2012 Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship are accepting applications until March 31st

 

The Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), a representative office of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (R.O.C., commonly known as Taiwan) is pleased to announce that our office is currently accepting applications for the Ministry of Education Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) for the year 2012.

 

The Taiwan Scholarship Program is designated to encourage promising students from foreign countries to pursue their degree studies in Taiwan and to enhance educational and academic exchange. For those students interested in studying abroad in Taiwan, they may choose to pursue their degree with English as the primary language of instruction or in Chinese. There are some popular degree programs in Taiwan. Such programs include but are not limited to the following:

ü          International MBA, Electronic Engineering at National Taiwan University;

ü          IMBA, China Studies, and Taiwan Studies at National Chengchi University;

ü          Int'l Health, Biomedical Informatics at National Yang-Ming University;

ü          Tropical Agriculture at National Pingtun University of Science Technology

ü          Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University.

 

To encourage international students and individuals to undertake Mandarin Chinese language study in Taiwan, the Ministry of Education established the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) Program in 2005, providing an excellent opportunity for international students to enhance their language skills and to gain new cultural experiences by being immersed in a Chinese-speaking environment. Recipients will be granted scholarships award periods of 12, 9, 6, 3 months starting from September 2012 to August 31, 2012; or 2-month summer program in June/July or July/August, 2012.

 

In the year 2012, 4 Taiwan Scholarships and 12 one-year HES will be exclusively offered to US citizens in the Southwestern areas, including Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii and Guam. All required application materials must be submitted to our office before March 31, 2012.

 

Applicants who have been identified as Overseas Chinese Students or dual nationals of US and ROC are not eligible to apply for the Taiwan Scholarship; they should contact the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission (http://www.ocac.gov.tw) in order to apply for Overseas Chinese Student Scholarships. Dual nationals of US and ROC who have never possessed or acquired a ROC passport may be eligible to apply for HES Program described above.

 

For more detailed information about these two scholarship programs, please visit our website at www.tw.org/scholarships/main.html. Interested applicants/schools located outside of Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii and Guam, please contact the Cultural Division, TECO Office located in your state or check this website (http://www.tw.org/scholarships/) for your designated office.