Shaanxi Scholarships for International Students

1Provincial scheme

2Universities we cover

1Cities in the province

CNY 1,400–2,500Lowest monthly cost

Schemes

What Shaanxi actually offers

Provincial schemes are smaller than the central government scholarship and far less contested. Most are administered by the university after admission, so the application is often a checkbox rather than a separate portal.

Scheme	Levels	What it covers	How it is administered
Shaanxi Provincial Scholarship	Bachelor / Master / PhD	Partial to full tuition	Xi'an-based universities select from provincial quotas.

Coverage varies between schemes and between universities within the same province. Confirm the current terms with the international office before you rely on any of it.

Why it matters

What applying here actually gets you

Shaanxi's provincial scholarship covers partial to full tuition, and it is selected by Xi'an-based universities from a provincial quota. The scheme is straightforward in structure but narrow in reach: it applies to a small number of universities, and the quota is distributed among them.

The reason it is worth a page is the combination with the city. Xi'an is one of the cheapest cities on our list by a meaningful margin, and Xi'an Jiaotong University — the anchor institution here — is a long-established engineering and energy research university with an industrial research tradition that goes back decades. For a self-funded engineering or science student who wants a research environment, a partial provincial award in a low-cost city is a combination that is hard to beat, and one that is well below the radar of applicants who only look at Beijing and Shanghai.

What the scheme is worth

Partial to full tuition cover, allocated to Xi'an universities from a provincial quota
Xi'an is one of the lowest-cost university cities we cover, so the budget after tuition is genuinely workable
Xi'an Jiaotong University has a long industrial research tradition in energy, electrical and mechanical engineering
A historic city with a manageable international community and broad programme coverage

Process

How the application actually runs

The steps are in the order they happen, because the first one catches most applicants out.

Apply to a Xi'an university that participates

The quota sits with individual universities. Ask at application stage whether your target programme and university take part, because this determines whether the route exists for you.

Get admitted and ask about the quota

Xi'an universities select from the provincial allocation internally, so the nomination is the university's decision.

Ask what the selection weighting is

With a single provincial quota distributed across several universities, internal criteria matter. Ask what the university weighs.

Budget against Xi'an's actual monthly costs

Xi'an is well below the national average. This is the practical argument for the city, and it applies with or without an award.

Check the university awards as well

Xi'an Jiaotong University and its peers hold their own schemes, and these sometimes have more places than the provincial route.

Universities

Where the scheme can reach you in Shaanxi

2 institutions we cover in this province, 2 of which can nominate scholarship students directly.

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Northwestern Polytechnical University

Xi'an · est. 1938 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Aerospace, marine engineering and materials — one of the three pillars of China's aerospace system.

Tuition: CNY 20,000–32,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4–5 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

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Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xi'an · est. 1896 · Project 985 · 211 · Double First-Class

Energy, electrical and mechanical engineering with a long industrial research tradition.

Tuition: CNY 22,000–35,000 / yr
Chinese: None for English-taught · HSK 4–5 for Chinese-taught
CSC host: yes — Type B

Full profile →

Cities

The part the award does not cover

A tuition waiver leaves the monthly budget untouched. These are the figures that decide how far it goes.

City	Dormitory / month	Realistic total / month	Tuition you still pay
Xi'an	500–1,100	1,400–2,500	CNY 300–500 / yr

All figures CNY per month for one student. Full city profiles, including private rent, are on each city's page.

Before you commit

The part that catches people out

The scheme reaches a small number of universities, so it is not a route you can assume exists at any university in the province. Confirm participation before you build a funding plan around it, and treat a university award as a parallel route.

FAQ

Questions about Shaanxi scholarships

Xi'an-based universities that receive an allocation from the provincial quota. Ask the international office whether your target university and programme participate, because this is not universal.

Partial to full tuition depending on the allocation and the internal selection. It is a tuition award, so budget the rest of the year at Xi'an's actual monthly cost.

For value, yes. It is one of the cheapest university cities we cover and it has a long industrial research tradition, particularly at Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Not sure which scheme you can get?

Tell us your level, field and the universities you are considering. We will tell you which funding routes actually apply to you — and which ones do not.

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