Deadlines for this scholarship
An award closing is only the first of the dates that matter. After it there is the deposit that keeps your place, the unconditional offer the funder wants to see before it pays, and a last day to arrive and register. Where the funder publishes none of these, the row says so — a blank is what the official page actually says, not something we have left out.
No closing date published. This funder sets its closing date per country, or opens the call only when the cycle begins. Send us your documents and we will apply the moment your country’s window opens.
Who can apply
Yes - the call only excludes Chinese citizens and applies USTC/UCAS admission criteria plus age limits (master's born after 1 January 1996, PhD after 1 January 1991 in the last published call), so Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Gulf nationals are in scope.
What the award is
CAS/Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO) scholarship for master's and PhD study at UCAS, USTC and CAS institutes, aimed largely at students from developing countries (age limits: born after 1996 for master's, 1991 for PhD). Degree programme funds roughly 100-200 master's and about 300 PhD students a year and covers tuition, a stipend, accommodation, insurance and a travel subsidy. The previous cycle's call closed 31 January; the 2027 call was not yet posted, so no closing date is given. Official source: https://www.anso.org.cn/programmes/talent/scholarship/202510/t20251015_786021.html (checked 29 October 2026).Where these dates came from
The newest ANSO/CAS-ANSO Degree Program call still posted is the 2026 round, opened 15 October 2025 with deadline 31 January 2026 (Beijing Time) per UCAS https://english.ucas.ac.cn/index.php/admission/international-students/financial-aid/6657-cas-anso-scholarship-degree-program-2026-call-for-applications-to-study-at-ucas; as of 30 October 2026 no 2027-entry call appeared on https://www.anso.org.cn/programmes/talent/scholarship/, so nothing is dated here rather than carrying 2026-cycle dates into a 2027 row.
Deadlines move. Always confirm on the funder's own page before you book anything — the link above is where we read it.
