 四周研修生 programme commences July 2026 or December 2026, filed first through cis.chinese.cn; after recommending-institution review, applicants must also register and upload documents at www.scut.edu.cn/apply. This standing award procedure states no intake year or cutoff. The 广东省政府来粤国际学生奖学金 and SCUT's own 优秀国际学生奖学金 share the 6 月 30 日 deadline (每年 6 月 30 日) and require no separate application, as candidates are drawn from self-funded applicants. The standing FAQ gives June 15 for postgraduate applications and normally March 31 for CSC, differing from the recorded 2026 prospectus’s master’s June 30 and CSC October–February pattern. It expressly makes cutoffs subject to the latest annual notice; these standing dates do not establish 2027 degree/CSC dates. Its language/foundation spring cutoff is recurring December 31 and ICLTS spring cutoff recurring October 31.
Recorded CSC agency number; confirm it in the current CSC call: 10561
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.
University submission → 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 Chinese University and Silk Road graduate programs
Start in SCUT's application system. Master's and doctoral applicants must contact a potential supervisor and obtain a pre-acceptance letter after the supervisor's evaluation. Complete CSC Type B using 10561 and upload SCUT's pre-admission letter. The prospectus requires a study or research plan of at least 1,000 words and two professor or associate-professor references. Its annual October–February pattern is not a confirmed 2027 window.
Reference: 2026 prospectus procedure. Confirm the latest notice for the same course and route before applying.
Read the university's procedureCheck South China University of Technology'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.
Use 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: 10561. For Type B, match it to South China University of Technology 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.