The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is pleased to announce the Taiwan (MOFA) Scholarship Program 2015. This scholarship will allow Belizeans to attend undergraduate or graduate program of their choice at universities in Taiwan starting from academic year 2015 (commencing in September 2015). A Mandarin Language Enrichment Program (LEP), if necessary, may be included to improve the recipients’ language abilities. Scholarship recipients will be provided with a round trip economy class airfare, and a monthly stipend of NT$30,000 (approximately US$952) for those who are pursuing degrees, and a monthly stipend of NT$25,000 (approximately US$794) for those who are learning the Mandarin courses, to cover the costs of tuition, board and lodging, books and medical insurance.
Duration of Scholarships:
The award period varies for different study program as follow:
1. Undergraduate program: maximum 4 years.
2. Master’s program: maximum 2 years.
3. Doctoral Program: maximum 4 years.
4. LEP Program: maximum 1 year.
For any combination of these study programs, the length of the total award for each recipient is a maximum of five years. The LEP study must be undertaken in the first year if it is to be included in the total award period of the recipients’ choosing.
Eligibility Requirements:
An applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Be of good moral character and in excellent mental and physical health.
2. Be Belizean citizens and are neither overseas Chinese nor Taiwanese nationals.
3. Must possess a high school diploma or higher. The minimum GPA must be 3 or above.
4. Must be between the ages of 18 and 30 (born between January 1, 1985, and June 30, 1997).
5. Is not currently enrolled at an educational institution in Taiwan for the same study program that he/she intends to take for a Taiwan Scholarship.
6. Is not an exchange student in accordance with a cooperation agreement between an international university/college and an educational institute in Taiwan at the time of receiving a Taiwan Scholarship.
7. Is not applying for a study program leading to the same-level degree as previously undertaken under the Taiwan Scholarship Program.
8. Has not received any government scholarship for a total of 5 or more years.
9. Has not previously had an award revoked either under the Taiwan Scholarship Program or the program “Ministry of Education Huayu Enrichment Scholarship”.
10. Is not a current recipient of a scholarship or subsidy being offered by any other government or educational institutions in Taiwan.
11. For those who work in governmental agencies must submit the approval letter issued from their working agencies when deliver their application.
12. Can not be cancelled for scholarship qualification or be expelled from University studied in Taiwan before.
13. For those who are pregnant and can not deliver the baby before August, 2015, or the HIV test result is positive, will be rejected for the application. For those who have hypertension or other chronicle diseases, their applications will be seriously considered.
14. The minimum GPA must be 3 or above, otherwise the application will be regard as incomplete and rejected.
15. For the applicants whose applications are accepted, the Embassy will request the formal interview by programs. The interview date will be informed and is the necessary process of application.
Required Documents:
A complete scholarship application includes the following materials:
1. A completed Taiwan (MOFA) Scholarship application form (Download Here(doc/pdf))
2. Medical Report for Taiwan Scholarship issued within the past 3 months (Download Here(doc/pdf))
- Photocopy of the highest-level diploma and an original complete grade transcript both certified by the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs in Belmopan. For those who will be scheduled to graduate from school in June 2015, are allowed to apply, and they need to submit the original school letter and transcript certified by the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs in Belmopan.
4. Supporting admission application material (e.g. photocopy of completed application form of a university/college in Taiwan).
5. NOTE: LEP applicants must submit documents for admission not only to a Mandarin Training Center, but also to the next-stage university/college. The exact academic years that applicants would be enrolled full-time at these two institutions must be clearly specified on these documents. The study periods for these two programs must be consecutive.
6. Photocopy of a certificate of the acceptable levels of Chinese language proficiency, if Mandarin will be used for instruction on class.
7. NOTE: LEP applicants do not need to submit this document.
8. Three (3) letters of recommendation.
9. Photocopy of passport or other nationality certificates.
*Please note that applicants need to apply by themselves for admission to a university/college of their choice before the deadline for application for the university/college. Selection priority of this scholarship will be given to those who have successfully secured admission to a university/college. Candidates will be disqualified if they fail to pass the application review process of the respective schools.
Deadlines:
Submit the above documents no later than March 31, 2015 to Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), #20 North Park Street, Belize City. Late and incomplete applications will be rejected.
For further information please contact Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), #20 North Park Street, Belize City. Tel: 227-8744, 223-1862 or e-mail at embroc@btl.net
Taiwan Scholarship Application Form and Medical Report may be obtained from the Embassy website: http://www.taiwanembassy.org/BZ (Please see the bottom of the webpage: Taiwan (MOFA)Scholarship 2015.)
For general and further information on the Taiwan Scholarship visit the websites http://www.mofa.gov.tw or http://tafs.mofa.gov.tw or https://taiwanscholarship.moe.gov.tw
