[1][2] The ICPIT program is administered by the China Scholarship Council.
[1] 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.
[3] The program supports China's aim of developing select universities and disciplines through the Double First-Class Construction.
[2][4] Universities being part of the Double First-Class Construction are permitted a total of three applications per year.
[2] In 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Education funded a total of 29 ICPIT programs.