Brief description:
TaiwanICDF’s
International Higher Education Scholarship Program aims to assist
partner developing countries to achieve sustainable development through
education. The TaiwanICDF provides scholarships for higher education and
has developed undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. programs in cooperation
with renowned partner universities in Taiwan.
Host Institution(s):
The
TaiwanICDF has established the Taiwan International Cooperation
Alliance (TICA) with its partner universities, setting up an operational
platform under this TICA framework to manage and improve the
scholarship program. More information about each of the programs offered
through the TaiwanICDF International Higher Education Scholarship
Program can be found on the relevant partner university’s website (links
are also provided under each program introduction provided as part of
the following list of partner universities). See the List of TaiwanICDF Scholarship Partner Universities.
Field(s) of study:
The
programs of study supported include: Science and Technology,
Engineering, Public Health and Medicine, Sustainable Agriculture
Development, Humanities and Social Sciences, Private Sector Development.
Target group:
Nationals
of a country on the list of countries eligible for TaiwanICDF
Scholarship coming form the region of Asia Pacific,West Asia, Africa,
Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe.
Scholarship value/inclusions:
The
TaiwanICDF provides each scholarship recipient with a full scholarship,
including return airfare, housing, tuition and credit fees, insurance,
textbook costs and a monthly allowance. See the details of scholarship benefits.
Eligibility:
• Be a citizen of List of Countries Eligible
for TaiwanICDF Scholarship, and satisfy any specific criteria
established by his or her country and/or government of citizenship.
• Neither be a national of the Republic of China (Taiwan) nor an overseas compatriot student.
•
Satisfy the admission requirements of the partner university to which
he or she has applied to study under a TaiwanICDF scholarship.
•
Be able to satisfy all requirements for a Resident Visa (Code: FS) set
by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an
Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) set by the Ministry of the Interior, of
the ROC (Taiwan) government (this means that the TaiwanICDF has the
right to revoke a scholarship offered if an applicant cannot satisfy the
visa requirements).
•
Upon accepting a TaiwanICDF scholarship, not hold any other
ROC(Taiwan) government-sponsored scholarship (such as the
TaiwanScholarship) in the same academic year in which the TaiwanICDF
scholarship would be due to commence.
•
Not be applying for a further TaiwanICDF scholarship in unbroken
succession — applicants who have already held a TaiwanICDF scholarship
must have returned to their home country for more than one year before
re-applying (note: to apply for a 2013 scholarship, an applicant must
have graduated and returned to his or her home country before July 31,
2012).
• Have
never had any scholarship revoked by any ROC (Taiwan)government agency
or related institution, nor been expelled from any Taiwanese university.
Application instructions:
The
annual application period runs, in principle, from 1 January to 15
March (for 2013 Scholarship programs, the application period runs from 4 January to 15 March 2013)
operated
jointly by the Fund and the National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan. The
aim of the program is to facilitate academic exchanges by
providing support to PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers
from the V4 countries who intend to study or conduct research in
Taiwan. Reciprocal part of the program supporting mobility of
Taiwanese researchers to the V4 region is operated by the NSC.
due upon registration every semester. The amount of tuition will be
varying from partner universities’ standard. Please contact each program
you would like to study. On arriving at Academia Sinica, students will
also face reasonable living and housing costs. To apply for admission,
there is no set requirement for research experience. In some cases,
however, demonstrated research experience (e.g., in publications or
other supporting documentation) may be an acceptable substitute for GRE
exam scores and, generally, may serve to strengthen a candidate’s
application profile.