The International Cooperative Program for Innovative Talents (ICPIT) mechanism is the top-level international educational exchange program for

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after comple ...

of the

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of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The ICPIT program is administered by the China Scholarship Council.

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 University Plan The World First Class University and First Class Academic Discipline Construction (), together known as Double First Class (), is a tertiary education development initiative designed by the People's Republic of China central government in 2015 ...

. 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. Double First Class universities are permitted a total of three applications per year. In 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Education funded a total of 29 ICPIT programs.

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