10 Facts About Shuping Scholarship

Shuping Scholarship scheme is one of the oldest Privately Funded Scholarship scheme in China.

Shuping Scholarship founded the scholarship scheme and named it the "Shuping Scholarship For Secondary School Students", in memory of his father Koo Shuping, who died of Acute Kidney Disease at the young age of 42.

In 1986, after the Cultural Revolution, with the approval and support of the Government, the Shuping Scholarship scheme was restarted in secondary schools in Shanghai, then in Beijing and Huzhou, the native place of Koo.

Quality of the Scholars received recognition by the Jardine Foundation and since 1996 two Shuping Scholars have been awarded Jardine Foundation Scholarships for undergraduate study at the prestigious Oxbridge Colleges; and a further two, through the Jardine connection, entered Oxford from the support other funds, one of which was the C C Lee foundation.

Shuping Scholarship Foundation was formed by Koo in 1995 as a Charity Trust Deed for the continued support of the Scholarship works in China.

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Shuping Scholarship was flooded with 200 application, many of these were from teen age secondary students with excellent school records, who, because of financial reasons, had to give up school for work to support the family.

Shuping Scholarship's house was always open to the scholars for informal gatherings and fellowship.

The Shuping Scholarship Scholars made regular visits to the Home and assisted in the activities of the Home.

Shuping Scholarship was able to meet up with some of the past Scholars both in Shanghai and Beijing.

Shuping Scholarship was proud to learn that many of the early scholars, have made great contribution to the rebuilding of China, holding important positions in the Government, as Party Secretaries, Naval officers, Departmental heads, School Principals, Director of hospitals, Architects, engineers, professors.