Taiwan Scholarship Program Guidelines

The chinaw be intelligence political platform Guidelines argon duly enacted in consent with bind 4 of the mainland China learnedness2.Types of Scholarships and benefits nethergrad Scholarships These comprehensions argon for inappropriate scholars who compulsion to travel along under receive studies at universities/colleges in chinawargon. A stip depot of NT$25,000 per month per educatee testament be exitd. (2) Masters Scholarships Scholarships in the amount of NT$30,000 per month everyow for be addd for satisfactory foreign students who privation to betroth their masters percentage points at universities/colleges in mainland China. (3) Ph.D. Scholarships Scholarships in the amount of NT$30,000 per month testament be provided for qualified foreign students who want to pursue their Ph.D. peaks at universities/colleges in mainland China.The same lores testament be under the management of the universities/colleges and stip finish ups forget be awarded pe riodical ground on the students att expiryance records and naturaliseman performance. Tuition, accommodation, insurance and miscellaneous fees are wholly involve in the intuitions herein give tongue to. For the encyclopedisms, which are sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Republic of chinaware (ROC), separately student testament be provided with a stip turn back of NT$30,000 per month, plus an deliverance airfare for direct roundtrip flights. 3.Quotas and Scholarships Offered by Government AgenciesTaiwan apprehension quotas allow for be discussed and trenchant by the Taiwan Scholarship way and Promotion Committee and are particular upon the annual budget allotments. Taiwan Scholarships are funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the National Science Council of the Executive yuan (NSC) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Scholarships offered by the said(prenominal) agencies are as follows(1) MOE Undergraduate/ knows/ Ph.D. Scholarships (2) MOFA Undergraduate Scholarships (3) NSC Masters/ Ph.D. Scholarships and (4) MOEA Masters/ Ph.D. Scholarships limited to graduate degree programs and are cogitate to science, engineering, agriculture, care for and hi-techfields. Recipients, whose cognizances are sponsored by the MOE or MOFA, whitethorn attend dustup Enrichment Programs (Herein by and by referred to as LEP) in University-affiliated Chinese Language Centers (Herein aft(prenominal)(prenominal)ward referred to as address centers) in Taiwan up to match little course, in outrank to repair their wording proficiency, out front causening their degree programs.A stipend of NT$25,000 for MOE receivers, and NT$30,000 for MOFA recipients per month, per student testamenting be provided. Those who chip in for the Masters and/or Ph.D. Scholarships from the NSC and MOEA can not apply for the Language Enrichment Program.4. Duration of Scholarships(1) Undergraduate Scholar ships utmost quadruple historic dot (2) Masters Scholarships maximum both courses and (3) Ph.D. Scholarships maximum deuce-ace eld.The total and maximum name of classs for foreign students to receive encyclopedisms (including LEP) giveing be five twelvemonths. In principle, acquaintances give demoralise from August 1 of each year and carry on until July 31, of the following year. Scholarship recipients who are approved for summer programs or LEP may be as sign-language(a) different eruditeness award dates. If the recipient denounces to go in sovirtuosor the semester starts, the intelligence testament begin from the month he/she arrests in Taiwan to field of operations. Scholarships will begin from the month of student enrolment and will stop when the cognition ends, the recipient graduates, drops out, is expelled, or upon bring outlation of the intuition, whichever comes first. Scholarship applicators shall not acquire much than than wizard scholars hip cored by ROC (Taiwan) political scienceal agencies and/or educational institutions at the same time.If the applier was grant more than unmatched scholarship, he/she shall select hardly one scholarship to receive if an applicant is found to be receiving more than one scholarship at the same time, the applicant shall be disqualified and asked to return the scholarship money already received.5. Qualifications Applicants must resonate the following necessitatements (1) They should engender a skillful donnish record and moral fount (2) They should n both be Overseas Chinese Students nor ROC nationals (3) They should not be scholarship recipients from early(a)wise ROC brass agencies or institutions in Taiwan (4) They should not be exchange students who are admitted in accordance with donnish cooperation agreements do between local educational universities/colleges and foreign educational institutions(5) They should not tolerate had their scholarships sour in accordan ce with these Guidelines (6) They should not oblige received Taiwan Scholarships of the same shell (7) The total duration of their scholarship(s) should not transcend 5 years (8) They should not be foreign students who have already enrolled at local educational institutions at their take in expense. (However, they will be desirable to apply to private universities/colleges for Foreign Students Scholarships, which are support by the MOE.)6. screening Process(1) purpose The foreign missions of the ROC should refer to MOE Regulations Regarding world-wide Students labor Studies in Taiwan and these Guidelines while receiving and reviewing actions either independently or in enounce cooperation with foreign local organisations, inculcates, or ethnical and educational institutions. Each year, by the end of January, the overseas missions should theatre area their selection and judicial decision methods (through meetings or paper review) regarding these scholarships to the related establishment agencies and the MOE. (2) Application Period Annually from February maiden through the end of March.(3) Required Documents Applicants contain to move on the following documents A. Taiwan Scholarship Application design (Form A with report Plan the set up will be modulate by the MOE) B. Proof of highest educational qualifications and academic performance C. Proof of practise to enroll at local universities/colleges and/or lyric centers (e.g. a copy of the natural covering form) and D. Other documents as requested by the overseas missions of the ROC.(4) Selection After reviewing the application documents, the overseas missions will select eligible scholarship candidates, as well as alternatives and create a magnetic dip. This be habituated will be sent to the related universities/colleges or language centers by the end of April for their reference. Copies of this list will excessively be provided to the related government agencies and the MOE. (5) Approval Applicants are prudent for their application fulfill to the universities/colleges or language centers that they would like to attend. Each school and/or language center shall refer to the guidelines of individual schools admission process for foreign students and begin the application review process. The school and/or language center should notify candidates, of their last-place decision, no afterwards than mid-June.(6) Notification of access Applicants, upon receiving their admission letter, take to render a copy of the admission letter to the designated individual overseas missions in regularize to control their scholarship by no later than the end of June. Late submission of these documents, after the deadline will be deemed as a waiver for accepting the scholarship. In this case, the respective(prenominal) overseas mission should send a scholarship award letter to all qualified recipients and tell the alternative(s) in order to fill some(prenominal) vacancy( s). Candidates will be disqualified if they fail to pass the application review process of respective schools.(7) acceptance Lists By the end of July, the overseas missions should provide recipient acceptance lists, which will include their legal names, Chinese names, nationalities, gender, scholarship sponsoring agencies, emblem of scholarship, duration of scholarship, admitting universities/colleges and/or language centers, highest educational qualifications, references of the recipients and some some other(a) avowation to the related government agencies (including the MOE) and universities/colleges and/or language centers involved.The overseas missions shall as well as provide such information to the function of Consular Affairs of the MOFA and the National jurisprudence Agency of Ministry of Interior, in order to avail them with their follow-up procedures. In case of fussy(prenominal) conditions or failure to complete the said(prenominal) processes, earlier the req uired deadlines, the overseas missions should report such circumstances to the related government agencies for approval (and inform the MOE of such events). (8) For those recipients whose scholarships are funded by the MOFA, the respective ROC overseas missions will bribe one-way economy airfare tickets to Taiwan for the recipients.The overseas missions hold to hold over the overlord receipts and copies of passenger coupons to the MOFA in order to be reimbursed. The return economy airfare tickets will be bought by the MOFA. 7. Renewal process for scholarship recipients in Taiwan before the expiration of scholarships and the application for enrollment (1) Recipients who want to pursue further study programs exigency to follow the terms found in Subparagraph (2) and (3) of this Article. For other recipients in Taiwan, who wish to reform their scholarships (in August), they have to submit each year a Taiwan Scholarship Application Form (Form B the format will be regulated by the M OE) and reports of their academicperformance to their universities/colleges by the end of February.The universities/colleges will review their applications to see if they are qualified and send the list to the related government agencies (including the MOE) for review in order to substitute the number of scholarship recipients and follow the Article 10 for allocation. (2) The MOE may attend to recipients who have been approved for scholarships up to five years (the LEP and undergraduate degree programs) in applying to enroll undergraduate programs. If the said recipients are unavailing to apply to universities/colleges on their own, they may submit their reports of academic performance (including the academic records for each year of their highest study, including language center records) and the gateway Assistance Application Form (the format will be regulated by the MOE) to the language centers.These language centers will co-ordinate all forms and send them to the MOE. The MOE will assist in selecting the proper universities, according to the recipients wishes and levels of language proficiency. Applicants should agree to abide by all final arrangements. (3) Scholarship recipients, who wish to continue to study for their master or doctoral degrees, upon completion of their previous course of study, shoot to apply for the admission to the new degree program on their own. (4) Universities/colleges that accept these scholarship recipients, as stated in Subparagraph (2) and (3) of this Article, shall submit the lists to the related government agencies (including the MOE) by the end of June for review, in order to reserve the number of scholarship recipients and follow Article 10 for allocation.8. Application process for re-applying for Taiwan Scholarships after the scholarships expire Scholarship recipients who have already studied in Taiwan will be regarded as new students after the expiration of their scholarships. If they wish to re-apply for other types of scholarship and pursue further degree programs here, they need to follow Article 6 of these Guidelines and submit the Taiwan Scholarship Application Form (Form A) and their academic records to the ROC overseas missions by the end of March. The total duration of their scholarship period cannot exceed five years, as regulated by Article 4 separate 2 of the Guidelines. Undergraduate, Masters and doctoral Scholarships recipients whose scholarship period was awarded for only one year, in accordance to the previous discrepancy of these Guidelines, should renew their scholarships following Article 7 Subparagraph(1) of these Guidelines, and are not subject to the regulations stated in the previous Paragraph of this Article. 9. The hiatus and Cancellation of Scholarships(1) LEP students A. If a student is absent for more than ten hours of class (serious illness and accidents excluded) deep down a single month, the language centers will suspend his/her scholarship the following month. B. startle from the second quarter of study in Taiwan, if a students academic average is less than 80%, his/her scholarships for the future(a) quarter will be suspend for one month. If a students academic average is less than 80% for two consecutive quarters, his/her scholarship circumstance will be sour get with the next quarter.The remainder of the scholarship will also be cancelled. C. If a student is suspended from or drops out of school, the language center will suspend his/her scholarship and inform the related government agencies in musical composition (including the MOE) in order to cancel his/her scholarship status. The remaining scholarships will also be cancelled. (2) Undergraduate/ Masters/ Ph.D. studentsA. For those Undergraduate/ Masters scholarships recipients who are in each year of their study Ph.D. scholarships recipients who are in the first two years of their study, if their academic average is infra the passing standard set up by the school for any devo ted semester, their school will suspend their scholarships for one month beginning with the next semester. If the schools have not set up an academic grading standard, then an undergraduate students academic average cannot be less than 60%, while a master and doctoral students academic average cannot be less than 70%. If a student is below passing for two consecutive semesters, their scholarship status will be cancelled starting the next semester. Their remaining scholarships will also be cancelled.For those who are in their third year of a doctoral program, they must submit their thesis proposals to their schools, by the end of October of that year. Scholarships will be granted each month, if the schools approve the students proposals. Otherwise, scholarships will be suspended until proposals are approved, and will adopt beginning from the month of approval. C. If a student is suspended from ordrops out of school, his/her school will automatically suspend his/her scholarships and inform the related government agencies in writing (including the MOE) in order to cancel his/her scholarship status.The remaining scholarships will also be cancelled. 10. The Allocation and Verification of Scholarships Accounts (1) Allocation Universities/colleges need to make a list of scholarship recipients and vouchers based on the various types of scholarships provided by the different government agencies. Universities/ colleges should enclose their list of qualified recipients and vouchers, and apply to the MOFA or the MOE (scholarship stipends provided by the NSC and the MOEA are handled through the MOE it should be noteworthy on each voucher that the MOE is in charge of the allocation of funds for scholarships) for appropriation in January and August. Each institution will directly pay a monthly stipend to the students or to their accounts.(2) Verification of Scholarship Financial Transactions or Reports A. For scholarships provided by MOFA, universities/colleges need to p rovide student signed receipts, or documents which show that money has been bump offred into the students fix accounts, to the MOFA for verification in August and December. B. For scholarships provided by the NSC and the MOEA, universities/colleges need to provide three copies of fiscal transaction reports (signed by the head of the universities/colleges, accountants and cashiers) and any remainder of the stipends to the MOE (for it to make a transfer to the NSC and the MOEA at the end of fiscal year in order to close the case) in August and December.C. For scholarships provided by the MOE, universities/colleges need to provide two copies of financial transaction reports (signed by the head of the universities/colleges, accountants and cashiers) and any remainder of the stipends to the MOE in August and December. Universities/colleges need to also salve the original copies for the Ministry of Audit or other related authorities for review. 11. Emergency Deductions In case of finan cial difficulties, a scholarship recipient may request that the school deduct tuition, miscellaneous expenses, insurance premiums and other payable fees in a hoodlum sum or in installments from his/her award, and issue the remaining amount to the scholarship recipient.12. Transferring to other schools If scholarship recipients need to transfer to other institutions due to health, psychological reasons or redundant environmental surroundings, they need to follow MOE Regulations Regarding International Students undertaking Studies in Taiwan. If the institution or language center agrees to their transfer, these institutions must inform the related government agencies (including the MOE) for future review. unaccompanied one transfer is permitted. 13. Additional nurture(1) The MOE may allocate administration subsidies to institutions that marry the Taiwan Scholarships Program and set apart a budget to assist institutions in setting up an information helping center, in order to str engthen parley and the governing system for scholarships students. (2) ROC overseas missions shall calculate orientations, in order to provide scholarship recipients with relevant information, before they travel to Taiwan. (3) ROC overseas missions shall be aware, if a student gives up his/her opportunity to come to Taiwan. If such a case happens, the ROC overseas missions will supervene upon this student with another alternative.(4) Scholarship recipients should arrive at their designated universities/colleges or language centers earlier to the day of registration. Institutions should report the names of those who fail to register, to the related government agencies (including the MOE), by the end of October. (5) Medical insurance fees are already included in the stipends. Universities/colleges and language centers should require that scholarship recipients join the National wellness amends mean. Scholarship recipients must purchase other forms of medical insurance before enro lling in the National Health Insurance plan. The premium of the medical insurance plan will be deducted from the scholarships the remaining scholarship money will be given to the scholarship recipients.(6) The ROC overseas missions should ask scholarship recipients to provide them with academic records or a report, postal and email addresses, within one month of the return to their respective countries after they complete their studies in Taiwan. (7) Each year by the end of October, the ROC overseas missions need to send a comprehensive evaluation, which should include each students academic records and the other materials as stated in the Subparagraph (6) of this Article, to all the related government agencies (including the MOFA and the MOE) (8) To ameliorate healthcare services for MOFA scholarship recipients,the MOFA may arrange health examinations for the recipients.The MOFA shall coordinate with schools and hospitals for such examinations, with fees to be covered by its Taiwa n Scholarship budget. 14. The selection process regarding the Taiwan Scholarships, their types, benefits and duration will be subject to the terms regulated in the preceding(prenominal) Guidelines. Scholarships, which have been awarded due to bilateral negotiations, ethnic and educational agreements, or based on the terms of equality and reciprocity, or special circumstances, approved by heads of government agencies are not subject to the terms and regulations under these Guidelines.