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I. The Ministry of Education (abbreviated below to “MOE”) has
formulated the Taiwan Scholarship Program Directions (also
known as the “Taiwan Scholarship Program Guidelines”) to
encourage outstanding international students (with the
exception of students from the Mainland Area, Hong Kong, and
Macau) to undertake degree studies in Taiwan to familiarize
themselves with the academic environment in Taiwan and promote
communication, understanding, and friendship between Taiwan
and the international community.
II. The MOE Taiwan Scholarship Program provides the following for
each outstanding international student scholarship recipient
who comes to Taiwan to undertake a bachelor’s degree,
master’s degree, or doctorate:
(i) Tuition and miscellaneous expenses (i.e. the course-credit
fees, and miscellaneous basic study-related fees): The
MOE will pay up to NTD 40,000 each semester for each
recipient’s approved tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
If these exceed a total amount of NTD40,000, the remaining
amount must be paid to the university/college by the
student. The “miscellaneous expenses” do not include
any of the following: administration fees, thesis
supervision fees, insurance premiums, accommodation, or
internet access. These are all the responsibility of the
scholarship recipient.
(ii) Living allowance: The MOE provides each recipient
undertaking university undergraduate studies a monthly
stipend of NTD15,000; it provides each recipient
undertaking a master’s degree or doctorate studies a
monthly stipend of NTD20,000.
A university/college may give scholarship recipients a discount
for tuition and/or miscellaneous expenses. The university/college
must submit details of which of its departments/institutes are
offering scholarship recipients discounts on fees for the
following academic year, and a copy of the fee standards to the
MOE by the prescribed date each year, and it must also provide a
copy of these to any other unit designated by the MOE.
III. Scholarship Duration and Time Limits:
(i) The maximum period a Taiwan Scholarship may be held is:
four years for undergraduate programs, two years for
master’s degree programs, and four years for doctorate
programs. The maximum total period that any one person
may hold a Taiwan Scholarship is five years.
(ii)The Taiwan Scholarship year begins on September 1 and
ends on August 31 of the following year. Recipients must
arrive in Taiwan and register at their university/college
at the scheduled time. It is not permitted to defer
taking up a Taiwan Scholarship until the following year.
A student who is unable to arrive in Taiwan and register
at their university/college at the scheduled time will be
considered to have forfeited their scholarship eligibility,
unless the student has notified the university/college
and the MOE beforehand and been given permission for a
delayed arrival and registration.
(iii)Living allowance payments begin from the month when the
recipient actually begins attending the university/
college, and they end when the maximum scholarship
period for their degree level expires, or when the
recipient graduates, withdraws from their studies, is
suspended or expelled, or has their Taiwan Scholarship
revoked.
IV. Eligibility:
(i) Applicants must be a foreign national with a secondary
school graduation diploma or a post-secondary degree(s),
and an excellent academic record, and be of good moral
character.
(ii) A person in any of the following categories is
ineligible to apply:
1. An R.O.C. national or an overseas compatriot student.
2. A person who already has and is continuing to
maintain student status at any university/college in
Taiwan or who has already registered to begin studies
at such a university/college. This restriction does
not apply to a student who will be graduating after
completing a degree that year. They may apply for a
Taiwan Scholarship to pursue a higher degree.
3. A person who has already studied in Taiwan for a
degree at the same level as the one in which they
currently intend to enroll.
4. An exchange student or dual/joint degree student who
has been admitted to a university/college in Taiwan
in accordance with an academic cooperation agreement
between that university/college and an overseas
university/college.
5. A person who has already been a Taiwan Scholarship
recipient for a total of five years.
6. A person who has ever previously had their Taiwan
Scholarship or MOE Huayu Enrichment Scholarship
revoked.
7. A person who has received any other scholarship or
subsidy from any Taiwan Government institution
(organization) or any education institution in Taiwan,
apart from any subsidies provided for a Taiwan
Scholarship recipient by their university/college to
cover the outstanding amount if the total amount of
their tuition and other fees exceeds the scholarship
limit.
(iii) Applicants must apply directly to the university/
college for admission within the application deadline.
Each university/college sets its own application
deadline.
V. Applicants must submit the following documents within the
period specified by the local Taiwan Representative Office for
their country to that Office [*Note: in these Directions the
term “Taiwan Representative Office” refers to the Embassy or
Representative Office responsible for a particular country or
region where the applicant lives. It will sometimes be located
in another nearby country. Please see website for contact
details of all Taiwan Representative Offices]:
(i) A Taiwan Scholarship Application Form (the form for
applicants from each country or region is available from
their local Taiwan Representative Office)
(ii) A photocopy of the applicant’s passport or other
documentary evidence of nationality.
(iii) A photocopy of their highest academic award and of the
associated academic transcripts. Applications must be
in compliance with the provisions of Subparagraph 2 of
Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the MOE Regulations
Regarding International Students Undertaking Studies in
Taiwan. Documents in a language other than Chinese or
English must be translated into Chinese or English and
the translated documents must be authenticated.
(iv) Photocopies of documentary evidence that the applicant
has already applied to a university/college in Taiwan
(for example, photocopies of the application fee
remittance, the application form, and a notice or email
from the university/college acknowledging receipt of the
application.)
(v) A photocopy of a language proficiency certificate. Each
Taiwan Representative Office must oversee this
requirement in accordance with the following provisions:
1.For applications to undertake a program not completely
taught in English:
(1)If the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)
is organized and held by the local Taiwan
Representative Office in the applicant’s country or
region: a copy of the test results or a certificate
at Level 3 or above must be submitted. Results or
certificates from any other Chinese proficiency test
will not be accepted.
If, however, an applicant is unable to take the TOCFL test
because of geographical factors and the local Taiwan
Representative Office has reviewed their circumstances and
approves, then their case may be treated as if their Taiwan
Representative Office does not organize TOCFL testing.
(2)If TOCFL testing is not organized by the local Taiwan
Representative Office: An applicant who has not
submitted a copy of the test results or certificate
at Level 3 or above must take the TOCFL test at Level
3 or above at their own expense by the end of the
first semester after they arrive in Taiwan and
submit their test results or certificate to their
university/college. If the applicant transfers to a
different university/college after the first semester,
their starting semester in the new university/college
is still regarded as their second semester since
arriving in Taiwan. The applicant is not permitted to
claim the initial semester in the new university/
college as the “first semester” referred to in this
requirement.
2. If the applicant wants to undertake a program
completely taught in English, their local Taiwan
Representative Office may decide whether the applicant
is permitted to not submit TOCFL test results or a
TOCFL certificate and may instead require them to
submit TOEFL test scores that meet a standard that it
sets or a certificate for some other English
proficiency exam that is recognized by the government
of the country where they are located, or a an English
language program graduation diploma (applicants who are
citizens of a country where English is an official
language are not subject to this requirement). The
degree program completely taught in English that an
applicant is applying to undertake must have been
accredited by the MOE. If the English-language degree
program has not been accredited by the MOE, then the
applicant must obtain a document formally issued by the
university/college (not a subsidiary department or
unit) that the applicant wants to attend certifying
that the degree program in question is fully taught in
English.
(vi) Two reference letters – from a principal, a college or
university president, professors, and/or supervisors –
personally signed, and placed in sealed envelopes.
(vii) Any additional documents specified by the particular
local Taiwan Representative Office.
VI. The number of Taiwan Scholarships offered by the MOE each
year depends on the MOE’s annual budget allocations for the
coming year and on the results achieved by each local Taiwan
Representative Office that year. By December 31 each year,
the MOE will inform each local Representative Office how many
Taiwan Scholarships it can award for each degree level for
the following academic year.
VII. Application and Selection Process:
(i) The MOE has delegated the specification of the particular
application procedures and selection requirements, in
accordance with the Selection Directions set out below,
to the local Taiwan Representative Offices. Each local
Taiwan Representative Office may handle Taiwan
Scholarship application and selection related activities
in conjunction with local government agencies,
universities and colleges, and educational and cultural
institutions, or it may directly handle applications
itself. Information about the Taiwan Scholarship
applications (including details of the selection criteria,
number of scholarships available, the procedure, and the
time schedule) must be made publicly available in the
country or region that each local Taiwan Representative
Office looks after in both Chinese and the local language(s)
by January 31 each year.
(ii) After making the information referred in the previous
sub-paragraph publicly available, each local Taiwan
Representative Office must submit both hard copies and
electronic copies of the details provided in Chinese and
in the local language(s) to the unit designated by the
MOE for archiving.
(iii) In principle, the application period is from February
1 to March 31 each year. The actual application period
for each local Taiwan Representative Office will be
detailed in its publicly available information.
(iv) Each applicant must lodge their application at the local
Taiwan Representative Office in their country of
citizenship or at the Taiwan Representative Office in
that area of the world that is responsible for looking
after matters concerning citizens of the applicant’s
country.
VIII. Selection Procedure Guidelines:
(i) The local Taiwan Representative Office must take into
account whether a scholarship recipient would contribute
to Taiwan’s national development, as a professional
contributing to their own country and to Taiwan, and
assist in the growth of Taiwan’s business and industry,
economy, and education.
(ii) Scholarship recipients wanting to do a bachelor’s
degree must have an average GPA of at least 3.0, those
wanting to do a master’s degree must have an average
GPA of at least 3.5 or above during their studies so far
(where 4.5 is the highest score). If a different grade
method is used in the applicant’s country, the local
Taiwan Representative Office will use these figures as
the basis for its calculations or take the results
indicative of excellence by universities and colleges in
that country/region to select outstanding students.
(iii) Interviews must be conducted in person or by video
conferencing, so as to interact with the applicants and
better judge their demeanor and moral character.
(iv) Preference must be given to applicants with a TOCFL
certificate at intermediate or higher level. People
applying to go to Taiwan to undertake a program
completely taught in English must submit their TOEFL
test scores or submit a certificate that they have
passed another English language proficiency exam
recognized by the government in that country at the
intermediate level or documentary evidence that they
scored at least 75% in such an exam.
(v) The application form must be fully completed and the
application form and other documents will not be returned.
IX. Selection Notifications:
(i) The Taiwan Representative Offices will review the
applications and conduct interviews and then select the
successful candidates and place some candidates on a
waiting list. In principle, each successful candidates
and the university/college the candidate has applied to
attend must be notified about the selection decision by
May 31 each year.
(ii) Successful candidates must submit a photocopy of their
letter of admission to their local Taiwan Representative
Office by June 30 each year to confirm that they satisfy
the eligibility requirements; if a candidate does not
submit this letter within the specified time period, the
candidate must submit a written explanation of the
reason to their local Taiwan Representative Office which
will review the circumstances. A person who is not
admitted into a university/college will lose their
eligibility to receive a Taiwan Scholarship. A person
who fails to submit documents within the specified time
period will be considered to have forfeited their
eligibility to receive a Taiwan Scholarship, and the
local Taiwan Representative Office will offer the
forfeited scholarship to the candidate highest on the
waiting list. The list of recipients must be finalized
no later than July 31 each year.
(iii) Taiwan Representative Offices must issue each Taiwan
Scholarship recipient with a certificate stating that
they have been awarded a Taiwan Scholarship (using the
format shown at Appendix I) by July 31 each year, and
inform them of the duration of their award, based on
the type of degree they will be undertaking specified
in the letter of admission received from the university/
college. The scholarship recipients’ basic details
must also be accurately recorded on the on-line Taiwan
Scholarship Information Platform.
X. A Taiwan Scholarship recipient who has completed their degree
program within the prescribed may then apply for a Taiwan
Scholarship to undertake a higher degree at the next level.
Such applications must be submitted by February 28 each year
and in accordance with the provisions of Article 5, the new
application and all the required documents must be submitted
to the local Taiwan Representative Office that awarded their
first Taiwan Scholarship. This will be treated as a completely
new application and be subject to the same selection process.
They are not permitted to apply for a second Taiwan
Scholarship to do another degree at the same level or another
degree at a lower degree level. A scholarship recipient is not
permitted to hold a Taiwan Scholarship longer than the maximum
total period of five years, which would be in breach of
Article IV, Paragraph (ii), Subparagraph 5.
XI. The process for determining whether each scholarship
recipient whose scholarship has not yet expired will continue
to receive scholarship benefits is as follows:
(i) Each university/college must review each scholarship
recipient’s academic performance and conduct, and their
eligibility to continue to receive scholarship benefits
for the second semester of the academic year by February
28 each year and notify each scholarship recipient and
the unit designated by the MOE of the results of the
review within seven days. In addition, by September 10
each year, each university/college must upload the
results of the review of students’ eligibility to
continue to receive scholarship benefits for the current
semester to the on-line Taiwan Scholarship Information
Platform in order to be able to submit a funding
appropriation request.
(ii) Scholarship recipients’ average semester results must
achieve the standards set out below to be permitted to
continue to receive their scholarship benefits:
1. Undergraduate students must achieve a minimum average
semester mark of 70, postgraduate students must
achieve a minimum average semester mark of 80; if the
university/college has set a higher standard, then
that standard must be met.
2. If a scholarship recipient is in the 3rd year or
later year of a doctoral program, the manner in which
their results are assessed and the criteria used to
determine their semester results will be in
accordance with the regulations of their university/
college.
(iii) If a scholarship recipient has completed their program
before their scholarship expires and has been given
approval to undertake a degree course at the next level
by their university/college, the university/college
that they are attending may inform the MOE in writing
that this has been approved, with a scholarship
application form filled out by the student, transcripts
of their academic studies in Taiwan, and details of the
appraisal of their degree attached, and submit an
application to change the student’s Taiwan Scholarship
level and expiry date. The MOE will notify the
university/college, the unit designated by the MOE, and
the Taiwan Representative Office that warded the
student the scholarship for the degree they have just
completed of its decision.
XII. Transfers:
(i) A scholarship recipient who has completed one semester or
more of studies at a particular university/college or in
a particular department or institute there is allowed to
transfer to another university/college or department/
graduate school, if the two educational institutions
involved approve the request. The transfer is handled in
accordance with the regulations formulated by the
educational institutions. A transfer to another
university/college or department/graduate school to a
degree program at the same level may only be undertaken
once while receiving a Taiwan Scholarship.
(ii) A scholarship recipient who wants to transfer to a
different degree program at another university/college/
department/graduate school must re-apply to the local
Taiwan Representative Office that awarded their Taiwan
Scholarship for the degree that they want to transfer
from and no longer continue. They are not permitted to
continue to receive their current Taiwan Scholarship if
they transfer to a different degree.
(iii) When a scholarship recipient transfers to another
university/college, their current university/college
must give that student and the university/college they
are transferring to written details of the type of
scholarship the student has been awarded, its start and
end dates, and the transfer date. The university/
college the student is transferring to must notify both
the scholarship recipient and their current university/
college in writing that it agrees to the transfer and
the date of the transfer. Both educational institutions
must send copies of all the transfer-related documents
to the MOE, to the Taiwan Representative Office that
awarded the Taiwan Scholarship, and to any other office
designated by the MOE.
XIII. Each year any university/college where any Taiwan
Scholarship recipient is studying must request scholarship
funding payments from the office designated by the MOE and
undertake verification and finalization of any scholarship
account matters in accordance with the schedule and
procedures set out below:
(i) After a scholarship recipient has registered and enrolled
each semester, the university/college will verify and
provide their living allowance monthly. The MOE will
transfer funds to the university/college twice a year.
The first transfer is of the funds for January to August,
and the university/college must submit the appropriation
request by January 5. The second transfer is of the funds
for September to December, and the university/college
must submit the appropriation request by September 30
after first finalizing expenditure accounts for the first
funds transfer and returning any unused funds. When
submitting an appropriation request, the university/
college must also submit a name list of scholarship
recipients with receipts signed by the student(s)
attached. If exceptional circumstances occur and a
university/college is unable to submit an appropriation
request in time, it must first advance funds and pay any
scholarship related expenses, in order to verify and pay
the monthly living allowance for the scholarship
recipients.
(ii) Each university/college must submit three copies of
their balance sheets and three copies of a form setting
out their undertakings and results that have each been
verified, approved, and stamped by the university/
college president, chief accountant, and cashier, twice
a year in accordance with the MOE funding schedule. The
first account finalization deadline is September 30; the
second account finalization deadline is December 20, and
any unused funds must be returned to the MOE at the same
time as the account finalization. The university/college
must retain the original copies of all receipts for
inspection by the National Audit Office and relevant
units.
(iii) Each semester, each university/college must submit a
name list of all the Taiwan Scholarship recipients who
have completed registration and enrollment, a financial
statement of income and expenditures setting out the
Taiwan Scholarship tuition and miscellaneous fees for
each (using the format in Appendix II), a financial
income and expenditure statement, and appropriation
request receipts to the unit designated by the MOE, and
submit the appropriation request for funding for the
recipients’ tuition and miscellaneous fees and
undertake associated verification and finalization.
(iv) Expenditure appropriation requests, payments,
verification, and finalization of accounts pertaining to
Taiwan Scholarships must be carried out in accordance
with the provisions of the MOE Directions for
Administering Subsidies and Commissioned Funds.
(v) Any scholarship recipient who for some reason withdraws
from their studies will forfeit their scholarship and any
scholarship recipient who has been suspended or expelled
from the university/college will have their scholarship
revoked.
1. The living allowance will no longer be provided for a
scholarship recipient who forfeits their scholarship.
If the change of status occurs after the 15th of the
month, the student withdrawing from their studies will
not be required to refund the living allowance for
that month. They must pay back the tuition and
miscellaneous expenses paid with scholarship funding
in accordance with the debt recovery regulations of
the university/college they have been attending.
2. A student whose scholarship has been revoked must pay
back all the living allowance payments and the tuition
and miscellaneous expenses provided by the MOE from
the date the scholarship began until the date it was
revoked, to the unit designated by the MOE. Such units
will finalize the accounts on a case by case basis.
The unit designated by the MOE and each university/college must
increase its management of the Taiwan Scholarship funds and
establish highly effective control mechanisms; the MOE may do
random inspections at a regular time each year and also at
unscheduled times.
XIV. Other Important Provisions:
(i)International students:
1. Applicants for a Taiwan Scholarship must apply directly
to the university/college for admission within the
application deadline. Each university/college sets its
own application deadline.
2. Scholarship recipients must submit their TOCFL results
or a TOCFL certificate to their university/college
within the time limit specified in Article V, Point (v)
, Subparagraph 1, Item (2).
3. Scholarship recipients are responsible for the payment
of all other expenses apart from tuition and
miscellaneous expenses. A scholarship recipient who is
experiencing financial hardship may apply to the
university/college at which they are registered for
payments for any other expenses to be deducted from
their living allowance.
4. If a scholarship recipient’s academic performance, or
conduct, or their attendance record falls below the
standard required by the university/college at which
they are registered, their scholarship will be suspended
or revoked, in accordance with the rules and regulations
of their university/college.
5. If a scholarship recipient is found to be in
simultaneous receipt of any other award or subsidy from
any Taiwan Government institution (organization) or any
education institution in Taiwan, and this has been
verified, their scholarship will be revoked and the
student must pay back all the living allowance payments
and the tuition and miscellaneous expenses paid during
the period when they were also receiving the other
award or subsidy.
6. All scholarship recipients are required to join the
National Health Insurance plan in accordance with
Taiwan’s national legislation. Before doing so, they
must purchase other medical and accident insurance.
7. After enrolling at a university/college in Taiwan, a
scholarship recipient is not permitted to travel to any
other country as an exchange student or as a dual/joint
degree student. If they do so, their Taiwan Scholarship
will be revoked. They are not permitted to retain the
still unused part of their Taiwan Scholarship or have
the award period extended for them to be able to resume
receiving the original scholarship when they return to
Taiwan.
8. A scholarship recipient whose university/college degree
program requires them to undertake an overseas
internship may be exempt from being considered to have
forfeited their scholarship, but they will not receive
any scholarship money for tuition and miscellaneous
expenses during the internship semester(s) and will not
receive any living allowance for time spent outside of
Taiwan.
9. Any scholarship recipient who submits any application
document or any document when they are enrolling that
is found to be fake, misleading, has been altered in
some way, or contains any falsehood will have their
scholarship revoked and must pay back all the living
allowance payments and the tuition and miscellaneous
expenses provided by the scholarship from the date the
scholarship began until the date it was revoked.
10. Scholarship recipients must act in concert with the
MOE’s policies for students who have a Taiwan
Scholarship and participate in language and culture
related teaching, exchanges, and activities.
(ii) Universities and colleges:
1. Each university/college must select international
students for admission in accordance with its own
international student admission regulations and send
applicants a written copy of their final decision no
later than June 15 each year.
2. If a scholarship recipient does not submit their TOCFL
results or a TOCFL certificate within the time limit
specified in Article V, Point (v), Subparagraph 1, Item
(2), their university/college will stop paying them the
living allowance, from the next semester until the
month when they submit the TOCFL results or certificate.
A scholarship recipient who for some reason has not
submitted a photocopy of their TOCFL results or
certificate and has had their living allowance payments
suspended may still continue to have their tuition paid.
3. Each university/college may establish its own
regulations to assist a scholarship recipient who is in
difficult financial circumstances apply to the
university/college to take deductions from their living
allowance to make payments the student is personally
responsible for.
4. The suspension or revocation of this scholarship is
handled in accordance with the academic regulations and
other pertinent regulations of each scholarship
recipient’s university/college and MOE regulations. If
a scholarship recipient withdraws from their program,
or if they are subject to disciplinary action requiring
them to leave the university/college, or if any other
incident occurs that incurs their scholarship being
suspended or revoked, the university/college must
inform the MOE in writing and after receiving MOE
endorsement will suspend or revoke the student’s
scholarship. At the same time Bureau of Consular
Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
National Immigration Agency, the local Taiwan
Representative Office that awarded the Taiwan
Scholarship being suspended or revoked, the student
involved, and any unit designated by the MOE must be
notified about the matter in writing, giving details of
the reason, the beginning and end months of a
suspension, or the month that a cancellation of a
scholarship takes effect. Apart from where a violation
of the regulations put in place by a university/college
incurs a scholarship being suspended or revoked, a
student’s Taiwan Scholarship must be suspended or
revoked if any of the following situations arises:
(1) A scholarship recipient who has registered at a
university/college and begun their program fails to
submit their TOCFL results or a TOCFL certificate
by the end of the second semester. The student’s
scholarship will be revoked by the university/
college, starting from the third semester.
(2) A scholarship recipient who has registered at a
university/college and begun their program is
absent from their classes for more than one-third
of any month excluding university/college summer
and winter breaks. When the absences have been
verified, the recipient’s living allowance for any
such month will be suspended (or have to be paid
back), and depending on the circumstances, the
university/college where the student is registered
may decide to revoke the student’s scholarship.
(3) Any scholarship recipient who goes overseas to
another country as an exchange student or dual/
joint degree student will have their Taiwan
Scholarship revoked. If they do so, their Taiwan
Scholarship will be revoked. They are not permitted
to retain the still unused part of their Taiwan
Scholarship or have the award period extended for
them to be able to resume receiving the original
scholarship when they return to Taiwan.
(4) A scholarship recipient who must undertake an
overseas internship that is a requirement of their
university/college degree program must not be paid
any living allowance for the time spent outside of
Taiwan and they will not receive any scholarship
money for tuition and miscellaneous expenses during
the internship semester(s).
(5) A scholarship recipient who violates Taiwan’s laws
and regulations, who is subject to serious
disciplinary action from the university/college
where they are studying, or who withdraws or is
expelled from the university/college shall have
their scholarship revoked. If a scholarship
recipient transfers to another university/college
or department or voluntarily withdraws from their
original university/college, their scholarship will
not be revoked.
(6) A scholarship recipient fails to submit a photocopy
of their Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) which has
“pursuing studies” as the reason for their stay by
the deadline specified by their university/college
during the registration period each semester or
changes the reason for their stay in Taiwan while
in receipt of the scholarship.
(7) A scholarship recipient who fails to participate in
language and culture related teaching, exchanges,
and activities in concert with the MOE’s policies
for students who have a Taiwan Scholarship shall
have their scholarship revoked.
(8) A scholarship recipient whose academic average for
the semester is below the standard set by their
university/college will have their scholarship
suspended for a month; a scholarship recipient
whose academic average for the semester has been
below the set standard in the two most recent
consecutive semesters will have their scholarship
revoked, starting from the next semester.
(9) A scholarship recipient submits any application
document or any document when they are enrolling
that is found to be fake, misleading, has been
altered in some way, or contains any falsehood will
have their scholarship revoked and must pay back
all the living allowance payments and the tuition
and miscellaneous expenses provided by the MOE from
the date the scholarship began until the date it
was revoked.
5. Each university/college must organize an orientation
meeting for newly arrived scholarship recipients after
they have completed their registration and explain the
rules and regulations they must follow to continue to
receive their scholarship, the grading and assessment
method(s) used, how and when the scholarship payments
are made, and the regulations governing a scholarship
recipient forfeiting their Taiwan scholarship, or
having it suspended or revoked. Each university/college
must also review and issue the scholarship payments
each month and is in charge of monitoring whether
circumstances call for a student’s scholarship to be
forfeited, suspended or revoked, and processing the
reviews for students to continue to receive their
scholarship.
6. The university/college must set up a specific unit or
personnel to liaise with scholarship recipients while
they are undertaking their studies in Taiwan and
provide academic and general support and assistance.
They must also encourage the scholarship recipients to
actively participate in university/college organized
and nationally organized volunteer work during their
stay in Taiwan.
(iii) Taiwan Representative Offices:
1. Each Taiwan Representative Office shall inform
government organizations (agencies), universities,
colleges, and students in the country/region where it
is located about the Taiwan Scholarship Program,
proactively provide information about studying in
Taiwan, process scholarship applications and select the
successful applicants. It must ensure that each
scholarship recipient signs a Taiwan Scholarship
Program Terms of Agreement (at Appendix V), agreeing to
abide by the laws of Taiwan.
2. Each Taiwan Representative Office must submit its name
list of scholarship recipients (using the format in
Appendix VI) to the MOE for review by July 31. A copy
of the list must also be sent to the Bureau of Consular
Affairs, the National Immigration Agency, each
scholarship recipient’s university/college, and any
other unit designated by the MOE (a photocopy of all
appendices must be included), and the consular section
of the local Taiwan Representative Office must also be
notified.
3. Each Taiwan Representative Office must issue each
scholarship recipient who has received a letter of
admission to a university/college with a certificate
that they have been awarded a Taiwan Scholarship that
states the exact duration of their scholarship, in
accordance with the provisions of Article III.
4. Each Taiwan Representative Office shall organize
orientations for scholarship recipients before they
travel to Taiwan to explain the scholarship regulations,
and details about applying for an Alien Resident
Certificate (ARC), to provide information about living
and studying in Taiwan, and to explain scholarship
recipients’ responsibility to act in concert with the
MOE’s policies for students who have a Taiwan
Scholarship and participate in language and culture
related teaching, exchanges, and activities.
5. Each Taiwan Representative Office shall maintain
contact with scholarship recipients after they return
to their homelands and organize events and seminars at
which they can present the results of their studies and
research in Taiwan so that the scholarship recipients
can share their experiences of studying and living in
Taiwan with others.
XV. An international student who received an MOE Taiwan
Scholarship and began their degree studies in any academic
year before and including the 2011 academic year will still
be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Taiwan
Scholarship Program as they were prior to the amendments that
came into effect on February 1, 2011.
(i) Undergraduate students will receive a monthly stipend of
NTD25,000, and postgraduate students will receive a
monthly stipend of NTD30,000.
(ii) Scholarship recipients must make the payments of Taiwan
Scholarship tuition and miscellaneous expenses to their
university/college from the beginning of the award period
until the expiration of their award, graduation,
withdrawal, or expulsion. Apart from the differences in
the stipend, any matter involving a suspension or
revocation of a scholarship is subject to the provisions
of the most recent revised Taiwan Scholarship Program
Directions.
Scholarship recipients who first enrolled in and began a Chinese
language program in the 2011 academic year are subject to the
relevant provisions of the Ministry of Education regulations
governing subsidies to fund international students who come to
Taiwan with a Short Term Research Award (STRA) or a Huayu
Enrichment Scholarship (HES).
The verification and provision of benefits for international
students who were awarded an MOE Taiwan Scholarship and enrolled
at a university/college and began undertaking a degree or
doctorate in the 2012 academic year, the 2013 academic year, the
2014 academic year, and/or the 2015 academic year will be
undertaken in accordance with the provisions of the MOE Taiwan
Scholarship Program Directions that were in effect prior to these
amended Directions.
(1) Tuition and miscellaneous fees (i.e. course-credit fees, and
miscellaneous basic study-related fees): The MOE will pay a
maximum of NTD 40, 000 for each recipient for verified and
approved tuition and miscellaneous expenses. If these fees
exceed a total amount of NTD40, 000, the remaining amount
must be paid by the scholarship recipient’s university/
college. The “miscellaneous expenses” do not include any
of the following: administration fees, thesis supervision
fees, insurance premiums, accommodation, or internet access.
These are all the responsibility of the scholarship recipient.
(2) Living allowance: The MOE provides each scholarship
recipient undertaking university undergraduate studies a
monthly stipend of NTD15, 000; it provides each scholarship
recipient undertaking a master’s degree or doctorate
studies a monthly stipend of NTD20, 000.
From the 2016 academic year on, students who are newly awarded an
MOE Taiwan Scholarship are subject to the provisions of these
amended Taiwan Scholarship Program Directions.
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