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China Scholarship Council (CSC)
CSC-Leiden University joint scholarship program
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) provides scholarships for Chinese citizens who want to do PhD research at Leiden University, either full-time or as a visiting researcher. The prospective candidates must be admitted to the Graduate School of Science.
The annual CSC Joint Scholarship recruiting and admission process goes as follows:
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CSC – Full PhD programme 2019 |
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What GS= Graduate School of Science |
Who |
Deadline |
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Find a PhD position and supervisor at Leiden University and apply for the position |
Prospective PhD candidate |
15 February 2019 |
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Inform the GS of the intended decision to accept a CSC PhD candidate by mailing the name, email address, CV, research proposal and, if available, information on previous education of the candidate to the GS: gsoffice@science.leidenuniv.nl |
Promotor |
22 February 2019 |
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Contact the prospective candidate to provide additional information needed for a credential evaluation |
GS |
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Application for credential evaluation. When the credential evaluation is positive, the Dean decides on the conditional admission of the candidate. The result of the credential evaluation and the decision of conditional admission will be forwarded to the supervisor and the promoter |
GS |
28 February 2019 |
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After the conditional admission to the Graduate School of Science, the promoter provides the conditional Acceptance letter (conform template) and send this by e-mail to the candidate and the GS: gsoffice@science.leidenuniv.nl |
Promotor |
28 February 2019 |
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Inform the SEA (Scholarship of LU Student and Educational Affairs) about the conditional admission to the Graduate School of Science |
GS |
1 March 2019 |
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CSC will receive the list of Leiden prospective candidates |
SEA |
March 2019 |
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Inform your candidate to apply for Leiden-CSC joint program (this program has higher success rate than the general CSC program) |
Promotor |
March 2019 |
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Apply for Leiden-CSC joint program |
prospective PhD candidate |
March 2019 |
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Information about the final admission to the CSC joint program to the prospective candidate, promotor and the GS |
CSC |
May/ June 2019 |
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After admission to the CSC joint program, the normal procedure for new guest employer becomes effective:
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Promotor PhD candidate |
July 2019 July 2019 |
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Start of contract |
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Begin September 2019 |
The Graduate School of Science is in charge of the CSC-full scholarship procedure. So if you have any questions on procedures and admission: mail or call the Graduate School Office.
For other matters on recruiting related to CSC, contact Faculty China Coordinator Yun Tian: y.tian@science.leidenuniv.nl
Visiting/exchange CSC PhD researchers:
Please also inform the Graduate School of Science of your decision on the visiting/exchange CSC PhD researchers (who will not obtain their PhD in Leiden), as CSC also require a list from Leiden. There is a separate CSC acceptance letter for visiting PhD researchers.
General information can be found on the University website: