CSC Type A Scholarships Open: Deadlines Vary by Country

使馆渠道开启：各国截止日期并不相同

 

THE LEAD

导语

The Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) for the 2027/2028 academic year is now opening through embassies and consulates around the world, one notice at a time. On 3 November, the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney published its application notice — Type A, agency number 0361, deadline 12 February 2027. If you are counting on this scholarship, your first job this month is to find out what your own country's deadline is, because it will not be the same as anyone else's.

2027/2028学年中国政府奖学金（CSC）正通过全球各地的使领馆陆续开放申请。11月3日，中国驻悉尼总领事馆发布申请通知——Type A类别、受理机构编号0361、截止日期2027年2月12日。如果你指望这项奖学金，本月的第一件事就是查清你自己所在国家的截止日期，因为它和其他任何国家都不一样。

WHAT HAPPENED

发生了什么

The notice from the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney, dated 3 November 2026, confirms that applications for the 2027/2028 Chinese Government Scholarship have opened. Applicants in New South Wales submit online through the Chinese Government Scholarship Information System (studyinchina.csc.edu.cn) using Type A with agency number 0361, and the deadline is 12 February 2027. The award is a full scholarship: tuition waived, on-campus accommodation covered, a monthly living stipend, and comprehensive medical insurance — international airfare is not included. No paper documents are required; everything is uploaded online.

中国驻悉尼总领事馆2026年11月3日发布的通知确认，2027/2028学年中国政府奖学金申请已经启动。新南威尔士州的申请人须通过中国政府奖学金来华留学管理信息系统（studyinchina.csc.edu.cn）在线提交，选择Type A类别、受理机构编号0361，截止日期为2027年2月12日。这是全额奖学金：免学费、免住宿费、发放生活津贴、提供综合医疗保险——不含国际旅费。全程线上提交，无需任何纸质材料。

Sydney is not acting alone. Comparable notices have been appearing from Chinese missions worldwide in recent weeks: the Embassy in the Maldives has published its arrangement with agency number 4622 and a deadline of 29 January 2027, and the Embassy in Burkina Faso issued its bachelor-oriented reminder on 23 October. Each mission sets its own deadline and its own local requirements, which is exactly why the calendar in your country matters more than any date you read in a forum.

悉尼并不是孤立行动。近几周，中国驻各国使领馆陆续发布了类似通知：驻马尔代夫使馆已公布受理安排——受理机构编码4622、截止日期2027年1月29日；驻布基纳法索使馆也在10月23日发布了面向本科申请人的提醒。每个受理机构都有自己的截止日期和本地化要求，这正是为什么你自己国家的日历，比论坛里读到的任何日期都重要。

TYPE A OR TYPE B — KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

Type A 还是 Type B——先分清两条通道

The CSC runs two parallel doors, and confusing them wastes weeks. Type A (general programme) is submitted to the dispatching authority — the Chinese embassy or consulate, or your country's education authority — using that office's agency number; Sydney's is 0361, the Maldives' is 4622. Type B (the "high-level postgraduate programme") is submitted directly to a Chinese university using the university's own code, with deadlines that typically fall in March and April 2027.

CSC有两条并行的通道，混用它们会浪费好几周。Type A（一般项目）向受理机构提交——即中国使领馆或你所在国家的教育主管部门——要使用该机构的受理机构编号：悉尼是0361，马尔代夫是4622。Type B（"高水平研究生"项目）则直接向中国高校提交，使用学校自己的代码，截止日期通常在2027年3月到4月。

One more distinction trips people up: the documents you need before submitting. University Type B portals let you apply first and attach a pre-admission notice later. Several Type A offices are stricter — the Maldives notice, for example, requires applicants to proactively contact their target universities and secure an Admission Notice or an intent-of-admission document before filing the scholarship application. Check the material list attached to your own embassy's notice rather than assuming the rules are universal.

还有一个区别最容易让人栽跟头：提交前需要拿到什么材料。大学的Type B通道允许先申请、后补预录取通知书。而不少Type A受理机构更严格——比如马尔代夫的通知要求申请人主动联系志愿院校，在提交奖学金申请前先取得录取通知书或意向录取文件。别假设规则全球统一，请逐条核对你自己所在使领馆通知所附的材料清单。

Eligibility baselines are consistent across missions even when deadlines are not. The notice published through the Chinese mission in Poland lists them plainly: bachelor's applicants should generally be no older than 25, master's applicants no older than 35, doctoral applicants no older than 40, and general visiting scholars no older than 45. Your passport matters too — the same notice asks for validity later than 1 March 2027, and several missions have already flagged that a passport expiring too soon is one of the most common fixable reasons an application stalls.

即便截止日期各不相同，各受理机构的基本资格线却是一致的。中国驻波兰使馆渠道发布的通知写得明明白白：本科申请人一般不超过25周岁，硕士不超过35周岁，博士不超过40周岁，普通进修生不超过45周岁。护照也别忽视——同一通知要求护照有效期晚于2027年3月1日，而且多个受理机构已经提示：护照有效期不足，是申请卡壳最常见、也最容易提前解决的原因之一。

WHY BACHELOR APPLICANTS HAVE AN EXTRA CLOCK

为什么本科申请人要多倒一个时钟

If you are applying for a bachelor's degree, the Sydney notice adds a hard prerequisite: a valid score report from the CSCA (China Scholastic Competency Assessment) must be in hand before you submit. The Burkina Faso notice spells out that mathematics and Chinese are the compulsory subjects, and that a score report only counts if the test date falls after 1 March 2025. Working backwards from the deadlines, the Consulate-General in Sydney points its bachelor applicants to two specific sittings: 19 December 2026 and 23 January 2027.

如果你申请的是本科，悉尼的通知还加了一条硬性前提：提交申请前必须持有CSCA（来华留学本科入学学业水平测试）的有效成绩单。布基纳法索的通知写得更细：数学和中文是必考科目，而且成绩单只有在考试日期晚于2025年3月1日时才算有效。从截止日往回倒推，驻悉尼总领馆明确建议本科申请人选择两个场次：2026年12月19日或2027年1月23日。

The pattern behind these notices is the same across countries: the CSCA sitting must finish before your embassy's application deadline, not the other way round. Miss the December sitting and you are betting everything on one January date. Miss both and, for most missions, the 2027/2028 cycle is effectively closed to you at the bachelor level.

各国通知背后的逻辑一致：CSCA考试必须赶在你所在使领馆的申请截止日之前完成，而不是反过来。错过12月那一场，你就只能把全部筹码押在1月那一个日期上。两场都错过，对大多数受理机构而言，2027/2028周期的本科申请通道对你基本就关闭了。

 

WHAT TO DO NOW

现在该做什么

• Find your dispatching authority this week. Search the official site of the Chinese embassy or consulate in your country (or the campuschina.org listing) for the 2027/2028 Chinese Government Scholarship notice, and write down four things: your agency number, the deadline, the document list, and whether a pre-admission letter is required upfront.
• 本周内找到你的受理机构。在中国驻你所在国家的使领馆官网（或campuschina.org的列表）搜索2027/2028学年中国政府奖学金通知，记下四样东西：你的受理机构编号、截止日期、材料清单，以及是否要求申请前就拿到预录取文件。

• Match the deadline against the CSCA calendar if you are a bachelor applicant. Two confirmed sittings still ahead of the Sydney deadline are 19 December 2026 and 23 January 2027; if your own deadline is earlier than Sydney's, you may only get one shot — plan for the December sitting.
• 如果你是本科申请人，把截止日和CSCA考期对齐。在悉尼截止日之前确认还有两场：2026年12月19日和2027年1月23日；如果你所在国家的截止日比悉尼更早，你可能只有一次机会——按12月场次来规划。

• Prepare the standard document set early: passport (several missions require validity beyond March 2027 or later), notarized highest diploma and transcripts, language certificates (HSK level per your programme), the Foreigner Physical Examination Form, and a study plan. Notarizations and translations take weeks — start now.
• 尽早准备标准材料包：护照（多个受理机构要求有效期晚于2027年3月或更晚）、经公证的最高学历证明和成绩单、语言证明（按项目要求的HSK等级）、《外国人体格检查记录》、学习计划。公证和翻译动辄数周——现在就开始。

• Submit to one office only. You cannot file Type A applications through two dispatching authorities in the same cycle; duplication is treated as a violation and disqualifies the application.
• 只向一个机构提交。同一周期内你不能同时通过两个受理机构提交Type A申请；重复申请会被视为违规并导致取消资格。

THE BOTTOM LINE

结语

The embassy channel is open, but "open" does not mean "relaxed" — it means every applicant in the world is now racing a different finish line. The Sydney notice of 3 November gave its applicants just over three months. Whatever your own date is, the CSCA calendar, the notarizations and the university contact for a pre-admission letter all have to fit inside it. If you want a second opinion on which route — Type A through your embassy or Type B through a university — actually fits your profile, Originedu's China study advisors run that comparison with applicants every season. Verify all details on your embassy's official notice and on csca.cn before you commit.

使馆通道已经打开，但"打开"不等于"宽松"——它意味着全世界的申请者正在各自冲刺不同的终点线。11月3日的悉尼通知给它的申请人大约三个月时间。无论你自己的日期是哪天，CSCA考期、公证认证、为预录取而联系学校，这些事都必须塞进这段时间里。如果你想找人帮你把把脉——究竟走使领馆的Type A还是走大学的Type B更适合你——Originedu的来华留学顾问每一季都在帮申请者做这个对比。最终决定前，请以你所在使领馆的官方通知和csca.cn为准。

 

SOURCES

来源

• 中国驻悉尼总领事馆《关于2027/2028学年中国政府奖学金申请的通知》，2026年11月3日 (Notice of the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney on 2027/2028 Chinese Government Scholarship applications, 3 November 2026)
• 中国驻马尔代夫使馆2027/2028学年中国政府奖学金受理通知 (Notice of the Chinese Embassy in the Maldives, agency number 4622, deadline 29 January 2027)
• 中国驻布基纳法索大使馆《关于2027—2028学年本科生中国政府奖学金申请工作的通知》，2026年10月23日 (Notice of the Chinese Embassy in Burkina Faso for bachelor applicants, 23 October 2026)

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