China Scholarships & funding Questions

For the Great Wall Program scholarship in China, only applications declared by your country's National Commission for UNESCO are considered. The respective Chinese university carries out the selection, which Chinese authorities and UNESCO then approve, considering diversity and gender equality, and selected fellows are named through UNESCO.

For China's Great Wall Program scholarship, general scholars must be under 45 with a high school diploma, and senior scholars must hold at least a master's degree or be an associate professor and be no older than 50. Students from 135 developing countries are eligible.

General scholars under China's Great Wall Program receive a stipend of CNY 3,000 per month to cover meals and other expenses, while senior scholars receive CNY 3,500 per month. The scholarship also offers a tuition waiver, accommodation support, and medical insurance for international students in China.

Even with strong scholarships, few Indian students pick these countries because post-study work visas and residency are harder to secure than in the West, local languages create a real corporate barrier, and Singapore's cost of living can outpace even a full scholarship stipend for most students.

Indian students can access three scholarship types: the Chinese Government Scholarship, which usually requires the Mandarin-medium track; provincial scholarships such as Jiangsu or Beijing covering partial to full tuition; and university merit scholarships offering entrance grants and annual waivers, though fully funded English-medium options remain rare.