Jump to content
Chinese-Forums
  • Sign Up

Language study scholarship - is this standard practice?


aowihewoai

Recommended Posts

  • New Members

I applied to a university through CUCAS for a one-year Chinese study program (non-degree). They informed me that I received a full scholarship for the tuition, ie. it is waived. But the strange thing is that they still seem to require that the tuition is paid upfront. It would be refunded after around three months into the first semester. Is this standard procedure in China? This is a 学院 in southern China.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I've always heard that you pay university tuition when you're in China. Before going to China, you only pay application fees.

This sounds fishy.

Who exactly is offering the scholarship (CUCAS? university? other?)

How much is the "tuition" that you're supposed to pay upfront?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • New Members

Thanks for you response. Frankly, I don't know when exactly the tuition is due. I might be able to pay it in China. But I'm just surprised that I have to pay it, even though I was awarded the scholarship. I'm worried that I most likely wouldn't have any recourse against the university at all as a non-resident foreigner in the event that they, for whatever reason, didn't refund the money as promised. The scholarship is provided by the school. The full tuition for one year is RMB14,000, IIRC.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Govt scholarships like the CSC don't require you to pay tuition at all.
Why would a scholarship from the uni itself require you to pay tuition upfront??

Does the scholarship have a name? For instance, the Jasmine scholarship?
Did you even apply for a scholarship?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The only reason I can see for an arrangement like that is if you're not guaranteed the scholarship. So if you can afford the fees and this is where you want to go anyway, fantastic. If you're relying on the scholarship - well, I don't think you can. Bear in mind that recruitment staff may have quotas and bonuses to worry about, and you might not get the full facts. 

 

If it's a case of 'you're guaranteed the scholarship, but you have to pay the fees up front' - that's ridiculous. The point of a scholarship is to fund people who can't afford the fees. That just looks like someone trying to fill a cashflow problem.

 

I know absolutely nothing about this specific case, but I find it entirely plausible that you'll end up with 20 people on the course, all thinking they have an excellent chance of getting one of 2 scholarships.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and select your username and password later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Click here to reply. Select text to quote.

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...