China Link Scholarship Program

To be eligible, you must:

1. be registered as full-time student or employed as full-time academic staff at one of Chinese Scholarship Council's (CSC) partner universities in the Netherlands (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Leiden University, Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen or VU University of Amsterdam);
2. be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China and be in good health both mentally and physically;
3. be under 45 applying for general scholars or be under 50 applying for senior scholars;
4. be registered at the Dutch partner university by the time of application and throughout the proposed stay in China;
5. have obtained admission qualification from one of the eligible Chinese host universities for the next intake;
6. attend the Chinese university for a period between 1 to 12 months.

All disciplines except for Chinese language studies are eligible. The working language of the studies or research is English or Chinese, depending on the program provided by the Chinese host universities.

Check the website of the grant provider for details and a list of the eligible Chinese host universities.