Taiwan Government Scholarship Programme
Taiwan Government Scholarship Programme
2018-2019 Taiwan Scholarship Program Guidelines For South Asian Students
I. In an effort to encourage outstanding South Asian students to undertake degree studies in Taiwan so as to familiarize themselves with the academic environment in Taiwan and promote communication, understanding and friendship between Taiwan and South Asian countries (IndiaBhutan BangladeshSri LankaNepal), the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) establishes the following guidelines for the Taiwan Scholarship Program.
II. The MOE awards outstanding South Asian students undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Taiwan by awarding each recipient of the Taiwan scholarship the following:
(i) Tuition and payment of academic fees, including credit fee. Upon validation of tuition and above fees, the MOE awards each recipient per semester up to NTD 40,000. (Approximate US$1,270.0086,000 Rupees). If the total amount of these fees should exceed NTD 40,000, the remainder of all costs shall be paid by the recipient. Tuition and academic fees do not include any of the following: administration fees, thesis advising fees, insurance premiums, accommodation, Internet access, all of which are payable by the recipients.
(ii) Subsistence allowance: The MOE offers each recipient undertaking undergraduate studies a monthly stipend of NTD 15,000.(Approximate US$470.0032,000 Rupees); it offers each recipient undertaking postgraduate studies a monthly stipend of NTD 20,000. (Approximate US$625.0043,000 Rupees)
III. Duration of Scholarships:
(i) The maximum period of each scholarship is four years for undergraduate programs, two years for master programs, and four years for doctorate programs. The maximum length of the total awards for each recipient undertaking a combination of studies is five years.
(ii) Annual award periods begin on September 1st and continue until August 31st of the following year. Recipients must arrive in Taiwan and enroll at their admitting universities/colleges within prescribed period unless delays have been approved by the relevant institutions and the MOE. If recipients fail to arrive in Taiwan for registration during this period, their award will be revoked with no deferrals.
(iii) Subsistence allowances begin from the month of the recipients? registration at the universities/colleges and end when the award period expires or upon the recipients? graduation, withdrawal, suspension, expulsion, or revocation of the scholarship.
2018-2019 Taiwan Scholarship Program Guidelines
For more details please refer the Scholarship Publisher Website