The UM China Team brings together delegates from all faculties within the university. Our efforts are primarily focussed on recruiting qualified Chinese students (BA, MA, and PhD candidates), as well as managing different partnerships with academic institutions in China. The team meets regularly and discusses all (new) opportunities related to academic exchanges towards China.
Members of the UM China Team also join the yearly PhD workshop in China. It's an important opportunity to meet qualified and motivated PhD candidates. Additionally, we support science and educational projects, facilitate research projects between UM and academic institutions, organise events with current Chinese students and their supervisors, and provide additional support where necessary.
Candidates can submit their application to CSC starting from 10 March till 31 March, 2023 to our office.
Please fill out this form together with your (prospective) supervisor(s) and/or promotor(s) and send it to um-china[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl.
Main contact
Principal China Coordinator: Prof. dr. Harry Steinbusch
WeChat: SteinbuschHWM
UM-China[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl
All faculties have a representative in the UM China Team. They can be contacted if you have any questions about China or Chinese students in a specific faculty or research field.
Who | Position |
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Prof. dr. Harry Steinbusch | Principal China Coordinator |
Dr. Aneta Spendzharova | Coordinator Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
Prof. dr. Thomas Krafft | Coordinator Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Primary Care and Public Health |
Prof. dr. Niels Philipsen | Coordinator Faculty of Law |
Mr. Marcel Giezen | Coordinator Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience |
Dr. Nico Roos | Coordinator Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Dr. Peiran Jiao | Coordinator School of Business and Economics |
The most important Chinese partner for UM is the China Scholarship Council (CSC). This organisation provides scholarships to Chinese PhD candidates, as well as postdocs and other students to a lesser extent, so they can conduct research at UM.
Most Chinese candidates get government funding from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) since UM and the CSC have a cooperative agreement. Within this framework, UM annually provides 40 to 60 research scholarships to qualified Chinese Master students from universities or research institutions. Beyond the guaranteed spots, you're welcome to apply through the CSC General Programme as well.
As a research and innovation powerhouse, China is an important partner for the EU in tackling global challenges. At the same time, China's position as an economic competitor and a systemic rival calls for a rebalancing of research and innovation cooperation. The EU launched discussions with China on a joint roadmap to establish framework conditions and guiding principles for cooperation. This will not only provide us with a level playing field, but also showcases reciprocity while respecting fundamental values, high ethical and scientific integrity standards.
On this basis, research fields in which cooperation could be mutually beneficial will be identified such as climate science and biodiversity protection, circular economy, health, food, agriculture, aquaculture, and ocean observation. Creating a level playing field and showing reciprocity will be crucial to developing our cooperation with China. The aim is to encourage universities and research institutions to ensure a higher degree of reciprocity and mutual benefit in their cooperation with Chinese partners.
You can check out our overview of CSC PhD projects on this webpage. Once you've agreed with your supervisor(s) and/or promotor(s) to apply for the CSC-UM PhD Programme, you'll need to fill out this application form (printed version) and return it by email to our office.
Throughout the process there are several deadlines and steps to remember.
In September and October, all projects for the next round of UM-CSC applications will be collected at the central level. From early October onwards, PIs should send an e-mail with their project outlines to um-china[at]maastrichtuniversity[dot]nl no later than 1 October. The outlines will be uploaded to SurfDrive and subsequently published on our website.
We put our projects under different faculties, but many have an inter- or multidisciplinary approach. Additionally, some projects may be describing a more general theme or field of research, whereas others are very specific.
All applications are collected at the central level at the beginning of each calendar year. Any newly submitted projects and candidates after this first deadline will be automatically referred to the General Programme and thus peer-reviewed by the CSC. For the Cooperative Programme, faculties will prioritize candidates and projects as requested by their respective vice-deans.
The final list of UM-CSC applicants within the Cooperative and General Programme will be available at the beginning of March. All candidates will then be informed so they can mark in their submission under which programme (cooperative or general) they are applying.
Candidates can submit their application to CSC starting from 10 March till 31 March, 2023 to our office.
The candidates are responsible to provide a complete set of the relevant application documents by email to our office:
The Chinese jury makes a final decision after the assessment and publishes the list of approved students by mid-June. The final outcome will be sent to the applicant, as well as to the UM China Team.
Once everything is confirmed, the candidate will have to take care of the visa application and book plane tickets and get it approved by the CSC. Afterwards, the CSC agreement will have to be signed and the deposit paid. Generally, CSC PhD candidates start on 1 September.