Qualification Requirement
Undergraduate Program:
- Be a Solomon Islands Citizen & in good health, both mentally and physically.
- Be under the age of 25 years.
- Grade Twelve (12) with an aggregate range of (4–10) for school-based applicants.
- And/or Grade Thirteen (13) with an academic performance of GPA 3.0 (school-based) and GPA 3.8 for upgrade students.
Master's Program:
- Be a Solomon Islands Citizen & in good health, both mentally and physically.
- Be under the age of 35 years.
- Able to meet admission requirements at the Master's level.
- Have exceptional academic standing.
Doctoral Program:
- Be a Solomon Islands Citizen & in good health, both mentally and physically.
- Be under the age of 40 years.
- Able to meet admission requirements at the Doctoral level.
- Have exceptional academic standing.
Applicants are required to apply online and submit two (2) certified photocopies of the relevant application documents listed below:
- Printed Online Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarships after submission of the online application.
- Copy of Passport Home Page: Applicant shall submit a clear scanned copy of his/her ordinary passport with validity later than 1 March 2025.
- High School Certificates (Grade 12 & 13 with certified transcripts).
- Academic transcripts & Certificate (Undergraduate Degree with transcripts).
- Detailed Study Plan: a minimum of 200 words for undergraduates and 800+ for postgraduates.
- Police Clearance Form (issued within 3 months prior to the submission date of the application).
- Two recommendation letters from previous schools for graduate or senior scholar programs.
- Four (4) passport-size photos.
- Birth Certificate or NID card (or both).
- Current/valid contact information of Parent/Guardian (separate sheet).
- Applicants planning to stay in China for more than 6 months must submit a photocopy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form completed in English (form attached below).
Specific Instructions to Apply
To apply online, visit the "CSC Study in China" website and click "Scholarship Application for Students" at http://www.campuschina.org. Register an account through [CREATE AN ACCOUNT] and log in with your account. Click "Edit Personal Details" and finish inputting personal details by filling in all the information, verifying and saving the information. After the completion of this section, return to the previous page by clicking "Finish" and start filling in your application information.
The "Program Category" is: Type A and the "Agency Number" is: 0901. As Program Category and Agency Number are directly matched, application processing authorities will not receive your online application if the program category or agency number is not correct.
You can also visit the Chinese Embassy website: http://sb.chineseembassy.org/eng/, or the MEHRD website: https://www.mehrd.gov.sb/, or the SITESA website: https://www.sitesa.gov.sb to download guidelines of the Chinese Scholarship Online Application Information System to guide you.
When applicants of "Type A" application choose the "Preferences of Institutes", the system will automatically match the available universities according to the selected "Student Category, Preferred teaching language and Major Applying for". For any inquiry concerning the available majors of each university, please visit the following website: http://www.campuschina.org/universities/index.html
"Catalogue of Discipline Field, First-level Discipline, and Specialty" is available from the "Help" section; applicants can download the file to identify the relationship between Discipline and Major.
Completed Online Application Forms must be downloaded, printed out in two copies (×2), including all required documents listed above, and submitted to:
National Scholarship Division (NSD)
Solomon Islands Tertiary Education Skills Authority (SITESA)
P.O. Box G28, Honiara,
Solomon Islands
Application Deadline
The applications should reach the office no later than COB Wednesday, 31st December 2025. All applicants must apply online and submit two hard copies of the application form. Failure to apply online will automatically disqualify your application. Faxed applications will not be accepted.
Please take note that:
- The Undergraduate program is a FULL Chinese Language study program;
- The Foreigner Physical Examination Form will only be completed by the short-listed candidates; and
- All applications need to take the China Scholastic Competency Assessment and obtain a valid score report;
- If you do not receive any response from MEHRD, SITESA or the Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands after 28 February 2026, then please consider your application as being unsuccessful.
- Uploaded supporting documents must be clear, authentic and valid. Applicants are recommended to use a professional device to scan the relevant documents. Applicants shall bear the consequences caused by unclear or unidentifiable uploaded materials.
For further information, please contact the following telephone numbers:
NSD Direct line: 26334
Chinese Embassy in Solomon Islands: 23895
Email: chinaembcoop@gmail.com