Overview

Chinese Government grants over 100 scholarships to Mozambican students for study in China

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•MozambiqueDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MozambiqueSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

Start (actual): Jun 12, 2017

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Scholarship Council

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Mozambique

Loan description

Chinese Government grants over 100 scholarships to Mozambican students for study in China

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 12, 2017, Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique, Sun Jian, announced that China would provide over 100 scholarships for students in Mozambique to study in China. Courses selected by existing scholarship personnel include petroleum engineering, mining and water conservancy, tourism management, construction, economics and finance, business management and administration, finance, international trade, medicine and Chinese. China will also donate 58,000 U.S. dollars to Mozambique's education, said the ambassador at the donation ceremony in the Chinese embassy. In 2017 there were an estimated 500 Mozambicans studying in China and more than 100 returned to Mozambique after graduating with bachelor's or master's degrees in China 2016.