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HUBEI PROVINCIAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

LOCATION: China

In order to adapt the development of study abroad in china and increase the use efficiency of scholarship for international students, Hubei Province have established regulations of Hubei Provincial Scholarships Management for the purpose of talents cultivation, scientific researches, social service and cultural exchanges in universities and colleges.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants should be foreign citizens with valid passport and, should be friendly to China.

Applicants should be well-behaved, hardworking, grade excellent and in good health.

Requirements on applicants’ academic degree and age:

Undergraduate scholarship applicants should be within average age of 25 years old and have obtained degree equal to Chinese High School Degree or above.

Graduate Scholarship applicants should within the average of 30 year old and have obtained bachelor degree.

Doctorate Scholarship applicants should be within the average age of 35 years old and have obtained master’s degree.

All General Scholar Scholarship applicants should be within the average age of 40 years old and Chinese language scholars should have obtained Higher School Degree or above, professional scholars should have obtained bachelor’s degree or above or should be university students in grade 2 or above.

Advanced Scholar Scholarship applicants should have obtained master’s degree or above and associate professor title or above, and should be the average age of 50 years old.

The requirement for applicants’ Chinese language proficiency to be decided in accord with the major to be learned and language of instruction.

Applicants do not obtain any financial aid from Chinese government or other organizations.

Application Date Scholarship Applications should be accepted by all universities and colleges between February and June. More details would be provided by related universities and colleges.

BENEFIT:

Scholarships are provided for supporting tuitions in principle. According to different amounts, scholarships should be divided into five categories: Undergraduate Scholarship is 10,000 per year; Graduate Scholarship is 15,000 RMB per year; Doctorate scholarship is 20,000 RMB per year; General Scholar Scholarship is 5,000 RMB per 6 months or 10,000 per year; Advanced Scholar Scholarship (including visiting scholars, similarly hereinafter) is 10,000 per 6 months or 20,000 per year.

The standard of scholarship for foreign students enrolled as the requirement of the external agreement that Hubei province signed should be implemented according to the external agreement.

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ROUTLEDGE/ROUND TABLE COMMONWEALTH STUDENTSHIPS

Application Deadline: 31 July 2025, 15:00 UTC

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes in the humanities and social sciences.

ELIGIBILITY:

Proposed research must meet at least one of the following criteria: 

Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to any Commonwealth-wide institution or organisation.

Have a Commonwealth comparative aspect.

Be of relevance to more than one Commonwealth country.

Successful applicants will be required to submit an article of between 4,000 and 6,000 words based on their research, for consideration for publication in The Round Table journal. They will also be required to make a podcast on their research, for publication on the journal’s website. 

Applications are welcomed from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Preference may be given to disciplines usually covered by The Round Table journal, including (but not exclusively) politics, international relations, economics, international history, geography, law, development studies, and area studies. 

Applicants from STEM will not be accepted unless the research proposal clearly addresses a policy-related theme. 

It is not expected that the applicant’s PhD/DPhil research already has a Commonwealth focus. Applications are particularly welcomed where the award will enable the applicant to add a Commonwealth dimension to the work. 

Review the application guidance page.

Download the application form in either PDF or Word format.

Complete the application form.

Send the completed form and a current CV to secretary@commonwealthroundtable.co.uk

For more information about the Routlege/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship Awards and award recipients, please visit the studentships page on The Round Table website. 

BENEFIT:

Two studentships are available, each with a maximum value of GBP 5,500: 

One for PhD students registered at UK universities.

One for PhD students registered at ACU member universities in Commonwealth countries other than the UK. 

The mentor will also be expected to contribute to either the podcast or the article that the student is expected to produce at the end of the studentship and will be paid an honorarium of £500 GBP, payable at the end of the studentship.

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