Chico-China Presidential Graduate Fellowship (CCPGF)
Qualified applicants from the People's Republic of China may be eligible to receive the China-Chico Presidential Graduate Fellowship to pursue a master’s degree at California State University, Chico. The Fellowship includes a per-semester stipend, a non-resident tuition waiver, a registration fee waiver, and the possibility of a departmental Graduate Assistantship. Please read the Fellowship requirements below:
Undergraduate GPA: 3.5 on a 4.0 scale
TOEFL: minimum score of 600 (250 CBT; 80 iBT)
GRE: submission of GRE scores is required; each program has a different GRE score requirement
Applicants to the following master's programs are eligible:
- Biological Sciences
- Botany
- Communication Studies
- Electrical Engineering
- English
- Environmental Science
- Geography and Planning
- Geosciences
- History
- Nutritional Science
Graduates from the following institutions are eligible:
- Tsinghua University
- Peking University
- Nanjing University
- Fudan University
- Nankai University
- Zhejiang University
- Xian Jiaotong University
- Xiamen University
- Dalian University of Technology
- Beijing Normal University
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Additional Conditions:
- Applicants must not be older than 25 years old at the time of application
- Graduates who have studied overseas are not eligible
- Preference will be given to applicants who have no or not more than one semester of graduate work
- Applicants with graduate degrees shall not be eligible for the same academic disciplines
If you meet all of the requirements listed above, visit our website and download an application and return it to the Graduate School: http://em.csuchico.edu/admissions/international/
You must also send an e-mail message to rkenoyer@csuchico.edu indicating that you plan to apply for the Fellowship.
The graduate application fee ($55) is waived for applicants to this Fellowship.
For further information regarding specific program requirements, please contact the Graduate Coordinator of the master’s program you are interested in. You may find email links for the Graduate Coordinators at: www.csuchico.edu/giis/gs/masters.html
Deadline for application is March 1 of every odd-numbered year (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.):
- The selected candidate will have two weeks to notify CSU, Chico of his/her acceptance of the Fellowship

