Pre-admission document: the university paper some scholarship applicants attach

A pre-admission document is a paper issued by the university an applicant applies to. Item 7 of section VI of the Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship requires all applicants to provide one, and it gives a pre-admission notice and an invitation letter as examples. The guide is published by the China Scholarship Council on Campus China, and the requirement is a condition of the Chinese Government Scholarship, not a general admission rule. For the wider process of getting admitted and assembling papers, see Admission and documents.

Definition

A pre-admission document is a document that the applying university issues before the scholarship application is made. Item 7 of section VI names the document as a requirement and lists its forms. The guide sets the requirement for the scholarship only.

What the official text says

Item 7 of section VI reads, in the guide's English text:

7. Pre-Admission Documents. All applicants must provide a pre-admission document issued by the universities applying. Pre-admission documents include pre-admission notice issued by the international students' admission department or invitation letter from the schools or professors, etc.

Item 7 uses the words "include" and "etc.", so the two forms it names are examples, not a complete list.

Section V, step 2 of the same guide describes where the document comes from in the process:

1. Step 1 of section V says the applicant learns about designated Chinese universities and majors, and identifies the preferred scholarship programme, designated university and major.
2. Step 2 of section V says: "An applicant shall reach the designated university for admission documents."
3. Step 3 of section V says the applicant shall reach an application receiving agency for a recommendation.

Section V, step 4 says the applicant shall fill in and submit the Application Form for Chinese Government Scholarship online through the Chinese Government Scholarship Information System.

Related terms

• Scholarships
• Admission documents
• Designated university
• Application receiving agency

Sources

• Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship (China Scholarship Council, Campus China)

Checked 11 October 2026.

This entry is an unofficial summary. It is not legal or immigration advice, and it is not published by the China Scholarship Council, Campus China or any other body named here. If the official text or the instructions of the body handling your case differ from this entry, the official text and those instructions prevail.