CSC-UPM Cooperative PhD Programme

China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a non-profit institution affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. It is a national organization to support Chinese citizens to study abroad and foreign citizens to study in China. The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is a leading technical university in Spain. The CSC and UPM have jointly launched the CSC-UPM Scholarship Programme according to which the CSC offers a number of scholarships to Chinese citizens applying to complete a PhD at the UPM. According to the agreement, up to twenty scholarships may be awarded to degree-seeking full-time PhD students. CSC provides scholarship holders with a living stipend and roundtrip airfare. UPM waives tuition and research fees.

General UPM PhD Programme Entry Requirements

  • Candidates should hold a master’s degree or equivalent qualifying the holder for admission to a PhD programme in China at the start of their CSC-UPM scholarship.
  • English proficiency for PhD applicants: IELTS (Academic) 6.5 or TOEFL (iBT) 90. This requirement is waived if English is the only language of instruction for your current or previous level of studies. Students who do not hold the respective English language certificates should contact incoming.asia@upm.es for instructions.
  • More information on UPM PhD programmes is available here and you can consult information on UPM research groups, centres and institutes here.

CSC-UPM Scholarship Programme research lines and supervisors

The following is a list of supervisors who are actively offering research positions for PhD students under the CSC-UPM cooperative PhD programme organized by research field. Click on the respective link to find a supervisor working in your field.

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Materials Engineering

Applied Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Architecture and Civil Engineering

Mechatronics

Biomedical Engineering

Operations Research & Operations Management

Chemical Engineering

Physics

Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Sport Sciences

Enviromental Engineering & Energy

Transportation Engineering

ICTs

 

The listed positions are for full-time PhD students who meet the above entry requirements and are awarded a CSC scholarship. Qualified applicants will be admitted and registered as PhD students at UPM for 48 months. If you cannot find what you are looking, please contact incoming.asia@upm.es and we will help you to look for a supervisor working in your field of interest.

2025 Application Procedure 

Applications will be accepted until 17 February 2025. Applicants for the PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Science Programme should submit their applications by 2 February 2025.

  • Candidates should contact a potential supervisor working in the field of his or her research interest to discuss their PhD research project. For a list of potential supervisors and research lines, see above.
  • Candidates should complete the application for admission, including English copies of their transcript of records, CV, English proficiency, list of publications (recommended), and research proposal signed by supervisor, by 17 February 2025 (2 February 2025 for applicants for the PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Science Programme) at the latest.
  • Qualified candidates will receive a letter of acceptance signed by the Vice Rector for Internationalization for submission to the CSC together with their application for their CSC scholarship. For more information concerning how to apply at CSC, please visit CSC official website: www.csc.edu.cn.
  • Accepted candidates will be added to the list of candidates submitted to the CSC by the UPM for appraisal for a scholarship under the CSC-UPM PhD Scholarship Programme. Therefore, it is very important for candidates to assure that submit all the necessary documents at their earliest convenience and before the above deadline.
  • Students notified by CSC of acceptance are kindly asked to email their supervisor and incoming.asia@upm.es to confirm that they will be taking up the offer of the PhD position. They will then receive instructions on how to proceed for registration and enrollment in the respective PhD programme and receive help with visa application.

Contact

If you have any question about CSC-UPM Scholarship Programme, please do not hesitate to contact incoming.asia@upm.es. We will be glad to help.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid will be participating in the PhD Workshop China 2024 to be held in Beijing from 23 to 24 November 2024 and in Shanghai on 26 November 2024. Meet us there!

For more information about this event, see https://www.phdworkshop.cn/phd/index.shtml