On September 6, 2024, Georgia Tech announced plans to end the graduate degree programs and wind down operations with the Georgia Tech-Shenzhen Institute. Georgia Tech – Shenzhen is no longer accepting new applications for admission.

Georgia Tech is discussing with its accreditation body to implement a teach-out plan to allow currently enrolled students to work towards graduation.

2024-2025 GT-Shenzhen Global Student Scholarship

Purpose

The 2024-2025 GT-Shenzhen Global Student Scholarship Program aspires to champion the motto of Progress and Service by welcoming students from different backgrounds to contribute to a vibrant educational environment at GT-Shenzhen. Recognizing the importance of diverse cultural perspectives, this scholarship aims to support students from outside of mainland China to pursue academic excellence at GT-Shenzhen.

Scholarship Level

This scholarship provides 50% tuition reduction to those new students who matriculate in the Fall 2024 semester through the GT-Shenzhen instructional site, for the first three semesters of their enrollment at GT-Shenzhen.

Scholarship Requirements

International students without the citizenship of P.R. China as well as students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, whose initial admission in Fall 2024 is through the GT-Shenzhen instructional site are eligible for consideration. Students receiving this scholarship must be willing to perform certain assigned administrative and service tasks each semester; those tasks are mainly in areas of international student recruitment and cultural diversity at GT-Shenzhen. Required levels of administrative and service contributions: at least 75 hours during the spring or fall semester, or at least 55 hours during the summer semester. In lieu of the scholarship funding, scholarship recipients will not receive additional compensation for providing these services.

Students must maintain good academic standing and good disciplinary standing and fulfill the administrative and service requirements to retain the scholarship for the following semester.

Automatic Consideration

There is no separate application process for the 2024-2025 GT-Shenzhen Global Student Scholarship. All Fall 2024 GT-Shenzhen applicants meeting the eligibility requirement are considered for the scholarship.

The GT-Shenzhen Office will notify those eligible students of the scholarship opportunity and the requirements and give them the opportunity to accept or decline the scholarship.

In Conjunction with Merit-Based Scholarship

Receiving this scholarship does not preclude the student from receiving Merit-Based Scholarship at GT-Shenzhen

Students cannot simultaneously receive this scholarship and the Coulter Scholarship or the NACA Scholarship.