The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has established the Taiwan-Europe Semiconductor Scholarship (hereinafter the “scholarship”) to help nurture talent for the semiconductor industries of Central and Eastern European countries and strengthen Taiwan-Europe cooperation on supply chain resilience.
- Target recipients (hereinafter “recipients”)
In principle, the scholarship is open to students from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Kosovo and Albania who are in their third year or above of an undergraduate program related to semiconductors or are in a related master’s or doctoral program. The scholarship will enable such students to take advanced courses or pursue a degree related to semiconductors in Taiwan. Students from the abovementioned countries with citizenship of China, Hong Kong, or Macao are not eligible.
- Scholarship types and other subsidies
Exchange students and visiting students: For one or two semesters, MOFA will subsidize the recipients’ tuition, administrative fees, and insurance up to NT$60,000 per semester and provide a monthly stipend of NT$30,000. The recipients must study in Taiwan for one or two full semesters in order to be awarded a certificate of attendance.
Master’s degree students: For up to two years, MOFA will subsidize the recipients’ tuition, administrative fees, and insurance up to NT$120,000 annually and provide a monthly stipend of NT$30,000.
Doctoral degree students: For up to four years, MOFA will subsidize the recipients’ tuition, administrative fees, and insurance up to NT$120,000 annually and provide a monthly stipend of NT$40,000.
MOFA will subsidize economy-class airline tickets for each recipient up to NT$100,000 (up to NT$50,000 each way).
Recipients are responsible for all other expenses during their stay in Taiwan. MOFA will not provide any other subsidies.
- Eligibility
An applicant must meet the requirements stipulated in Paragraph 2, as well as the following criteria:
Has studied a related field at an accredited educational institution in Taiwan or another country for at least two years or has graduated from such a program.
Has never studied in Taiwan at the degree level currently applying for.
Has never had a scholarship revoked by an ROC (Taiwan) government agency or other relevant institution.
Will not be concurrently receiving any other scholarship from an ROC (Taiwan) government agency or educational institution.
- Application process
Participating universities will set their own admission prospectus, application process, and timetable for applying to the Taiwan-Europe Semiconductor Scholarship program in accordance with the program goals and their curriculum design. Please contact with the university you wish to apply and make sure you don’t miss the application deadline for the program you choose.
- Contact points of participating universities
National Sun Yat-sen University (國立中山大學)
National Cheng Kung University (國立成功大學)
National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech) (國立台北科技大學)
National Central University (國立中央大學)
National Taiwan Normal University (國立臺灣師範大學)
