Project ID: 54537

Chinese company CRBC sponsors 30 Pakistani students for a Master's program at Southeast University, China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) [State-owned Company]

Recipient

Pakistan

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2017-10-01

Description

In October 2017, Pakistan's HEC scholarship organization and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for CRBC to sponsor 30 Pakistani students for a Masters' program in Transportation Engineering at Southeast University in China for two consecutive years. The scholarship is fully funded meaning for all awardees tuition, accommodation, return airfare and living stipend are all covered. The value of each scholarship is unknown. According to Chinese state media outlets, officials from CRBC say that the first batch of 10 students started their study in 2017, and 19 others started in 2018.

Additional details

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]