Useful instruction for CSC Scholarship

1)
Create your good academic CV.
2)
Make a good research proposal or SOP. Sample Research Proposal and SOP is given below
3)
Try to write at least one research paper in any small journal or conference it will help you to get a good
scholarship
4)
Select the university of your discipline from the given website link
http://www.csc.edu.cn/laihua/universitysearchen.aspx?flag=&provinceId=13&cityId=0&keyword=
5)
Try to get acceptance letter from the relevant department by sending an email to professors of that university with
attached files (your CV and your research proposal). Sample email is given below
6)
If you are waiting for the results then you need a hope certificate from your university in which your degree
completion date is mentioned
7)
You need a proof of fluency in English for this you need an English language certificate like IELTS or you need a
letter from your university which clearly shows that the medium of instruction in your university is English.
8)
You need at least 2 letter of recommendation from professors.
Note: Assistant professor or associate professor letter will not be accepted for PhD degree.
9)
CSC scholarship amount for Masters degree students is: RMB 3,000 Yuan and for Doctoral degree students is:
RMB 3,500 Yuan.
10) List of Required Documents for the Scholarship is given below
11) Fill the form from CSC website

a)
b)
c)
d)

The CSC Online Application System for Study in China is available on http://laihua.csc.edu.cn.
Login and do NOT lose the password.
Please choose your application category: Chinese Government Scholarship.
Please fill in all the basic information.
e)
Select the university based on agency number, actually every university has its own agency
number you can find the agency from this website http://www.admissions.cn/scholarship/a14-4.html
f)
Please fill in the information of your highest diploma.
Note 1: For school years attended, please remark your graduate date or expected graduate date.
Note 2: Diploma/ degree blank must fill in Bachelor or Master.
Note 3: Duration of major studies. (Masters 2-3 years and PhD 3-4 years)
Note 4: Student types please choose Masters Degree Candidate or Doctors Degree Candidate;
Note 5: Fill in the subject categories and field of study according to the major by checking it
from the specific university website.
g)
Fill in the contact person or organization and relative information in China.
h)
Browse all your filled information, check carefully, ensure all the informations correct
i)
Confirm and submit the application form
j)
Click Download Application Form, get application form in PDF format, and print the form in
two fold. You can click link to download the application form to your computer, then browse and print
the form via Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader 8 or upgrade version is recommended.
k)
Post application form and other materials (in duplicate) to your specific university within the
specified time (Application materials submitted by email will not be accepted).

Required Documents for the Scholarship

a) Application form for CSC Scholarship.
b) Acceptance letter from a professor of your specified university.
c) Recommendation letter:
a. For undergraduate students: one recommendation letter provided by university.
b. For graduate students: two recommendation letters provided by professors of applicants last
school.
d) Photocopy of passport (ordinary passport)
e) Notarized photocopy of highest degree certificate and documents showing their status as university
students.
f) Photocopy of Foreigner Physical Examination Form (Can be downloaded from university website)
g) Proof of knowledge of English and/or Chinese.
h) Study plan

Sample Request form for Acceptance Letter

Respected Sir,
I am XYZ and working as a lecturer in University of Central Punjab (UCP), Lahore, Pakistan. I want to apply
in your University for the PhD studies. Ive done my M.Sc. (Master of Science in Electrical Engineering)
from a well reputed university in Pakistan, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore,
Pakistan. My thesis during M.Sc. was "An FPGA-Based Concurrent Control of Multiple-Axis.
I further want to explore the control systems area as a research topic. I am extremely interested in
Quantization Consensus Algorithm with FPGA.
While going through your profile on the University Website, I found your area of research closely related to
that of my interest and you were the most concerned teacher in that field. I want to carry out my research
under your kind and intelligent supervision. In this regard, I wish that you accept me as a PhD student.
I am sending you my resume. These things will make it easy to judge my proficiency and intelligence.
I hope u will reply me soon.
With Best Regards,
XYZ
If teacher replies, continue to discuss your research area and other related things with teacher. In the end, if he
is satisfied with you, ask him about Acceptance letter in this way.
Respected Sir,
Greeting
I am thankful to you on replying me. Your continuous kind guidance has helped me a lot to understand the
Research area. I hope I shall study well under your sincere and intelligent supervision.
Sir, it is observed that Scholarship coordinator prefers the candidates with Acceptance letter from the teacher
of university. In the light of their saying, Acceptance letter is an important document for getting admission. If
you find it convenient, Please provide me Acceptance letter. I shall remain thankful to you on this kind
attitude.
With Best Regards,
XYZ

IMPORTANT KEY POINTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CV TO

APPLY FOR HIGHER STUDIES IN ABROAD
Remember that to apply for the Job and for Study or get admission, the CV should not be same. Here are
some important points for CV to apply for Higher Studies in Abroad especially in China.

The format should be simple and easy to understand.

Avoid the unnecessary details.
Attach your latest picture on the CV.
Mention your aggregates with percentage.
Research Techniques and expertise should be mentioned prominently in points with proper detail.
Mention the seminars/ workshops attended with place and date.
The awards and honors should be related to the study.
Explain the extra curriculum activities and hobbies related to the studies and avoid the unrelated like
playing, debate competitions etc.
Mention the technical skills related to your field.
Mention the English language proficiency (Certificates IELTS etc.If available)
Dont mention the local language expertise.
Dont mention any achievements unrelated to the Study.
In case of incomplete Degree you should mention the CGPA with the last semester.

SAMPLE STUDY PLAN IN CHINA (STATEMENT OF PURPOSE)

The quest and thirst for theoretical and practical knowledge nurtured inside of me from a very earlier part of
my life. I always wished to discover how the things around me worked. The continued curiosity inculcated a
research aptitude in me. My interests have always found a deep coherence with the skill and innovation
associated with the department of Science and Technology. Today, I hold a Master Degree in Electrical
Engineering, but the desire for knowledge and an aptitude for research motivate me to pursue higher studies in
Electrical Engineering.
Good grades throughout my academic career reflect my dedication and sincerity towards studies. I believe
that to win glory, there is no other way but to apply your utmost effort. The motive of persistent hard work
and commitment to the cause has always distinguished me from others in my knowledge and desire to learn.
My life at the engineering school was a great learning experience. Engineering was the discipline I was all set
to imbibe. The faculty here provided me full guidance and support while the syllabi content gave me exposure
and deep understanding of all subjects. As a student of engineering, I have tried to cultivate strong hands-on
abilities, effective problem-solving skills, and above all I supplemented my study of theories with countless
experiments and verifications. Due to my distinguished academic performance, I was awarded universitylevel first class scholarships for four consecutive years. I was also awarded with the student of the year
award for consecutive two years. By the time I finished my undergraduate program, I was honored as the
outstanding graduate in B.Sc Electrical Engineering with the CGPA of 3.94. I stood first in B.Sc Electrical
Engineering and was awarded a shield by the Governor of Punjab Mr. Khalid Maqbool. These attainments
strengthened my desire to work wholeheartedly and deliver something significant in the field of my interest.
In order to satisfy my desire to improve my hands-on abilities and to make myself conversant with industrial
standards and demands, I availed an internship opportunities. I did my first internship in Paktel Telecom
Company of Pakistan. I was lucky to come under the guidance of a senior engineer Mr. Sumair Chaudhary
with whom I undertook in-depth study on the working principle and the technology of all telecom equipment.
My second internship was in creative engineering Pvt. Limited where I learn about quality control and
quality assurance procedures used during manufacturing and understood the manufacturing procedure of
transformers and its accessories, energy meters, distribution line fitting and fiber-glass products. Then, my
third internship was in Dunya TV, Lahore where I learn about NOC (Network Operation Centre), DSNG
(Digital Satellite News Gathering) and also about power sub-station & internal power distribution at Dunya
TV office, Lahore.
I have also availed myself to other opportunities to increase my specialized knowledge. I completed my
CCNA course, did SUPCON-DCS Controller JX-(300XP and ECS-100) training from SUPCON-UET
and professional training on simatic PLC & HMI step-7, conducted by MAFA (Authorized Siemens System
Integrator). To improve my complementary skills I stood first in the course of complementary skills
development program from International institute and research centre, ELP, Lahore, Pakistan and to
improve my personality I attended about 25 lectures on personality enhancement and about 15 lectures on

psychological and medical diseases by Dr Sajid Iftikhar who is a MBBS and PhD Linguistics. This whole
process from conception to realization served to boost my confidence and enhance my ability to take
challenges and work effectively in limited resources and in time constrained environments.
Teaching has always fascinated me as a career. In the course of my undergraduate studies, I have delivered
several honorary lectures on various topics to my class fellows. Their exemplary results instilled an even
greater confidence in me towards teaching. These factors contributed towards my decision to join University
of Central Punjab (Faculty of Engineering) Lahore, Pakistan as a lecturer. Along with my lectureship I
also started my MSc Electrical Engineering from UET which is very prestigious engineering university in
Pakistan. I completed my MSc thesis under the supervision of very kind and dedicated teacher Dr K M Hasan.
My MSc thesis was An FPGA-Based Concurrent Control of Multiple-Axis Machine.
In UCP I taught advance level courses to BSc and MSc Electrical Engineering and conducted their lab
sessions as well. I was also the project supervisor of many final year students of BSc Electrical Engineering
like 3D CNC Miller and Drill Machine, Concurrent control of industrial robotic arm, Design and
Implementation of Ball Balancing on A Beam and Inverted Pendulum. To improve my teaching skills I also
attended many teacher training programs. Due to my responsible nature and loyalty about work along with my
teaching I was also given the admin duties. I was the admin head to lower clerical staff and admission in
charge during the admission procedure. In future, I see myself as a teacher and researcher with a network of
young, talented and skilled scholars participating in a rigorous intellectual process to meet our nations urgent
need for productive research conducive to its own needs and serving as a model for other developing countries.
I intend to introduce advanced and new courses to keep ourselves abreast with modern trends and
technologies.
I actively participated in sports because a healthy mind generates healthy ideas. I was the captain of the
university cricket and football team and organized many annual sports programs. I was also the winner of
many TV, radio and universities level quiz competitions on various topics.
These interactions did well for my social and interpersonal skills thus making me a more active and successful
member of the society. All those testify to my scholastic excellence as well as my commitment to work for the
public welfare. I also did volunteer work in special children school named as Shadab Government School in
Iqbal Town Lahore and I also did commendable services in World Thalassemia Day and Zero Thalassemia
Convention 2011 for making thalassemia free Pakistan.
I believe that a healthy coordination among students flourish their skills and facilitate them towards conducive
learning. With this spirit, I related myself with various professional bodies including IEEEP. My two
research paper has also been published in New Horizons IEEEP Journal and four research papers are in a
queue, they will be send shortly to any reputed conference or journal which shows my research aptitude.
Participation in various seminars and international conferences and interaction with foreign researchers and
professors encouraged me pursue a career in research.

I realize that it is crucial to be equipped with advanced knowledge to come up as an effective teacher and a
resourceful researcher and also it is my dream to become 1st PhD in my family by getting the doctorial degree.
Therefore, I look for a scholarship where I can follow my intellectual pursuits to the best of my ability. For
this I seek a place as prestigious and as reputed as China. I hope that the strong grasp of fundamentals of
electrical engineering I have gained so far will support me for an in-depth study which China will entail. PhD
studies here will give me exposure to the technological advances and allow me to contribute to its immense
development and hence bring me closer to my final goals.

SAMPLE STUDY PLAN IN CHINA (RESEARCH PROPOSAL)

Candidate: XYZ (xyz@gmail.com)
Thesis Title: Autonomous Navigation and Weed Control of Agriculture Robot for Farming.
Abstract:
My main idea behind this proposal is that Can a skilled farmer live forever. Yes, according to nature rules,
it is false but can we embed working profile of skilled farmer into a machine such that even farmer is not in
this world but his skills are preserved in machine and always give benefits to humanity. I am talking about the
agriculture robots. Agriculture robots are already among us currently used mowing grass, spraying pesticides
and monitoring crops. Moreover, they could protect human workers from the harmful effects of handling
chemicals by hand. And through a system of highly selective spraying, robots could reduce a farm's use of
pesticides by up to 80 percent. I am dividing my proposed agriculture robot work in two areas. First area is to
design the autonomous navigation system of robot to traverse the whole field with precision and second area
is to design the intelligent weed control system with micro-spraying.
Typical robots often rely on GPS and inertial sensors (INS) but often navigation quality degrades with too
much dependence on GPS. First work is to resolve this problem. Vision sensors have been deployed on the
robot for the aid of GPS/INS through data fusion techniques like extended Kalman Filter to give the accurate
position of the robot and involve the mechanism of Hawk-Eye System (Used in Cricket) to predict the
direction of robot in advance, so that the robot can traverse the complete field with accuracy.
While traversing the field, the second work would be to develop a novel weed control system and intelligent
strategy for micro-praying so that instead of regularly dousing an entire orchard with chemicals, microspraying is used to spray only the affected areas. Weed identification system will be developed to differentiate
weeds from crop plants using the combined effect of cameras and infrared sensors and then micro-spraying
can be deployed in order to reduce the chemical usage.
Introduction:
In order to keep in pace and remain competitive with todays fast progressing Global Industry, farmers
will have to be more effective & efficient to provide good products. Therefore, farmers are always
under the pressure bar to produce agricultural goods which are cost effective and also of improved
quality. And further added fuel to the fire, there is a shortage of skilled workers in this field.
Autonomous vehicles used for this purpose is definitely the solution.
Motivation:
Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. About 25% of Pakistan's total land
area is under cultivation and is watered by one of the largest irrigation systems in the world. Pakistan
irrigates three times more acres than Russia. Agriculture accounts for about 21% of GDP of Pakistan.

Pakistan is an agriculture country and in order to progress in this field we have to keep in touch with
the latest technology and innovations in this field. And the most new innovations are the agriculture
robots.
Harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity for many crops. When the task is repetitive and can be
done more productively by a robot working much longer hours than humans. And then there are times
when robots simply offer a required level of precision that humans cannot provide. The agricultural
industry is no different in this regard. In order to remain competitive in what is now a global industry,
farmers will have to be more productive, more efficient, and provide consistently good product. On
top of this, the industry is also suffering from a reduction in the available skilled and unskilled labour
workforce. Robotic solutions leading to autonomous farming can be used to help. Also these robotics
can be used for tasks when there are concerns over human safety. Autonomous agricultural robots
could protect human workers from the harmful effects of handling chemicals by hand. And through a
system of highly selective spraying, robots could reduce a farm's use of pesticides by up to 80 percent.
Problems Addressed & Aims:
I divided my proposed thesis into two areas:
Area # 1: Navigation:
Proper utilization of resources like agricultural fields are essential and for that accurate and precision
autonomous navigation of vehicle is one of the challenging tasks and that becomes much more
complex if the environment is uncertain and unstructured. Some aspects which may de-rail the vehicle
from its accurate path are lateral and longitudinal wheels slips and fault force inputs etc. Currently, a
vast research is going in this area to overcome these problems and mostly people adopted the same
technologies which are linked with the Un-manned Air Vehicle (UAV), like GPS system. It is very ok,
when we used them on Large Terrains like we do not have a complete grasp on space. So, GPS gives
more or less accurate data. But, on small terrains the GPS inaccuracy is the problem and therefore the
dead reckoning and sensors data (like Laser Distance Sensors, Compass, Accelerometer, Optical
Gyroscopes, Inclinometer & Shaft Encoders) becomes the dominant factor. And, Robot depending
upon these data determines the position in which its heading. So, inaccurate data from any sensor will
put the robot in false direction or position. And, then how much it is deviated from its specified target
would be confirmed through GPS, which in small terrains may not give very accurate coordinates.
And plus when it moves from one point to another point, so after reaching the other point, it will check
its position once again, and if it is heading lets say in wrong direction, we cannot stop it, because the
data from the sensors would be upgraded when it reaches it destination.
In order to remove all these problems, I proposed the idea of using vision systems along with
conventional sensors to obtain data and then applying the Hawk Eye Algorithm to traverse the robot in
the entire agriculture field.
Area # 2: Weed Control & Micro-Spraying:
Weeds can compete with productive crops or pasture, or convert productive land into unusable scrub.
Weeds are also often poisonous, distasteful, produce burrs, thorns or other damaging body parts or

otherwise interfere with the use and management of desirable plants by contaminating harvests or
excluding livestock. Weeds tend to thrive at the expense of the more refined edible or ornamental
crops. They provide competition for space, nutrients, water and light, although how seriously they will
affect a crop depends on a number of factors. Some crops have greater resistance than others- smaller,
slower growing seedlings are more likely to be overwhelmed than those that are larger and more
vigorous.
Main aim is to design the intelligent weed control system. Computer vision along with infrared sensor
will be utilized to develop a weed identification system that will discriminate between weeds and
plants and try to find out the affected areas using image analysis and then spraying only that affected
area.
Methodology:
Area # 1: Methodology for Navigation
Data from vision cameras along with sensors like Gyroscopes, Accelerometers and GPS are fused
together through a extended kalman filter to find out the position and speed of the robot. Hawkeye
algorithm which is famously used in cricket and now even tennis to predict the direction of the ball
will be investigated and try to integrate it with the robot to predict its path and direction in advance. So,
that robot has some rough idea about its future position. Hawk Eye aims to aid the umpire by giving
inputs on the physics of the ball by tracking and predicting its motion. It uses a special imageprocessing system and commercial off-the-shelf hardware. It helps to track the balls entire trajectory,
right from the point where it is released from the bowlers hand to the point the ball is considered dead.
So, similar kind of strategy will be embedded in the robot to have rough estimation of its trajectory
and path.
First of fall, we will develop a computer perfect profile of the navigation & trajectory of the robot.
And then, using the Hawk Eye system, parametric model of robot is installed and depending upon the
physics of robot, the future path is predicted. If that future path is same as the perfect profile, then it
will allow to move and whenever it is heading in the wrong direction due to environment, the control
inputs are recalibrated so that it heads in the right direction.
Area # 2: Methodology for Weed Control & Micro-Spraying
One of the most important processes in weed control is weed identification system. So, computer
vision techniques using camera will be utilized along with infrared sensors for this purpose. Cameras
are mounted on sprayer that take the images and embedded software that divide the images digitally
into cells and discriminate weeds from crop plants with aid of infrared sensors. An important task to
achieve high automation in weed control is the development of tools for the efficient spraying of
victim areas. A micro-spray system that deposits micro-volumes of a herbicide on single weed plants
will be developed using eight to ten miniature solenoid valves and are controlled through fuzzy logic
based control system. This operational mode is unrealistic for a manual steered tractor. Automatic
controlled or autonomous vehicles are therefore essential for the implementation of robotic weeding.

Objectives and Possible Outcomes:

The main objective e is to produce the autonomous agriculture robot that operate on the
agricultural fields with advanced autonomous navigation control system to traverse the field
in an accurate manner and intelligent weed control with micro- spraying. Possible outcomes
would be:

Modern technology such as computer vision techniques will be utilized for determining the
position and direction of agriculture robots.

Latest sensors and vision systems provide real time information and computer software and
data fusion techniques will help to digest the data into management decisions leading to cm
precision navigation of vehicles.

Hawk Eye System algorithm will be investigated and try to integrate with other conventional
and latest sensors and to produce a framework which will in advance gives indication to the
robot in the direction it is heading.

To develop automated optical identification systems to differentiate between weeds and

crops using stereo cameras and infrared sensors and then micro-spraying the effected areas
only.

To investigate the potentials, accuracy and limitations of physical devices for accurate
navigation and micro-spraying.