Apply now! TMU-STEP course for Fall Semester 2023
Source: Office of Global Engagement
Published on 2023-08-15
TMU Short-Term Exchange Program (TMU-STEP) is a semester-based, credit-bearing exchange program where international students can take classes with other TMU students. Some classes are lectured virtually—
We are pleased to announce the application instructions for the student exchange program for Fall Semester 2023. The semester will start from mid-September 2023 to late December/mid-January, 2023, depending on the design of each syllabus.
TMU Short-Term Exchange Program offers 27 online courses for international students to attend remotely along with 46 in-person courses on the TMU campus.
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Please note that the application deadline is September 1, 2023.
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More details can be found at https://oge.tmu.edu.tw/tmu-
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Apply online at https://form.jotform.com/
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If the applications can’t be submitted by the deadline, please inform us in advance.
For any inquiries regarding the exchange program, please feel free to contact Ms. Lotus Yang at lotusyang@tmu.edu.tw
GPS_TMU-STEP 1121 (Fall Semester 2023)
Num. | Available Online/On-campus | College | English Course Title | Reruirements | Quota of Exchange Student | Instructor 1 | Instructor 2 | Instructor 3 |
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42 | Online | College of Medical Science and Technology | Bioinformatics in precision medicine | Background: biology, pharmacy, medicine, other foundational disciplines, computer science. The course content will progress gradually from basic to advanced topics. Of course, the most important aspect is students' continuous engagement through asking questions. Despite being a remote course, the 'I'm@TMU' platform allows students to actively participate and voice their opinions. | 5 | Yuan-Chii Gladys Lee | ||
34 | Online | College of Medical Science and Technology | Case study for translational medicine | Background: life sciences and related knowledge, No grade restrictions | 10 | Shu-Chun Chang | ||
35 | Online | College of Medical Science and Technology | Special topics in chronic inflammation-associated cancers | Background: life sciences and related knowledge, No grade restrictions | 10 | Shu-Chun Chang | ||
46 | Online | College of Nursing | Introduction of Disaster Nursing | Background: medical/nursing/public Health/healthcare administration fields, No grade restrictions | 10 | Fu-Chih Lai | ||
32 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Molecular diagnostics | Completion of courses in molecular biology or genetics, No grade restrictions | 10 | Yung-Feng Lin | ||
02 | On-campus | Center for General Education | International circumstance analysis | English communication skills , No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 10 | Leonard Chao | ||
03 | On-campus | Center for General Education | International etiquette & cross-cultural communication | English communication skills , No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 10 | Leonard Chao | ||
38 | Online | College of Medical Science and Technology | Tumor molecular biology & microenvironment: current challenges & opportunities in oncology precision therapeutics | Master's degree or higher level students, Background: biomedical fields or individuals with a foundational knowledge in life sciences | unlimited | Jing-Wen Shih | ||
08 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | Tissue engineering for clinical applications | Master's degree or higher level students, Background: majoring in relevant fields | 3 | David Lundy | ||
13 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Seminar | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Changwei W. Wu | ||
14 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Neural transmission & metabolism | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Niall Duncan | ||
15 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Functional magnetic resonance imaging | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Changwei W. Wu | ||
16 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Introduction to neuroscience | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Christoph Dahl | Niall Duncan | Jihwan Myung |
17 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Research methods in experimental psychology | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Tzu-Yu Hsu | ||
18 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Visual Cognition | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Christoph Dahl | ||
20 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Psychiatric Neuroscience | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Matteo Martino | ||
49 | Online | College of Nursing | Special topics in writing for publication | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 15 | Pei-Shan Tsai | ||
04 | On-campus | Center for General Education | Intermediate English reading & writing | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Chen-Wei Han | ||
06 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | Advanced topics in nanotechnology | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Jen-Chang Yang | Chih-Hsin Lin | |
07 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | Nanomaterial & device design | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Tsung-Rong Kuo | ||
09 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials Applications in Medicine | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Anup Pandith | ||
10 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | Medical photonics | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Tzu-Sen Yang | ||
11 | On-campus | College of Biomedical Engineering | BioMEMS | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Li-Chern Pan | ||
12 | Online | College of Biomedical Engineering | Advanced topics in materials & sensing analysis | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Tzu-Sen Yang | ||
23 | Online | College of Interdisciplinary Studies | Global citizen - integrating cultural intelligence & SDGs into health research | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 30 | Liang Tzung Lin | ||
24 | Online | College of Interdisciplinary Studies | Incredible nanomachines- the intelligent design of viruses | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 30 | Liang Tzung Lin | ||
25 | On-campus | College of Management | Theory of organization & management | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Che-Ming Yang | ||
26 | On-campus | College of Management | Health information management | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Hsyien-Chia Wen | ||
27 | Online | College of Management | Individual studies in cost accounting & management | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Chung-Chien Huang | ||
28 | On-campus | College of Management | System thinking in healthcare | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Sheu-Wen Chuang | ||
29 | On-campus | College of Management | Seminar in total quality management of health care | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Nai-Wen Kuo | ||
30 | On-campus | College of Management | Evaluation of health care policy | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Mei-Ling Sheu | ||
33 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Neuroscience from bench to bedside studies | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Tzu-Jen Kao | Tsung-I Hsu | |
36 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Clinical application of neuroscience research & technology | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Tzu-Jen Kao | Tsung-I Hsu | |
37 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Special topics in processing & translational research of medical science & technology | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 10 | Tsui-Chin Huang | ||
39 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Animal models of disease research | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Kai-Yun Chen | Yi-Chao Lee | |
40 | Online | College of Medical Science and Technology | Epigenetics | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | unlimited | Chih-Yang Wang | ||
41 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Medical decision support | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Ming-Chin Lin | ||
43 | On-campus | College of Medicine | Basic computer programing | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | unlimited | Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le | ||
44 | Online | College of Medicine | Cell biology | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | unlimited | Jungshan Chang | ||
45 | On-campus | College of Medicine | Tropical medicine research | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | unlimited | Chia-Kwung Fan | ||
48 | On-campus | College of Nursing | Global health & transcultural care | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 6 | Pi-Chen Chang | ||
19 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Advanced seminar | Ph.D. students, No restrictions on disciplines, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Changwei W. Wu | ||
21 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Introduction to circadian Neuroscience | Ph.D. students, No restrictions on disciplines, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Jihwan Myung | ||
22 | On-campus | College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Advanced psychological statistics | Ph.D. students, No restrictions on disciplines, No restrictions on disciplines | 4 | Niall Duncan | ||
47 | On-campus | College of Nursing | Advanced quantitative research methodology | Ph.D. students, No restrictions on disciplines, No restrictions on disciplines | 10 | Shu-Yu Kuo | ||
31 | On-campus | College of Medical Science and Technology | Advanced topics in medical laboratory research | Prior completion of molecular biology, No grade restrictions | 20 | Jung-Chun Lin | ||
01 | On-campus | Center for General Education | Journalistic English | TOEIC score of 650 or above to enroll, No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | To-Ken Lee | ||
05 | On-campus | Center for General Education | Memory writing: contemporary novels & films | TOEIC score of 650 or above to enroll, No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Chia-Chieh Tseng | ||
50 | Online | College of Nursing | Advanced quantitative research methodology in geriatrics long-term care | Background: medical/nursing/public health fields, No grade restrictions | 5-10 | Kuei-Ru Chou | ||
51 | Online | College of Nutrition | Cell Biology | Background: medicine or life science related fields, No grade restrictions | 10 | Jane C-J Chao | ||
52 | Online | College of Nutrition | Research Methodology | Background: life sciences and related knowledge, No grade restrictions | 5 | Ching-Feng Chiu | ||
53 | Online | College of Nutrition | Nutrition & Health (I) | Background: health and life Science Related fields, No grade restrictions | 10 | Duong Van Tuyen | ||
54 | Online | College of Nutrition | Introduction to food safety & nutrition | Background: medicine or life science related fields, No grade restrictions | 10 | Jane C-J Chao | ||
55 | Online | College of Nutrition | Nutrition and disease prevention | Background: medicine or life science related fields, No grade restrictions | unlimited | Jung-Su Chang | ||
56 | On-campus | College of Oral Medicine | Seminar(I) | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 1 | I-Ta Lee | ||
57 | On-campus | College of Oral Medicine | Advanced topics in digital oral engineering | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 2 | Chung-Kwei Lin | ||
58 | Online | College of Oral Medicine | Advanced topics in oral science | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 2 | Li-Sheng Chen | ||
59 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Proteomics | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Chia-Li Han | ||
60 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Innovation & research in clinical pharmacy | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Shawn Hsiang-Yin Chen | ||
61 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Seminar in pharmacognosy | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Kuei-Hung Lai | Eric Brand | |
62 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Advanced spectroscopy | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Kunal Nepali | ||
63 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Clinical drug discovery of pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics from botanical herbs | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Chia-Jung Lee | ||
64 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Glycobiotechnology in pharmaceutical industry | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Yves Hsieh | ||
65 | On-campus | College of Pharmacy | Special topics in translational biopharmaceuticals | Background: pharmaceutical related field, No grade restrictions | 5 | Jing-Ping Liou | ||
66 | Online | College of Public Health | Seminar in disaster medicine | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 10 | Hon-Ping Ma | ||
67 | Online | College of Public Health | Advanced in injury prevention & control & disaster medicine | Master's degree or higher level students, Background: medicine/rehabilitation medicine/public health | 15 | Mau-Roung Lin | ||
68 | Online | College of Public Health | Applied Biostatistics | Master's degree or higher level students, Completion of relevant coursework in biostatistics | 5 | Yi-Hua Chen | ||
69 | Online | College of Public Health | International health research | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | unlimited | Chyi-Huey Bai | ||
70 | Online | College of Public Health | Special topics in infectious disease control & global health | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 30 | Liang Tzung Lin | ||
71 | Online | College of Public Health | Questionnaire design & application of social science research methods | Master's degree or higher level students, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Hui-Chuan Hsu | ||
72 | Online | College of Public Health | Special topic in road safety & injury prevention | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 5 | Chih-Wei Pai | ||
73 | Online | College of Public Health | Tropical medicine & microbiology | No grade restrictions, No restrictions on disciplines | 30 | Liang Tzung Lin |
For international visits, student exchange and partnership establishment, please reach us at gps@tmu.edu.tw.
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