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National Chung Hsing University - Exchange Student Program Fact Sheet
Academic Year 2024-2025
General Information
The student exchange program is designed to facilitate international cooperationand exchange with partner institutions of NCHU.
Program for Academic Exchange (PAX):
This program offers incoming exchange students diverse courses taught inChinese or English in 12 colleges.
Exchange StudentProgram

Lab Exchange:
This program offers incoming exchange students the opportunity to do researchunder the professors’ instruction. We offer research related to many fields ofstudy.
Each student will be assigned a mentor professor for consultation during his/herstay at NCHU. We welcome students who are interested in learning more about
Taiwan to join PAX/Lab Exchange and share their culture with us!
✓Eligibility✓✓

Be currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at an
NCHU partner institution.
Have successfully completed at least one year of study at home institution.
Be nominated by the Office of International Affairs or equivalent office of thehome institution according to exchange agreements.

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Benefits

Tuition waiver (The fees of mandatory insurance and accommodation are
not included. Students need to pay both fees by themselves.)
2. Monthly stipend will be offered upon budget availability and qualification ofstudents.
【Note】Benefits only apply to the nominees that fall within the agreed quota of
the partner university agreement.

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Student who apply fall semester (Sep. 2024 to Jan. ,2025): April 2, 2024
Nomination Deadline*For Coordinator

Student who apply spring semester (Feb. to Jun., 2025): October 15, 2024
Applicant must have an official nomination from home institution to be eligible foracademic exchange program application at NCHU.
Student who apply fall semester (Sep., 2024 to Jan., 2025): April 6- April 20, 2024
Student who apply spring semester (Feb. to Jun., 2025): October 15 - October 31, 2024

Application Deadline* For Student

Nominated Students:
After confirming the nomination by partner institutions, we will provide online
application instruction to nominated students by April 10 and October 15 for Fall andSpring semester, respectively. Please complete online application at Office ofInternational Affairs at NCHU by these deadlines.
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Application form (Students would need to download the application form fromtheir application accounts and finish the signatures.)

Required Documents

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Official certificate of student status (must be Chinese or English copy)

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Official academic transcripts (must be Chinese or English copy)4.

Two letters of recommendation

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Plan of study (written in Chinese or English)

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Biography (300 to 500 words, written in Chinese or English)

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Certificate of proficiency in Chinese/English (optional)

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Supplementary materials (optional)【Note】Please scan your documents; We do not accept blurred documents.
Step 1: Go through the nomination process of the home institution. Partner institution
needs to fill out online nomination form before deadline.
Step 2: Nominated students must upload all required documents to application website
before deadline.
Step 3: Application will be reviewed, and final decision will be made by the University
Application Procedure

Review Committee. Results will be announced by the end of June and midDecember for Fall and Spring semester, respectively.
Step 4: Official admission package will be sent to program coordinator of partner
institutions.
Step 5: Admitted students need to confirm admission and provide arrival information
online if admission is accepted.

ContactInformation

Ms. Christina Cheng (Northeast Asia, and Europe)yccheng@nchu.edu.tw
Ms. Sharon Hsu (Asia and Oceania)
sharonhsu@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Ms. Yu-Hsuan Chang (America, Mainland China and Africa)
yuhsuanchang@nchu.edu.tw

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Academic Information
Semesters at NCHU

Fall semester (Sep. 2024 – Jan. 2025)
Spring semester (Feb. 2025 – Jun. 2025)
NCHU offers courses taught in Chinese in the fields of 12 colleges. We also offer courses

Areas of Studytaught in English divided into the fields of Humanities and Social Science, Science andEngineering, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Language and Management.
Please check courses at Division of Curriculum.
For questions about the course query system, please contact

Course Selection

course@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (Division of Curriculum, Office of Academic Affairs).
For more information, such as a detailed description about courses in a particular field,
please contact the respective department directly.
1 credit at NCHU = 1 hour*18 weeks (or 16 weeks + 2 flexible learning weeks)
1 credit≒2ECTS

Course Registration

PAX students are required to register for at least two courses with 1 course in hosting
department/institute. The students may also choose courses available in the hostingcollege to meet this requirement. If students wish to take courses taught in Chinese, theymust show Chinese proficiency and/or get approval from the course instructor.
1st Semester (Fall)
September School Begins

Academic Schedule

November

University Anniversary / Midterm Exams

January

Final Exams / Winter Vacation Begins

2nd Semester (Spring)
February

Chinese New Year / School begins

AprilMidterm Exams

JuneFinal Exams / Summer Vacation Begins* Please refer to the website of OIA for the updated academic schedule. *Lab exchange

NCHU offers labs in many fields of study. For more information, please visit our website
to see the information of 2024-25 Lab Exchange.
1. Credited Chinese Language Course: Practical Chinese I.II.III (The courses will be

Chinese Language
Coursedifferent depends on different semester.)
2. Non-Credit Chinese Language Courses: Fee-Paying Chinese Course (Please refer toLanguage Center’s Information: https://clc.nchu.edu.tw/en/)

4Student LifeFor the details, please visit the website of Office of International Affairs and go

Exchange StudentInformation

browsing as follows: (Home > Apply to NCHU > Exchange Programs > PAX Exchange/Lab Exchange)
We will keep the information of PAX and Lab Exchange updated on our website.
Students need to pay for fees required for living in NCHU dormitory per semester(about 5 months): Basic fees for one semester, including electricity, public cleaning,etc. around NT$14,920/Male Dormitory (US$497) and NT$14,950/Female Dormitory

Accommodations(US$498).
* Please notice that Students will be located different dormitories every semester.
The price we provide is for your reference. The Division of Student Housing Service
will provide the updated prices.

Exchange students must have insurance while at NCHU. If you have overseas

Insurance

Information forInternational
Students

emergency medical insurance from your own country, please bring it with you(must be in English). If not, students must pay own insurance fee during
registration process. For more information, please visit HERE.
Based on the policy, exchange students with an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC),
who have resided in Taiwan for more than six months, are mandatory to enroll in
the National Health Insurance (NHI). For more information, please visit HERE
For more information, please visit NCHU Office of International Affairs(Home > Prospective Students)

Contact Information
Office of International Affairs
National Chung Hsing University
145 Xingda Rd., South Dist.,
Taichung 402, Taiwan
Tel: +886 4 2284 0206
Fax: +886 4 2285 7313
Email: oia@nchu.edu.tw
Website: www.oia.nchu.edu.tw