China Scholarship Council

CSC provides both funding for Chinese citizens and residents to study abroad, and for foreign students and scholars to study in China. The agency predominantly provides scholarships to individuals, including in batches allocated to specific foreign universities . The CSC manages the Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad. The CSC's elite-track funding mechanism for foreign exchange is the International Cooperative Program for Innovative Talents (ICPIT) program, which funds a small number of special training programs arising from collaborations between top Chinese and international institutions.