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Incoming Visiting Students

If you're currently an enrolled student from abroad (non-Taiwanese universities), and interested in the self-paid study at NTNU for one semester or one academic year, welcome to apply for NTNU Visiting Program. Before you apply for the program, please confirm:
  1. Applicants must be the currently-enrolled students, and home universities must be listed on the Reference List of Oversea Universities by Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan).
  2. Whether the applicants come from partnered universities or non-partnered university. (Partner Institutions of NTNU)

If you come from partnered university, please apply at (Partner) Incoming Visiting Student website. (including Taiwan Huayu BEST Program)
If you come from non-partnered university, please apply at (Non-Partner) Incoming Visiting Student website.
(if your home university is not listed on the Reference List of Oversea Universities, you'll be ineligible to apply for the visiting program)

     


Incoming Visiting Students need to cover NTNU tuition fees, with the tuition fee rate below (under rates Mainland Chinese Students and non-APRC holding International Student): 
► Tuition Fee Scale for Undergraduate Students (2024-2025)
► Tuition Fee Scale for Graduate Students (2024-2025)


Application Requirements:

►　Minimum GPA Requirement: GPA 3.0/4.3 or 75% average
►　Minimum English Requirement: TOEFL iBT 80 or IELTS 6.5
(If applicants are not able to provide one of these English certificates, they will need to submit a certificate issued by their home universities to certify that their English proficiency meets CEFR B2.)
►　Other Language Requirements (for specific departments)
   　●　Department of History: TOCFL Level 4 or New HSK 6
   　●　Department of Chinese as a Second Language:
              Undergraduate: Certificate of taken 180-hours of Chinese courses
              Graduate: TOCFL Level 4 or New HSK 6
   　●　Department of East Asian Studies:
              Non-Chinese speaking students
                 * Undergraduate: TOCFL Level 3 or HSK Level 5
                 * Master Program: TOCFL Level 4 or HSK Level 6
                 * Doctoral Program: TOCFL Level 5 or HSK Level 6
              Chinese-speaking Students
                 * TOEFL iBT 71 or
                 * IELTS 5.5 or
                 * TOEIC 750 or
                 * College English Test (全國大學英語考試) : CET 4

 

Required Documents:

 
  1. Inbound Visiting Program Application Form (online)
  2. Study Plan
  • Study Plan/Motivation Letter (approx. 800 to 1000 words, for both undergraduate and postgraduate)
  • Research Plan (approx. 800 to 1000 words, for postgraduate only)
  1. Letter of Recommendation (must have recommander's title and signature)
  2. Full Academic Transcript (officially issued by Academic Office, must have official stamp)
  3. Enrollment Certificate (officially issued by Academic Office within 3 months)(Student ID card is NOT applicable)
  4. Passport (identification page)
  5. Other Supporting Documents (if any)(e.g. certificates, language proficiency test, portfolio…etc.)
  6. Screenshot of Application Fee Payment NT$ 3,300 (Non-refundable upon submitted) Please check your eligibility carefully prior to submitting the application fee.
  7. Formal Headshot Photo (with high resolution)(please provide official passport size photo, do not provide selfie, rephotograph, or AI-generated photo)(sample as below)


** All documents must be in either English or Chinese. Documents in other languages will NOT be accepted. **
** Applicants need to submit the scanned documents, rather than the rephotographed ones by mobile phone. **
 


Please read following notes carefully:

  • Visiting Program is on the basis of "semester," and mainly taking content courses at departments.
  • Please note that visiting student qualification is not guaranteed, departments have ultimate rights to decide whether to admit the applicants or not, even if they’ve met the application requirement.
  • Applicants must have completed at least one semester of enrollment at current home university before application (same degree), which means applicants must have completed at least two semesters of enrollment before participating Visiting Program at NTNU.
  • Applicants must be the currently-enrolled students at home university, those who will graduate before the visiting period is not qualified.
  • Applicants can check NTNU's department/institute list, find the department/institute that mostly relate to their majors at home universities. Applicants can access to the department’s website by clicking its name.
  • The "Program of Global Studies" is not open for students who holds TW/PRC/HK/MO passports.
  • (non-Chinese speaking) Students who want to improve their Chinese proficiency are suggested to choose 'Department of Chinese as a Second Language' rather than 'Department of Chinese'. The application requirements for Department of Chinese as a Second Language are: Undergraduate- Certificate of taken 180-hours of Chinese courses; Postgraduate- TOCFL Level 4 or New HSK 6". Please note these are the "application requirements," doesn't mean students can be admitted if they meet the requirements. Again, visiting student qualification is NOT guaranteed.
  • Applicants are not able to change host departments once they are admitted, so they need to choose departments carefully.
  • Applicants can only choose the degrees that correspond to their major at home university. (e.g. undergraduate students can only apply for Bachelor degree, master students can only apply for Master degree, and doctoral students can only apply for doctoral degree.)
  • Applicants are highly suggested to well prepare their Study Plan/Motivation Letter. They can consult with the Study Abroad advisor(s) at home university for more advices on Study Plan/Motivation Letter.
  • Applicants who hold PRC passports will need to additionally submit their scanned PRC ID cards.
  • The credit number that visitng students choose at host department should not be less than credit number from other departments.
  • Due to limited bed number, NTNU dormitory is not guaranteed.
  • The registration fee is non-refundable after payment has been made, no matter applicants have successfully been admitted or not. So please check your eligibility very carefully, and consider deliberately before proceeding with the payment.
  • The Semester Chinese Program at MTC (Mandarin Training Center) is not available for visiting students. Those who would like take MTC Chinese program will need to pay for its tuition.

Application Period:
Semester Term Time Application Period
Fall Semester September~December early March - late April
Spring Semester February ~ June early September ~ late October (of previous year)

Application Process:


STEP 1: Apply for login user ID and password (at "Account Application")
You will receive the login user ID and password in your mailbox. If you don't receive it, please check your spam box, which might go to there. Please do not double apply for login user ID and password, to prevent errors in the system.

STEP 2: Log in the system with the received user ID and password to fill out the application form and upload all the required documents (listed above) onto the corresponing fields. The application is not able to modify after submitted, so please double check the filled information before submission. 

STEP 3: Qualification screening by the departments/institutes.

STEP 4: Administrative Procedure

STEP 5: Admission Announcement

STEP 6: Confirmation of Admission Offer

STEP 7: Offer Letter of Acceptance and important information before arrival
 

 

Contact Information:

Visiting student from partner institutions: Mr. Daniel Lin
Phone: +886-2-7749-1269
Email: govisiting@deps.ntnu.edu.tw

Visiting student from non-partner institutions: Ms. Stephanie Hsu
Phone: +886-2-7749-1273
Email: stephanie.hsu@ntnu.edu.tw