The International Cooperative Program for Innovative Talents (ICPIT) mechanism is the top-level international educational exchange program for
higher education
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of the
Ministry of Education
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of the
People's Republic of China
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.
The ICPIT program is administered by the
China Scholarship Council
The China Scholarship Council (CSC; ) is China's Ministry of Education body that provides support for international academic exchanges with the country and is the primary vehicle through which the Chinese government awards scholarships. CSC provi ...
.
Scope
The ICPIT program was established in 2014 with the objective of supporting China's objectives of technology development and of building top-tier interdisciplinary educational programs.
Training in innovation is a special focus.
The program supports China's aim of developing select universities and disciplines through the
Double First-Class Construction
The World First-Class Universities and First-Class Academic Disciplines Construction (), together known as Double First-Class Construction (), is a higher education development and sponsorship scheme of the Chinese central government, initiated ...
.
The strategy calls for collaboration with "world class" academic institutions, research laboratories, and research institutions beyond China.
Selection
ICPIT proposals involve collaboration between a Chinese university and foreign entity, and are limited to one proposal per Chinese university.
Universities being part of the Double First-Class Construction are permitted a total of three applications per year.
In 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Education funded a total of 29 ICPIT programs.
See also
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Thousand Talents Plan
The Thousand Talents Plan or Thousand Talents Program (TTP), or Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs is a program by the government of the People's Republic of China to recruit experts in science and technology from abroad, principally ...
References
External links
Official Site
Higher education in China
Academic awards in China
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