1. Non-Chinese citizen in good health;

2. Applicants pursuing Bachelor’s degree shall hold High School degree diploma or the equivalent and should be under the age of 25. In addition, the applicant can only apply for Type B scholarship;

Applicants pursuing Master’s degree should hold Bachelor degree diploma or the equivalent and should not be over the age of 35;

Applicants pursuing Doctor’s degree should hold Master degree diploma or the equivalent and should not be over the age of 40;

3. The applicants should have excellent academic records;

4. If the applicants plan to apply for Shanghai Government Scholarship(SGS), the applicants can not apply for any other Chinese government scholarship at the same time or nominated by any types of CSC Scholarship(Type A, Type B or Type C);

5. Those overseas applicants who were nationals of the Chinese mainland, China Hong Kong, China Macao and China Taiwan must have held the valid foreign passport or certificate of nationality for at least four years, and over two years (nine-month actual residence in foreign countries within one year can be calculated as one year, subject to the entry and exit date) of the actual abroad residence record within the last four years;