The CSC financially supports qualified students from the top 49 universities in China.
- Tsinghua University
- Peking University
- China University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing University
- Fudan University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Zhejiang University
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Nankai University
- Tianjin University
- Southeast University
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Wuhan University
- Xiamen University
- Shandong University
- Hunan University
- Ocean University of China
- Central South University
- Jilin University
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Chongqing University
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Sichuan University
- South China University of Technology
- SUN YAT-SEN University
- Lanzhou University
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Tongji University
- Beijing Normal University
- Renmin University of China
- China Agricultural University
- Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry
- Central University for Nationalities
- National University of Defense Technology
- East China Normal University
- China University of Geosciences, Beijing
- China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
- China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing
- China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou
- China University of Petroleum, Beijing
- China University of Petroleum
- Central University of Finance and Economics
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics