The Yenching Academy Scholarship 2024 is a fully-funded scholarship opportunity available to both domestic and international students enrolling in degree programs at the Yenching Academy of Peking University, China. The scholarship covers tuition fees, round-trip airfare to Beijing, accommodation, and living costs on the Peking University campus. This scholarship is open to all nationalities, and it is awarded to several students at the Masters and PhD levels.
The Yenching Academy provides full fellowships to its scholars and offers them a wide range of interdisciplinary courses on China within broadly defined fields of the humanities and social sciences. Working closely with their academic mentors, Yenching Scholars create their study paths by choosing courses from six research areas. The Yenching program emphasizes interdisciplinarity and the value it assigns to thinking about China’s development from both Chinese and international perspectives.
To be eligible for the Yenching Academy Scholarship 2024, interested applicants must meet the following requirements: be a domestic or international student; have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in any field or currently enrolled in a degree program awarded no later than August 31, 2024; have an outstanding academic record; have a strong interest in interdisciplinary study of China; have a record of extracurricular achievement, community engagement, social responsibility, and leadership potential; and have English proficiency.
The application process for the Yenching Academy Scholarship 2024 is entirely online. Each applicant will create an account on the Yenching Academy admissions portal and submit the required materials in English. The application deadline for this scholarship is January 31, 2024. For more information, visit the official Yenching Academy Scholarship 2024 website.