Chinese Government Scholarship is a scholarship set up by the Chinese government to facilitate students and scholars from all over the world to conduct their study and research at Chinese universities. The scholarship aims to increase the mutual understanding and friendship，to develop the communication and cooperation between China and the rest of the world in the field of education, technology, culture and economics. A master's degree takes 3 years while a PhD degree takes 3 to 4 years.Nanjing University adopts a credit system, which requires students upon their graduation to acquire the total number of credits for the degree and successfully pass the oral defense of the Graduation Paper.