The AUN Secretariat is pleased to inform you that the application for the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship (ACYLS) 2022 Programme is now open to scholars, researchers, and graduate students of AUN Member Universities and AUN Thematic Networks. In this regard, we would appreciate it greatly if you could disseminate this information to the scholars, academic staff, and graduate students in your respective universities.
ACYLS is an initiative in response to the call of the Leaders of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and ASEAN Member States (AMS) to increase people-to-people exchanges, strengthen educational cooperation and promote academic exchanges and linkages between AMS and the PRC. It aims to foster socio-cultural and people-to-people exchanges to build a closer ASEAN-China community with a shared future.
The scholarship provides a rare and unique opportunity for ASEAN professionals and future leaders to enrich their knowledge, broaden their horizons, develop work skills, and improve their competitiveness while enhancing their life experiences by living and studying in China. ACYLS provides a full scholarship award covering all program-related expenses such as:
- Tuition and other school fees
- Accommodation
- Round-trip international airfare
- Comprehensive medical insurance
- Stipends.
The 2021 intake of ACYLS includes awards for:
- master’s degree programmes
- doctoral programmes
- one-semester (4-5 months) research scholarship programmes.
Application deadline: 20 March 2022
Prospective applicants must complete the online application by visiting CGSIS (Chinese Government Scholarship Information System) here and clicking “Scholarship Application for Students” on top to register and log in. Kindly note that each applicant must submit their application online by filling out the application information and uploading all necessary supporting documents.
Important note:
- Please send the hard copy of the required documents fter registering on the link above, please send a confirmation email to Ms. Yura through ui-aun@ui.ac.id
For more information on the scholarship, including the ACYLS application guidebooks and a list of AUN member and associate member universities, please find the attached information and PR poster for further application.