The Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation informs about the start of accepting applications for participation in the competitive selection for the scholarship program of the Government of the People's Republic of China "Chinese Government Scholarship" (type "A") for training, internship, advanced training and research work in Chinese universities within the admission campaign of the 2025/2026 academic year.
The legal basis for the implementation of the program is the agreement between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the field of education dated 9 November, 2006, according to which Russian citizens recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia based on the results of consideration of all applications received in accordance with the procedure and deadlines established by this letter, may receive a scholarship from the Government of China. Within the framework of the admission plan for the 2025/2026 academic year, 91 quota places have been approved.
Candidates for participation in the competitive selection must submit two sets of documents: the Russian side to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia and the Chinese side to the China Scholarship Council (a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Education of the PRC).
To be elogible, applicants must be Russian citizens who are full-time students in higher education programs that have state accreditation, programs for training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies, or who are scientific, scientific-pedagogical workers or employees from among the administrative and managerial personnel of Russian educational institutions of higher education and scientific organizations.
Documents will be accepted by the parties in the period from 1 November to 20 December, 2024 until 15:00 Moscow time.
Please note that candidates must, in addition to the electronic version, submit the original consent to the processing of personal data in writing on paper, containing the candidate's handwritten signature, within the specified time frame. Consent to the processing of personal data is submitted to the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Interobrazovanie", located at the following address: 119021, Moscow, Bolshoy Chudov per., 8, building 1.
Organizations whose students or employees are candidates for participation in the competitive selection for the program must send a letter to the Director of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia with a list of recommended candidates and duplicate it to the e-mail address of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Interobrazovanie": mobility@ined.ru no later than 20 December, 2024, before 15:00 Moscow time.
The consent form for the processing of personal data, the letter form with a list of recommended candidates, as well as forms and examples of filling out a number of other documents requested by the Russian and Chinese parties, are posted on the website of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Interobrazovanie" in the section "Academic Mobility" - "Programs" (China).