Applying for China Scholarship Council (CSC) program 2023 October

If you are a Chinese national planning to apply for the Scholarship Program supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) to fund your study at the Doctoral program, prior your application to CSC you need 1) to be admitted to the Doctoral course at the e3 program from October and 2) to obtain an acceptance certificate for CSC Program candidates from Hokkaido University.

Please follow the steps below.

1) To get admission to the e3 program, please apply for Doctoral course via the e3 program Special Selection, 2023 October enrollment with CSC program

Graduate School of Engineering will recommend for CSC program only those accepted to the Doctoral course via the e3 program Special Selection for October intake. The following categories of applicants cannot be recommended for CSC from the Graduate School of Engineering:

•  Research Student, Master's course applicants
• Doctoral course applicants for April Intake.
• Applicants for General course via the International Students Examination.
• Applicants already enrolled in Japanese universities are not eligible.

*Please make sure to check your eligibility for CSC in China prior applying for the admission.

2) After receiving the admission certificate candidates selected for October Enrollment with CSC Program shall subsequently apply for CSC Program selection following the guidelines prepared by Hokkaido University.  New application guidelines are usually published around December-February. Only those who passed the selection as a CSC Program candidate from Hokkaido University will receive the acceptance certificate indicating that they may be exempted from paying tuition and other fees required for submission to the China Scholarship Council.

3) After completing 2 steps above, you can submit the required application documents to the CSC program in China following the official CSC guidelines.

4) After you receive the selection results from CSC, please contact the e3 office and submit a copy of acceptance or rejection certificate.

Please note that depending on the university of your origin submission deadlines may vary. Irrespective of Hokkaido University's deadline please make sure to confirm the submission deadlines with your home university by yourself and inform us at step 2.

[Enrollment and tuition fees]
Awardees of CSC scholarship are exempted from paying the enrollment fee and the tuition for the period of scholarship approved by CSC.

[Tentative timeline for October 2023 intake]

 

Sep-October, 2022	Application for Doctoral course via the e3 program Special Selection, October 2023 enrollment with CSC program
	Important dates:
Sept 5-16, 2022	Matching check
Oct 3 – 18, 2022	Hard copies submission and application fee payment period
Nov 9 – 18, 2022	Admission screening
Dec 5, 2022	E3 Special selection Results announcement. Admission Certificate is issued.
Dec 2022 – Feb 2023, tbd	Hokkaido University CSC application guidelines are released
Feb – March, 2023, tbd	Application for CSC Program selection at HU Please submit the required documents following the guidelines. You will need an acceptance certificate to be prepared by the e3program as a part of your application package.
March 2023, tbd	Acceptance certificate for CSC Program candidates indicating that they may be exempted from paying tuition and other fees required for submission to the China Scholarship Council is issued by Hokkaido University
March 2023~ *	Documents submission for CSC program in China.
June 2023*	CSC results announcement, please contact the e3 office after receiving the results.

 

 *Please confirm the timeline at your home university