Silk Road Program

The "Silk Road" Chinese Government Scholarship Program is a scholarship provided by the Chinese Ministry of Education to selected Chinese institutions. It is used to fund these institutions to directly select and recommend outstanding students from countries along the "Belt and Road" to study in China, aiming to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese people and people from around the world, and to develop cooperation and exchanges between China and other countries in the fields of education, science, culture, economy, and trade. This program is a full-time, full-coverage scholarship for international students funded by the Chinese government. The scholarship covers tuition fees, accommodation expenses, living stipend, and comprehensive medical insurance.

Type B Programs

Chinese Government Scholarship for High-level Graduate Students is a full-time, full scholarship program funded by the Chinese government for outstanding international graduate students. According to the relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine has formulated the application guide for 2025 Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Graduate Students Program. The details are as follows.

High-level Graduate Students Program

Established in 1954, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM) is known as a national “Double First-Class” university, and a Class A institution under Jiangsu’s High-Level University Peak Plan.The university’s ESI discipline ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Nature Index, and U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings all place it at the forefront of traditional Chinese medicine universities nationwide.As one of the first traditional Chinese medicine universities approved by the Ministry of Education to enroll international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, the university has established a full-cycle education system for international students, covering language training, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. The university serves as a WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, an International Acupuncture Training Center, and a National TCM Service Export Base. It has trained more than ten thousand international students and has established partnerships with over 90 higher education institutions and academic organizations in various countries and regions. It has established two Confucius Institutes of Chinese Medicine, four national-level overseas TCM centers, six overseas branches of the International Jingfang Institutes, and six international cooperative education programs. It also co-founded the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine–University of Otago Smart Health College, a Sino-foreign cooperative education institution.The university’s capabilities in international (overseas) education, research collaboration, and talent training in TCM continue to grow. Notably, with NJUCM’s support, the Swiss University of Chinese Medicine was established as the only officially recognized TCM university in Switzerland and the first independent TCM university in Europe authorized to grant bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Chinese Medicine.

Chinese Government Scholarship for High-level Graduate Students is a full-time, full scholarship program funded by the Chinese government for outstanding international graduate students. According to the relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine has formulated the application guide for 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Graduate Students Program. The details are as follows.

International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship

Program Profile
This program is committed to training local Chinese language teachers, reserve teachers, top Chinese language professionals, etc. This scholarship funds two kinds of activities: degree program and short-term study in China. This program contributes to building an international talent pool for Chinese language teachers by helping outstanding young people to study in China.

For online application, please visit: http://cis.chinese.cn/account/login.

● Scholarship for Short-term Study in China
The programs provide scholarship for in-service Chinese teachers and Chinese learners studying TCSOL and related majors in China, with terms of four weeks, one semester or one academic year.

Contact Information

Tel: +86-10-58595743

Email: scholarships@chinese.cn

Nanjing Municipal Scholarship

Nanjing Government Scholarship of International Students was established by Nanjing Municipal Government in 2013 to attract and encourage outstanding international students to conduct studies and research at universities in Nanjing.