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Elite StudyInTaiwan Program Oce

Taiwan Partnership
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Online Application
Southeast Asian Scholarship
Experiences Sharing

Elite StudyInTaiwan Program Office

The Elite StudyInTaiwan Program Oce (ESIT) is commissioned by the Ministry of Education which strives to provide
necessary services for the higher education cooperation between Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries and the
wider international community. In order to promote higher education collaboration and mutual development for
Southeast Asia countries, the ESIT oce has initiated scholarship programs with Consortium Universities in Taiwan to
oer Southern Sunshine Scholarship (SSS) for International students to study in Taiwan. Until 2014, the consortium
universities in Taiwan are oering over 300 English-instructed programs for Masters and/or Ph.D. degrees in various
disciplines, and thus serving as a bridge connecting students and the consortium universities in Taiwan.

Southern Sunshine Scholarship(SSS)

Academic Programs:
English-instructed programs in various disciplines
(Program information:http://www.esit.org.tw/program)

The Scholarship

Scholarship Oering:
Financial support of tuition waiver for up to two years for masters and four years
for doctoral degree provided by consortium universities in Taiwan
Language Qualications:
Minimum international TOEFL PBT 550 or equivalent certicate; or with minimum
Chinese Test of Prociency-Huayu (TOP) Level 4 certicate

Taiwan Partnership

International
Institution
Partnership

34 nest Consortium Universities in Taiwan have participated in the Southern Sunshine

Scholarship Project oering various English-instructed programs of high quality. Please
refer to the following link for more details: http://www.esit.org.tw/south6

Currently there are 40 universities and institutes in Southeastern Asia countries participating in the project that encourage and select university faculty/sta and students to apply
for Taiwanese universities under SSS project. New participation of institutions from Southeast and South Asia region is especially welcomed by sending back the SSS Partnership
Form (available at http://www.esit.org.tw/south1). We will contact you for more details.

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NORTH

8. National Taipei University of Technology

9. National Taiwan Ocean University
10. Taipei Medical University
11. Tamkang University
12. Tatung University
13. Soochow University
14. Yuan Ze University

CENTRAL

EAST
22. National Dong Hwa University

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National Yunlin University

of Science and Technology

Introduction
Founded in 1991, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech) is a agship technological university with four
colleges, the College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Design, and College of Humanities and Applied
Sciences.
These four colleges account for 20 undergraduate, 26 masters and 12 doctoral programs. The student population is approximately 10,000, 65 percent of whom are undergraduates and 35 percent post-graduates. Among the distinguished faculty of the
university, over 87 percent hold doctoral degrees and 95 percent have reached the position of assistant professor or above. More
than 62 percent of the faculty has signicant experience in industrial sectors and 50 percent received their doctoral degrees from
renowned universities in Europe, the United States and elsewhere.

Innovative development
Through the universitys core values of Sincerity, Honor, Perseverance and Originality, YunTech fosters students into professionals who have knowledge-management ability, are internationally competitive and place an equal emphasis on humanities
and technology.

Teaching and Learning

Distinguished Professor: YunTech leads all universities nationwide in establishing the distinguished professor system to elect
professors who show outstanding performance in academic-industrial-teaching elds. YunTech oers a comprehensive selection
of curricula that is outcome-based, focuses on eective PDCA management, and aims to hone students interdisciplinary skills in
academics, leadership and public service. YunTech encourages each department to be accredited by the Institute of Engineering
Education Taiwan (IEET) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). It has become a successfully
internationalized university with seven departments having earned professional accreditations. The College of Management was
be accredited by the AACSB in 2014.

Cooperation with Industries

Nearly 70 percent of the faculty work or do research in industrial sectors. Due to their great eorts, YunTech ranks rst in
industry-academia cooperation among all universities in Taiwan. The average annual funding received for industry-academia
collaboration is approximately NT$2,000,000 per teacher, the highest nationwide.
Teacher 3+1 Program: YunTech encourages teachers to work or do research in the industrial sector after their third year of
teaching on campus so as to improve their practicum and help upgrade industry.
Academic and Technical Cooperation: There are 30 research centers and industrial-academic cooperation groups aliated with
YunTech. The research centers develop and conduct research projects while industrial-academic cooperation groups provide
services to industry related to logistics management, product design and personnel training.
Inter-disciplinary Cooperation: four academic-industrial centers on industrial development have been established. These are the
Great Center, Smart Life and Automatic Center, Center of Bike and Health Leisure Industry and The Development Center of
Cultural and Creative Industries. With these centers, YunTech is becoming a paradigm for university-industry cooperation.

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Globalized YunTech
In order to attract outstanding teachers and students from around the world, YunTech signed a memorandum of agreement
with 188 foreign universities from 22 countries with which it operates university-to-university exchanges. 85 have signed
student exchange programs with YunTech. Through international exchanges and the recruitment of international students,
YunTech has built a cooperation platform with universities in other countries. YunTech encourages its international students to
connect their studies in their home country with studies in Taiwan by providing the undergraduate 2+2 (2 years of study in
ones home country and 2 years in YunTech) and masters 1+1 (1 year of study in ones home country and 1 year in YunTech)
joint degree programs. As a agship university in Taiwan, YunTech signed a memorandum of agreement with Vilnius Gedminas
Technical University of Lithuania, one of the Baltic nations.

Outstanding Achievements
YunTech students are encouraged to participate in at least one international competition before they graduate. In 2013,
YunTech students won 29 gold medals, 38 silver, 18 bronze and 4 special awards at various national and international competitions, showcasing their world-class competitiveness. For the MOE Teaching Excellence Project, YunTech received the highest
funding among all technological universities nationwide.
YunTech ranked 56th among the top 100 universities across the Taiwan Strait according to a survey released by Shanghai Jiao
Tong University.
Granted awards for the performance on general education and ethics education among all technological universities in
Taiwan
Won 5 awards at the category of design concept at the Red Dot Design Concept 2013. YunTech was ranked 7th among all
Asian nations and was selected as one of the most innovative universities.
Won 2 awards at the iF product design awards 2013.
Won 2 gold and 1 silver awards at the 2013 IENA Nuremberg
Won 5 gold and 3 silver medals at the International Warsaw Invention Show in 2013.
All the entries for the International Salon of Inventions and New Technologies were granted awards, including 5 gold and 5
silver awards.

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National Yunlin University

of Science and Technology
English Programs
Degree Conferring Departments

Degrees
Bachelor's

Construction Engineering

Masters

Doctoral

Industrial Engineering and Management

Logistics and Supply Chain Management

International Business Administration

Information Management

Finance

Design
Cultural Heritage Conservation

Technological and Vocational Education

Applies Foreign Language

Scholarships
Two types of scholarships will be granted (tuition waiver and scholarship for international students) to
those who have superior academic performance or qualications than other applicants for the same entry.

Application
Further information about admission, please search at
http://www.yuntech.edu.tw/english/
http://oia.yuntech.edu.tw

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ESIT Online Application System

The ESIT online application system is designed to provide information service and to ease the process of
application for international candidates with the quick access to more than 300 English-instructed
programs from the ESIT Consortium Universities.
To apply for a degree program under Southern Sunshine Scholarship project, please visit the online application system (http://www.esit.org.tw/). You may need to prepare a list of application materials for the
University Committee to review your qualication for admission and scholarship.

The Application Procedures

Sign up
Initiate an online application through ESIT online application website.
(www.esit.org.tw)
Apply for Programs
Select programs and upload the documents.
(http://www.esit.org.tw/program)
Submit Application
Submit your application.
Review by Consortium Universities
Wait for ESIT Consortium Universities to review your application.

Sign up

Apply for Programs

Submit
Application
Review by
Consortium Universities

Rejected

Issue LOA

Receive notice from ESIT Consortium Universities informing the

application result.
Make Decision

Choose the university you want to attend.

Accepted

Issue LOA

VISA to Taiwan

Apply for VISA to Taiwan.

Make Decision

Go to Taiwan

Enroll at ESIT Consortium Universities

VISA to Taiwan

Go to Taiwan

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Southeast Asian Scholarship
Project Name

Introduction

Project Name

Introduction

Project Name

Introduction

Indonesia - Taiwan DIKTI3+1 Scholarship project

In May of 2011 the Taiwan and Indonesian Ministries of education together with the
concerned policy makers held a bilateral summit to discuss the future academic cooperation and exchange that would take place between Taiwan and Indonesia where the
two sides reached an agreement. The Taiwan-Indonesia Higher Education Cooperation
Memorandum details the Indonesian Ministry of Education's plan to promote and
encourage Indonesian university lecturers, who have not yet already done so, to
pursue PhD's, as well as its hope to also send students to Taiwan annually to both study
Master's and Doctorate Degrees. In addition they plan to promote inter-school cooperation and exchange agreements and joint school degree programs. The projections
are by 2012 there will be 100 Indonesian students annually to study in Taiwan on the
DIKTI3+1 scholarship project.

Indonesia- Aceh Governmental Scholarship

Indonesia's Aceh Province is situated in the Northwest corner of Sumatra, and in 2004
countless thousands of their nest, including many university professors, university
personnel, medical professionals and government employees were lost in the tsunami
that aected Southeast Asia. As the Province of Aceh strives to rebuild its government
and professional resources, they have agreed to work together with the Taiwan Ministry of Education and in 2010 both sides signed a cooperation memorandum. Furthermore the Elite StudyinTaiwan Oce, under the authority of the Ministry of Education
will assist the government of Aceh Province with funds and student aairs management for publicly funded students selected to come to Taiwan for studies.

The Southern Sunshine Scholarship Program, SSS

The Southern Sunshine Scholarship (which is comparable with the model of the
American Fulbright Scholarship) together with the Elite StudyinTaiwan Oce takes
the English taught international curriculum, student recruitment and scholarship
information of local participating Taiwan Universities and mails it directly to 1,200
university presidents, vice presidents, international oces and student aairs oces
in Southeast Asia. Via this channel they hope to attract university professors and
students to apply for studies at Taiwan schools. Currently there are 34 universities
participating in this program and we have 40 alliances with foreign schools. In the
future the plan is to match Taiwan schools up with foreign schools and explore the
cooperation possibilities.

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Southeast Asian Scholarship
Project Name

Vietnam-VEST 500 (911 project , 599 project)

Introduction

In order to maintain close communication, promote academic cooperation

on both sides, advance mutual understanding, pursue a common good and
develop cooperation, following negotiations which were held by the Taiwan
Ministry of Education and Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training,
Taiwan and Vietnam held the signing ceremony for the Taiwan-Vietnam
Elite Cooperation Memorandum on September 15th of 2008. Its purpose
was to detail the agreement to send 500 university professors from Vietnam schools on scholarship to Taiwan to obtain doctorate degrees and
promote cultural and academic exchange between both sides.

Project Name

Introduction

Project Name

Introduction

Vietnam-Mekong 1000 Project

The Mekong 1000 Project plans to utilize the Mekong Delta Region Fund
which has been co-ordinated by Can Tho University ( the largest regional
university in the Mekong Delta Region of Southwest Vietnam) to train
future professionals in the region. The original projections were, from
2006-2011, to select 1000 outstanding students or employees from the
region to be sent abroad to renowned universities to study for master's or
doctorate degrees. But by this year (2011) there have only been 400 names
chosen to go to various countries for study; 32 of which have come to
Taiwan. Students must partake in English training for a xed period of time
and in order to go abroad for studies they must obtain 550 points or greater
on the TOEFL test or 6.5 on the IELTS. Those studying in sciences must
attend classes in English, and that also goes for Machinery, Electronics,
Information and Communications, Food Sciences, Civil Engineering,
Hydraulic Resources, Material Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Transportation, Sociology, Urban and Rural Management, Architecture, Economics, Finance, Trade, Banking, Law, International Relations,
Public Sanitation as well as others.
Thailand -Elite 600 Scholarship Program
In order to maintain and enhance bilateral cooperation in educational matters, promote mutual understanding, and pursue common benets and
the collaborative development of education, Taiwan and Thailand implement a program to send 600 lecturers/sta members from universities in
Thailand as scholarship students to pursue a masters degree or doctoral
degree at selected universities in Taiwan between the 2014 academic year
and the 2018 academic year.

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Yinn-Yun Chang
Chinese Culture University, Taipei
Master
From Malaysia
Live yourself as what the local's people living! This is the upmost meaningful life thought I've gained during my postgraduate studies in this awesome and beautiful island- Taiwan. Albeit I just spent two semesters over here so far, but the culture
of the Taiwanese people has amazingly wooed me to like this place deeper and greater. I am going to appreciate the rest
of my semesters here by all means of the excitement and fulllment I could do, denitely.
As a mother of one infant whom still hunger for mother's cuddles and cares, I've decided to accept the scholarship oered
by Chinese Culture University (CCU) located at Yang-Ming Shan Taipei, via the courtesy and assistance of ESIT organization to further my Master of Journalism there. This was the toughest decision I have ever made in my lifetime but no regret
I should said. At least, I made to checked one of my wish in my bucket list proudly, ha. Most signicantly, I have a very
supportive family that backed me up to pursue this dream without much worries and burdens upon my journey to Taiwan.
In my rst semester, just a week times of transition period has been taken to tackle my homesickness and new campus live
adjustment. The feeling of anxious and loneliness has no time to proliferate fast as the activities scheduled throughout the
orientation week were buzzed us out. Greeting, meeting, knowing friends from all around the world helped bunch to
soothe the negative feelings yet conversely rejuvenate the excitement to looking forward for the new chapter of campus
live in CCU.
The images of my rst day in class still ashing fresh in my mind now. My enthusiasm to strengthen my portfolio and
credibility in communication studies much encouraged and assured after the meet up session with several credible professors from my department. Everyone of them shared their backgrounds and the valuable experiences in the academic pathway accomplishment. The priceless sharing session had inspired me immensely. None the less, the new classmates who I
have just got to know during the rst class were pretty interesting too. Although all of us mostly came from Asian countries
(Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia) but the backgrounds and our major elds were surprisingly diverse. This provide
a better opportunity for everyone of us to spend more time to know each other deeper in the sooner future.
New life in Taiwan wouldn't be full or complete if without spending time to stroller around to observe and witness how's
the Taiwanese people spend their time and lives their life in Taiwan. Throughout the places and the cities I've visited during
my leisure time besides classes, Tai Chung () Nantou county CingJing Veterans Farm () was the one I loved
most. Seated approximately altitude 1,750m above the sea level , the chilly and breezy fresh air denitely won't make you
down but rather gave you the optimum energy to recharge yourself. The tranquil greenery scenes and the green green
grass everywhere ultimately make you feel like want to be the sheep there which embraced by the Mother Nature loves.
For those who loves to enjoy sunrise, there is a must-go spot called HeHuan Mountain () for you to capture the
superb magnicent sunrise moment.
Something special I've spotted here in Taiwan wherein it's quite unique for me: the queuing culture! No matter where you
are or what you are doing, it is extremely common for the people here to queue for turn despite you are younger or elder,
male or female. For me, this phenomenon expresses pretty much on Taiwanese's culture to practice tolerance, patience
and harmonize morality among the societies. Hence, another cultural here which impressed me a lot is the "priority seats"
practices inside public transportation for instances metro, buses or trains. Priority seats that meant for needy people
always leave empty without being occupied even though it is highly crowded during peak hours. People always extended
their helping hands if you need any seats or any helps when you are on board. This, makes me really impressed!
Besides accomplish my ultimate goal to get my master scroll, the next goal I wish to achieve within my staying overhere
is, gaining specic valuable internship or working experiences in Taiwan's media industry. I strongly believe with certain
kind of hands on practical skills gained from dierent nations or dierent backgrounds, do excessively help in my next
career prospect and development. All the hard works and eorts shall pay its price eventually. Thus, just stay focus and be
positive in whatever you trust on. Last but not least, my heartiest appreciation towards the scholarship oered via the
crucial platform provided by ESIT (Elite Study In Taiwan) to fulll my dream. Wishing my fellow course mates graduate
with ying colors and the best in their future endeavors.

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Trang, Nguyen Hong
Dong Hoa International University,
Master
From Vietnam

I have been staying in Taiwan (formerly known as "Formosa")-a beautiful island for 5 months and also nished my rst
semester. While most students choose to enroll for fall semester, I was one of the minority students entering the spring
one. After spending a happy time with my family during the New Year, and farewell parties with friends, I backed up and
got ready to study in Taiwan to realize my dream.
I made my mind to enter National Dong Hwa University,Hualien to earn my Masters degree. The university is located in
Hualien Province, the central of Taiwan. Hualien is not only famous for beautiful beaches but also the center of earthquake.
But you do not have to concern too much about earthquake here, because the richter scale is quite small and it might be a
new experience. Moreover, Hualien is considered an extremely interesting and attractive attraction place in Taiwan.
Upon touching this Island; the spirit of traveling and site seeing was induced inside me, because I have a huge passion for
travelling and a 5-year tourism- major in college furnished me more knowledge and inspiration. Indeed, Hualien in general
and National Dong Hwa University in particular gave me a pleasant surprise by incredibly beautiful scenery. I still remember the feeling when I rst came here; it was so amazing and excited. Later, my Taiwanese classmate told me that National
Dong Hwa University is one of the most beautiful universities in Taiwan. It makes me proud so much!
Taiwan holds a soft spot in my heart not only for beautiful scenery but also Taiwanese people also very pleasant, friendly
and kind As an English saying, It is the rst step that counts but I always keep my hope and take endless eort. The rst
day arrived at Taoyuan airport; I lost a suitcase that later I realized the cards attached to my suitcase dropped o when I
took my transit ight in Hong Kong. The stas at Taiwan airport was dedicated in helping me to deliver luggage to school.
The responsible and enthusiastic attitude of people here made me warm and happy when I rst came to a faraway country.
The new country, new environment and illiteracy of Chinese language made me terribly clumsy to nd the way back to
school. But luckily, some friends oered me a lift to dormitory when they found me confused about location. I really highly
appreciate for Taiwan's assistance and support. And that was memory of my rst day putting step to Taiwan.
Finishing the rst semester at National Dong Hwa University with international students, Taiwanese professors and
colleagues, I can feel the warm-hearted, the caring, enthusiasm and friendliness of the people here. I can feel that the
sights of Taiwan are not the main highlight of this island but its people because the Taiwanese are very friendly and helpful
Besides Taiwanese peoples hospitality, I also nd Taiwanese cuisine is extremely unique. Taiwans people have always
enjoyed a thriving culture of street-stall and night-market foods. There are many cant-miss attractions on the itineraries
of foreigners. But while street-stall and night-market oerings- known collectively as little eats such as fried chicken
(jipai), soybean soup (touhua), bubble milk tea, macaroons, assorted sausages, grilled seafood ... and other food that I
cannot even remember the name. Junk food is extremely tasty, attractive, particularly with the young. Unsurprisingly, I
therefore have gained 4 more kg and now struggling to lose weight. To carry out this task is undoubtedly challenging
because the food here is everywhere I go and it is super and incredibly attractive. Taiwanese food is seducing me every
second.
The weather in Taiwan is quite pure and pleasant but sometimes a little bit kinky because of erratic rainfall. Due to the
uniqueness in geography location, Taiwan often has rain, especially in the summer. Therefore, one of inseparable thing
things is umbrella, because rain can come suddenly without any warning signs. In addition, Taiwan has four full seasons like
Vietnam: spring, summer, autumn and winter. I already experienced the rst summer in Taiwan, and indeed it was a burning hot summer like Ha Noi - my hometown in Vietnam.
I have never regretted about choosing to study in Taiwan until now. Currently, I am having a part time job and enjoying the
rst summer here. The life of a studying abroad- student is full of homesickness, and family reunion memory, or missing so
badly your countrys food when you suddenly see some delicious food on Facebook. The life here is also full of extremely
new, exciting, and amazing new friends.
If you wish to choose Taiwan as the next stop for your higher education, the only thing that you should keep in mind is
cherishing the time in Taiwan.

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