Ministry of Education, Taiwan

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An Overview on the Ministry of Educations
International Educational Relationships

• Ministry of Education, Taiwan

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1. Bilateral Agreements

• To establish collaborative relations and projects
  of mutual interest with foreign governments or
  important organizations, Taiwan has signed 7
  bilateral agreements with foreign governments and
  with important organizations within the last two
  years.

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Countries that signed agreements with Taiwan
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Bilateral Conferences on Higher Education

• The goals of bilateral conferences
• To enhance the quality and to accelerate the
  internationalization of higher education of the
  two countries
• To further the promotion of mutual understanding
  and cooperation within the field of education

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Countries hosting Bilateral Conferences on Higher
Education with Taiwan
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Assist Local Colleges and Universities to Enter
into Cooperation with Foreign Academic
Institutions

• There has been a total of 2,226 academic exchange
  agreements between institutions of higher
  learning with Taiwan and foreign countries since
  1999.

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Academic Exchange Agreements with Foreign
Countries
Total 2,226
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Grant Programs

• 1. 2006 Taiwan Studies Faculty Research
  Award Program
• To encourage distinguished foreign scholars to
  conduct research in Taiwan for up to 3 weeks.
  This program will provide each scholar with a
  economy class round trip air ticket and a daily
  living allowance .

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• 2. Taiwan Scholarship Program
• To encourage promising foreign students to pursue
  degree studies in Taiwan. This program is jointly
  funded by MOE, MOFA, NSC,MOEA beginning in 2004.
• For the coming academic year (2006-07), 512 new
  and 585 renewed scholarships have been announced
  to award to over 86 countries.

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• 3. MOE Mandarin Enrichment Scholarship Program
• To encourage international students to enhance
  their Mandarin language skills in Taiwan for up
  to 12 months, and to promote educational and
  academic exchange.
• 270 scholarships have been announced and will be
  awarded to 35 countries for 2006.

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International Students in Taiwan
Total11035
Total9607
Total7844
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Statistics of International Students Pursuing
Degrees in Taiwan A Four-Year Comparison
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• Possible Cooperation Models

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Teaching/Learning of Chinese as a Second Language
(3 Programs)

• Dispatching qualified teachers to teach Chinese
  at foreign universities and high schools
• Short-Term Professional Development in Taiwan for
  Non-native Chinese Teachers from foreign countries

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• 3. Summer Mandarin Language Institute
• MOE will be glad to hold this program for college
  students from foreign countries. We welcome
  colleges to organize a group of fifteen youth to
  study Mandarin in Taiwan for a period of 6-8
  weeks.
• The MOE will provide US5,000 to subsidize the
  Summer Mandarin Language Institute.

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2. Study in Taiwan

• 1. Promoting Study in Taiwan
• help to promote opportunities for studying in
  Taiwan.
• consider Taiwan for their study abroad programs.
• establish joint degree programs with Taiwans
  universities.

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• 2. Taiwan Scholarship Program and MOE Mandarin
  Enrichment Scholarship Program
• Foreign institutions can assist in the selection
  of scholarship recipients.
• To further the cooperation, the MOE will be glad
  to discuss the number of the recipients for both
  the Taiwan Scholarship Program and the MOE
  Mandarin Enrichment Scholarship Program upon
  request.

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Possible Grants for Taiwan

• To further improve the understanding/ exchange
  between our two countries
• Grants awarding Taiwans scholars/students in
  order to conduct research in foreign countries.
• Publications helpful to the country-related
  research in Taiwan.

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Creating Possibilities for a Memorandum of
Understanding

• Taiwan has developed close economic and
  educational ties with Indonesia over the past
  years.
• We would like to explore the possibilities for
  signing agreements with foreign governments
  and/or important organizations.

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• Thank you and we sincerely look forward to
  working with you.