TAIWAN: Aid to attract international students

Taiwan's government will this year give more than NT$62 million (US$2 million) to universities as part of an expansion project to recruit more international students, with Ming Chuan University to receive the highest amount, reports The China Post. In all 20 universities will receive financial aid from the Ministry of Education for the 2010 academic year.

Local reporters said the aid was to help internationalise local institutions and attract foreigners to study in the country. Ming Chuan University in Taipei City was to receive the biggest portion of NT$7.7 million, they added.

The university has nearly 600 international students from various countries including Vietnam, Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia and Mongolia, officials said. A high percentage choose to study management, communications and tourism. In future more classes will be conducted in English to allow for a greater variety of foreign students.
Full report on the China Post site