Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC) has opened applications for six-month research fellowships in China for students enrolled in MS and PhD programmes in Pakistan.

The fellowships are being offered under HEC’s Academic Collaboration under CPEC Consortium of Universities programme, which seeks to strengthen research and institutional links between Pakistan and China, Gwadar Pro reported.

HEC said the programme was intended to improve the quality of research in Pakistan by giving scholars opportunities to conduct research or training at laboratories in Chinese universities and interact with international researchers.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in Pakistan and have an approved research topic.

They must also obtain an official invitation or acceptance letter from a supervisor at a Chinese host institution.

Both the applicant’s Pakistani university and the proposed Chinese host university must be members of the CPEC Consortium of Universities.

Applications opened on July 26 and will close on August 14, according to HEC.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China