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The Top Universities in Taiwan (ROC)

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Which are the top universities in Taiwan? I’ve been looking into the Taiwanese university world and their recent rankings, trying to figure out how the university system in Taiwan works and ranks internally.

While visiting the Taiwan culture office in London, they gave me an information CD covering all the universities in Taiwan, which I uploaded to the Chinese Garden – http://www.chinese-garden.net/public/Study-in-Taiwan.exe (It’s an archived EXE, open the file to a directory and run the executable). It’s worth checking out if you’re interested in detailed information about universities in Taiwan.

Since I already built small comparison charts between the universities and researched a little, might as well share it with you.

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According to the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiaotong University 2006 (World rank ; Asia rank) :

Natl Taiwan Univ (151-200 ; 20-24)
Natl Cheng Kung Univ (301-400 ; 41-63)
Natl Tsing Hua Univ (301-400 ; 41-63)
Natl Chiao Tung Univ (401-500 ; 64-92)
Natl Yang Ming Univ (401-500 ; 64-92)

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According to Webometrics 2006 (World rank ; Asia rank) :

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (159 ; 4)
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY (305 ; 10)
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY (442 ; 20)
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY (470 ; 22)
NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY (547 ; 30)
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY TAIWAN (578 ; 32)

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According to Times Higher Education Top 200 World Universities (World rank 2006 ; World Rank 2005) [use Bugmenot extension to login, or subscribe]:

National Taiwan University (108 ; 114)

(Yeah, NTU is the only one appearing in the top 200 universities list)

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So, summing up, according to the world-rankings, NTU is high above all the others, while NCKU and NCTU are probably 2nd-3rd.

If you have any other information about the universities, rankings, or scholarships, please feel free to comment here.

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Other Asia university rankings can also be found here :

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LW | March 9th, 2007 at 3:52 pm #

I would like to add one comment- for whatever it is worth- It varies with the majors and departments when it comes to the university ranking.

For example, if we talk about political science,business and humanity studying, National ChungChi university has a major position in Taiwan; regarding pure or computer science, Tsing Hua and Chiao Tung unviersities are on the top, some of the majors are even better than those in National Taiwan University.

This is my personal humble opinion :)
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chimgee | January 4th, 2008 at 1:26 am #

hallo,please i wanna know which uni has hotel management major,n really gud for that major?my sister wanna study in taiwan.
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JB | March 9th, 2008 at 3:17 pm #

~RANKING UPDATE~

Shanghai Jiaotong Ranking 2007
1. National Taiwan University (151-202; 19-24)
2. National Cheng Kung University (305-402; 43-64)
3. National Chiao Tung University (305-402; 43-64)
4. National Tsing Hua University (305-402; 43-64)
5. National Central University (403-510; 65-100)
6. National Yang Ming University (403-510; 65-100)

Webometrics 2008
1. National Taiwan University (73, 2)
2. National Cheng Kung University (329, 20)
3. National Chiao Tung University (237, 9)
4. National Tsing Hua University (406, 25)
5. National Sun Yat Sen University (263, 11)
6. National Taiwan Normal University (388, 22)
7. National Central University (448, 29)
8. National Chengchi University (552, 38)
fiLi | March 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pm #

It’s great that you took the time to update this.

Thanks a lot!
DEE | March 28th, 2008 at 1:58 am #

what are the best uni’s for engineering, especifically civil. Will those qualifications be marketable worldwide?
fiLi | April 1st, 2008 at 1:10 am #

Dee – those are difficult questions, I’m not sure I have the answers for those.

But, with that said – NCKU is opening a new all-English program for Civil engineering which you should look into. The application deadline is this week, so you better hurry up.
adline | May 6th, 2008 at 5:04 pm #

i want to study in taiwan?but i want to get pharmacy wer do you think is the best school for me?
fiLi | May 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pm #

Adline – Find a comprehensive university. I’d say NTU is always top, followed by NCKU and the others. Go to their websites, check their rankings. You have some research work to do.
adline | May 8th, 2008 at 9:12 am #

i have search that kaohsiung medical university is offering bachelor degree in pharma. do you think it is a nice school for me to get in?
NTU and NCKU is good school as i have research but i dont think so that they’re offering bachelor degree in pharma coz as i have seen that they’re only offering PH.D and MD in pharma.but thanks for your suggestion..:)
Marlyn | June 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pm #

Wow very informative site. I have been struggling over 5 months as to which university to do my MBA in Taiwan. I have been accepted to NTU but its quite expensive so i have not decided. I have Yuan Ze and NCKU as two other options. Which one do u think is best?
fiLi | June 1st, 2008 at 5:59 pm #

Marlyn – NTU is considered by most to be the top university in Taiwan and there’s a good reason for that. Expensive as it may be, I think it would be worth it. I’ve heard good things about their Global MBA program, and they offer a few scholarships that you can apply to as well.

Yuan Ze I don’t know very well, I’m afraid. I study with NCKU. There are advantages and disadvantages to studying with the program here and it depends what you’re looking for. If you have more specific question – I’ll be happy to help out. I strongly recommend visiting http://WWW.INCKU.COM and reading up on the information.
Marlyn | June 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 am #

Thanks Fili. What would you say are the advantages of doing the IMBA at NCKU. I have also been accepted to NCKU.I want an MBA but want to concentrate in Finance, and i also want internship opportunities. Thats the hardest decision i have had to make in my life. Any advice?
fiLi | June 3rd, 2008 at 9:49 am #

Marlyn – I’m the wrong person to ask. I’d suggest coming down here to Tainan while semester is still running and attend a few classes, talk to some of the students 1on1. I suggest you do the same with NTU, NCCU etc. If you want me to suggest a class, I’d be more than happy to (Monday, 6:10pm, Guang-Fu campus, College of Management, 4th floor, room 62410). Internship opportunities – there are a few doing things in ChiMei and the likes during the summer break, but I’m not sure how that works exactly. I can get you in touch with the person in charge.

If you have more specific questions – let me know.

Good luck.
Sn. | June 10th, 2008 at 9:42 pm #

I would like to ask which universities in Taiwan are best for Hospitality and Tourism? Do they offered programs taught in English?
fiLi | June 19th, 2008 at 12:27 pm #

Sn – I’m not sure. I think you’d have to contact the schools to find out if it’s in English. Here are the schools I found so far :
NKHC
THT

If you know of anything more, let me know…
she | June 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pm #

I’m looking for a university in Taiwan that uses english as their medium because I can’t speak mandarin chinese…where can I find some??

[anyway, you really helped me..thanks a lot..]
fiLi | June 19th, 2008 at 7:13 pm #

she – a list of programs available in English is on the StudyinTaiwan.org website
Good luck.
Jean | September 20th, 2008 at 1:41 am #

Marlyn:
Yuan Ze is a new private uni, but it features excellent teachers come to teach…like they invite National ChungChi university professors to lecture…it has very good reputation among TWN private uni..cuz it’s new, and it wants to build up its reputation, it takes a lot of efforts on it!!
Maybe u got more resources from Yuan Ze than NCKU, but when it comes to reputation,”National” uni is always better than “Private”.
Fianace: Best is NTU, 2nd is National Chengchi ..
Jean | September 20th, 2008 at 2:07 am #

DEE:

Civil: Best is NTU, 2nd is NCKU..
Actually, this is a general idea not absolutely,like there are also some prof in NTU dont know how to lecture,..and find the right thesis advisor is also a key point..

so Good Luck
Anonymous | September 20th, 2008 at 2:08 am #

I can tell u that when it comes to administration stuff…NCKU is not that strong… it has a good reputation as a whole.. its famous on 理工學院 not 管理學院…and actaully, 清大 n 交大are even better than 成大 in science dept..成大has better reputaion than 交大 due to many reasons, but actaully it’s harder to get into 交大!!And I totally agree w/ LW!
Jean | September 20th, 2008 at 11:41 pm #

I have to correct one thing that regular MBA program for full time Taiwanese students has good reputaion in Taiwan,one of the reason is Taiwanese stud are selected strictly.(I am not sure if foreingers can apply or not, also not sure if the program only lectured in Chinese) But NCKU still mainly features school of science and engineering. As for IMBA and EMBA,I think there are still room for them to progress, hvnt built up their reputation yet in Taiwan. But the professors in IMBA are more demanding from this semester. Still think school of science and engineering of 交大 and 清大 are harder to get in even though their global rankings are not good as NCKU.
Fili | September 21st, 2008 at 12:41 am #

Jean – Thanks for the info. What are all those comments based on? can you help us with some references to reports/news-articles/surveys? I appreciate your input, as I have no idea how locals see the universities, and still – I think the readers would like something a bit more, eh… , quantitative.
Jean | September 21st, 2008 at 6:53 pm #

eh….word of mouth…so sorry, cant not provide any evidence..I only can find unofficial websites discussing these issues among Taiwanese…maybe u can discuss this topic w/ some of ur Taiwanese friends…
Fili | September 21st, 2008 at 7:21 pm #

Jean – those word of mouth methods are a bit tricky, since it’s all very subjective and any person can have a different idea based on personal experience. Trust me, I’ve discussed this plenty with everyone, and one of the reasons I ask for data is because I keep getting contradicting info.
Jean | September 21st, 2008 at 9:43 pm #

Ok! Then the simple way to follow is just to refer to global rankings! From Taiwanese angle, when companies in Taiwan recruite employees, they value a school’s reputation, which means 台政成清交 are the top priority. They don’t really care about which the department might be weak in NTU or NCKU. They think as long as you are from NTU, you will be good as a whole.
For example,Sun-Yet-Sen Uni is quite famous for its college of management, Sun-Yet-Sen features management school and puts more resources in Management school than NCKU does. If a Taiwanese stud wants to choose between NCKU and Sun-Yet-Sen uni to study management, most of them still choose NCKU, because NCKU’s reputation is better than Sun-Yet-Sen. But maybe some people who really care about the resources thing might choose Sun-Yet-Sen. So it’s really hard for me to answer this question.
Jean | September 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm #

Also,they evaluate with different angles, and the ranking might be slightly change. Why NCKU’s ranking is better than 台政清交 among companies in TWN due to the fact that students are more down to earth,humble,can team work with.

And why NCKU global ranking is better than 清交 due to the thesis they issue.
Fili | September 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm #

The following two sources of data have just been sent to me –
http://epaper.heeact.edu.tw/images/epaper_heeact_edu_tw/5_4-4_16-21_1.jpg
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1106100811138

For more readings in English from the HEEACT : http://ranking.heeact.edu.tw/en-us/2008/Continent/Asia%20Pacific
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Marja | December 27th, 2008 at 2:54 am #

Hey! I’m wondering if there’s any master of law (llm) programs taught in English in Taiwan?
Fili | December 27th, 2008 at 7:23 am #

Marja – that’s a good question. I suggest looking this up in studyintaiwan.org : http://www.studyintaiwan.org/degree/Programs_Taught_in_English.pdf . At first look it doesn’t seem like any of the law programs are in English. You can also try law school websites for more information : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_schools_in_Taiwan
Dianka | December 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm #

I’m looking for the best universities to study civil engineering at the undergraduate level. Please help i need more than two schools.
Fili | December 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm #

Dianka – NTU (Taipei), NCTU (Hsinchu), NCKU (Tainan). Look’em up.
Krishma | December 29th, 2008 at 11:25 pm #

I’m also looking for a couple good universities in biotechnology at the undergraduate level. Please give me a few.
Fili | December 31st, 2008 at 9:12 am #

Krishma –
NTHU : http://bt.life.nthu.edu.tw/
NTU : http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ntubiotec/faculty-Lin%20Shih-Shun-EN.html
NCKU : http://www.ncku.edu.tw/~biotech/english/programs.htm

Good luck.
andree | January 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 pm #

Hi,

Recently, I have been accepted for MBA program both in NCKU and NTUST. Based on your experience and consideration which one should I enroll into concerning both schools are having good reputations?

Thank you for your response…
Fili | January 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 am #

Andree – haven’t heard anything about NTUST, I’m afraid, either than the fact it focuses on technology. NCKU, although facing some major challenges, has been running the IIMBA program for a while now with a fair number of international students.

I strongly recommend visiting both universitiy and talking to their faculty and students before making the decision. For more info on NCKU visit INCKU.
andree | January 3rd, 2009 at 3:13 pm #

What are the examples of major challenges in NCKU that you have mentioned?
Fili | January 4th, 2009 at 12:28 am #

Andree – there are a few mentioned in some of the posts about NCKU in this blog and on INCKU. To hear more, about NCKU or other universities, you would need to talk to international students of those universities.
andree | January 4th, 2009 at 12:49 am #

Hi Fili,

After browsing several blogs and forums, I have a concern regarding tuition fees for IMBA in NCKU. There are some blogs stated that the tuition per credit for IMBA reaches NTD8000. It is indeed very expensive, Whereas in the NCKU OIA website the fees is only NT1600 per credit. Which one is true? Even though the fees are waived for the first year, it is just in case that I would not get the waiver for the second year. Thank you very much for your help…

regards,
andreewidjaja@yahoo.com
Fili | January 4th, 2009 at 1:00 am #

andree – it’s 8000NT$ for Taiwanese students, 1600NT$ for international students with Taiwan scholarship (like me and selected others who receive 30000NT$ a month) and 0NT$ for international students with the NCKU scholarship (all the rest). BTW – Those and other questions regarding NCKU are best asked on the INCKU website.
Sab | January 6th, 2009 at 12:08 pm #

I studied in Taiwan chinese and Master at the National Taiwan Normal University, to study chinese is the best in Taiwan, and The master program was all in english. My sister studies at the National Cheng Chi University, she had some problems because of some clases in chinese.
My strong recommendation is make sure the program you choose is in ENGLISH! some programs say they are in english but by the 2nd or 3rd year you have to take clases in chinese, and believe me to study a class all in chinese is very hard eventhough you spend one year studying chinese before begining university clases.

I know is not one of the topics.. but i think is very important.
Pamela | January 9th, 2009 at 12:24 am #

Are there any good universities in Taipei offering Mass Communications. I’ve thought of applying for scholarship to aid in my studies but I’m not sure how it works. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Fili | January 9th, 2009 at 8:35 am #

Pamela – it’s amazing what Google can do for you with a search like “edu tw Mass Communications”. Most are in the colleges of liberal arts.

Check out the following universities -
Tamkang
NCCU
I-Shou
NTNU-Shida

I’m quite sure there are many more. Check out studyintaiwan.org and search the web for more.
Pamela | January 9th, 2009 at 11:23 pm #

Thanks Fili! How do you find the education system in Taiwan? My siblings were saying they’d prefer me to stay in Singapore but I really want to go over to Taiwan. What do you think?
Fili | January 9th, 2009 at 11:37 pm #

Pamela – Taiwan’s global education is just starting out and facing many of the challenges Singapore was (and maybe still is) when it started its plan for the globalization of education 10-15 years ago. Singapore is also more of a multi-culture English-oriented society than Taiwan is, so naturally there are other barriers for Taiwan to overcome on that subject.

Some international students are very happy here, some are not. It is absolutely vital that you talk to as many students already here before making the decision.
Pamela | January 10th, 2009 at 12:04 am #

How about you? Did you face any problems when you first started out in Taiwan? Was it tough to learn everything in Chinese? The only thing I’m afraid of would probably be the language.
Fili | January 10th, 2009 at 12:42 am #

Pamela – some of my thoughts are all over this blog in the NCKU and Taiwan’s Education categories. I suggest you quickly browse through those to get an idea.

My program is entirely in English, as many other programs in Taiwan are. I would strongly advise against studying in Chinese if you’re not proficient.
JB | January 10th, 2009 at 12:52 am #

Pamela, as a former university lecturer in Taiwan (now in London), I would like to add my voice to Fili’s brilliant response (above).

While you are probably correct that you might face obstacles due to language, the Taiwanese educational system overall faces larger issues related to delayed efforts in promoting globalization in the education field that I think are of greater concern at the moment…

From my limited knowledge of unis in Singapore, on the other hand, it is my understanding that Singaporean unis tend to be more active in international research activities (e.g., conferences, journals, partnerships, etc.) and have a better understanding of the latest research from around the world. For this reason, I would cautiously promote Singaporean unis over Taiwanese in general, but Taiwanese unis might still have certain other advantages (e.g., will allow you to develop a network of contacts in Taiwan, focus on a subject that is not popular in Singapore, broaden your horizons by giving you a new, international perspective, etc.) that might still be of interest to you. Best of luck!!!
Sab | January 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm #

Universities in Taiwan for Mass Communication NCCU and Minchuang Universities.
On the other side if you want to study digital media… you can apply for YuanZi University.
Pamela | January 11th, 2009 at 4:33 pm #

Thanks Fili, JB & Sab for your valuable feedbacks! I’m considering NCCU now. I hope everything will work fine for me. I’m still worried how to go about persuading my family to let me go over to Taiwan.
Shaun | January 12th, 2009 at 6:59 pm #

I wonder why NTNU is so low on those lists… must not put out a lot of research as a “teacher’s” university(the main criteria by which these “best college” lists are generally graded by).

Anyway, an American acquaintance of mine is only an Undergrad in the US, but takes Cheng Chi MBA courses for credit back home, and even then, he says the classes are very easy compared to his no-name US College. In this way, the Unis here are based off of Japanese systems, where the entrance exam is hard, but classes are nearly worthless.

In general, I’ve been looking at Universities here for a long time, if you are NOT studying in Chinese, you won’t get much benefit at Taiwanese Schools. Almost all their English programs are under a 10-years old, and have little international reputation.
As I’m wanting to do anthropological research here, I’m screwed unless I seriously study my Chinese, since even Cheng Chi’s “Taiwanese Culture” program has a serious lack of choices for classes in English.

If you want to study in English in a Chinese-speaking country, go to Singapore or Hong Kong, which have much higher-ranked universities and long-established English-taught classes and programs.
Even NTU is settling for second-best compared to Singapore or HK.

However, Taiwanese grad schools are much less competitive for foreign students, and the government scholarships are plenty.
Pamela | January 14th, 2009 at 3:50 pm #

Hi. Can i apply for scholarship if I’m an Overseas Chinese student?
Fili | January 14th, 2009 at 5:56 pm #

Pamela – I’m not too sure, you’d have to contact the university and ask about that.
Amu | January 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm #

Hi All,

I am glad to come across this blog. I am non-chinese guy and planing to apply for MBA program in taiwan as international student.
The few university I have on my mind are NTU, NTHU and NTCU and NCCU.

Are they best one to apply in taiwan? Do you guys have any other recomendations for me? your responce is much apprecitiated, thanks in advance!!

Amu…
Fili | January 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm #

Amu – I’d say you just about covered all the famous schools in Taipei and Hsinchu. As far as southern Taiwan is concerned, there’s NCKU in Tainan and NSYSU in Kaohsiung. You can take a look at the studyintaiwan.org website for more options, but those are definitely the leading ones.
Amu | January 15th, 2009 at 3:39 pm #

Thanks Fili for your prompt responce!
Yes, I am toying on idea to apply to NCKU too. but I haven’t had any info when application will open and dead lines and all. Their website still talks about 2009 Spring Admission and not the fall.

Also it seems getting a reply from their dept. is a long wait.

More importantly, I am looking for a MBA program which will give me options to study, Tech. Management, right I guess, NTHU offers that? any other uni. recomendations?
Fili | January 15th, 2009 at 3:59 pm #

Amu – as for NCKU, here’s the page I think you’re looking for – http://admissions.oia.ncku.edu.tw/index_eng.aspx . More here – http://admissions.oia.ncku.edu.tw/application_schedule_eng.aspx .
NCKU OIA is in a bit of a mess with 3 different websites posting different levels of updates on them, I have no idea why.

NCTU and NTHU have the reputation of being very tech oriented, while NTU and NCKU are the leading comprehensive universities.

I can’t recommend an MBA program. You’d have to do your research on those, and decide what factors are important to you.
Art | January 19th, 2009 at 11:06 pm #

Interesting ongoing discussion as I’m toying with the idea of enrolling in the Global MBA 2009/2010 offered by NTU now.

To Pamela – I’m actually Singaporean, based now in Taipei.
Pamela | January 21st, 2009 at 8:31 pm #

I’ve emailed several universities but i don’t seem to get any reply! I’m hoping for some good news :)
Art – HELLO! Did you attend Degree classes in Taiwan as well?
Art | January 21st, 2009 at 8:53 pm #

Nope, I did my B.Eng at NTU(SG) :)
Fili | January 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 am #

Pamela – if you want to get answers, and quick ones, you should always CALL.
Jaymi | February 13th, 2009 at 8:55 am #

Hei jeg lurte på hvis man vil inn på en av universitene i Taiwan, vet du om noen av universitetene i Taiwan sammarbeider med norske universitet slik man kan søke seg inn der?
Jeg studere språk og vil gjene kunne studere i Taiwan.
Jaymi | February 13th, 2009 at 9:03 am #

Hey!
I`m just wondring do the Taiwan university have contact with Norway university?I`m study language, an want to study in Taiwan
ngminh | February 21st, 2009 at 2:23 pm #

please, help me find out a university in Taiwain that I will study PhD in power electrical.I need a draff of fundermental for apply to the goverment.
Chi-Jo | February 21st, 2009 at 7:52 pm #

Being a faculty member of Southern Taiwan University, allow me to propose a quality alternative: English-taught programs of Southern Taiwan University. Southern Taiwan University(STUT) offers 3 english taught master’s programs in management, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering. Currently, almost all international graduate students are qualified for tuition waiver and NT$ 5000 monthly assistantship. Please see
http://www.stut.edu.tw/english_version/ for details.
Naek | February 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 am #

Me gustaria saber sobre los costos de alojamiento en el campus de NTU y si tienen algun sitio web que me ayude con los denas costos de los cursos.La carrera que deseo tomar es negocios internacionales.Gracias por culaquier ayuda.
eunice | March 5th, 2009 at 1:09 pm #

hey,

do you know what are the entrance examinations that students have to take to enter the taiwan university?
Fili | March 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm #

Eunice – if you’re an international student, most chances you would be exempt from a qualifying exam to a Taiwanese university. Best way to make sure is look at the uni website and give them a call.
charles | March 5th, 2009 at 8:38 pm #

Hi!

I’m Charles de Guzman from the Philippines. Can someone help me to look for a good university in Taiwan as I will apply for the 2009 Taiwan Scholarship. As stated in the scholarship we need to look for the university that we want. Can you please recommend a good university focusing on management and developmental studies.

I will appreciate if you email me back as soon as possible because the deadline will be on 31 March 2009.

Thank you very much

Charles
Fili | March 6th, 2009 at 1:11 am #

Charles – I suggest you don’t wait for an answer and look into this yourself. Whatever answer you’ll get it will be biased towards what others think. You should form your own opinion.
Pamela | March 31st, 2009 at 7:26 am #

hello Fili!

i went down to NCCU on Monday to submit my application :)

i hope everything will work out fine for me.

Thank you Fili & everyone for your advices!
SimCherry | April 4th, 2009 at 7:37 pm #

hy
This summer I`ll graduate from high school and I want to study design in Taiwan
i`ve read that the time limit for application is till April or something like that and to apply you need your high school diploma and some other documents but my diploma will be ready just in June.
Also I`m just beginner in chinese and I`ve searched but I couldn't really find anything exact about english classes for Bachelor.

can someone pls tell me about the application and the classes ?
tx :)
JL | May 10th, 2009 at 2:17 am #

Hi Art, did you get into the GMBA program offered by NTU?
amu | May 10th, 2009 at 7:00 am #

JL,

I can see name from Singapore, in NTU”s GMBA admission list. Not sure if he is same Art above.
By the way, I am also joining GMBA @ NTU 09/10, is anyone here who is joining the same program?
JL | May 10th, 2009 at 5:17 pm #

Amu, I’m also joing the program in sept. Lets keep in touch!
muhaned | May 26th, 2009 at 6:03 am #

Hi Fili ..I want to ask you about the graduate program of
civil engineering in NCKU.If all program taught in inglish ?.
And if the NCKU is the right choice to me?.I think the NCKU
is the best university in civil engineering after the NTU.
if you have a better suggestion to me and more information
about this topic please help me .

thank you
Rainnie | June 18th, 2009 at 2:03 pm #

Hello,
I have been accepted for IMBA program of National Sun Yat-Sen University and National Cheng Kung University.I’ve heard that IMBA of NSYSU has a very good reputation.But NCKU is also a top university as well.Could you give me any suggestion or idea? Thank you so much.
Fili | June 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm #

Rainnie – I don’t know the NSYSU program, but it does get good reviews and ranks pretty well (QS Global MBA). It’s also AACSB accredited, when NCKU isn’t, and it’s located in Kaohsiung – a bigger more expat friendly city. At first glance, NSYSU seems like a better option, but I strongly recommend talking to students there and visiting the university before making the decision.

Good luck, please give us an update when you make the decision.
Adjuster | June 24th, 2009 at 7:01 am #

Charles, have you managed to contact a univeristy on time? And get a letter of admission? I hope so. I also applied for the Taiwan Scholarship. I was also admitted by NCKU for IMBA. TECO contacted me last week that they will announce the scholars by the end of June. I hope the best for us.
chu chun | July 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 pm #

hi i’m chu chun i’m a Taiwanese but i leave here in the Philippines my mom & my dad is a Taiwanese citizen i’m going to ask if i can get a scholarship in any university in Taiwan i don’t know how to speak Chinese Language but my i’m a Taiwanese I hope you respond on my question thanks
Adjuster | July 6th, 2009 at 2:06 pm #

I got a Taiwan Scholarship!woohooo!!! 1 year of Mandarin Training plus 2 years IMBA.

chu chun, I think there are plenty of scholarships available to Taiwanese citizens. Check one by one the university sites for that. Even though you live here in the Philippines, it does not change the fact that you are a R.O.C National. Having said that, you are not eligible for Taiwan Scholarship as they are only for foreigners.
chu chun | July 7th, 2009 at 11:12 pm #

how can i get a scholarship can you teach me?
hope you can respond to me adjuster thank you for your respond please help me thanks thanks.. i really want to go home this is the only way that i see
Adjuster | July 8th, 2009 at 3:28 pm #

chu chun, I cannot directly answer your questions. Why don’t you e-mail the universities of your choice directly to get official answers?

If you want to go home, you can always do that being a Taiwanese citizen.
Tristan | July 13th, 2009 at 4:37 am #

Hi my name is Tristan and I really appreciate all of your detailed
comparison and analysis of all the top MBA programs in Taiwan. I got accepted to both NTU’s GMBA & NCCU’s IMBA 2009 programs and I can’t decide which program I should attend. Since NCCU’s IMBA program is already in it’s 9th year and it’s AACSB accredited, many people say it’s a better and stronger program than NTU’s GMBA program. NTU’s GMBA program it’s fairly new and it’s only in it’s 4th year, but many people also tell me that I should go to NTU because NTU’s name is much better than NCCU internationally and it will benefit me more in the future~ Can you please help give me your opinion on which program I should attend.
Thank you very very much for your help~
Fili | July 13th, 2009 at 9:52 am #

Tristan – I think the best thing for you to do is to head over there, spend some time walking around campus, sitting in summer classes and talking to the professor and dean – and then decide. My personal impression, not thinking much of AACSB, is that NTU would be the better option and that general academic rankings (top 100 in the world for NTU) and reputation in Taiwan (number 1, no doubt about it) is far more important than accreditation or how many years it’s been running. From the little I’ve heard, NTU seem to be more professional and international oriented (international events, conferences and scholarship) than NCCU. I vote NTU.

Let me know what you decided.
Tristan | July 16th, 2009 at 6:26 am #

Hi Fili, thank you so much for your input and recommendation. You are right that NTU being the #1 school in Taiwan is far more important than accreditation or how many years it’s been running. I will definitely take your advise into consideration, I will let you know when I finalize my decision around end of August. Thanks again!
Rodrigo | August 11th, 2009 at 8:28 am #

Hi I’d like to study a Master in Political Economy and I’m applying for a scholarship but I’d like to know which is the best Taiwan University for those kind of studies. Thanks.
Fili | August 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm #

Rodrigo – I’m afraid I wouldn’t know much about political economy in specific. I would suggest ringing up NTU, NCCU and NCKU. I vaguely remember hearing about such a program in English.
Chuxxx | September 19th, 2009 at 4:17 pm #

Hey hello everybody!!!could you guys helpme?please!!!i am seeking an university which it has connestion with UK.and first years i want to study in taiwan but senior year i want to graduate in uk.so could you guys help to find out the university like that.please!!!!
carmen | October 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm #

i want to study law in tai wan is there any good schools here
Fili | October 2nd, 2009 at 3:58 pm #

Carmen – you'd have to be a bit more specific than that. Schools for… ?
Lester Paul | December 1st, 2009 at 7:50 am #

Hi
This website is very helpful, thank you. I am looking for university in Taiwan where I can do my Doctorate in Law and my wife her Masters in Fine Arts, in English. Can you help us
Fili | December 1st, 2009 at 10:29 am #

That's going to be tough, for both law and fine arts. If that's what you're looking for, and you insist on Asia, I strongly recommend checking out either Hong Kong or Singapore that have an English based education system.
With that said – doctorates are more personal, so you might be able to pull that off with law at, say, NTU. As for fine arts, I'm not very familiar with those.
I posted your query on Taiwanderful, perhaps some else would be able to help :
http://www.taiwanderful.net/forum/english-law-p...
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Alex | January 27th, 2010 at 1:50 am #

Hi Fili,

I'd like to know about the student composition for International MBA Program in some universities in Taiwan.
As far as I'm concerned, I would like to be in a class, which has at least 20% of Taiwanese. This is quite important for me, since you're going to study in Taiwan.

I'll take NCKU as an example.
http://www.imba.ncku.edu.tw/aboutus/studentcomp...
From this page, it's showing that there is no Taiwanese student in one class.

Can you enlighten me about this thing?
Fili | January 27th, 2010 at 2:01 am #

Alex – most of those programs have atleast 20% Taiwanese. The composition you're looking at are for the “international students”, leaving locals out, as they're taken for granted. In general, those programs were created to attract more Taiwanese to be in a more international surroundings, and the logic is clear once you realize that international students simply don't pay for most of those programs (like NCKU) while Taiwanese sometimes pay 4 times more the regular local program.

If you're looking for an MBA degree in Taiwan, I think the best option for you would be the Global MBA in National Taiwan University. My experience with the IIMBA in NCKU hasn't been all honey.
Alex | January 27th, 2010 at 2:17 am #

Wow!
I really didn't expect that you would give a quick reply.
Thanks a lot for a quick reply!

I think, I've found the right person to discuss about the International MBA Program in Asia. :)

So what you're saying is, if I want to find such a student composition, NTU would be the best for me? (Is there any other Univ that you can recommend for me? )

Oh yeah. I just remembered one thing that I've been wanting to ask.
How about the job opportunity after graduate from one of those IMBA Program?

Thanks!
Fili | January 27th, 2010 at 6:50 am #

What I'm saying is… if you want a quality MBA program in Taiwan, I'd suggest NTU. Other programs I'm much less confident about. Some consider NCCU and NCKU as the second best options, but I'd recommend sticking with NTU, unless you've talked to someone in those programs that told you everything about what's happening and you feel confident that is reasonable for you.

I wouldn't count on Job opportunities afterwards, unless you're able to develop atleast intermediate level Chinese. Those programs rarely have good connections with the industry and since they're all very new and somewhat undeveloped, they usually do not enjoy the school reputation with recruiters. Once again, NTU might be the exception to the general rule.
Fili | January 27th, 2010 at 6:51 am #

Chuxxx – I honestly don't think such a program exists. Hong Kong would be a much better bet for this type of thing. HKUST collaborates with Kellogg and HKU with the London Business school, so what you're asking for might possible for an MBA.
JF_Amadei | January 27th, 2010 at 7:22 am #

I'm a little bit surprised by two things here

1) That you take webometrics and “Jiatong” (a ranking that even the chinese themselves don't use) as a ranking (what about Times Ranking ?)

2) That you rank the university as a whole and not the program itself. Indeed, A University can be high ranked and have very “basic” MBA, as an example HKU is the best university in asia but its MBA it's practically unknown, the opposite is also true. Moreover, it's not very fair to compare university with a medical department and those without.

Other point, no one talked about NCCU. Yet, it's the only one “Business Department” (it already makes more sense when you want to do an MBA) with NSYSU's to be ranked in the Financial Time ranking.

Perso I'm graduated from NCCU's IMBA, I quite enjoyed being a student there. I learnt a lot, met business parter and also lots of good friends.

<quote>”I should go to NTU because NTU’s name is much better than NCCU internationally”</quote>

When you get out of Greater China, no one has ever heard about NTU or NCCU so if you are looking for fame you'd better go somewhere else. Also, NCCU has always been an “elite” university on the mainland (established in Nanjing) as well as in Taiwan, thus it remain quite famous over here and especially over there.

To finish, don't expect that a “name” or a “degree” will give you more or less chances, especially at this point. Is all about YOU and your WORK and how you manage to “sell” yourself, nothing else.
Fili | January 27th, 2010 at 7:47 am #

Amadai – this is a very old post. There are other post on Asian universities that are more comprehensive (http://www.filination.com/blog/2009/05/12/top-a... , showing you that the HKU MBA program and business school is ranked very high in several rankings and enjoys very high reputation), but to answer some of the points you're making. Webrankings has no real meaning, but Jiaotung is an important indicator of research quality and international prestige.
The fact that NTU is consistently doing very well in world rankings -does- matter, especially internationally. When there is no other information, rankings and reputation matters and NTU is no doubt the most well-known university in Taiwan and highly respected. People outside of Taiwan and Asia do know NTU, but not much about any of the others.
What you're stating about NCCU sounds somewhat biased. The historical story of KMT copying some universities (Tsing Hua, Jiao Tung) to Taiwan does not imply similarity or linkage, and while Taiwanese universities are respected in mainland, I would caution against what you're saying about NCCU.

Name and degree matter to some extent, but no less important is the quality of education offered and the standards set by the school. There is little disagreement in Taiwan as to NTU being the dominant number 1 in all of those factors.

With all that said – you can't rule out all the other universities.
Rodr!go | January 29th, 2010 at 5:46 pm #

Hi Fili!

First of all, I would like to thank you about this post. I've been searching franticly but I haven't found answers as much as I have on your post and all the comments made by all your readers.

I'm trying to figure out wich University deals best with Animation and TV, for example… but I have found so far only the NTUA (National Taiwan University of Arts), Tainan National University of the Arts (TNUA), but I'm having a terrible time just finding University's that deal with animation, let alone if they are good or not.

Any help would be really apreciated!
madhawan | February 11th, 2010 at 6:41 am #

Hello everyone..Well, i am am indian and have got lot of queries to make.I am in my final semester of information technology engineering and i am planning to pursue the masters course for the same from nation taiwan university,college of engineering,dept. of computer engineering and information tech.

Firstly, i just want to know that is the national taiwan university the best option for me for the above mentioned course.Secondly, i saw at the web site that this program is not entirely in english but contains the minimum no. of course required to make it complete in english, does this mean that international students with medium of communication english are eligible.

Finally, i just want to ask that how are the job opportunities there? I mean after completing my course with satisfactory grades is there a ready job for me and do various companies come to the college for recruitment?Is it easy to get a job after completing the course in taiwan itself?

thanks everyone
Fili | February 11th, 2010 at 7:52 am #

Sorry, Rodrigo, I'm afraid I wouldn't know much about that. I posted your question on Taiwanderful – http://www.taiwanderful.net/forum/animation-and... , perhaps somebody else would know.
Rodr!go | February 11th, 2010 at 8:07 am #

Well, I do thank you for taking the time to answer, though!

Thank you, Fili, I'll be checking that out!
C.C | February 22nd, 2010 at 8:13 pm #

Hi, i'm interested in studying Tourism Management @ either I-Shou in Dashu Township, Kaohisung County OR @ Ming Chuan located in Tapei or Providence located in Taichung. I'm having a hard time choosing between them and i live in St Lucia so visiting the campuses is not an option. I really like how detailed I-Shou and Providence Curriculum is but Ming Chuan teaches in English so i'm really confused as to which one to choose and the websites provide very limited information. Can you tell me about the location the schools are in and their reputations please, PLEAASSEEEEEEE. Or should i choose I-SHou since its ranked about the other 2.

If anyone reading the comment goes to any of the 3 schools can you tell me a bit about it or anyone studying tourism management in Taiwan i'd love to know more about the course and which school you study at.
Khanh | April 7th, 2010 at 7:29 pm #

Hi Fili! I really like your blog… It is very helpful. I am looking for some MBA program after graduate with an econ degree in Arizona State U. I really like NTU but they require to have 2 years of experience, so I dont know what to choose. What do you recommend? I look at Sun Yat U too but not quite appealing as NTU! *sigh*
C.J.V | April 12th, 2010 at 1:15 am #

Hello, your blog is very good,

I have a question about studying in Taiwan,

I want to go to Taiwan for culinary arts. Is there any Cooking Schools there?
Can you please list as many as you can. Thank you so so much.
Fili | April 16th, 2010 at 7:23 am #

CJV – I'm not too sure about that. I posted your question on Taiwanderful (http://www.taiwanderful.net/forum/cooking-schoo...) perhaps others will know better.
Fili | April 16th, 2010 at 8:34 am #

Khanh – take a look at the comments on this post. NTU is without doubt the best choice. I wouldn't worry too much about the requirements, they don't always uphold those for international students, but it's best you give them a call and talk to someone there. Some like NCCU and NCKU, though I'm not too sure about those, especially when it comes to world reputation.
icywhitelady | June 10th, 2010 at 3:57 pm #

Hi!

I applied to both NCCU and NTUST for an IMBA program, got into both, and now I am confused as to which I should accept.

I am weighing the pros and cons for both universities as I have other factors to consider aside from the course/program itself. I see that NTUST is much cheaper, as compared with NCCU and it offers free Mandarin Classes. Also, the location is much accessible for me. However, NCCU has a better opportunity for exchange, as well as a good alumni network.

Hope you can tell me your insights and info should you have any regarding these two schools. Thanks!

(dsearch4et@yahoo.com)
Nanami | August 26th, 2010 at 11:29 am #

Hello. I’m wondering if there’s any bachelor programs taught in English in Taiwan?
Fili | August 26th, 2010 at 12:30 pm #

Nanami – not that I’m aware of . But I posted your question on Taiwanderful (http://www.taiwanderful.net/forum/bachelor-english-programs-taiwan ), perhaps someone else knows better.

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