From: "Heather A. Kelly"
To: "Heather A. Kelly"
Subject: MEMO: Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Scholarship Council
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Chairs/Directors/Graduate Coordinators/Graduate Administrators
Cc: Committee of Graduate Deans
Student Services, School of Graduate Studies
Director, International Initiatives
Director, International Student Exchange Office
Director, Student Recruitment
FROM: Heather Kelly, Director of Student Services
DATE: January 21, 2010
RE: Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Scholarship Council
On behalf of the School of Graduate Studies, I am pleased to announce that the University of Toronto has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) "to establish a collaborative arrangement for the purpose of providing high quality research training to qualified doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows from Chinese universities". It is hoped that this agreement will serve to promote education and research collaborations between China and the University of Toronto.
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) is a non-profit institution affiliated with the Ministry of Education in China which in 2008 supported over 325 post-doctoral researchers, 2,496 Ph.D. students and 246 master degree students world-wide through their study abroad programs. Please note that there is no institutional quota for the University of Toronto prescribed under this agreement.
The terms of the agreement state that for doctoral students, the CSC will provide a living allowance to a minimum of $15,000 per year for up to 48 months and the University will award CSC recipients a fellowship (TA, RA or others) equivalent to the international student tuition fee.
Post-doctoral fellows will receive from the CSC return airfare, visa application fees and will match the funds provided by a U of T post-doctoral supervisor to a maximum level of $13,750 for a total of $27,500 plus health benefit for each post-doctoral fellow.
The Chinese Scholarship Council hopes that applicants who will be applying for CSC support will receive an admission decision from U of T no later than March 20th. Please note that students cannot apply for a CSC award until an offer letter is received from U of T. Applicants have been encouraged to indicate their intent to apply for the CSC award upon applying to U of T so that if the applicant subsequently receives a CSC award, this can be taken into account when considering funding arrangements.
Although graduate units may maintain later international application deadlines, SGS hopes that graduate units will be able to make early offers to outstanding graduate students from China by this date to support U of T's efforts to recruit the best and the brightest international students.
Should you have any questions about this agreement, please contact the Director of Student Services Heather Kelly at heather.kelly@utoronto.ca
Regards,
Heather
Heather Kelly
Director of Student Services
School of Graduate Studies
University of Toronto
63 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z9
E-mail: heather.kelly@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-4350
Fax: 416-971-2864
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