2023/24 Study at NTU

NATIONAL
TAIWAN
UNIVERSITY

WHERE GREAT MINDS GATHER

WHY
NATIONAL
TAIWAN
UNIVERSITY
NTU is the most prestigious university in Taiwan,
and is among the top 100 universities in the world.
More than 200 degree programs, ranging from
the natural sciences to the humanities and social
sciences, are underpinned by cutting-edge research
and vibrant academia-industry cooperation. NTU
is an international university, with 643 partner
universities, 685 study abroad programs, and 118
dual degree programs, and features an international
learning environment with more than 1,000
courses being held in English every semester. Career
guidance, numerous professional opportunities, and
a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem round out
students’ experience at NTU.
NTU 19
at a Glance QS Asia
University Rankings
66
QS World
97
THE World
University Rankings University Rankings

14
Colleges

56
Departments

139
Graduate Institutes

100+
Research Centers

643
Partner Institutions

5550
Faculty and Staff

33000+
Students

+
5300
International Students
LIFE AT
NTU
There is never a dull moment at NTU. With the
largest university library in Taiwan, extensive
indoor and outdoor sports facilities, and over
400 student clubs, students are constantly
Accommodation
engaged in a full range of activities. Located
Accommodation ranges from 270 USD per semester
right in the center of the vibrant Taipei, the
in a quad room to 260 USD per month for a single
NTU campus is easily accessible by public
room. Students can work out at the dormitory gym,
transport and surrounded by a wide variety play pool with fellow dormmates, or hang out in the
of cultural attractions, entertainment choices, lounge. All overseas degree students are prioritized
and amenities. It offers a prestigious academic for on-campus accommodation.
environment, endless exciting opportunities,
as well as easy access to a buzzing Asian
metropolis.
The Largest University Library in Taiwan
NTU’s Main Library is the largest university library
in Taiwan and houses an extensive collection of
2.4 million volumes. There are discussion rooms
where students can exchange ideas, and 24-hour
study spaces for quiet study sessions. Students
can also view or check-out a wide variety of audio-
visual media including films and music CDs at
the Multimedia Services Center. In addition, the
individual colleges’ respective libraries also offer
excellent resources to help students excel in the
classroom and in their research work.
Health Center, Counseling Center,
and Career Center
NTU deeply cares about every student’s present
wellbeing and future success. Students can seek
physical and mental health support at the Health
Center or the Counseling Center. NTU’s Career Center
provides information and services such as career
aptitude assessments and consultation, resume
writing and interview skills workshops, and other
resources to better equip students for their future
professional endeavors.
Free Chinese Courses
Overcome the language barriers with NTU’s Chinese
Language Courses. International students, including
exchange and visiting, can take these courses free of
charge. On top of Mandarin Chinese and traditional
Chinese characters, students can also choose to learn
Taiwanese, a dialect widely spoken by most of the
population.
Excellent Sports Facilities
The NTU Sports Center consists of a swimming pool,
a gym, badminton and squash courts and more.
Outdoor facilities include basketball, volleyball
and tennis courts, a running track and an outdoor
swimming pool.
APPLY
TO
NTU
Degree Student Status
Programs International
Students
Overseas Chinese /
Hong Kong & Macao Students
Mainland
Chinese Students

Recommendation by
Overseas High Schools
(OIA, NTU)
Bachelor
Individual Application /
United Distribution
(UECOCS**)
Individual Application Individual Application
(OIA, NTU*) (UECMCS***)

Master Individual Application

Ph.D. (UECOCS)

* Office of International Affairs, National Taiwan University

** University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students
*** University Entrance Committee for Mainland Chinese Students
Application Period
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Individual Application (International Students)

Feb. Entry
(Master/PhD only) Start End Result

Sep. Entry
First Round Start End Result

Sep. Entry
Second Round Start End Result

Domestic Transfer
(Bachelor's only) Start End Result

Recommendation by Overseas High Schools (International/Overseas Chinese Students)

September
Entry Start End Result
(Bachelor's only)

■ For applications through the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students and the University
Entrance Committee for Mainland Chinese Students, please refer to the respective websites.
 Tuition Fee
Duration International / Overseas Chinese /
Degree
(Years) Mainland Chinese Students Hong Kong and Macau Students

Bachelor 4-6
TWD 50,000-79,000 TWD 25,000-39,000
Master 1-4 (USD 1,600-2,600) (USD 800-1,300)
Ph.D. 2-7
per semester
■ Regarding the fees for GMBA, EMBA, GHP, International College as well as further information,
please refer to OIA's website.

NTU Entrance Scholarships

Overseas Chinese /
International Students*
Hong Kong and Macau Students***

Degree Bachelor Master PhD Bachelor

Duration 4 2 3 4
(Max.)

Tuition Waiver** Reimbursement

Benefits
min. min.
Monthly TWD 6,000 TWD 6,000
/ TWD 6,000 TWD 8,000 /
Stipend (USD 200) (USD 200)
(USD 200) (USD 265)

* For more scholarships for international students, please consult OIA’s website.
** Tuition reimbursement differs from college to college, please refer to OIA’s website.
*** Only for those admitted through Recommendation by Overseas Senior High Schools. For more
scholarships for Overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macau students, please consult the
Overseas Students Advising Division’s website.

NTU Loyalty Award for Overseas Degree Students

Requirements
Graduating international or Overseas Chinese (including Hong Kong and Macao) degree
students of NTU that have been admitted into a graduate program of NTU before graduation.

Master Programs : TWD 100,000 (USD 3,333)

Award
PhD Programs : TWD 200,000 (USD 6,667)

■ Students may receive this award on top of any scholarships offered by NTU. Awardees are not
restricted from receiving additional scholarships from the government or other organizations,
unless the scholarship specifies otherwise.

Dual NTU provides courses for Dual Bachelor/Master/Doctoral Degree programs.

Students who meet the program requirements will gain degrees both from NTU
Degree and their home university.
Students are able to apply the program only if their home university has signed
Programs a specific dual degree agreement with NTU. Students must be currently enrolled
and be officially nominated. Please consult the international office or the relevant
department of your home university about nomination procedures.
Non- Exchange Programs
NTU has a growing number of international exchange partners around the globe.
Degree Each year, we welcome many international students who embark as exchange
students on our academic programs, benefiting from NTU's renowned pioneering
Programs environment and friendly community. If you are currently enrolled at a university
with which NTU has a valid student exchange agreement, please consult the
international office of your home university about nomination procedures.

Visiting Programs
The Visiting Student Program is a fee-paying program dedicated to outstanding
students of international universities that do not have an active exchange
student agreement with NTU. Students in this program can earn credits at NTU
and receive the same benefits as exchange students. Visiting students can stay
for one semester or a full academic year.
Application Fee Program Fee Tuition

One-time payment Per semester Per semester

TWD 15,000 TWD 40,000 TWD 50,000-79,000

(USD 500) (USD 1,340) (USD 1,600-2,600)

■ Tuition varies according to the college

Research Visiting Programs

The Research Visiting Program is designed for students enrolled in overseas
academic institutions who are interested in conducting a short-term internship
or research program with an NTU faculty member. While research visiting
students can make use of NTU’s academic resources, they cannot enroll in courses,
and on-campus housing is not guaranteed.

NTU Plus Academy

Through NTU Plus Academy’s short-term programs, students can earn academic
credits while enjoying cultural immersion. Through a series of field trips and
cultural activities, students gain in-depth knowledge about the different
environmental, historical and sociocultural aspects of Taiwan. The program offers
courses in both Chinese and English.
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL
EXCHANGE PARTNERS
Australia
• The Australian National University
• Deakin University
• Griffith University
• Macquarie University
• Monash University
• University of Adelaide
• The University of Melbourne
• The University of New South Wales
• The University of Queensland
• The University of Sydney
Austria
• Johannes Kepler University of Linz
• University of Vienna
Belgium
• Free University of Brussels
• Thomas More University of Applied
Sciences
Brazil
• Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de
Janeiro
• University of Campinas
• University of Sao Paulo
Canada
• Laval University
• Queen's University
• Simon Fraser University
• The University of British Columbia
• University of Montreal
• University of Ottawa
• University of Prince Edward Island
• University of Quebec at Montreal
• University of Toronto
• University of Victoria
• University of Waterloo
Chile
• Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Czech Republic
• Charles University in Prague
• Masaryk University
Denmark
• Aarhus University
• University of Copenhagen
Finland
• Laurea University of Applied Sciences
• University of Helsinki
Hungary
• Budapest University of Technology
and Economics
• Corvinus University of Budapest
• Eötvös Loránd University
Iceland
• University of Iceland
France
• AgroParisTech Israel
• CentraleSupelec • Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
• École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
Italy
• EPF - Graduate School of Engineering
• Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
• Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
• University of Bologna
• (Sciences Po)
• Lille Catholic University Japan
• MINES ParisTech • Akita International University
• Sorbonne University • Akita University
• University of Bordeaux • Aoyama Gakuin University
• University of Orleans • Doshisha University
• University Grenoble Alpes • Hiroshima University
• University Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 • Hitotsubashi University
• University of Paris Ouest - Nanterre La • Hokkaido University
Défense • Kanagawa University
• University of Rennes 1 • Kanazawa University
• University of Technology of Troyes • Kansai University
• University Paris 13 (University of Paris North) • Keio University
• University Paris-Sud (University Paris Sud 11) • Kindai University
• Kobe University
Germany
• Kwansei Gakuin University
• Free University of Berlin
• Kyoto University
• Friedrich-Alexander - University Erlangen-
• Kyushu University
Nurnberg
• Meiji University
• Heidelberg University
• Nagasaki University
• Humboldt-University Berlin
• Nagoya University
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Nihon University
• Ruhr-University Bochum
• Ochanomizu University
• RWTH Aachen University
• Okayama University
• Technical University of Berlin
• Osaka University
• Technical University of Darmstadt
• Ritsumeikan University
• TU Dortmund University
• Soka University
• Technical University of Munich
• Sophia University
• Ulm University
• The University of Tokyo
• University of Bonn
• Tohoku University
• University of Freiburg
• Tokyo Gakugei University
• University of Hamburg
• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• University of Konstanz
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• University of Mannheim
• University of Hyogo
• University of Münster
• University of the Ryukyus
• University of Stuttgart
• University of Tsukuba
• University of Tubingen
• Waseda University
Hong Kong • Yokohama National University
• City University of Hong Kong
Latvia
• Lingnan University
• University of Latvia
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong Lithuania
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Kaunas University of Technology
• The University of Hong Kong • Vilnius University
Luxembourg
• University of Luxembourg
Macau
• University of Macau
Mainland China
• Beihang University
• Beijing Normal University
• Chongqing University
• Dalian University of Technology
• Fudan University
• Guizhou University
• Harbin Institute of Technology
• Huazhong University of Science
and Technology
• Inner Mongolia University
• Jilin University
• Lanzhou University
• Nanjing University
• Nankai University
• Peking University
• Renmin University of China
• Shandong University
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Sichuan University
• Southeast University
• Tianjin University
• Tsinghua University
• University of Science and
Technology of China
• Wuhan University
• Wuhan University of Technology
• Xiamen University
• Xi'an Jiaotong University
• Zhejiang University
Malaysia
• Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
• University of Malaya
• University of Nottingham Malaysia
• University of Technology Malaysia
Mexico
• Monterrey Institute of Technology
and Higher Education
• National Autonomous University
of Mexico
Mongolia
• National University of Mongolia
Netherlands
• Leiden University
• Maastricht University
• Radboud University Nijmegen
• University of Groningen
• Utrecht University
• VU University Amsterdam
New Zealand Switzerland
• University of Auckland • University of Bern
• University of Canterbury • University of Lausanne
• Victoria University of Wellington • University of St. Gallen
• University of Zurich
Norway
• University of Oslo Thailand
• Asian Institute of Technology
Poland
• Chulalongkorn University
• University of Warsaw
• Mahidol University
• Warsaw University of Technology
• Thammasat University
Portugal
Turkey
• University of Porto
• Bilkent University
Republic of Korea • Bogazici University
• Ewha Womans University • Koc University
• Hanyang University • Middle East Technical University
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and • Sabanci University
Technology United Kingdom
• Korea University
• Queen Mary University of London
• Kyung Hee University
• University College London
• Pohang University of Science and Technology
• University of Birmingham
• Pusan National University
• University of Edinburgh
• Seoul National University
• University of Kent
• Sunchon National University
• University of Manchester
• Sungkyunkwan University
• University of Nottingham
• Yonsei University
• University of Southampton
Russian Federation • University of Sussex
• Lomonosov Moscow State University
United States of America
• Saint Petersburg State University
• Arizona State University
Singapore • California State University
• Nanyang Technological University • George Mason University
• National University of Singapore • Hawai'i Pacific University
• Singapore Management University • North Carolina State University
• Singapore University of Technology and Design • Oregon State University
• Yale-NUS College • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• State University of New York at Albany
Slovenia
• Temple University
• University of Ljubljana
• The University of California
South Africa • University of Connecticut
• Stellenbosch University • University of Georgia
• University of Cape Town • University of Hawai'i at Hilo
• University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Spain • University of Illinois at Chicago
• Autonomous University of Barcelona • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Autonomous University of Madrid • University of Maryland
• Complutense University of Madrid • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Pompeu Fabra University • University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• Technical University of Madrid • University of Oklahoma
• University of Barcelona • University of Oregon
• University of Salamanca • University of Pittsburgh
• University of Santiago de Compostela • University of Scranton
Sweden • University of South Carolina
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology • University of Utah
• Linköping University • University of Washington
• Lund University • University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Stockholm University
• Umeå University
• Uppsala University
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