Tsinghua University fully funded scholarships in China are now open for international students from all around the world. These scholarships are offered by Siemens Ltd., China to support outstanding international students to pursue Ph.D. degrees in Tsinghua University.
Through this article, you can check full information about Tsinghua University fully funded scholarships, funding, eligibility, required documents, and application procedures!
All You Need to Know about Tsinghua University PhD fully funded scholarships in China
Tsinghua University is a public research university located in Beijing, China, and is a member of the C9 League of Chinese Universities.
Since its establishment in 1911, the university taught Chinese leaders in the fields of science, engineering, politics, business, academia, and culture.
Tsinghua University is ranked among the top 15 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings and is ranked first in Asia by the Asia University Rankings and U.S. News & World Report. News and World Report.
The university offers more than one free scholarship program, the most important of which is the full-funded Siemens China Scholarship to support and finance international students to conduct a Ph.D. degree in China.
The Scholarship recipients will cooperate with Siemens in 10 fields , such as Artificial Intelligence, Future of Automation, Autonomous Robotics, etc. to conduct research in the Ph.D. stage.
- Hosted Country: Scholarships in China.
- Hosted University: Tsinghua University.
- Duration: 4 years.
- Coverage: Fully Funded.
- No. of Internships: Not specified.
- Language of Instruction: English or Chinese.
- Study Mode: Full-Time Study.
- Eligibility: Ph.D.
Tsinghua University Scholarships Areas
The Scholarship Recipient of Siemens China Scholarship are required to select one of the following research topics as the main research topic for the Ph.D. stage and have to carry out the research with Siemens.
| No. | Research Topics | Departments and Professors |
| 1 | Introduce state-of-the-art big data, data science and AI technology into OT cyber security area to meeting the grand challenge of cyber security:
– Data acquisition from OT environments, which collect, process and analyze large amount of security data with broader types from different sources (e.g., security logs, network traffic, endpoint and user behavior data, etc.) – Big Data (Stream) Processing Platform support high speed data processing of security analytics on large amount of heterogeneous security data – Security analytics, utilizes knowledge graph, user profiling and AI technology to provide wider scope of analysis methods for not only providing real time (stream processing) security analysis – Security visualization generates Cyber Situation Awareness and Visibility on assets, threats and actors for quick detection and resolution |
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Mingwei Xu xmw@cernet.edu.cn |
| 2 | Probabilistic Machine Learning for Industrial Applications | Department of Computer Science and Technology
Jie Tang jietang@tsinghua.edu.cn Jun Zhu dcszj@tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Chemical Engineering
Jinsong Zhao jinsongzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences
Longbo Huang longbohuang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| School of Aerospace Engineering
Bing Wang wbing@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Research Institute of Information Technology
Fang Zheng fzheng@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jingshan Zhao jingshanzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Industrial Engineering
Kaibo Wang (High-dimensional Data Modeling) kbwang@tsinghua.edu.cn Yanfu Li (Predicative maintenance) liyanfu@tsinghua.edu.cn Chen Zhang zhangchen01@tsinghua.edu.cn Zhenglin Liang zhenglinliang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 3 | −Distributed Computing: Distributed Machine Learning, Distributed Data Storage
−Perception: Image Processing / AI / Edge Computing |
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dan Li (Distributed Computing) tolidan@tsinghua.edu.cn； Jidong Zhai (Distributed Computing) zhaijidong@tsinghua.edu.cn; Youyou Lu (Distributed Storage) luyouyou@tsinghua.edu.cn； Lifeng Sun (Edge Perception) sunlf@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences
Longbo Huang longbohuang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 4 | −IoT for Closed-Loop Control Applications
−Software-Defined IoT Device & System Generation −Passive Communication for Industrial IoT |
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Mingwei Xu xmw@cernet.edu.cn |
| 5 | − Human autonomous system interaction design
−AI in software engineering −Software Architecture for future Industrial Software & Platform |
Academy of Arts & Design
Xiong Wu qiong-wu@tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Industrial Engineering
Peilun Yao rpl@tsinghua.edu.cn Zhizhong Li zzli@tsinghua.edu.cn Qin Gao gaoqin@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jingshan Zhao jingshanzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Computer Science and Technology
Dan Li tolidan@tsinghua.edu.cn Dan Pei peidan@tsinghua.edu.cn Guoliang Li liguoliang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| School of Aerospace Engineering
Zhiping Xu xuzp@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 6 | − Computer vision and environmental perception
− Autonomous robot motion planning − Advanced robot applications − AI based robotics and automation technology |
School of Integrated Circuits
Chun Zhang zhangchun@tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Chemical Engineering
Yuan Lu yuanlu@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Zhufeng Shao shaozf@tsinghua.edu.cn Hui Zhang wwjj@tsinghua.edu.cn Dan Wu wud@tsinghua.edu.cn Jingshan Zhao jingshanzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn Xinjun Liu xinjunliu@tsinghua.edu.cn Jing Xu jingxu@tsingua.edu.cn Huichan Zhao zhaohuichan@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn Fugui Xie xiefg@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn Chuxiong Hu cxhu@tsinghua.edu.cn Zheng Zhang zzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Automation
Xiang Li xiangli@tsinghua.edu.cn Tao Zhang taozhang@tsinghua.edu.cn Qingshan Jia jiaqs@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Computer Science and Technology
Huaping Liu hpliu@tsinghua.edu.cn Juanzi Li lijuanzi@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 7 | −Runtime (embedded) system technology
−Control theory & engineering −Measurement & electronic technology |
Department of Automation
Tong Zhou tzhou@tsinghua.edu.cn Chao Shang c-shang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chuxiong Hu cxhu@tsinghua.edu.cn Zheng Zhang zzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 8 | − Cloud/Edge based engineering and runtime technologies for Advanced robots, AGV and automation system
−AI based robotics and automation control technology – Robot/vision simulation technology – Condition monitor of electronic components and advanced robotics – Power load disaggregation and optimization technologies |
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Zhufeng Shao shaozf@tsinghua.edu.cn Xinjun Liu xinjunliu@tsinghua.edu.cn Fugui Xie xiefg@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Computer Science and Technology
Lifeng Sun sunlf@tsinghua.edu.cn Wenjian Yu yu-wj@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Automation
Xiang Li xiangli@tsinghua.edu.cn Gao Huang gaohuang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences
Longbo Huang longbohuang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 9 | − Optimization of Wide Bandgap Devices based Power Converters
−High-precision drive mechanism for robotics |
Department of Electrical Engineering
Kai Sun sun-kai@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Chuxiong Hu cxhu@tsinghua.edu.cn； Tiemin Li litm@tsinghua.edu.cn； Jingshan Zhao jingshanzhao@tsinghua.edu.cn； Ju Wu jhwu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn； Zhen Zhang zzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| 10 | −Semantic modeling for digital manufacturing
−Simulation and optimization algorithms −AI enhanced simulation technologies for autonomous and complex systems −Advanced simulation architecture |
Department of Computer Science and Technology
Juanzi Li lijuanzi@tsinghua.edu.cn Wenjian Yu yu-wj@tsinghua.edu.cn |
| Department of Chemical Engineering
Zhihong Yuan zhihongyuan@tsinghua.edu.cn Xiaonan Wang wangxiaonan@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering
Zhufeng Shao shaozf@tsinghua.edu.cn Jianfeng Yan yanjianfeng@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| Department of Industrial Engineering
Zhihai Zhang zhzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn |
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| School of Aerospace Engineering
Bingyang Cao caoby@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn Bing Wang wbing@tsinghua.edu.cn Moran Wang mrwang@tsinghua.edu.cn Weigang Ma maweigang@tsinghua.edu.cn Zhiping Xu xuzp@tsinghua.edu.cn |
Siemens China Scholarship BENEFITS
Funding includes:
- Full coverage of the tuition fees for the chosen study program.
- Monthly living stipend.
- Accommodation.
- Health insurance.
The funding is 200,000 RMB/year in total.
Scholarships are awarded to the Scholarship recipients for a period of four years in principle.
If the Scholarship recipient completes his or her study and gets the degree in advance, the duration of the scholarship for the student shall be shortened accordingly and consistent with the actual study period.
Scholarship Application Eligibility
Applicants for the Scholarship should meet all the following requirements:
- Meet the requirements of admission for international graduate students (detailed information refer to the Admission to Graduate Programs of Tsinghua University.
- Should apply the department/school in table 1.
- Must appreciate Siemens Values, and be willing to work together with Siemens to carry out research work.
- Are not offered other kinds of scholarships for study at Tsinghua University.
Scholarship Required Documents
- Personal statement (The personal statement must be filled in as per the requirements of the university form) Click here for the form.
- University Degree: Applicants for a PhD degree program are required to submit both a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree. Applicants who will not graduate before the application deadline must submit a Certificate of Expected Graduation. Click here to learn how to issue the certificate.
- Academic transcript. Doctoral degree program applicants must submit academic transcripts of both graduate and undergraduate studies.
- For programs offered in Chinese, provide HSK Certificate for Chinese.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A copy of the passport.
- Some programs may require additional documents.
- For information on documents required for bachelor’s degree holders who wish to obtain a doctoral degree directly, please check the Application Instructions for Bachelor’s Degree Holders to Pursue Doctorate Degrees.
- CV.
- Evidence of English language proficiency (for programs available in English):
- IELTS Test Certificate.
- TOEFL Test certificate.
Application Procedures for Tsinghua University scholarships in China
Make sure that you meet the requirements of the scholarship, then choose the answer “YES” on the question that “Apply the Siemens China Scholarship or not?”
Apply for full-time international graduate programs and submit the online application at gradadmission.tsinghua.edu.
Application Tips
1. Applicants shall guarantee all the information and application documents submitted in this application are authentic and accurate. Any time fraud or deliberate exaggeration is found, one will be disqualified from applications or awards.
2. Applications with incomplete documents or not up to the requirements will not be processed.
3. All applications must be submitted online. There is no other way to apply.
4. The applicant shall submit the scholarship application materials within the prescribed time. Failing to upload the application materials within the prescribed date shall be regarded as a renouncement of the application.
5. This scholarship is a competitive scholarship. In order to increase the chances of obtaining financial aid during the study, it is suggested that the applicants should apply for the Chinese Government Scholarship at the same time.
Scholarships Deadlines
The application deadline is in March each year.