Yenching Academy

The UCLA Division of Humanities and Scholarship Resource Center are a partner university for the Yenching Academy of Peking University.

 

The Yenching Academy of Peking University builds bridges between China and the rest of the world through an interdisciplinary master’s program in China Studies for outstanding graduates from all over the globe. This initiative brings young people who show promise to lead and innovate in their fields together in an intensive learning environment where they can explore China and its role in the world – past, present, and future. The Academy aims to thereby shape a new generation of global citizens with a nuanced understanding of China.

As a fully funded residential program, the Yenching Academy offers a wide array of interdisciplinary courses on China within broadly defined fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Working closely with their academic mentors, Yenching Scholars are granted the flexibility to create their own study paths by choosing from six research areas and participating in a variety of extracurricular activities. Studying at the Academy represents a unique opportunity not only for intercultural and academic exchange, but also for personal and professional development.

Fellowships for international Yenching Scholars are for twelve months, during the course of which they complete their coursework and may complete the thesis.  All international students are also eligible for funding for a second year for those who wish to remain on campus that year. Degrees are granted upon the completion of all coursework and satisfactory defense of the thesis, and are awarded in January and July of each year.

Yenching Academy Brochure

Yenching FAQs

The UCLA campus deadline for the fall 2022 cohort is November 1, 2022

Full details on applying can be found at the UCLA Scholarship Resource Center website: https://www.scholarshipcenter.ucla.edu/prestigious-scholarships/seniors/

 

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