Scholarships from South China University of Technology are generally credited to student bank cards before the end of the semester. Scholarships are divided into university scholarships, university inspirational scholarships, on-campus scholarships and professional scholarships. Among them, university scholarships and university inspirational scholarships are organized by the state and awarded by the Ministry of Education, both of which are evaluated once a year.

There are more money for university scholarships and inspirational scholarships, but the number of places is limited, and the evaluation criteria and gold content are high. Professional scholarships are only for some majors in some schools. They are scholarships set up by the state to encourage students to apply for agriculture, nationality, normal universities, sports, navigation and other majors. Scholarships are divided into first prize, second prize, third prize and individual prize. They get less money, but more people can get it.

Scholarships of schools are evaluated according to different schools at different times. Some schools are evaluated once a semester, while others are evaluated once a year. They are divided into first-class, second-class and third-class scholarships, and each school pays different amounts of money. Public universities have relatively more scholarships because of relatively more state subsidies, while private universities have relatively fewer scholarships because of less state subsidies. Because there are not many state subsidies, there are relatively few college scholarships.