Website of the Office of International Affairs: https://oia.ntu.edu.tw/
From NTU of Asia to NTU of the World
To become “NTU of the world,” the University must stay current with the trend in internationalization, explore new ways of collaboration, and leave a wider footprint in relevant realms. Methods to this end are highlighted as follows: strategic alliances with key universities, broader overseas education projects, recruitment of and guidance for international students, and optimized short-term programs. international students, as well as establishing and improving short-term programs.
Strategic Alliances with Key Universities
Quantitatively, NTU continues its outreach efforts in forming international research partnerships, creating overseas education opportunities, and recruiting international students. In terms of quality, NTU spares no effort to be on par with top universities worldwide. To this end, NTU has launched the Strategic Partnership Program to strengthen partnerships with key universities on the basis of long-term sustainability.
With emphasis on substantive exchanges. NTU continues to partner with universities such as University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Peking University, University of Hamburg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Sydney. With various sources of funding, NTU is able to form cross-disciplinary partnerships with key universities worldwide, enabling over 400 faculty and students to conduct research or study abroad on a fixed-term basis. Also, through partnerships with University of Tsukuba and University of Bordeaux, NTU is one of the cohosts of the program on borderless campus “jukebox” courses, and with it a three-university joint master’s degree program as well as an office are in development. The University hopes the above would lead to innovation in globalized education cultivation of talents with high international mobility.
International High School Alliance
With the aim of deepening student recruitment ties with key global partners, our university has been actively building a premium overseas secondary education network since May 2023. Through strategic partnerships, we have formed the "International High School Alliance," signing cooperation agreements with elite high schools across Malaysia (19 Chinese Independent High Schools), Indonesia (8 schools), Thailand (8 schools), Vietnam (2 schools), Japan (5 schools), and Australia (1 school), alongside the 16 campuses of the prestigious Philippine Science High School System.
To date, this alliance encompasses 44 benchmark high schools across 7 Asia-Pacific nations. By providing a powerful combination of priority admission and full entrance scholarships for top-performing students recommended by our alliance partners, our university is proactively engaging with talent early on, ensuring a consistent influx of the world’s brightest young minds.
Learn more/ https://admissions.ntu.edu.tw/explore/ntu-international-high-school-alliance/
Broader Overseas Education Projects
The “Go beyond Taiwan and Bring the World Home” program that provides students with a variety of opportunities to study abroad as exchange students, visiting students, or attending summer courses. The objective is to broaden students’ horizons who in turn can share their overseas experiences with fellow classmates at home university. The program has over a thousand students in participation every year.
Grants and Scholarships for International Students
To carry out the mission “top in Asia and top-notch worldwide,” NTU is tasked with recruiting top students from around the world through provision of generous grants and scholarships. Taking advantage of its reputation and alumni networks, NTU is able to proactively attract top high school students.
Centennial International Graduate Fellowship
With the aim of deepening strategic partnerships with key sister universities, our university established the "Centennial International Graduate Fellowship" in 2024 to precisely recruit top international talents with exceptional research potential. This initiative provides two highly competitive, full-scholarship slots to each designated partner institution (with maximum funding of up to NT$600,000 for Master’s students and up to NT$2 million for Doctoral students), encouraging elite students to pursue degrees in Taiwan and utilize this university as their base for academic and research development.
The current network of partner institutions includes Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University in Thailand, Universitas Indonesia and Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia, and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaysia. This initiative not only deepens bilateral partnerships but also substantially expands our university's pool of high-caliber graduate students.
Learn more/ https://admissions.ntu.edu.tw/explore/ntu-centennial-fellowship/
NTU Plus Academy
NTU Plus Academy offers a wide variety of international short-term courses, and collaborates with sister universities and internationally renowned universities in planning programs on professional subjects as needed. Topics are updated along with technological advancements and global trends, so that students from around the world can engage in interdisciplinary learning outside of regular courses, while gaining whole new cultural experiences. Courses cover different fields: Chinese language and culture, engineering, natural sciences, research internship and social sciences. Over 5,000 international students have participated in NTU's international short-term courses since 2010, and learn about NTU's academic strengths, lifestyle, and campus environment through the theme-based courses within a short period of time. Once they adapt to life at NTU, they may choose to stay in Taiwan to participate in a student exchange program, and even pursue a higher degree at NTU, eventually settling down in Taiwan.
Daily Life Going Internationalized
Internationalization should ultimately enable us to refocus on humanistic values. Through this platform, networks between local and international faculty and students are being built and with it comes internationalization in steps which ultimately becomes part of the University’s daily operation. As such, NTU can be called a genuinely world-class, international university.