The Ministry of Human Resource Development has invited applications for Taiwan Government Scholarship under the ‘2019-20 Taiwan Scholarship Program’ to be provided with 45 scholarships to Indian students for pursuing Masters degree or doctoral courses in Taiwan Universities.
Along with that Program, the Taiwan Government also announced short-term scholarships to study the Mandarin language in Taiwan under ‘Huayu Enrichment Scholarship 2019-20’. The last date to submit the applications at the Taiwan Embassy in New Delhi is March 31, 2019.
The required documents to submit for the ‘2019-20 Taiwan Scholarship Program’, are as follows:
- Taiwan Scholarship Application Form.
- A copy of the applicant’s passport or other nationality certificates.
- A copy of the highest degree and academic transcripts. If issued by international educational institutions, these documents must be authenticated by an overseas Representative Office or be sealed and delivered by the awarding institutions. Documents in a language other than Chinese or English must be translated into Chinese or English and the translated documents must be authenticated.
- A copy of admission application materials to universities/colleges in Taiwan (e.g., copies of application fee remittance, application form, receipt of application from universities/colleges, e-mails,).
- A copy of a language proficiency certificate: For applications to not all-English programs, a copy of results or certificate for the “Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language” (TOCFL) Level 3 or above/ For applications to all-English programs, a copy of TOEFL test score or other recognized English language proficiency exams or degrees awarded in English must be submitted. Applicants to all English programs shall be recognized by the MOE. If not, the applicant shall directly obtain his/her all-English program document authorized by the applying school (not units on campus) from the applying university/college.
- Two letters of reference, signed and sealed in envelopes (i.e. from the principals, professors, or supervisors). Photocopies and email submissions of letters of recommendation will not be considered.
For the ‘Huayu Enrichment Scholarship 2019-20’, the required documents to submit are:
- A completed application form.
- Photocopy of passport or other nationality certificates.
- Photocopy of the highest-level diploma and a complete grade transcript.
- Supporting admission application material (e.g. photocopy of the application form to any Mandarin Center. Please visit http://english.moe.gov.tw for more information and the list of Mandarin Center).
Other important details are mentioned at the official website, for which the link is given below:
https://roc-taiwan.org/in_en/cat/9.html