1. General Principle
1.1 This scheme is designed to standardize the management of scholarships for
international students and produce their desired results.
1.2 Targeted Students: Public funded PhD students, postgraduates, undergraduates
and Chinese language students who have studied at Jiangnan University for a full
academic year or Longer.
2. Scholarship Category and Amount
PhD Students
First Prize RMB 3,000
Second Prize RMB 2,500
Third Prize RMB 2,000
Postgraduates
First Prize RMB 2,000
Second Prize RMB 1,500
Third Prize RMB 1,000
Undergraduates
First Prize RMB 1,000
Second Prize RMB 800
Third Prize RMB 600
Chinese Language Students(Top three students among those with
a certificate of HSK level six or higher)
First Prize RMB 600
Second Prize RMB 500
Third Prize RMB 400
3. Eligibility
3.1 Being in compliance with Chinese laws and University regulations
3.2 Being a team player active in participation of social welfare events
3.3 Being a motivated student with excellent academic performance and outstanding achievement in one academic field
3.4 Specific Qualification Requirements for Different Categories of Students
PhD Students
1. Being a motivated student with excellent academic performance and strong professional ethics in research as well as innovative achievement satisfactory to his or her supervisor
2. Being an author of high-quality academic papers published on domestic or international core journals with preference given to those indexed by the three major indexes namely SCI, EI and ISTP (A photocopy of the papers and original supporting documents are needed.)
Postgraduates
1. Being a motivated student with excellent academic performance and strong professional ethics in research as well as innovative achievement satisfactory to his or her supervisor
2. Being an author of academic papers of reasonable quality published on domestic journals or read at a professional academic meeting with confirmation from two supervising professors
Undergraduates
Being a regularly-enrolled international undergraduate with top-of-class GPA and no course failures within the recent academic year
Chinese Language Students
Being a Chinese language student with a reasonable command of the fundamentals of the Chinese language and a satisfactory grade on a HSK test following a certain number of hours of Chinese language learning
4. Application Procedure
4.1 International students could contact the Student Affair Center of School of International Education for the application form for Jiangnan University President Scholarship (hereafter referred to as the application form) or download the application form from the website of School of International Education and fill it out faithfully.
4.2 Applicants have the application form properly filled with comment and signed by their school or supervisor and then submit it to the Student Affairs Center of School of International Education.
4.3 Annual Application Deadline: Oct. 10 – Oct 15
5. Scholarship Evaluation
5.1 School of International Education audits the application forms and their supporting documents and come up with a tentative list of nominees for the scholarship based on the related audit criteria.
5.2 The international student scholarship evaluation committee finalizes through deliberation a list of nominees and submits it to the university leader in charge for approval.
5.3 Annual Audit Dates: Oct. 16 – Oct. 25
5.4 Audit Result Publication: The audit result is posted on the bulletin board of School of International Education with scholarship winners notified and recognized at an assembly.
6. Scholarship Payment
The scholarship is paid in one lump sum to its winners by School of International Education in early December each year.
7. International Student Scholarship Evaluation Committee
7.1 School of International Education is responsible for the establishment of the international student scholarship evaluation committee, whose membership includes: Associate Dean of School of International Education in charge of international student
affair center, experts, supervisors and executives.
7.2 The Responsibilities of the Scholarship Evaluation Committee
7.2.1 Finalize through evaluation a list of scholarship nominees
7.2.2 Handle disputes related to scholarship evaluation; organize reviews for complaints
7.2.3 Interpretation and revision of the scholarship management scheme
7.2.4 The daily operation of the international student scholarship evaluation committee is undertaken by the Student Affair Center of School of International Education
8. Scholarship Quota
8.1 First prize winners of each category shall account for no more than 4% of all the international students in the category;
8.2 Second prize winners of each category shall account for no more than 10% of all the international students in the category;
8.3 Third prize winners of each category shall account for no more than 20% of all the international students in the category;
9. School of International Education reserves all the rights for the final interpretation of the scheme.