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The award (based on a 4-year maximum) includes:
  • Monthly stipend: NTD 30,000 (50% supported by advisor and 50% matching from CGU)
  • Extra scholarship for outstanding students up to NTD 12,000 per month (For Ph.D. students, the tuition fee will be waived from the third academic year, only pay for credit fee NTD 3,813 per semester.)

Criteria

Pre-admission
Monthly stipend Obtained one of the following certificates within five years prior to admission:
  • TOEFL ITP score 523 or above
  • TOEFL iBT score 69 or above
  • TOEIC score 700 or above
  • IELTS band score 5.5 or above
  • Foreign Language Proficiency Test (FLPT-English) total score 240 in the three written tests
  • Linguaskill Business score 160 or above
Extra scholarship for outstanding students (alternative)

Students who qualify for the scholarships above and meet the following condition are eligible to receive an extra monthly stipend (choose one):

【Option I】NTD 2,000-12,000/month

Students who achieve GRE Quantitative Reasoning scores between 160 and 170 may receive an extra scholarship, increasing by NTD 1,000 for each point.
For example, a score of 160 awards NTD 2,000, a score of 161 awards NTD 3,000, and so on.

Note: Students who meet the GRE requirements before the start of the second semester may apply for retroactive approval to receive additional monthly stipends. GRE Test Administration fee can be subsidized one time for International students who have been enrolled at CGU. Students must retake the exam externally before the start of the second semester (Fall admission: January 31, Spring admission: July 31). Please submit your score report and receipt to the Office of International Affairs within one month after the exam ( Fall admission: the end of February, Spring admission: the end of August).

【Option II】NTD 7,000/month

Students obtain a master's degree from one of the top 500 universities in the QS World University Rankings in the past three years (including the application year) or the year of graduation.

Note: To be eligible, please email us a screenshot of your university's ranking in the QS World University Rankings before the start of the Fall/Spring semester, based on your admission semester.

Post-admission
  1. Passing the evaluation from academic advisor
  2. Taking the required Chinese courses (Basic Chinese) in the first year
  3. Passing the qualifying examination for doctoral candidacy before the start of the third year of study

Description

  1. Monthly stipend: the scholarship includes research assistantship supported by academic advisor and matching stipend provided by CGU. If academic advisor stop to support the research assistantships, CGU will also stop afford the stipend until students find the academic advisor who willing to support.
  2. Those who have not met criteria upon admission but meet them before the start of the second semester after admission may retrospectively claim the scholarships of the first semester, subject to scholarship quota. ( Fall admission: January 31, Spring admission: July 31)
  3. The application, review of application and the award of scholarship are on a semester basis.
  4. Those who have not passed the qualifying examination for doctoral candidacy before the start of the third year of study but pass the retake within 6 months may retrospectively claim the scholarships of the fifth semester.
  5. No scholarship will be awarded to students studying beyond the normal study period of 4 years.
  6. If there is an external project funding subsidy (for example, the Ministry of Science and Technology subsidizes the pilot program of universities and colleges to cultivate outstanding doctoral students, universities and colleges to cultivate outstanding doctoral students), students are not allowed to receive the scholarships covering living students are not allowed to receive the scholarships covering living expenses repeatedly, except for the scholarships and grants covering expenses repeatedly, except for the scholarships and grants covering tuition atuition and miscellaneous fees.

Period

Provided annually for 12 months, covering 8 semesters.

Disbursement schedule

The monthly stipend from CGU is disbursed after approval, typically in early November for the first semester and late April for the second semester.