Dear friends,
Thanks to your support, since it was launched in 2011, the MA and Visiting programs in Chinese philosophy (with courses taught in English) at Fudan have been extremely successful. Despite the pandemic that seriously affected the enrollment, 131 students have been enrolled in either the M.A. program (106 students) and the visiting student program (25 students). They are from 38 countries, with student from North America and Europe forming the majority of the student body, and many of them are top students in their classes, majoring in philosophy, classics, and/or East Asian or Chinese studies. The above facts make these programs simply the most successful of their kind (English-based post-graduate programs in Chinese philosophy) in mainland China.
The program boasts perhaps the largest community of English-speaking postgraduate students interested in Chinese philosophy in the world, a community our students have enjoyed greatly. The comprehensiveness and specialization of our curriculum in Chinese philosophy are unmatched by other programs. We have also assigned tutors to our students, helping them read classical Chinese texts, in addition to the normal language classes. Because of the number and the quality of our students, our programs are a “favorite” of the university administration. As a result, we have been EXTREMELY successful at securing fellowships for students applying for the MA program. (For the visiting student program, only partial fellowships are available through Fudan, but students can apply through some external channels, like the Chinese Scholarship Council, the EU, Chinese consulates, Confucius Institutes, etc. Indeed, for students already in a doctoral program, they can take a look at this website for applying for a full fellowship to cover their stay in China: http://www.chinese.cn/page/#/pcpage/csp as well as this website (this is for last year’s applications through Fudan, but the requirements should be roughly the same): https://www.ci.fudan.edu.cn/d1/2b/c38778a643371/page.htm )
To continue its success, I ask you to help us to distribute the information about the programs and encourage your students to apply. If they are already in a doctoral program and wish to spend a year in China, they are also welcome. I’ll attach a flier to this email. You can also directly go to the following website for more detailed information: https://iso.fudan.edu.cn/isoenglish/bc/7d/c16952a703613/page.htm
NB: the priority (scholarship) application’s deadline is much earlier than usual: Jan. 4.
Thank you, and be safe and well!
Happy Holidays!
Tongdong
