The Shanghai Government is offering scholarships to undergraduate and master's students who are interested to study at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law.

Further details on the Scholarship is available here  

Degree level

Undergraduate 

Master's

Deadline

Application time is generally from February to April each year. As a prospective, more specific information will be published in the website by institutions.

Who can apply?

Undergraduate Scholarship Applicants:

  • Must have successfully completed National Senior Certificate or above;
  • Applicants should not be above 25 years of age

Master's Scholarship Applicants:

  • Must have a Bachelor’s degree or above;
  • Applicants should not be above 35 years of age

For PhD programme:

  • Must have a Master's degree or above;
  • Have certain academic level;
  • Should not be older than 40 years of age.

Fields of Study

Scholarship is divided into category A and category B.

Category I includes:

  • Philosophy;
  • Economics;
  • Law;
  • Education;
  • Literature;
  • History;
  • Management

Category II includes:  

  • Science;
  • Engineering;
  • Agriculture

Category III includes:

  • Medicine;
  • Art.

What the scholarship offers

The Scholarship is divided into category A and category B.

Covered content

  •         Category A: including tuition, accommodation fee, living expenses and comprehensive medical insurance.
  •         Category B: including tuition and comprehensive medical insurance.

Student type

Subject Classification

Criterion of Category A

Criterion of Category B

Total

Tuition

Accommodation fee

Living expenses

Comprehensive medical insurance

Total

Tuition

Comprehensive medical insurance

Undergraduate

Category Ⅰ

59200

20000

8400

30000

800

20800

20000

800

Category Ⅱ

62200

23000

8400

30000

800

23800

23000

800

Category Ⅲ

66200

27000

8400

30000

800

27800

27000

800

Postgraduate

Category Ⅰ

70200

25000

8400

36000

800

25800

25000

800

Category Ⅱ

74200

29000

8400

36000

800

29800

29000

800

Category Ⅲ

79200

34000

8400

36000

800

34800

34000

800

Doctoral student

Category Ⅰ

87800

33000

12000

42000

800

33800

33000

800

Category Ⅱ

92800

38000

12000

42000

800

38800

38000

800

Category Ⅲ

99800

45000

12000

42000

800

45800

45000

800

Foreign students who  need to receive preparatory education enjoy living allowance of corresponding standard in accordance with their identities. A teaching subsidy criterion will be applied to the Preparatory College of Shanghai based on the undergraduate category.

Application process

To apply, please login on the “SHUPL International Student Service System, complete the online form and pay registration fee according to the requirements.

Applicants should confirm which school and major they are eligible for, as well as the application deadline and procedure, before registering online.

Applicants will be responsible for all other expenses not covered under the scholarship.

Contact

If you would like more information and have inquiries about this scholarship, you can contact the International Students Office for Shandong Provincial Government Scholarship for Foreign Students at Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Documents and links

Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL) website

The Application System for International Students Recruitment

Registration Instructions

Note

Please note that this opportunity is not offered by the Department of Higher Education and Training. Applicants are required to undertake their own research into programmes and institutions and are responsible for ensuring that the qualifications will be recognised in South Africa by contacting the South African Qualifications Authority and the relevant professional bodies. If there are any discrepancies in the details provided, the information given by the sponsor supersedes the details provided above. No additional financial support will be provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training.