2023 MOE Taiwan Scholarship
The Taiwan Scholarship Program is sponsored by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to encourage outstanding international students to undertake degree programs in Taiwan.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must be a foreign national with a high-school diploma or post-secondary degree(s), with an excellent academic record, and be of good moral character.
- Applicants are ineligible if they meet the following criteria:
- Are ROC nationals or overseas Chinese students; (If one or both of parents was an ROC national at the time of applicant‘s birth, applicant is an ROC national as well and therefore not eligible to apply.)
- Are already registered or have obtained student status at any university/college in Taiwan. Graduating students pursuing further studies are exempt from this rule.
- Have already studied in Taiwan for the same level of degree as the one in which they currently intend to enroll.
- Are exchange or dual/joint degree students admitted in accordance with academic cooperation agreements between local universities/colleges and international universities/colleges.
- Have been a recipient of the Taiwan Scholarship for over a total of five years.
- Have had, in the past, their Taiwan Scholarship or Huayu Enrichment Scholarship from the MOE revoked.
- Are recipients of any other scholarship or subsidy offered by the Taiwan government or education institutions in Taiwan. This excludes subsidies offered by universities/colleges to cover tuition and other fees exceeding the scholarship limit.
- Applicants should apply directly for admission within the deadlines specified by the university/college in Taiwan.
The following documents are required before the application can be processed:
- An Application Form, completed and signed by the applicant.
- A photocopy of the applicant’s passport or other documentary evidence of nationality.
- A photocopy of the highest degree diploma and academic transcripts. Documents in a language other than Chinese or English must be translated into Chinese or English.
- 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.)
- A photocopy of a language proficiency certificate:
- For applications to undertake a program not completely taught in English: A photocopy of Level 3 or above results for the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL). If an applicant is unable to take the TOCFL test in Kuwait, the test should be taken at the applicant’s expense by the end of the first semester after they arrive in Taiwan and the test results or certificate should be summited to their university/college.
- For applicant to undertake an all-English program: A photocopy of the results of an internationally recognized English language proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL) or degrees awarded in English. 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, the applicant must obtain a document formally issued by the university/college certifying that the degree program in question is fully taught in English.
- Two letters of recommendation signed and sealed in envelopes by the applicant’s principals, professors or supervisors.
- A duly signed Terms of Agreement for the MOE Taiwan Scholarship Program.
All documents above must be received by our office no later than March 31, 2023.
Required information can be browsed at
https://taiwanscholarship.moe.gov.tw/web/pages.aspx
References:
2023 List of UniversitiesColleges Providing Degree Programs Taught in English
Taiwan Scholarship Program Directions
Terms of Agreement for The MOE Taiwan Scholarship Program
