Fudan University Opens CSC Scholarships 2027-2028 in Shanghai for Bachelor, Master, PhD Admissions
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Fudan University’s 2027 postgraduate scholarship round is open in Shanghai, China. International master’s and PhD applicants can seek the Chinese Government Scholarship and Shanghai Government Scholarship, with tuition, housing support and monthly stipends of RMB 3,000 or RMB 3,500.
Undergraduate applicants also have an announced opening date and scholarship options. But which awards require extra forms, and when must a PhD supervisor agree to your application? This guide separates the routes so you can prepare the right submission.
Postgraduate funding open; undergraduate round upcoming.
Eligible non-Chinese applicants for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral study.
Full government awards and more limited university awards are available.
English or Chinese evidence; RMB 800 non-refundable degree application fee.
Graduate government funding belongs to Round 1. See the dates below.
9 November 2026 · Fudan’s published 2027 admission guides.
01Which Fudan degrees can you apply for?
Fudan offers Chinese- and English-taught degrees; your chosen programme determines the academic and language requirements. Its 2027 English-taught master’s catalogue includes humanities, international relations, law, economics, finance, public policy, physics, chemistry, environmental science, computing and AI. The doctoral catalogue also covers life sciences, pharmacy, engineering, materials and mathematics.
The English-taught bachelor’s options are global governance, economics, international economy and trade, fintech, data science, AI and MBBS. The listed English-taught master’s programmes generally take two or three years; doctoral routes generally take four years, with five-year JUSTCOOL routes also listed. A listed degree does not guarantee scholarship eligibility; partner and professional programmes can have additional procedures.
02What do Fudan’s 2027 scholarships cover?
The strongest advertised graduate government awards cover tuition, accommodation or a housing subsidy, medical insurance and a stipend. The comparison below also shows why a university tuition award needs a different budget.
| Scholarship | Level | Support | How consideration works |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSC Chinese University Program | Master’s / PhD | Tuition, housing support, insurance; RMB 3,000/month for master’s or RMB 3,500/month for PhD. | CSC application plus Fudan submission in Round 1. |
| Shanghai Government Scholarship | Master’s / PhD | Fudan’s graduate guide lists the same coverage and stipends. | Signed Shanghai scholarship form uploaded to Fudan in Round 1. |
| Shanghai Government Scholarship | Bachelor’s | Type A: tuition, housing support, insurance and RMB 2,500/month. Type B: tuition and insurance. | Eligible admitted applicants considered automatically; no separate application. |
| Fudan University International Students’ Scholarship | Bachelor’s / postgraduate | Bachelor’s: first-year tuition. Graduate coverage is not quantified in the general guide. | Merit selection among eligible admitted applicants; no separate application. |
Fudan’s Chinese-taught graduate guide permits concurrent CSC and Shanghai scholarship applications. This is not permission to hold overlapping government awards. Neither graduate package lists airfare, and application expenses remain yours.
An additional option is the School of Management’s 2027 partial tuition scholarship for its advertised International Finance and AI for Business master’s programmes. No extra scholarship application is needed, but candidates follow the school’s application and interview process before the university stage. Its published two-year tuition references are RMB 238,000 for Finance and RMB 288,000 for AI for Business, before any award.
03Who qualifies, and is IELTS compulsory?
Graduate government-scholarship applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good physical and mental health, under 35 for master’s study or under 40 for doctoral study, with the relevant bachelor’s or master’s qualification. Applicants must not already hold another Chinese government scholarship.
Bachelor’s applicants need a qualifying high-school education. Shanghai’s general SGS rules set the undergraduate age ceiling at 25 and require strong academic performance; renewal depends on annual review. Applicants with previous Chinese nationality or Chinese-parent nationality circumstances must also satisfy Fudan’s specific identity and residence rules.
IELTS is one option. The English-taught undergraduate guide accepts IELTS 6.5, TOEFL iBT 90 (new scale: 4.5), Duolingo 110 or PTE Academic 61. Native English speakers or graduates of fully English-taught high schools can qualify for exemption. Graduate English thresholds are the same baseline; an entirely English-taught and assessed degree can support exemption, while departments may demand higher scores or GRE/GMAT.
Chinese-taught graduate programmes require HSK 5 at 240 for humanities/social sciences or 210 for science/engineering/medicine; HSK 6 at 180 is another route. A previous Chinese-taught degree can support an exemption request. Chinese-taught bachelor’s generally requires HSK 5 at 210 or HSK 6 at 180, with an exemption for Malaysian UEC holders.
04How do you prepare and submit a Fudan application?
Prepare your degree-specific evidence before completing the scholarship forms. My recommendation is to resolve supervisor consent and degree authentication first: both can take longer than filling in the portal.
- All applicants: ordinary passport valid until at least 1 March 2028, qualification or expected-graduation certificate, transcripts, language evidence, personal statement, non-criminal-record proof and financial-capacity/support documents; notarized translations for documents outside Chinese or English.
- Bachelor’s applicants: English-taught applicants also need two English recommendation letters. Applicants under 18 on 1 September 2027 need the required guardian guarantee.
- Graduate applicants: two signed professor/associate-professor recommendations. Scholarship applicants also need the physical-examination form, valid for six months, unless the guide’s eligible Chinese residence-document alternative applies.
- Financial evidence: the guide’s guarantor checklist specifies identification and a bank-deposit certificate of at least RMB 100,000 or equivalent. Do not assume a scholarship application removes this requirement; contact [email protected] if you cannot provide it within the window.
- Overseas degrees: Fudan specifies CSCSE authentication. Final-year applicants can use expected-graduation evidence; obtain written clarification of certification timing if your report will arrive later.
- Choose the programme and settle prerequisites. PhD applicants must contact a prospective supervisor and obtain agreement before submitting. Use Fudan’s graduate departmental contacts. Bachelor’s applicants must first obtain the required CSCA assessment results; English-taught programmes require English-version papers, with subjects specified in the catalogue.
- For graduate CSC funding, complete CSC first. Follow the Campus China application route, choose Type B and agency number 10246, then print and sign the form. Fudan’s instructions restrict this Type B submission to one university. Complete every CSC upload, including its requested study/research plan; the Fudan personal-statement field is not the entire CSC dossier.
- Submit to Fudan. Register in the Fudan international student application system, select your degree/programme, complete the fields and upload documents. Graduate CSC applicants select “Chinese Government Scholarship” and upload their form; Shanghai applicants select the corresponding option and upload the signed Shanghai form. Undergraduate automatic awards follow the admission application.
- Pay, attend assessment and follow results. Submit the application and pay RMB 800 online; unpaid applications are invalid. Follow departmental assessment instructions, then monitor the portal and email for admission and funding decisions.
05Which mistakes could derail your application?
- Waiting for graduate Round 2: the government-scholarship window is Round 1.
- Submitting an unfinished file: Fudan says supplementary materials are not accepted after submission. Referee-link letters must arrive within 15 days and before the application deadline.
- Confusing admission with funding: an admission decision does not guarantee an award. I would commit to travel only after reading the actual funding outcome.
06Fudan scholarship questions answered
Does a supervisor’s agreement mean I have won CSC?
No. It satisfies a PhD application prerequisite; academic admission and scholarship selection still follow. A supervisor’s positive reply is not a scholarship award notice.
Can undergraduate applicants use the graduate CSC Type B route?
No. The graduate route is for master’s and doctoral applicants. Fudan’s Chinese-taught undergraduate guide instead lists CSC Bilateral funding through dispatching authorities, with country-specific terms and deadlines.
Does the Fudan university scholarship cover every undergraduate year?
The undergraduate guide specifies first-year tuition. Plan later-year costs separately unless your award letter explicitly confirms further support.
Is the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship open too?
Fudan’s Chinese-taught guides list this separate specialist route. A complete 2027 call was not verified here, so do not treat the general degree window as its opening announcement.
07When do Fudan’s 2027 applications close?
The last date to apply for Fudan University’s graduate CSC and Shanghai Government Scholarships is 10 December 2026. The application period is 5 November–10 December 2026.
Graduate admission Round 2 runs from 1–31 March 2027; it is not advertised as another government-scholarship round. Round 1 admission results begin in early March; Round 2 results begin in late June. See the 2027 graduate schedule.
Fudan University’s undergraduate Round 1 runs from 1 December 2026 to 26 February 2027. Round 2 runs from 1–15 April 2027; Chinese-taught Round 2 opens only selected programmes. Undergraduate scholarship notifications begin in July 2027.
All dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8). Registration is planned for late August or early September 2027; the admission notice gives the exact date.
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