U.S. Embassy & Consulates
in China

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

The 2024-2025 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is currently open for recruitment.

Humphrey Fellowship Qualifications

Candidates for 2024-2025

Must be mid-career professionals in leadership positions with a commitment to public service in the following fields:

Human and Institutional Capacity:

• Economic Development
• Finance & Banking
• Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
• Technology Policy and Management

Rights and Freedoms: 

• Communications and Journalism
• Law and Human Rights

Sustainable Lands:

• Agricultural and Rural Development
• Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change
• Urban and Regional Planning

Thriving Communities:

• Public Health Policy and Management
• Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention (Applicants must have either a research background in the field or demonstrated ability to learn the results and policy implications of current research. Applicants also must complete the supplementary field-specific page of the Humphrey application for this topic area.)
• Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy

Candidates must also meet the following qualifications:

• Possess at least a bachelor’s degree.
• Have a minimum of 5 years full-time professional experience in the relevant field (prior to August 2024), after completing a university degree program requiring at least four years of full-time study.
• Should be proficient in both written and spoken English.  Applicants with TOEFL scores below 85 will be taking English training program before the Humphrey Program. (Applicants do not need to possess a valid TOEFL score during the application period. After the interviews, we will inform those who are selected as the program nominees to take the TOEFL test, and we will cover the test fee).
• Not be university teachers or academic researchers with no management responsibilities (except in the fields of Substance Abuse Education, Prevention and Treatment and Teaching of English as a Foreign Language).
• Have not attended a graduate school in the United States for one academic year or more during the seven years prior to August 2024.
• Have no recent U.S. in-country experience of any kind lasting more than six months during the five years prior to August 2024.
• Have not participated in recent State Department exchange programs.
• Have no dual U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent resident status.
• Not be U.S. Department of State employees or their immediate family members.
• Be between 30 and 50 years of age.

Women, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minority groups, individuals from under-represented groups, and those from less-developed regions are encouraged to apply.