Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS) China Scholarships

Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS) application information includes an Online Application System for International Students and an application fee, with tuition fee payment handled in the same system. Eligibility requirements and program-specific materials are provided for postgraduate applicants across ZIBS programs listed under the application section.

The guide sets requirements for graduate program applicants, including citizenship, degree status, health, and English language proficiency when the native language is not English. It also lists programme-specific application requirements for international Master of Data Science (iMDS) and international Master of Fine Arts (iMFA).

Selection is described as a preliminary review of application materials followed by an online interview for applicants who pass the preliminary review. Admission is made through competitive selection based on research ability, academic performance, language proficiency, and performance during the online interview.

Support duration and any obligations after study are not described in the provided application text. Registration timing is described for newly admitted students, and the guide states that original graduation/degree/language certificates are checked at registration; students also must not have more than one student status registered at Chinese universities simultaneously.

• Citizenship: Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with an ordinary foreign passport.
• Citizenship renunciation: Applicants who have given up original Chinese citizenship and become foreign citizens must provide documents certifying cancellation of Chinese citizenship and household registration.
• Automatic foreign citizenship at birth: If foreign citizenship was acquired automatically at birth and both parents were Chinese citizens or one parent was Chinese, the parent’s permanent resident status in the foreign country should be obtained prior to the applicant’s birth.
• Citizenship determination risk: If exit-entry administrations conclude the applicant has Chinese citizenship after application, admission, enrollment, or student status, eligibility/admission/enrollment/student status shall be revoked.
• Age: Under the age of 35 for graduate program. The age limit is flexible for healthy applicants with certain work experience and high academic ability.
• Degree: Applicants must be Bachelor’s degree holders.
• Interim status at application: Applicants providing a pre-graduation certificate or student status certificate at application must provide a Bachelor’s degree diploma no later than registration.
• Conduct and health: Proper moral conduct and good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental disease that may affect normal study.
• English proficiency: If the native language is not English, applicants should provide English language test scores: TOEFL minimum 90, IELTS Academic 6.5 or higher, or other proof of proficiency.
• Program-specific (iMDS): Applicants with relevant STEM background are strongly encouraged to apply (examples listed include Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, etc.).
• Program-specific (iMFA): Applicants who have individual works could send short video works/script or video clips to [email protected], with attachments named by applicant’s full name; cloud link is recommended.
• Admission document validity risk: Students are required to provide original graduation certificate, original degree certificate, and original language proficiency certificate at registration; failure to provide corresponding certificates results in disqualification from enrollment.

• Application fee: RMB 800 (non-refundable).
• Medical insurance fee: RMB 800 per academic year (purchase required for registration for a new semester if studying for one semester or longer in mainland China).
• Tuition fees paid by self-found international students are non-refundable in principle.

1. Complete the application in the Online Application System for International Students before the relevant deadline.
2. Pay the application fee before the deadline. Applications without the application fee paid before the deadline will be considered invalid.
3. Select the college option in the system as instructed: for most applicants choose International Business School; for Master of China Studies choose China Studies Center.
4. Fill in clearly and upload completely the required materials as described for the program in the application system (original or notarized scanned copies).
5. After submission, do not mail hard copies or send application materials by email; supplementary materials generally will not be accepted after submission. The school may request supplementary documents if necessary.
6. Attend an online interview if a preliminary review is passed.
7. For admitted applicants, download the Admission Notice from the Online Application System from the end of July, 2026, and a download link for the electronic Confirmation Form for Study in China (for visa) is sent to the permanent email address filled in the application system. Hard copies are not provided.
8. Complete required registration within the specified time after admission; original certificates are checked at registration.

• Personal information page of passport (expiry date must be after March 1, 2027; passport information cannot be changed before registration for enrollment).
• Highest degree certificates (Bachelor’s degree diploma; if a pre-graduation certificate or student status certificate is provided at application, the Bachelor’s degree diploma must be provided no later than registration).
• Academic transcripts (submit transcripts up to the current semester during undergraduate/postgraduate study for graduating students).
• Language proficiency certificates.
• A 1500-word personal statement written in Chinese or English, including study and work experience, reasons for application, and study proposals.
• Two letters of recommendation from full professors or associate professors in the field of the applied program (professors’ signature, contact phone number, and email address must be on the letter).
• Published academic papers or other academic achievements (if applicable).
• If applicants have given up original Chinese citizenship and became foreign citizens: documents certifying cancellation of Chinese citizenship; documents certifying cancellation of Chinese household registration; documents certifying acquisition of foreign citizenship; Self-Statement Form of Nationality Status and Nationality Confirmation and Guarantee Letter (download).
• If applicants acquired foreign citizenship automatically at birth in a foreign country where parents were both Chinese citizens or one parent was Chinese citizen: documents certifying acquisition of foreign citizenship at birth; documents certifying parent’s permanent residence in the foreign country before the applicant’s birth; Self-Statement Form of Nationality Status and Nationality Confirmation and Guarantee Letter (download).
• Commitments for Zhejiang University Master Application (download) — PDF version must be clearly and completely filled out and hand-signed; applications without the Commitments will not be accepted.
• Notarized translations: notarized copies of translations must be provided for texts in other languages along with the original copy.