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Chinese Government Scholarship short-term study programme for Malaysians: the Ministry of Higher Education notice

Sources checked · Unofficial summary

Malaysian citizens applied in three moves: obtain an admission offer from a Chinese university for the short-term or professional programme first, register and upload the required documents in the CSC online application system, and post a printed copy of the completed application to the Ministry of Higher Education's International Relations Division in Putrajaya, to arrive no later than 25 January 2026. That deadline belongs to the 2026/2027 intake and has passed. The ministry's notice covers only this short-term track, and its attached files were not read for this page.

Who received the applications

The notice was published by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) on its international sponsorship list, and it opens with an invitation from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia to Malaysian citizens. Two places received an application: the CSC online application system took the registration and uploads, and MOHE's Bahagian Hubungan Antarabangsa took the printed copy. The notice gives no agency number for Malaysian applicants — it names the portal and the ministry address only.

How the application was submitted

The notice sets these steps out in an order that matters:

  1. Get an admission offer from a Chinese university for the relevant short-term or professional programme. This had to be in hand before the scholarship application went in.
  2. Register and upload all required documents through the CSC online application system. The address given in the notice is https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/login.
  3. Print the completed application and send the hard copy to MOHE by 25 January 2026.

The postal address as written in the notice:

Bahagian Hubungan Antarabangsa Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Aras 14, No. 2, Menara 2 Jalan P5/6, Presint 5 62200 Putrajaya

The notice's address carries an attention line naming an officer. This page gives the unit and the address, and leaves individual names out.

Who was eligible

The notice says the programme was open to Malaysian citizens, both students and working professionals. It does not state an age limit, a language requirement, a minimum qualification or any other condition. Since the attachments were not read, eligibility should be taken as those two points and nothing further.

Programme length, levels and places

The programme offered 6–12 months of short-term or professional training. The notice does not name study levels, such as undergraduate or postgraduate, and does not say how many places were available.

What the scholarship covered

The notice does not say what the scholarship paid for — tuition, accommodation, a living allowance, insurance or travel are all unmentioned. It directs readers to the attached documents for further information, and those files were not opened, so nothing about coverage can be reported here.

Documents

The notice itself says only "all required documents" and lists none. It attaches three files, which this page has not read:

  • 2026-2027_Chinese_Government_Scholarship.docx
  • Instructions_for_Chinese_Government_Scholarship_Information_System_CGSIS.pdf
  • CHINESE_GOVERNMENT_SCHOLARSHIP_-_FOREIGNER_PHYSICAL_EXAMINATION_FORM.pdf

The third file's name points to a physical examination form, but the notice does not describe what it is used for or when it is needed.

Dates

The notice was written on 10 December 2025, the hard copy deadline was 25 January 2026, and the ministry page was last updated on 22 July 2026. The academic year was 2026/2027. All of these are the dates of that one intake.

The next notice

This notice appeared on the ministry's international sponsorship list, and that is the page to watch for the next one. When this page was checked, no notice for a later intake had been published there. Its dates are unknown, and its terms should not be assumed to repeat. For the wider scholarship, see Chinese Government Scholarship.

Questions people ask

Did applicants need a university admission offer before applying?

Yes. The notice requires an admission offer from a Chinese university for the relevant short-term or professional programme before the scholarship application is submitted.

Was the application entirely online?

No. The registration and document uploads went through the CSC online application system, and a printed copy of the completed application still had to reach the Ministry of Higher Education by post.

Has the deadline passed?

Yes. The 25 January 2026 deadline was the deadline of the 2026/2027 intake described in this notice, and it has passed.

Where will the next notice come from?

The Ministry of Higher Education's page for this programme, in its international sponsorship list. No notice for a later intake, and no dates for one, had been published there when this page was checked.

Sources

Checked 10 October 2026.

This page is an unofficial summary, is not published by the Ministry of Higher Education, the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia or the China Scholarship Council, and if it differs from the official notice, the official notice is the one that applies.

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