ZJU-APSCO English Master and Doctoral Programs 2026

Introduction to Zhejiang University (ZJU)

Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a leading higher education institution in China, as well as one of its oldest. Its roots can be traced back to the founding of the Qiushi Academy in 1897.

Located in Hangzhou, one of China’s most picturesque cities, ZJU consists of seven faculties and 40 schools. It is home to around 4,600 full-time faculty members, including 27 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 21 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Comprising seven campuses, ZJU has over 67,000 full-time students, including over 5,500 international students 

Recognized as the 27th in the 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the University prides itself on a culture of innovation. ZJU researchers are making an impact across many priority areas that address global challenges, including clean energy, biotechnology, smart city, advanced materials, precision medicine, and global public health.

ZJU has partnerships with more than 200 institutions from over 40 countries/regions worldwide. In collaboration with the Universities of Edinburgh and Illinois, it has also established ZJU-UoE Institute and ZJU-UIUC Institute on Haining International Campus, exploring new models of higher education that combine the best practices of east and west. 

With its commitment to seeking truth and pursuing innovation, ZJU is dedicated to advancing knowledge, addressing pressing societal needs and contributing to a sustainable future.

Available Programs (Full English Taught)

Master Program
Schools	Major	Remarks
Mechanical Engineering http://me.zju.edu.cn/meenglish/main.psp	Mechanical Engineering	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor
Energy Engineering http://www.doe.zju.edu.cn/doeen	Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics	Suggested to Have: Form of Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor   Contact: +86 571 87951008, yitonghua@zju.edu.cn
Information Science and Electronic Engineering http://www.isee.zju.edu.cn/iseenglish/	Electronics Science and Technology	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor Contact: +86 571 87951729, zhongtingting@zju.edu.cn
Control Science and Engineering http://www.cse.zju.edu.cn/cseenglish/main.htm	Control Science and Engineering	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor
Computer Science and Technology http://www.en.cs.zju.edu.cn/	Software Engineering	Give priority to applicants who have Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor   Contact: +86 571 87953863, qiaoliqing@zju.edu.cn
Doctoral Program
Schools	Major	Remarks
Aeronautics and Astronautics http://saa.zju.edu.cn	Mechanics	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor
	Aeronautical and Astronautical Science and Technology
	Electronic Science and Technology
Physics http://physics.zju.edu.cn	Physics	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor
Mechanical Engineering http://me.zju.edu.cn	Mechanical Engineering	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor
Materials Science and Engineering http://mse.zju.edu.cn	Materials Science and Engineering	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor
Energy Engineering http://www.doe.zju.edu.cn	Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics	Suggested to Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance International Student by ZJU Supervisor Contact: +86 571 87951008, yitonghua@zju.edu.cn
Information Science and Electronic Engineering http://www.isee.zju.edu.cn	Electronic Science and Technology	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor Contact: +86 571 87951729, zhongtingting@zju.edu.cn
	Information and Communication Engineering
Control Science and Engineering http://www.cse.zju.edu.cn	Control Science and Engineering	Must Have: Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU supervisor
Computer Science and Technology http://www.cs.zju.edu.cn	Software Engineering	Give priority to applicants who have Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor   Contact: +86 571 87953863, qiaoliqing@zju.edu.cn
Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science http://www.cbeis.zju.edu.cn	Biomedical Engineering	Must Have: Form of Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor; Please contact the relevant professor to confirm language of instruction

Introduction to Schools

1. School of Mechanical Engineering

http://me.zju.edu.cn/meenglish/main.psp

• School of Energy Engineering

http://www.doe.zju.edu.cn/doeen/

• School of Information Science and Electronic Engineering

http://www.isee.zju.edu.cn/iseenglish/

• School of Control Science and Engineering

http://www.cse.zju.edu.cn/cseenglish/main.htm

• School of Computer Science and Technology

http://www.en.cs.zju.edu.cn/

• School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

http://esaa.zju.edu.cn/

• School of Physics

https://physics.zju.edu.cn/phy

• School of Materials Science and Engineering

https://mse.zju.edu.cn/enmse

• School of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science

http://www.cbeis.zju.edu.cn/cbeisen/

Scholarship and Program Application

1. Application Deadline

Applicants should Complete Online Applications of both CSC system(https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/register) and ZJU system (https://intlstudent.zju.edu.cn/) no later than December 22, 2025 (Beijing Time) and email all the documents to the Contact Person at APSCO.

1. Application Portals

The CSC Online Application System is available at: https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/register

Scholarship Type: B

ZJU’s University Code: 10335

The ZJU Online Application System for International Students is available at: https://intlstudent.zju.edu.cn/

1. Scholarship Coverage
2. Tuition waiver;
3. Free accommodation on campus or accommodation subsidy;
4. Stipend: Granted in accordance with the relevant standard;
5. Comprehensive Medical Insurance (Please refer to the relevant chapters in the application guide for details)

Note: for more details, please visit the introduction of Chinese Government Scholarships at CSC website: https://www.campuschina.org/scholarships/index.html

1. Eligibility
2. Non-Chinese citizens with an ordinary foreign passport;
3. Applicants who have given up their original Chinese citizenship (including residents in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and become foreign citizens shall provide the documents certifying the cancellation of Chinese citizenship and household registration;
4. If the applicant has acquired foreign citizenship automatically at the time of birth in a foreign country, whose parents were both Chinese citizens, or one of the parents was a Chinese citizen, parent’s (with Chinese citizenship) permanent resident in foreign country should be obtained prior to the birth of the applicant;
5. Under the age of 35 for Master’s program applicants and under the age of 40 for Doctoral program applicants. Applicants must be Bachelor’s degree holders for Master’s program applicants and must be Master’s degree holders for Doctoral program applicants (Those who provide pre-graduation certificate or student status certificate at application MUST provide the required Bachelor’s/Master’s degree diploma no later than registration.)
6. With proper moral conduct, in good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental disease that may affect the normal study;
7.  Please refer to the program catalog for additional requirements and notes.

Note:  If the applicant is concluded to have Chinese citizenship by the exit-entry administrations of the Chinese public security organs after application, admission or enrollment, their application eligibility, admission offer, enrollment qualification, or student status shall be revoked..

• Applicants should meet with Language Proficiency Requirements of Graduate Programs at Zhejiang University for International Applicants. International applicants who apply for English-taught graduate programs must provide certificates to prove their English language proficiency meets the minimum requirement for admission, which are listed as below:
• Applicants whose native language is English are exempt from providing English Proficiency Certificates. Native English-speaking countries recognized by ZJU include: American Samoa, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Canada, Fiji, Gibraltar, Ghana, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, The Gambia, Tonga, United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe;
• Applicants whose native language is not English must provide English Language Test Result within validity period or Certificate of Instruction in English issued by previous institutions or other proof which can reflect the applicants’ English proficiency:

English Language Tests	Minimum Requirement	Remarks
IELTS	6.5
TOEFL	90
Duolingo	120
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)	180
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)	180

1. Certificate of Instruction in English: Applicants who have earned a degree from accredited college or university whose language of instruction was English, must provide Certificate of Instruction in English issued by previous institution.

Note: Applicants who apply for exemption from submitting language test scores must upload relevant documents to the Language Proficiency Certificate Section of ZJU Online Application System.

• Application Documents and Process
• Applicants must firstly fill in and submit application via the CSC Online Application System (https://studyinchina.csc.edu.cn/#/register), and download the Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship;
• Applicants must log in to the Online Application System for International Students of Zhejiang University (https://intlstudent.zju.edu.cn/), fill in clearly and upload completely the original or notarized scanned copies of the following materials as required:
• Personal information page of passport, the expiry date of the passport should be after March 1, 2027;
• Highest degree certificates, graduating students should provide pre-graduation certificate or student status certificate issued by current university, and MUST provide the original or notarized copy of Bachelor’s/Master’s degree diploma no later than registration;
• Academic transcripts during Bachelor’s degree/Bachelor’s & Master’s degree study, graduating students should submit transcripts up to the current stage.
• Language proficiency certificates;
• Personal statement, in Chinese or English, should include but not be limited to, academic background, work experience, reasons for application and study proposal, no less than 1500 words;
• 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 put on the letter.);
• 2026 version of Form for Provisional Acceptance of International Student by ZJU Supervisor. Applicants shall provide the above form for supervisors to fill. Old versions will not be accepted. Applicants of some programs must provide this form, please refer to the catalog of master’s and doctoral degree programs.
• Published academic papers or other academic achievements (If applicable);
• Applicants who have given up their original Chinese citizenship and become foreign citizens shall provide:
• Documents certifying the cancellation of Chinese citizenship,
• Documents certifying the cancellation of Chinese household registration,
• Documents certifying the acquirement of foreign citizenship,
• Self-Statement Form of Nationality Status and Nationality Confirmation and Guarantee Letter.
• If the applicant has acquired foreign citizenship automatically at the time of birth in a foreign country, whose parents were both Chinese citizens, or one of the parents was a Chinese citizen, shall provide:
• Documents certifying acquiring foreign citizenship at the time of birth,
• Documents certifying parent’s (with Chinese citizenship) permanent residence in foreign country before the birth of the applicant,
• Self-Statement Form of Nationality Status and Nationality Confirmation and Guarantee Letter.
• Commitments for Zhejiang University International Student Application, the PDF version of the Commitments must be clearly and completely filled out and hand-signed.

Note:

1. The above application materials must be in Chinese or English, and notarized copies of translations must be provided for texts in other languages along with the original copy.
2. Please ensure that all required materials have been uploaded in accordance with the requirements. Once the application is submitted, supplementary materials will generally not be accepted. The university reserves the right to request additional supporting documents from the applicant.
3. Please ensure that the application fee is paid online or that a remittance voucher is uploaded. Applications for admission and scholarships will not be processed if the application fee is not paid.
4. All application materials will be reviewed and processed through the application system. Please do NOT post the hard copies of the application materials or send them by email, which will NOT be reviewed and processed.
5. In addition to the application documents required above, scholarship applicants must submit the following supplementary materials:
6. Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship;
7. Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form. This form is uniformly printed by the Chinese health and quarantine department and needs to be filled out in English. The medical examinations must cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital or a sealed photograph of the applicants are invalid. In view of the fact that the examination results are valid for 6 months, applicants are requested to reasonably arrange the time for their physical examination accordingly.
8. Non-Criminal Record Certificate. The applicant shall submit a valid certificate of Non-Criminal Record issued by the local public security authority, usually issued within 6 months prior to the submission date of the application.

Note:

If applicants re-fill or modify the application information in CSC Online Application System after they have submitted the application, they need to send the updated Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship to the admission email of Zhejiang University; otherwise the university may not be able to process the application.

• Application Fee

Application fee: RMB 800 yuan (non-refundable)

Application fee should be paid in the online application system of ZJU before deadline. One who fails to pay application fee, his or her application will not be processed.

• Review of Scholarship Application & Notification of Results
  • The university will conduct a preliminary review of the applicant’s materials.Those who pass the preliminary review will take video interview arranged by academic schools. Students are admitted on the basis of competitive selection according to their research ability, academic performance, language proficiency and performance in the interview,etc.
  • The name list of the scholarship recommendation will be sent to China Scholarship Council for review within the specified period of time according to CSC’s provisions..
  • After the name list is reviewed by China Scholarship Council, the scholarship awardees will be notified by the university at the end of July or the beginning of August, 2026. The admission documents will be sent to the scholarship awardees afterwards.
  • Admission Notice can be downloaded from the Online Application System (https://intlstudent.zju.edu.cn/) from the end of July, 2026. Download link of the electronic Confirmation Form for Study in China (for visa) will be sent to the permanent email address filled in the application system by the applicant. Hard copies of Admission Notice and Confirmation Form for Study in China will no longer be provided.

Note: Please check your account of ZJU application system frequently before the result comes out in case there may be requirements for supplementary documents submission.

• Important Notes
  • Scholarship students’ affairs are managed according to the relevant regulations of Chinese Government Scholarship.
  • Scholarship students are not allowed to change their institutions as well as their academic programs or the duration of study specified in the Admission Notice.
  • The International College of Zhejiang University is responsible for the interpretation of the scholarship granting procedures and regulations.
  • For other requirements and contents of Chinese Government Scholarship, please visit the website of China Scholarship Council (https://www.campuschina.org/).

Registration

1. The online pre-registration is expected to be at the end of August 2026, and the on-site registration is expected to be in early September 2026. The exact dates will be announced on the website of the International College. Newly admitted students are required to come to the university for registration within the specified time.
2. The original graduation certificate, original degree certificate, original language proficiency certificate will be verified upon on-site registration. Those who fail to provide the corresponding certificates will be disqualified from enrollment.
3. Students are not allowed to have more than one student status registered at Chinese universities simultaneously.

Medical Insurance (Fee: RMB 800 Yuan/Academic year)

1. According to the regulations of Ministry of Education, international students must purchase comprehensive medical insurance in the mainland of China as a necessary requirement for their registration for the new semester.
2. Students who fail to purchase the comprehensive medical insurance as required will NOT be registered by the university.
3. Information related to purchasing insurance will be notified in detail before registration. 

Accommodation

1. For accommodation details, please refer to “Current Student-Accommodation” (https://iczu.zju.edu.cn/iczuen/wccommodation/list.htm) on the Website of the International College of Zhejiang University.
2. Please refer to further notices for specific arrangement for accommodation.

More Information

To find a supervisor, please visit https://person.zju.edu.cn/index/en/

Website of the Online Application System:

https://intlstudent.zju.edu.cn

Website of Zhejiang University International Admissions:

https://iczu.zju.edu.cn/admissionsen

Website of the International College of Zhejiang University:

https://iczu.zju.edu.cn/iczuen

Contact Information

APSCO:

Ms. Charis Xiong

Add: ASIA-PACIFIC SPACE COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (APSCO)

    Building 13&14, Section 3, No.188, South Street Fourth Ring, Fengtai District,

    Beijing, China

E-mail: charis@apsco.int

Telephone: +86-(0)10-6370 2677 Ex.404

Website: http://www.apsco.int

ZJU:

Add: Room 418, International College Building, West Zone, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

• mail: admissionphd@zju.edu.cn (Doctoral Degree Programs)

      admissionmaster@zju.edu.cn (Master’s Degree Programs)

• Telephone:  +86 571 87951537 (Doctoral Degree Programs)

             +86 571 87951537 (Master’s Degree Programs)

Note: Should there be any change in the above content, the final interpretation from the International College of Zhejiang University shall prevail. Please pay attention to the update of the website of the International College (https://iczu.zju.edu.cn/iczuen/) in time.