Want to Study in Asia? Here is What Makes Taiwan a Great Study Abroad Destination

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Thursday — July 20, 2017

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Taiwan is an Island nation located in 180km East of China. It has lots of modern cities, rich traditional Chinese temples, hot spring resorts, rich culture and dramatic mountains ranges. Taiwan has been independent since 1950 for all the practice reasons. It is one of Asia's big traders. It is considered to have achieved an economic miracle by becoming one of world's to producers of computer technology. Taipei is the capital of Taiwan situated in its north and it is known for its busy night markets and hustle, Chinese Imperial art at the National Palace, Museum and Taipei 101, a 509m tall bamboo shaped skyscraper with an observational desk are also located in Taiwan.

Its currency is New Taiwan dollar, recognized official languages are Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages and Yami. Its major religions are Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity. China claims Taiwan as a part of her territory and has declared it a rebel region. It also insists that nations cannot have official relations with both states at a time that is why Taiwan has diplomatic relations with very few countries. USA is Taiwan's biggest friend and diplomatic Ally. Despite of its diplomatic isolation, Taiwan has become an economic force to be reckon with in international trade zone.

Education system of Taiwan is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. Higher education system of Taiwan has produced some of the brightest minds in the world especially in Math and Science who have done wonders in the world. It has been criticized for putting too much pressure on students but recent educational reforms have intended to address this issue none the less this criticism is a topic of intense debate in Taiwan. Taiwan has over 100 institutions of higher education. Approximately 2/3 of the over 100 thousand students take the National University entrance exam and then they are accepted to any of the higher education institution.

Higher education system of Taiwan is similar to the American higher education system. Since 1990's so many trade schools, junior colleges and high schools have been promoted as universities which accounts for the high university entrance rates. However a very high score is required for the admission to the socially and economically prestigious institutions.

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In Taiwan there are many universities of both public and private sector. Public sector universities are usually less costly while private sector universities are more expensive than the other ones. Many public sector universities receive financial support from the government.

Top Universities in Taiwan:

There are many great higher educational institutes in Taiwan. Following are some of their most popular universities.

National Chiao Tung University

It is known for programs in electrical engineering, computer science and management science. It had a reputation in the past that it was known as Male Dominant university.

National Central University

It is best known for center of space and remote sensing research.

National Chengchi University

it is known for its quality study of commerce, communication, politics and foreign languages.

National Yang Ming University

It is very famous for its programs of medicine and life sciences.

National Chung Hsing University

Well known for its programs in the field of agriculture and biology.

National Cheng Kung University

It is well known for its programs in engineering, medicine, science programs. This university also offers engineering in aerospace engineering.

National Sun Yat sen University

It offers programs in oceanography, computer sciences, nanotechnology, political science, sociology and business programs.

Other than public sector universities there are many private sector universities as well that provides world class education.

Following is the list of Some public and private sector universities.

1. National Taiwan Normaal University

2. National Central University

3. Tamkang University

4. Fu Jen Catholic University

5. Ming Chuan University

6. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

7. Chinese Culture University

8. National Taiwan Ocean University

9. National Taipei University of Technology

10. Providence University of Taiwan

Cost of Studying in Taiwan

Tution fees and financing your higher education in Taiwan will be an important issue as it has so many colleges and universities and almost all of them have their own rules and regulations regarding fee. Education in Public sector is cheap in contrast to private sector where expenses are too much. In both cases it is best to contact your desired establishment directly for these issues. However a rough guide to the cost of fees per semester at public universities was around US$840-1000 and for private universities it is around US$1540-1800.

Scholarships are also available in Taiwan for higher education from Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Depending upon the diplomatic relations of your country with the government of Taiwan).