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The Wufei epidemic is sweeping the world, and Taiwan has become a model student for preventing the epidemic, which accidentally sparked a wave of returnees abroad. “Apple News” obtained data exclusively from the Ministry of Education. Since May, there have been 49 national universities, with an additional fee of 3,540 and final admission of 1,282, many of which are studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UCLA, Columbia University, Academics from top universities such as University of London in the United Kingdom and the University of Tokyo in Japan returned to Taiwan to study.
The Ministry of Education issued a circular in early May this year on “University Schools Handling Foreign Students Returning to Taiwan in Response to the Epidemic” to open requests for additional places to recruit foreign Taiwanese students who wish to return to Taiwan. in the 109th academic year.
◆ “Return to Taiwan” launched the project to return to Taiwan, the epidemic is serious and the tide of returnees has emerged.
In November last year, in response to the Hong Kong Anti-Send China Movement, the Ministry of Education launched relevant programs for students from Hong Kong and Taiwan to transfer back to Taiwan or go to Taiwan. A total of 181 transfer cases were accepted. This year, affected by the epidemic, the Ministry of Education launched another project to cause returnees. tide.
According to statistics from the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, applications for additional places outside each school were opened for the first time in early June in early June. Upon approval by the Ministry of Education, individual enrollment will apply. Based on each school’s selection, the actual admissions are 1,185 for the Bachelor of Mathematics, 95 for the Master, and just 2 for the PhD program in Taiwan, totaling 1,282, and the actual enrollment rate exceeds 30%.
“Apple” reviewed the enrollment data from the top national universities. In the first semester of the 109th academic year at National Taiwan University, a total of 314 applications were registered, with 77 eventually being admitted. The students originally studied in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Among the schools they attended were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. , Columbia University, the University of London, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Boston University are prestigious foreign universities in one category.
Tsinghua University was approved by the Ministry of Education to enroll 88, with 361 applicants and 37 actually admitted. Most of the students who returned to Taiwan studied in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and the United States. Their main souls include the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Those who returned to Taiwan from China, Hong Kong, and Macau studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Peking University.
◆ The Department of Finance and Business Management of National Taiwan University is the most popular in politics and business, and the School of Communication is favored.
Chengchi National University has approved 71 registrations and 294 applicants, and finally 54 registrants. Most Taiwanese students going to study in China, followed by the United States and Canada, including the University of Tokyo, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Sydney, Students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and other schools. According to the British Higher Education Survey Company, the 2021 QS rankings are in the top 50 in the world.
The National Taiwan Normal University approved an enrollment fee of 140 students, 95 enrolled and 36 students were admitted. The students are from all over China, the United States and Canada, and some of them studied in Europe. The original schools include the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, both ranked in the top 60 in the 2021 QS ranking.
In terms of universities and colleges, National Taiwan University is actively enrolled by the School of Management, the School of Social Sciences, and the School of Engineering. The Department of Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Business Administration and International Enterprise are the most popular; The Chengchi National University School of Business, School of Management and Communication School are favored by returnees abroad; Taiwan Normal University is good at business administration, information engineering, and electrical engineering.
◆ National Tsing Hua University: Returnees still retain their foreign student status and return to school as the epidemic slows
Wang Jie, director of the Tsinghua University Admissions Strategy Center, analyzed that whether students return to the country is absolutely related to whether they are in an epidemic area, but the school has also observed that some students still retain their status as foreign school after returning to the country, speculated that it may be after the epidemic improves. Will go back to study abroad. “The students are willing to stay at that time. National Tsing Hua University welcomes them, but also respects that they want to come back at any time.”
Due to the number of students returning to China on this project, it is particularly large compared to last year’s return to China. Wang Jie also said that although the school has helped manage the project, the teacher-student ratio has yet to be maintained. In particular, the teacher-student ratio of Tsing Hua National University itself is not high and it cannot afford too many foreign students. The primary consideration of the school is not to reduce the teaching conditions of the school and allow students to graduate steadily, so they are relatively conservative in enrolling students.
◆ Education group: outstanding students tend to return to the Ministry of Education of Europe and America, saying that the project is “assisted”.
Chen Baiqian, a researcher at the Higher Education Union, analyzed that if the epidemic ends in the last one or two years, outstanding students will still tend to return to Europe and the United States. After all, students have already invested research funds and energy in foreign universities, and the costs of the stakes are too high to forego testing.
However, Chen Baiqian also said that the project plan can still help higher education to some extent. It is recommended that schools take the initiative to organize experience exchanges and seminars based on the previous experience abroad of project students, which will also help national students to expand their knowledge.
Zhu Junzhang, Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education, stated that the plan to connect foreign students with Taiwan to study is still based on “attendance.” If students return to Taiwan it respects their choice and they cannot be compelled. If the epidemic stabilizes, the number of students returning to Taiwan will decline relatively. Sufficient places will be approved for each school If the school can recruit outstanding students through the project, the Ministry of Education is optimistic.
He said that the Ministry of Education developed a “Reference List of Foreign Universities” to list the universities recognized by the local government and the evaluation units. If the school is in doubt about the applicant’s title, it can help verify it through the local foreign library. Many students rushed back to Taiwan to escape the epidemic, and some schools abroad closed their schools without any homework. Each department may first review the admission application documents and ask students to review the school certificate later. If the student cannot verify the certificate or there is a problem with the verification, they may not be admitted.
In addition, in the first ten days of October, the Ministry of Education issued a circular to the second-floor project plan of each school, with a total of 2,643 additional places approved. The enrollment regulations can be found in the school brochure. (Xu Weining / Taipei Report)
