China Scholarship Council

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China Scholarship Council University of
Oxford (Nuffield Department of Medicine
Radcliffe Department of Medicine) Scholarships
for 2015/16 entry
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Contents
1. China Scholarship Council(CSC) 2. Admission
requirements 3. How to apply 4. University of
Oxford
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China Scholarship Council

• Affiliated to Chinas Department of Education
• Government sponsorship towards study overseas
• Provides scholarships to students for higher
  education

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CSC-Oxford Programme

• Jointly funded, full scholarship for 4 years of
  doctoral study towards a DPhil (PhD) degree at
  the University of Oxford
• Includes all fees (university and college) and a
  stipend (of at least 13,863 GBP per year)
• Students may be eligible for a supplementary
  award of approx. 4,000 GBP per year
• One return airfare (China-UK-China)
• Number of awards Around 5 places at NDM,
  additional places in other departments

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Admission Requirements

• CSCs requirements
• Chinese citizenship
• Must be a student from a 211 Project University
  
• The applicant must not already have a PhD
• After finishing their studies overseas, the
  student should return to China

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Admission Requirements
Oxfords requirements 1 Undergraduate GPA gt
3.5 2 English Proficiency TOEFL Overall 100
24 (Reading), 22 (Listening), 25(Speaking) 24
(Writing) OR IELTS Overall 7.0 6.5 per component
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How to apply
Submit the initial application (CV and cover
letter) with 3 choices of DPhil projects by the
deadline 5pm GMT on 21 October 2014 First
round of interviews will be in Beijing on the 5
November 2014 Shortlisted candidates to submit
full applications to Oxford Second-round
interviews will be conducted via Skype with the
chosen Oxford PIs and a panel in December 2014
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University of Oxford

• The oldest English-speaking university in the
  world
• Has educated 11 kings from 7 countries, including
  6 kings of the United Kingdom, 47 Nobel Prize
  winners, and 53 presidents from 19 countries. The
  Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron,
  graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford.
• Each student is a member of a college (applicants
  may state a preference for a college in their
  full Oxford applications). The colleges are
  interdisciplinary communities and usually offer
  accommodation to their students.

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Oxfords Colleges

• Total of 38 colleges and 6 Permanent Private
  Halls
• Merton College, Christ Church College, Magdalen
  College

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Important notes

• For more information about the CSC, attend the
  October CSC Fair in Beijing, or visit the CSCs
  website http//www.csc.edu.cn
• For more information about the Oxford
  scholarships, visit
• http//www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/prospectivegrad
  /scholarships/university/csc/
• http//www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/csc-ndm-studentships
• Email address for inquiries and initial
  applications to NDM graduate.studies_at_ndm.ox.ac.uk