FAQs: Overseas Chinese Student Application

Overseas Chinese students should apply through the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students (UECOCS). Or students may apply through Admission through Recommendation by Overseas Senior High Schools. Each application channels are briefly introduced as follows:

1. The UECOCS – Individual applications: recruitment of undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students.
2. The UECOCS –Joint admission placements for undergraduate programs.
   For more information, please visit the UECOCS website
3. Student Admission with Recommendation from Overseas Senior High Schools: Undergraduate programs.
   Overseas Senior High Schools can recommend and coordinate suitable students to apply for admission. Only school is able to complete the online application process. The university will review the applications and assign to applicants’ department choices according to their order of preference.For more information, please visit the website  Application System

NTNU provides various types of scholarships funded by the school or external sources for overseas Chinese students. The eligibility, application period and amounts awarded of each scholarship may vary. For more details, please visit our website.   More information on scholarships

It is not compulsory to study at the Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students at NTNU (abbreviated below to “NTNU Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students”). Overseas Chinese students who wish to study at NTNU may submit individual applications to the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students (UECOCS) or participate in joint admission placements conducted by the UECOCS. If overseas Chinese students fail to be assigned to NTNU, they may apply to the UECOCS for being re-assigned to the NTNU Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students by September 10. After students complete one-year study of the preparatory programs, the NTNU Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students will submit students’ final results from the program along with other application materials to the UECOCS, and the UECOCS will determine which university each overseas Chinese student will be assigned to.

Studying at the NTNU Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students has many benefits. It can better prepare students for college-level schoolwork (the Division also offers evening remedial teaching course and Chinese improvement course which is partially taught in English), enhance students’ Chinese language abilities and help them adapt to college life earlier.

However, if you cannot speak Chinese at all or cannot communicate in Chinese fluently, we strongly suggest that you should directly apply for studying at the NTNU Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students via the UECOCS. This will help you better cope with the academic work and campus life in the future.
For application brochures, deadlines, and procedures, please visit the UECOCS website  UECOCS

Please refer to the website of Division of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students  NUPS

Currently, students who are from Macao and also hold Portuguese passports may choose to apply for admissions as either overseas Chinese students or international students. Those who choose to apply as overseas Chinese students must meet the requirements stipulated in MOE regulations, and should apply through the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students (UECOCS) or through Recommendation by Overseas Senior High Schools. Those who want to apply as international students may apply directly to NTNU. The main differences between the overseas Chinese student status and the international student status are tuition fees and rules of scholarships.

1. After overseas Chinese students and students from Hong Kong or Macao are admitted to NTNU and surveyed on their interests in being teachers, those who are willing to be trainee teachers can register to take teacher education programs. Overseas Chinese students or students from Hong Kong or Macao enrolled in NTNU undergraduate or postgraduate programs are all welcome to take professional education courses here.
   Application period:
   Please submit the application for professional education courses to the teaching assistant of your department/graduate school every March and December.For more information, please visit the website of Office of Teacher Education and Careers
2. Regarding whether overseas Chinese students or students from Hong Kong or Macao are qualified to be teachers in their country of residence after completing teacher education programs and attaining relevant credits at NTNU, please contact the authority in charge in the country of residence for further information.