Beijing Scholarships for International Students

1Provincial scheme

8Universities we cover

1Cities in the province

CNY 2,500–4,700Lowest monthly cost

Schemes

What Beijing actually offers

Provincial schemes are smaller than the central government scholarship and far less contested. Most are administered by the university after admission, so the application is often a checkbox rather than a separate portal.

Scheme	Levels	What it covers	How it is administered
Beijing Government Scholarship	Bachelor / Master / PhD	Full or partial tuition; a small number of full awards include a stipend	Applied for through the Beijing university you are admitted to, not a central portal.

Coverage varies between schemes and between universities within the same province. Confirm the current terms with the international office before you rely on any of it.

Why it matters

What applying here actually gets you

Beijing's municipal award is one of the two schemes on this list that is genuinely worth planning around, and it covers full or partial tuition, with a small number of full awards that also carry a stipend. The administration is the part to understand early: it is applied for through the Beijing university you are admitted to, not through a central portal. There is no single application deadline to diarise, because the decision sits with each university.

The reason it matters more here than anywhere else is scale. Eight of the universities we cover sit in Beijing, the largest concentration on this list, and the municipal award reaches students at all of them. The offsetting problem is cost: this is the most expensive city in our list, and a tuition-only award does not cover a month here the way the same award covers a month in Chengdu or Wuhan. Read the stipend and the city cost together, not separately.

What the scheme is worth

Covers full or partial tuition, with a small number of full awards that also include a stipend
Reaches students at all eight universities we cover in the capital, including every 985 institution here
Applied for through the university you are admitted to, so it moves together with your admission decision
Rarely as contested as the central government scheme, because most applicants do not know it exists

Process

How the application actually runs

The steps are in the order they happen, because the first one catches most applicants out.

Get admitted first

Municipal awards are tied to an admission offer. There is no standalone application that runs ahead of admission.

Ask the international office what you are nominated for

Once you hold an offer, ask the international office which local scheme the university can put you forward for, and what its internal deadline is. This is the single most useful email in the whole cycle.

Check the university top-up

Beijing universities often hold their own merit awards. Ask whether the municipal award and a university award can be combined, and on what basis.

Set the funding against the city cost

Tuition is only part of the budget in Beijing. Model the remaining months on a dormitory rate before you treat a tuition-only award as full funding.

Accept formally and in time

Scholarship stipends are usually released after university registration, so the award follows the enrolment, not the offer.

Universities

Where the scheme can reach you in Beijing

8 institutions we cover in this province, 8 of which can nominate scholarship students directly.

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Beijing Language and Culture University

Beijing · est. 1962 · Double First-Class (language)

The specialist Chinese-language university: the largest intake of language students in the country.

Tuition: CNY 16,000–26,000 / yr
Chinese: Placement test on arrival · HSK 4 for degree entry
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Beijing · est. 1956 · Double First-Class (TCM)

The standard reference for Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture and Chinese pharmacy.

Tuition: CNY 20,000–32,000 / yr
Chinese: HSK 4–5 for TCM degrees · language year available
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Beijing Normal University

Beijing · est. 1902 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Education, psychology and Chinese-language teaching; a common first stop for future teachers.

Tuition: CNY 22,000–34,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4–5 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Beijing Institute of Technology

Beijing · est. 1940 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Vehicle engineering, automation, aerospace and computer science with strong defence-adjacent labs.

Tuition: CNY 22,000–34,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Capital Medical University

Beijing · est. 1960 · Beijing municipal key · medical specialist

Clinical training across Beijing's municipal hospital network, including several tertiary centres.

Tuition: CNY 22,000–36,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught MBBS · HSK 5 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Beihang University

Beijing · est. 1952 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Aeronautics, astronautics and software; the strongest aerospace brand outside Harbin and Xi'an.

Tuition: CNY 24,000–36,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Tsinghua University

Beijing · est. 1911 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

China's strongest engineering, computer science and design brand, with a large English-taught graduate portfolio.

Tuition: CNY 26,000–40,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4–5 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

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Peking University

Beijing · est. 1898 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Broadest humanities and pure-science offering in the country, plus a top-ranked medical centre.

Tuition: CNY 26,000–40,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 5 for most Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

Cities

The part the award does not cover

A tuition waiver leaves the monthly budget untouched. These are the figures that decide how far it goes.

City	Dormitory / month	Realistic total / month	Tuition you still pay
Beijing	800–1,800	2,500–4,700	CNY 500–900 / yr

All figures CNY per month for one student. Full city profiles, including private rent, are on each city's page.

Before you commit

The part that catches people out

A tuition-only award in Beijing does not make a self-funded year affordable, because this is the most expensive city we cover. Model the full monthly cost before you treat it as funded, and ask specifically whether the award includes a living allowance — the distinction between the two is what decides whether the year works.

FAQ

Questions about Beijing scholarships

Through the Beijing university you are admitted to, not through a central portal. Most applicants find out about it from the international office after admission, so ask your university directly rather than waiting for a public call.

Some full awards include a stipend, but many are tuition-only or tuition-plus-insurance. Ask the university what the award covers in writing before you compare it against your budget.

Often yes, because provincial and university awards are frequently separate from the CSC scheme. Ask whether the two can be combined — some universities will top up a CSC award with a local one.

Not sure which scheme you can get?

Tell us your level, field and the universities you are considering. We will tell you which funding routes actually apply to you — and which ones do not.

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