China Scholarship Council – University of Oxford (Nuffield Department of Medicine & Radcliffe Department of Medicine)

Scholarships for 2015/16 entry

Contents

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1. China Scholarship Council （ CSC）2. Admission requirements 3. How to apply 4. University of Oxford

China Scholarship Council

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• Affiliated to China’s Department of Education

• Government sponsorship towards study overseas

• Provides scholarships to students for higher education

CSC-Oxford Programme

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• 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

Admission Requirements

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CSC’s 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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Oxford’s requirements:

1: Undergraduate GPA >= 3.5

2: English Proficiency:TOEFL: Overall 100 24 (Reading), 22 (Listening), 25(Speaking) 24 (Writing)

ORIELTS:Overall 7.06.5 per component

Admission Requirements

How to apply

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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

University of Oxford

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• 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.

Oxford’s Colleges

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

Important notes

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For more information about the CSC, attend the October CSC Fair in Beijing, or visit the CSC’s 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@ndm.ox.ac.uk