Criteria and Documents Required for the Scholarship Application:

Doctoral Degree Level

1. Bachelor’s Degree Holder: GPA not less than 3.50 (based on the maximum of 4.00) or equivalent or Master’s Degree Holder: GPA not less than 3.50 (based on the maximum of 4.00) or equivalent. In case the applicant has studied in a master’s degree program with thesis only, the applicant must have published good publication(s) or gained good results in their thesis work. (The publication should be published or accepted to be published by ISI, SCOPUS, IEEE, PubMed or by any other international publishers accepted by the Graduate School)
2. Research Plan provides a description, about 3-5 pages, explaining the research plans at Chiang Mai University. The scholarship is intended for original and publishable research (not for the compilation of textbooks or the writing of general surveys in the field that is studied. If possible, the applicant should contact in advance a professor at CMU in the field of intended to study to initiate the research plan together)
3. Certificate of English Language Proficiency dated within the last 2 years: IELTS or IELTS Indicator score of 6.0, TOEFL score of 183 (CBT) or 79 (IBT) or CMU-eTEGs score of 70 (must be a certificate from June 5, 2020 onwards) except for applicants who are a Native English Speakers from the countries referred to below
4. Two recommendation letters, one of which must be from the current or latest applicant’s major advisor and the other should be from the person most familiar with his/her scholarly work (recommendations will receive a stronger consideration if they are from a professor at CMU who is expected to be his/her dissertation advisor).

Master’s Degree Level

1. Bachelor’s Degree Holder: GPA not less than 3.50 (based on the maximum of 4.00) or equivalent
2. An international or a regular graduate program while doing Master’s Thesis (Type 1 or 2) only is applicable. (Programs with Independent Study are not applicable). International programs or programs taught in English will be given a higher priority.
3. Research Outline for the program applied for. At least 2 pages detailing the research outline, in addition to previous research experiences and the research work presented at the meeting and/or published to date. Please explain (i) why you are interested in the particular research area; (ii) why you should be awarded the scholarship; and (iii) how you propose to carry out the study.
4. Certificate of English Language Proficiency dated within the last 2 years: IELTS or IELTS Indicator score of 6.0, TOEFL score of 183 (CBT) or 79 (IBT) or CMU-eTEGs score of 70 (must be a certificate from June 5, 2020 onwards) except for applicants who are a Native English Speakers from the countries referred to below
5. Two recommendation letters, one of which must be from the current or latest applicant’s major advisor and the other should be from the person most familiar with his/her scholarly work (recommendations will receive a stronger consideration if they are from a professor at CMU who is expected to be his/her master’s thesis advisor).