SCHOLARSHIP

Article 1

These procedures are established to recruit and encourage overseas Chinese students, students from Hong Kong and Macao, and international students studying in International College of Ming Chuan University (MCU) and to provide a living and learning assistantship for them to study and live in Taiwan at ease.

Article 2

Full-time international students, overseas Chinese students, and students from Hong Kong and Macao (including those currently on exchange and dual degree programs in sister schools abroad, not including extended study period students), who are enrolled for matriculation at MCU and have completed one semester of study in International College, achieving outstanding performance in both conduct and academic grade average in the previous semester as detailed below, are eligible to apply for the living and learning assistantship (herein referred to as the assistantship).

1. Applicant’s academic grade average for the previous semester is 75 or higher and conduct grade for the previous semester is 80 or higher.
2. The abovementioned outstanding conduct performance is defined as the applicant having no poor conduct recorded and no legal or school regulation violations for the previous semester.

Article 3

The assistantship amount is disbursed according to qualified applicant’s year level in the current academic year.

The assistantship provided by the university for first-year students is a grant of NTD 15,000.

The assistantship provided by the university for second-year students is a grant of NTD 11,000.

The assistantship provided by the university for third-year students is a grant of NTD 8,000.

The assistantship provided by the university for fourth-year students is a grant of NTD 4,000

Article 4

Students who are on study leave and subsequently return to school are eligible to apply for the living and learning assistantship in the current semester based on their academic performance in the semester immediately prior to their study leave.

Article 5

Applicants must complete their assistantship application online via MCU Student Information System for the first semester starting on October 1st and ending on October 15th; application period for the second semester starts in March and ends on March 15th. Late applications are not accepted.

Article 6

Applicants who already awarded other scholarships/ assistantships from Taiwan government entities or

awarded a full scholarship/ assistantship from other entities off campus are not eligible to apply for this assistantship.

Article 7

Upon being passed at the Administrative Council Meeting and approved by the president, these regulations are implemented. Any revision must follow the same procedure.

Article 8

This revised procedure is effective from August 2022 and applies to students who entered International College from 2022-23 Academic Year.

Application period: please apply via MCU Student Information System. Late applications are not accepted.
How to apply:
1. Log in MCU Student Information System
2. Click on "Apply"
3. Click on "International Scholarships"
4. Click on "Living and Learning Assistantship for International College Student"

Sports Scholarships for International Students [under drafting] 

Sports scholarship scheme is designed to help students develop their full sporting potential to train and compete at the highest level. Sports scholarships, grants and bursaries are awarded to international students on the basis of their athletic ability and potential.
These scholarships are now under drafting by the Physical Education Office. Details have yet to be confirmed. The amount of scholarships shall be decided by the admission committee.

Ming Chuan University Procedures for Outstanding Foreign Student Athletes’ Assistantship (under drafting by the Physical Education Office. Details have yet to be confirmed after approved by the Administrative Council Meeting)
Assistantship method:
(1) Students who are athletes of a national team or city team of their country, with excellent competition results, who have been admitted by the University will be subsidized for the full tuition and miscellaneous fees for the first academic year and accommodation fee for four years.
(2) From the second year of admission, students who have represented the University on 7 (or more) championship sports teams are eligible for this assistantship. Qualifying competitions are as follows:
1. A first-level Open Group of a National Collegiate Sports League competition organized by the Ministry of Education.
2. An Open Group of a National Collegiate Sports Championship organized by the Ministry of Education.
3. A Community Group of a sports championship organized by a National Sports Association.
(3) Students who participated in a competition listed in item (2) and won first to sixth place will receive a full subsidy of tuition and miscellaneous fees for one academic year. Those who participated but did not earn a place will receive a subsidy of half of the tuition and miscellaneous fees for one academic year.
(4) Those who meet the qualifications should prepare photocopies of supporting documents (such as national athlete certificates, competition awards certificates, competition participation proof or other certificates), and submit these to the Physical Education Office for application according to the deadline set before the start of each semester (Originals should be presented for reference.).

Regulation items:
(1) After enrollment, students must participate in the University sports team training and competitions. Students who take study leave or withdraw from the university in the middle of the semester will not be allowed to continue to receive this assistantship from the semester in which they take study leave or withdraw from the university. Such students should return the full amount of the assistantship they have already received for the semester. Those who take study leave or withdraw from the university without proper reason must repay half of the total assistantship funds received from enrollment to the semester in which they take study leave or withdraw from the university.
(2) Any student who violates university rules and is punished with a 1^st Level Demerit or above must return the assistantship funds he/she has received that semester.
(3) If any of the supporting documents submitted by the applicant are proven to be forged, altered, used under guise, or fraudulent, an applicant who has not been admitted will be disqualified from admission; one who has been admitted will be expelled and no academic certificates will be issued. Such a student bears legal responsibility.
(4) If the above violations are found after student is graduated from the University, the student’s diploma will be revoked and an announcement will be made to cancel the student’s graduation qualifications. The fraudulent documents mentioned above will not be returned.

Ming Chuan University Procedures for Outstanding Foreign Student Athletes Living Expense Assistantship (under drafting by the Physical Education Office. Details have yet to be confirmed after approved by the Administrative Council Meeting)
Assistantship Method:
(1) Students are eligible to apply for a monthly living expense subsidy up to NTD. 20,000 from their first academic year of studying at MCU.
(2) From the second year of admission, students can continuously apply for the monthly living expense subsidy as long as they have represented the University on 7 (or more) championship sports teams with outstanding performance in sports competitions. Qualifying competitions are as follows:
<1> A first-level of a National Collegiate Sports League competition organized by the Ministry of Education.
<2> An Open Group of a National Collegiate Sports Championship organized by the Ministry of Education.
<3> A Community Group of a sports championship organized by a National Sports Association.
(3) The quota for undergraduate or graduate student subsidies is 6 for football and 6 for basketball, per academic year.
(4) Assistantship application year limit: A maximum of four academic years for students in bachelors’ programs (five for students in the Department of Architecture) and a maximum of two academic years for students in masters’ programs. Students who encounter a special situation may extend their assistantship once their application is approved by the Physical Education Office.
(5) Students who meet the qualifications need to prepare the required documents mentioned below and send them to the Physical Education Office during the application period: student ID of current semester, and hard copy of related documentation of competition participation (Original should be presented for reference.).
(6) The assistantship will be transferred monthly to the bank accounts of those students whose applications are approved by the Office.

Regulation items:
(1) After enrollment, students must participate in the University sports team training and competitions. Students who take study leave or withdraw from the university in the middle of the semester will not be allowed to continue to receive this assistantship from the semester in which they take study leave or withdraw from the university. Such students should return the full amount of the assistantship they have already received for the semester. Those who take study leave or withdraw from the university without proper reason must repay half of the total assistantship funds received from enrollment to the semester in which they take study leave or withdraw from the university.
(2) Any student who violates university rules and is punished with a 1st Level Demerit or above must return the assistantship funds he/she has received that semester.
(3) If any of the supporting documents submitted by the applicant are proven to be forged, altered, used under guise, or fraudulent, their assistantship will be cancelled immediately and such students should return the full amount of the assistantship they have already received for the semester. The fraudulent documents mentioned above will not be returned. Such a student bears legal responsibility.

Tuition Waiver Process for International College of Ming Chuan University
(For the International College Programs student entering in the Fall semester 2021 and the Spring semester 2022)

Revised and passed at the 142nd Expanded Administrative Council Meeting on September 5, 2016

Article 1
These procedures are established to recruit and encourage overseas Chinese students, students from Hong Kong and Macao, and international students studying in International College of Ming Chuan University.

Article 2
Overseas Chinese students, students from Hong Kong and Macao, and international students (hereinafter referred to as “students”) will be immediately eligible for a 40% tuition waiver for the first academic year (includes 2 semesters) once they are admitted to an International College academic program.
All students are eligible for a 40% tuition waiver for the first academic year (includes 2 semesters), whether they apply in first semester application period or in second semester application period.

Article 3
First-year students are directly eligible for a 40% tuition waiver for the first academic year (includes 2 semesters).

Article 4
Second-year students will receive a 30%-off tuition waiver for the second academic year (includes 2 semesters) once their academic grade average is over 65, with passing grades in more of half of total courses taken, and conduct grade of over 80 for both the first and second semesters of their first academic year.
Students who become second-year students in their first year studying at Ming Chuan University will directly have 30%-off tuition waiver (includes 2 semesters) and do not need to meet the above-mentioned requirements of academic grade average, number of courses passed, and conduct grades.

Article 5
Third-year students will have a 20%-off tuition waiver for the third academic year (includes 2 semesters) once their academic grade average is over 70, with passing grades in more than half of total courses taken, and conduct grades over 80 in both the first and second semesters of the second academic year.
Students who become third-year students in their first year studying at Ming Chuan University will directly have 20%-off tuition waiver (includes 2 semesters) and do not need to meet the above-mentioned requirements of academic grade average, number of courses passed, and conduct grades.

Article 6
Fourth-year students will have a 10%-off tuition waiver for the fourth academic year (includes 2 semesters) once their academic grade average is over 70, with passing grades in more than half of total courses taken, and conduct grades over 80 in both the first and second semesters of the third academic year.

Article 7
Students are not eligible for tuition waiver in a semester for which they submit an application for study leave or withdrawal. Their payment will follow the general tuition fee regulations. They may have to pay the difference in the situation of having followed Tuition Waiver Process for International College of Ming Chuan University when making their original payment, should that amount be lower than the fee they are required to pay. They may receive a tuition fee refund in the situation of following Tuition Waiver Process for International College of Ming Chuan University when making their original payment, should that amount be higher than the fee they are required to pay.
Students may not receive a tuition waiver in the academic year (includes 2 semesters) they apply for resumption of studies. According to the above-mentioned requirements (academic grade average, number of courses passed, and conduct grades), they may receive tuition waiver in the following year. Should any of the following situations occur, students may not receive International College tuition waiver after they apply for resumption of studies:  conduct grades or academic grade average are lower than 60 points, found guilty in any criminal case thus must take leave from study at the university.

Article 8
These procedures do not apply to those students who receive full scholarships from Taiwanese government such as Taiwan Scholarship students and International Cooperation and Development Fund students.

Article 9
Upon being passed at the Administrative Council Meeting and approved by the president, these regulations are implemented from 2016-17 academic year. Any revision must follow the same procedure.

**In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the Chinese and other language versions of this document, the Chinese version shall prevail. **

Regular Programs-Southeast Asian Foreign Students

The purpose of the scholarship is to help meet the financial needs of outstanding international students from Southeast Asia who are presently in financial difficulties.

(1) Applicants who obtain academic grade average over 80 and conduct grade over 80 are eligible to apply for the scholarship.
(2) New students for the first semester are automatically considered for scholarship once admitted.
(3) Please note that the scholarship is only offered to undergraduate students that are NOT in International College.
(4) Application is available once per semester. Application period is within two weeks after the semester begins.
(5) Approximately US$266 (NT$8,000) per semester.
(6) International Students who have applied this scholarship are not allowed to reapply for 「Ming Chuan University Students in Financial Need」scholarship.
(7) The results will be sent to a Scholarship Screening Committee to determine the awards.

Application period: please apply via MCU Student Information System within 2 weeks after the beginning of the new semester
How to apply:
1. Log in MCU Student Information System
2. Click on "Apply"
3. Click on "International Scholarships"
4. Click on "Southeast Asian Foreign Students Scholarship"

Founder Dr. Ying-Chao Lee Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Students

1.     The Founder Dr. Ying-Chao Lee Memorial Scholarship was established to commemorate Ming Chuan University Founder Dr. Ying-Chao Lee’s great spirit of perseverance in establishing Ming Chuan University.

2.     Undergraduate students (not including students in extended study period) who have met the following criteria are eligible for this scholarship:

(1)    Have achieved an academic grade average of at least 80 and at least 86 for conduct grade.

(2)    Rank in the top three of their class section for academic grade average.

3.     In principle, the scholarship is awarded to three students in every class section, but will not be awarded if no student meets the above criteria.

4.     Students who rank first in their class section that semester will be awarded 10,000 NTD. Students who rank second will be awarded 5,000 NTD, and students ranking third, 2,000 NTD.

5.     Students in master's programs who are ranked first in their class section that semester will be awarded 5,000 NTD. Students ranked second will be granted 3,000 NTD, and students ranking third, 2,000 NTD.

6. The scholarship is effective beginning from 2006-2007 AY.

**In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the Chinese and other language versions of this document, the Chinese version shall prevail. **

Ming Chuan University Procedures for Awarding Scholarships for Study Abroad Program

Article I　＜Purpose＞

This scholarship program is promulgated for the purpose of encouraging students to complete the study and broaden the horizon while studying abroad.

Article II　＜Qualification＞

1. Application qualifications:

MCU Students (including foreign students) who participate in the study abroad program and fulfill the qualifications as follows:

a. Undergraduate students – average academic grade of the previous semester over 70, conduct grade over 84

b. Graduate students – average academic grade over 80, conduct grade over 84

2. Students who already have MOFA, MOE, NSC, MOEA, and ICDF scholarship can not apply for this scholarship.

Article III　＜Scholarship Award＞

Scholarship award is subject to the length of study abroad program as stated below:

1. Shorter than one semester: NT$10,000 per person

2. One semester to one academic year:

a. Asian region: NT$10,000 per person

b. Others: NT$ 20,000 per person

MCU International Committee reserves the right to amend the award amount depending on the budget availability.

Article IV　＜Application Documents＞

1. Applicant shall prepare the documents as follows and submit to the International Education and Exchange Division:

a. Application Form for Ming Chuan Students Scholarship

b. Scholarship Terms of Agreement

c. Receipt

d. Clear Copy of MCU Student ID Card & ARC Card

2. Late submission, incomplete documents, or any violation of the regulations is not accepted.

3. Application documents will not be returned.

Article V　＜Committee Review＞

MCU International Committee reserves the right to decide on the final scholarship awarding list.

Article VI

The regulations have been approved by the Administrative Council and the President. Any amendments must be processed accordingly.

Taiwan Scholarship Program -

More Information: https://taiwanscholarship.moe.gov.tw/web/engb01.html

Ming Chuan University Regulations 

Article 1

The 「Ming Chuan University Regulations for Taiwan Scholarship Program」 (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation)  is promulgated in accordance with「Revised Taiwan Scholarship Program Guidelines 」regulations of the Ministry of Education (MOE), ROC.

Article 2 Definition of Recipient

The recipient, stipulated in this Regulation, shall be a registered full-time student and name-listed in the official letter issued by the Taiwan Embassy/ Overseas Representative Office, the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the National Science Committee of Executive Yuan (NSC) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Article 3 Duration of the scholarship

Annual award periods are from September 1st through August 31^st of the following year. It begins from the month that recipients arrive and matriculate at MCU. All awards will end in the month their specified award period is completed. If recipients graduate, drop out, are expelled from MCU, or their scholarships are revoked, whichever comes first, the award will be terminated.

Article 4 Remittance of Scholarship

After recipients arrive and register in MCU, except that they receive the first time scholarship of  September and October in one remittance, in principle, stipends are granted on the 1st day of each month (If the remittance day falls on a holiday, it will be extended automatically to the next workday. ).

The recipients, who already have been awarded with a scholarship from Taiwan governmental agencies, or the other scholarships from MCU, can not apply for any other scholarships. Otherwise, MCU will automatically suspend recipient’s scholarships and inform the related governmental agencies in writing in order to cancel recipient’s scholarship status and recover the scholarships already been granted.

Article 5 Suspension and Revocation of Scholarship

If the average academic grades of scholarship recipients in any given semester do not meet the requirements set by the MCU committee, MCU will suspend the recipients’ scholarships for the first month of the following  semester（i.e. February of spring semester-, September of Fall semester）.

The MCU committee stipulates  that  the undergraduate recipient’s academic average cannot be less than 60%, while a master and doctoral student’s academic average cannot be less than 70%.

If a recipient’s academic average does not meet the passing grade for two consecutive semesters, the scholarship status will be cancelled starting from September of the academic year (this condition does not apply to MOFA scholarship recipients).

Article 6 Application Procedures of Tuition Deduction Service

1. The applicant must submit the next semester Tuition Form and Tuition Deduction Service Request Form to Division of International Education and Exchange to apply for the service, within two weeks before the final exam starts in the given semester.
2. The deduct amount follows the tuition fee quoted on the Tuition Form. MCU will grant the applicant the remaining stipends after deducting the amount of tuition fee, which will be evenly deducted from the first four months of the semester. That is to say that the deduction period of fall semester is applicable from September to December; spring semester is from February to May. Applicants may receive the monthly stipends in full amount in January, June, July and August.
3. If the applicant’s academic average fails to meet the passing grade, MCU will suspend the recipient’s scholarship for the first month of the following semester. Thus, the tuition deduction period shall start from the second month of the semester for three successive months.

Article 7

Other matters not stipulated in the guidelines should follow the relevant MCU and MOE (or the other related government agencies) regulations.

Article 8

This Regulation has been approved by the Administrative Council and is effective after the President’s ratification. . The same procedure will be undertaken in revising process. .

MCU TaiwanICDF program website  http://taiwanicdf.mcu.edu.tw/new/en/node/41

TaiwanICDF official website https://www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/mp?mp=2

Scholarship Q & A

Q1: Where can I get the scholarship information?
A1：All kinds of scholarship information will be continually updated and posted on the MCU weekly and website of MCU –IEE division –Scholarship website: http://iee.mcu.edu.tw/

Q2: When is the deadline for application?
A2: Application deadline for scholarship is different with each kind of scholarship.  For Spring Semester, applicants apply before December 15; for Fall Semester, applicants apply before March 15.

Q3: When can I know the result for scholarship?
A3: Scholarship result for spring semester will be announced early April, and early November for fall semester each year.

Q4: What things that I have to pay attention to?
A4: On-line Application form 2. ARC copy 3. Student IC card

Q5: I can only apply one item of scholarship?
A5：MCU scholarship for international students, applicants apply for spring and fall semester, limited to one-time ONLY.  After admission, students can apply through Student Affairs Office for various scholarships with good academic performance (According to The Regulations of MCU Scholarship for Int’l Students and various scholarship regulations).

Q6：Are scholarships offered every year? If I missed the application deadline this year, can I apply for it the next year?
A6：MCU scholarship offers semester but this will always depend if our University has enough funds. And applicants also need to apply each semester with their grade certificate and relevant documents.

Q7：I already got other funding, can I apply MCU scholarship?
A7：If you already got funding scholarship by Taiwan Goverment, you can't apply MCU scholarship.

Q8：How much can I get from MCU scholarship?
Q8：Relevant scholarship deals follow each year budget of the Scholarship for MCU International Student scholarship after review of the Commission's resolution to give different quota scholarship.

Q9：Which types of the scholarship is suitable for me?
A9：As soon as you enroll in MCU, all international students can apply Scholarship for MCU International student scholarship. Moreover, if you are IC student also may get tuition waiver (depends your last academic year grades); Non-IC students and come from south Asia, may apply south-Asia student scholarship. Taiwan Scholarship should be applied at Taiwan representative office, closest to their home countries’ permanent residence.

Q10：What is the difference between Government founding and university founding?
A10：The amount of scholarships are different. Taiwan Scholarship includes tuition fee and living fee; however, amount of the other scholarships are not at a fixed.

A11：How can I get my scholarship?
A11：After you have Taiwan any bank account information, please key in to student system. MCU will transfer scholarship to your account. If you don’t have any bank account, you need take student ID card and ARC card (or passport) to bursar section to get it.

Q12：Scholarship coordinator
A12：International Education & Exchange division - Chu, Ting Chia (Daphne) daphne@mail.mcu.edu.tw Tel: 03-350-7001 ext. 3703

**Each Scholarship information, please check different kind of scholarship regulation.**