National Taiwan University’s 2021 September Entry Second Round Applications are now open. NTU will be holding an Introduction to NTU – 2021 Online Info Session from 1 Feb, Monday, to 4 Feb, Thursday.
All international and overseas students interested in the degree programs at NTU are welcome to join them online. Further details can be found at our Info Sessions Website.
 
Download NTU 2021/2022 Study at NTU Brochure for the latest admissions and application information.
NTU international student recruitment video is also now on YouTube, featuring the daily lives of our aspiring and devoted international students.

The registration system will be opened  form 9:00am (GMT+8) on January 11th, 2021.
Website for 2021 Summer Camp(Age 8-11;12-14):
http://service2.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/culture/ntnusummercamp/en/index03.html
program dates session 1: 2021/6/21 ~ 7/16
program dates session 2: 2021/7/19 ~ 8/13  
 
Website for 2021 Summer Academy(Age 15-17):
http://service2.mtc.ntnu.edu.tw/culture/mtcsummeracademy/en/index03.html
program dates : 2021/7/5~7/30

• Online application

　　January 15 to April 15 (Taiwan time).

• Admissions page

　　http://idsa.oie.fju.edu.tw

• About Fu Jen

Fu Jen Catholic University is a comprehensive university founded by the Holy See. Originally established in Beijing in 1925, Fu Jen was re-established in Taiwan in 1961. With a history spanning 95 years, the university currently has 12 colleges/schools, 50 undergraduate programs, 49 master’s programs, and 12 PhD programs. Please refer to the Academic Units for more information.
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FJCU has a student population of 27,000, hosts 160 student-run organizations/clubs, and, as part of active efforts to promote international exchange, has signed partnership agreements with 424 institutions. Now over half a century old, our Center of Chinese Language and Learning offers students the chance to learn Chinese in small classes as well as many chances to take part in cultural activities. Campus is located in the Greater Taipei area, and the metro right at our doorstep means it takes only 20 minutes to travel right into the heart of Taipei.

The academic year of Fu Jen consists of two semesters. The first semester (fall term) begins in September and runs till January; the second semester (spring term) begins in February and ends in June.

Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Pittsburgh to establish a new Taiwan Studies program at the university. The MOU was signed by the Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in New York and the Asian Studies Center (ASC) at the University of Pittsburgh. The program, titled Centering Taiwan in Global Asia, will be led by the ASC over the next three years.
 
The Taiwan Studies program is aimed at examining Taiwan's crucial role in the globalization of modern Asia from historical, cultural, political, economic and socio-developmental perspectives. Since Taiwan’s own development has been shaped by diverse historical and cultural influences, it can be viewed as a microcosm of the forces driving the development of modern Asia. Through the Taiwan Studies program, the ASC plans to host new courses, lectures, seminars, and screenings of Taiwanese films to encourage greater discourse about Taiwan.
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The first such seminar was held at the University of Pittsburgh on Oct. 2, with a lecture by history professor Dr. Evan Dawley on the topic “Becoming Taiwanese: Religion, Ethnogenesis, and Colonialism in Twentieth-Century Taiwan.” In his lecture, Dr. Dawley analyzed the formation of a distinct Taiwanese identity, and how this process was influenced by traditional religious practices and the various colonial nations who were present throughout Taiwan’s history. Although the seminar was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was well attended by students and faculty from the university and culminated in a lively Q&A session.
 
The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh was founded in 1969, and has since pioneered the field of East Asian studies in the United States. Its founding faculty included many renowned scholars, including Drs. Hsu Cho-yun, C.K. Yang, and Thomas Rawski. The center has been designated as a Title VI National Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education to promote the global affairs and foreign language education.
 
The ASC has planned three major initiatives for its Taiwan Studies program. First, the school will offer two new courses in Taiwan Studies, one of which will be a general education class for undergraduates covering the history of migration to Taiwan, and the other being a specialized course on Taiwan’s history from the 16th century onwards. The second initiative involves incorporating Taiwan Studies into the University of Pittsburgh’s community engagement programs. Specifically, the ASC plans to leverage its existing K-12 teacher training programs by incorporating more Taiwan-related topics into the curriculum. The final component of the program is to host seminars, lectures, and film screenings on topics ranging from Taiwan’s economic development, immigration patterns, to religious practices. 

To celebrate the Republic of China (Taiwan)'s National Day on October 10, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) hosted a celebration at our office in New York on October 8. Local officials, academics, and community leaders were invited to attend the festivities. Due to social distancing requirements for safeguarding public health, only 20 guests attended the ceremony in person, while the rest of the invited guests participated online through a live stream. 

The Education Division at TECO was proud to invite Dr. S. David Wu, President of Baruch College, and Columbia University student Gavin Ko, who serves as Vice President of the Federation of Taiwanese Student Associations in New York (FTSANY), to attend the ceremony in person. Taiwanese students studying at universities in the New York tri-state region were invited to participate in the ceremony online. ​

The 2020 Global Youth Trends Webinar held by the Youth Development Administration (YDA), Ministry of Education, is now open for registration!

The YDA organizes the Global Youth Trends Forum every year. Despite the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global exchange of ideas continues. The forum has been adapted to an online discussion and will be a prelude of the next year’s event. Two webinars will be held on Nov. 13th and Nov. 27th. The theme is “Global Partnership”, which is the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 17, with a focus on “Living together in a time of pandemic and digital technology.” Youth from all over the world are invited to share their experiences about promoting disease prevention and discuss about how they can combat the pandemic together to create a better life for the new normal.

The first webinar will be held on Nov. 13th. The host will be Audrey Tang, digital minister of Taiwan, who will share Taiwan’s pandemic prevention experience.

Three leading international panelists have also been invited to share their experiences. Taiwan was the first country to resume its baseball league, and managed to control the pandemic without suspending schools after the COVID-19 outbreak. At the same time, Taiwan has supported other countries by providing face masks, developed a pandemic information platform, and promoted digital technology to prevent the spread of COVID-19. By sharing success stories, the webinar will be an opportunity for youth around the globe to think about how to collaborate to implement pandemic prevention measures during the coronavirus crisis.

The second webinar will be held on Nov. 27th. Representatives of global youth organizations, including the European Youth Forum, World Youth Alliance and One Young World, have been invited to participate. Moreover, during the webinar, participants will together discuss and vote for the subtopics of next year’s Global Youth Trends Forum. The YDA will collect their opinions and organize them into specific issues.

These two webinars will be livestreamed on Nov. 13th 1:00-2:00 pm and Nov. 27th 4:00-5:00 pm Taiwan time (UTC+8). Register on the official website (http://2020gytf.kahap.com) now, and you will have chance to interact with professionals from around the world. For detailed information, please follow the Global Youth Trends Forum’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/globalyouthtrendsforum/).

The Education Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO) co-hosted a welcome event on September 12 for Taiwanese students to start the new academic year. The event was organized with the Federation of Taiwanese Student Associations in New York (FTSANY) to welcome new students commencing their studies in New York in the 2020 academic year, as well as to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
 
The annual event to welcome new students at the start of each academic year is traditionally held at the TECO office in Manhattan. For the first time, the event was held outdoors in Central Park this year due to social distancing requirements in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Participating students were spaced out into smaller groups, and all attendees were provided with masks and hand sanitizer.
 
Ambassador James K.J. Lee, the new Director-General of TECO New York, welcomed students to the event. In his remarks, Ambassador Lee noted the multitude of prestigious American universities in the four states served by TECO New York, attracting many bright young students from Taiwan. He described students as the country’s treasured talent assets and invited them to view TECO as their home away from home while in New York. He also praised the longstanding partnership between the Education Division and FTSANY in jointly hosting events to bring the Taiwanese student community together and to support their needs, not only through social events, but also educational events like career seminars and guest lectures.
 
FTSANY President Phoebe Tsai, a Master’s degree student studying Accountancy at Baruch College, discussed the unique situation faced by all students this year, with many more unknown variables and challenges compared to previous years. As a result, she pledged that FTSANY, an organization founded to help support the Taiwanese international student community and help them build local networks in New York, would strive to provide even more creative activities and events for students.
 
Crayon Chen, Vice-President of FTSANY and a student at New York University pursuing a Master’s degree in Music Business, expressed his hope that despite the pandemic, FTSANY would still be able to host similar events to provide opportunities for Taiwanese students to interact and form bonds. In these circumstances, it was even more important for FTSANY to keep students informed of the range of resources available to them from FTSANY, the Education Division at TECO, and other local community organizations.
 
Columbia University Master’s degree student in Biostatistics, Gavin Ko, who is also a Vice-President of FTSANY, thanked the TECO Education Division as well as Taiwanese community members who sponsored the welcome event for their support and longstanding assistance to the students.  

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) has reached an agreement with Columbia University to renew and expand the Taiwan Columbia Scholarship, a joint scholarship program for Taiwanese students to attend the Ivy League university. The new memorandum of understanding was signed in July 2020 by Dr. Min-Ling Yang, Director of the Education Division at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO) on behalf of the MOE, and Dr. Ira Katznelson, Interim Provost of Columbia University.

The Taiwan Columbia Scholarship was jointly established in 2014 by the MOE and Columbia University to provide scholarship funding to students from Taiwan pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree at Columbia. Previously, only students in the School of Arts and Sciences were eligible to apply for the scholarship. Under the terms of the new agreement signed in July, Taiwanese students attending Columbia’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are now also eligible.

Each year, the program selects up to five students from Taiwan to receive scholarships. Before applying for the scholarship, each student is required to independently gain admission to Columbia University following the school’s regular admissions process. Once a student is accepted to the university and is awarded the Taiwan Columbia Scholarship, the program fully funds all tuition and fees and provides the student with a living stipend for a period of three years. All scholarship funds are contributed equally by the MOE and Columbia University.

The latest agreement between Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and Columbia University is part of efforts by the MOE to establish joint scholarship programs with leading international universities that are ranked in the global top 100. Similar scholarship programs have been established by the MOE at 13 universities worldwide, including the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford in the U.K., Australia’s University of Sydney, and the Université Paris-Sud in France. In addition to Columbia University, the MOE has also forged similar agreements with several universities in the United States, including Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Southern California, California Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley.
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Columbia University is one of the oldest and most prestigious American universities and is a member of the Ivy League. The school was founded in 1754 in New York City as King’s College and is the fifth oldest institution for higher education in the United States. Today, the university encompasses 16 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools and four affiliated colleges and seminaries located across several campuses in New York City. In 2020, there were approximately 150 Taiwanese students studying at Columbia University, many of whom are members of the Taiwanese Student Association on campus. The association actively organizes a variety of activities and events for its members and works closely with the Federation of Taiwanese Student Associations in New York (FTSANY). 

U.S. lawmakers have introduced the Taiwan Fellowship Act in the U.S. Congress to facilitate personnel exchanges between the U.S. government and Taiwan. If passed, the proposed act would establish a program whereby 10 U.S. federal government officials would embark on a two-year fellowship exchange to learn, live, and work in Taiwan each year. Modeled on the existing 1994 Mansfield Fellowship Program between the U.S. and Japan, the Taiwan Fellowship Program aims to help U.S. officials gain a better understanding of how to advance U.S. values and interests in the Indo-Pacific region by taking advantage of the special emphasis in strengthening Washington's strategic partnership with Taiwan.

The bipartisan act was jointly introduced into the U.S. Senate by Senators Edward Markey and Marco Rubio, and concurrently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Ted Yoho and Ami Bera. In announcing the new act on June 26, 2020, Senator Markey stated that “The U.S. strategic partnership with Taiwan's vibrant democracy of 23 million people continues to grow from engagement and cooperation in areas such as trade, human rights and the rule of law, security, and battling a global pandemic. Amidst China's concerted campaign to isolate Taiwan on the global stage, an exchange of our most qualified public servants to the island nation of Taiwan is a visible demonstration of our unwavering commitment to Taiwan.”

Representative Yoho also characterized the Taiwan Fellowship Act as a long overdue investment by Washington to support the professional development of Taiwan experts in the U.S. federal government.

Raymond Burghardt, former Chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and a founding board member of the Western Pacific Fellowship Project, welcomed the Taiwan Fellowship Act as a positive step forward in U.S.-Taiwan ties. He noted that it built on important recent Congressional initiatives addressing U.S.-Taiwan ties, including the TAIPEI Act, the Taiwan Travel Act, and the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act.

The Taiwan Fellowship Act also explicitly reinforces the U.S. commitment “to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people of Taiwan,” as stated in the Taiwan Relations Act.