MOE/TMU Elite Scholarship

( For Fall intake only)

(Academic year of 2022/2023)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSRegistered first-year New Southbound or Africa students who cyrrently hold a university lecturer position in their home country.
To be considered for the MOE-TMU Elite Scholarship, you must meet these minimum requirements:

– Be a registered TMU student
– Apply during the fall of what is your first year at TMU
– Currently holds a university lecturer position in your home country
– Be a citizen in the New Southbound or Africa country

SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTA monthly stipend of NTD 25,000
DURATION OF AWARDMaster program: Maximum of 24 months
Ph.D. program: Maximum of 36 months
APPLICATION PERIODAround September to October

New Southbound Applicants

Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, India, Pakistan, Bengal, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan

All Ph.D. programs

Africa Applicants

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

All Ph.D. & Master programs

MOE-TMU Elite Scholarship

The MOE-TMU Elite scholarship was established to encourage lecturers from countries in New Southbound & Africa to pursue a graduate degree in Taiwan (with priority given to students enrolling in Ph.D. programs).

Students are not qualifies if they:

  • Hold Taiwan (R.O.C.) nationality or have the status of an overseas Chinese student.
  • Are enrolled or have deferred their admission offer in a university in Taiwan. (This restriction does not apply to students who are on course to graduate and will be pursuing their next degree)
  • Previously studied in Taiwan for a degree at the same level.
  • Are exchange students or dual-degree students through a partnership agreement with an institution overseas.
  • Has already received stipends through this scholarship program for more than three years.
  • Have been awarded another form of financial assistance or scholarship from a Taiwan (R.O.C.) government agency  or TMU to support their studies in
    Taiwan.

Scholarship Regulations:

  • The scholarship program will be managed in accordance with the MOE Elite Scholarship Program Action Plan.
  • The Elite Scholarship Program provides each student with a monthly stipend of NTD 25,000. A master’s student may claim stipends up to a maximum of two years; a doctoral student may claim stipends up to a maximum of three years.
  • Stipends may be used to cover tuition and miscellaneous fees, insurance, accommodations, and living allowance.
  • Students will receive the stipend from the month they begin studies until the scholarship expires; the student graduates, takes a leave of absence, or discontinues studies; or the scholarship is suspended/terminated.
  • Students will lose the scholarship if they fail to meet the standards required by TMU, violate Taiwan’s law, receive a demerit on their academic record, take a leave of absence, or are expelled.
  • The scholarship will be revoked if the student pursues studies abroad as an exchange or dual-degree student. Remaining stipends may not be retained or deferred.
  • The student’s scholarship will be suspended if they depart Taiwan. A student who departs Taiwan after the fifteenth day of a month is not required to return the stipend for that month.