CGU Pre-med Enhancement Program

Yes. You can take courses in the Spring semester at CGU as an exchange student or a visiting student. Please note that the additional tuition and fees may apply for the CGU Spring Semester courses, CGU on-campus accommodations in the Spring Semester will also charge fees.

In general, yes. After completion of the Program, you will receive a Chang Gung University (CGU) official transcript with contact hours and grades (percentage and letter grades), with each course’s syllabus.

The Program highly recommends that you talk to or email your home institution department/ degree program advisor or counselor, and discuss with your home institution’s advisor/ counselor whether the Program Courses with its contact-hour design, may transfer back to your home institution. If you have other specific questions about credit transfer, please email your question to the CGU Program at premed@gap.cgu.edu.tw.

The grade for each course depends on your performance on the in-class quizzes and/ or group presentation, and your program attendance. You will receive grades (% and letter) for Medical sciences lecture courses, Special lectures in Chinese Traditional Medicine and AI, and for Simulation-based hands-on clinical skills courses.

All Clinical Shadowing courses will be on Pass/ Fail with contact-hours, evaluation will be based 100% on attendances, which will be marked on the CGU transcript as “Independent Studies: Clinical Shadowing in Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals (Linkou and Taoyuan)”. If you have other concerns or question about the CGU official transcript, please email your specific question to the Program at premed@gap.cgu.edu.tw.

You will have to attend at least two-third (2/3) of the CGU Pre-med Enhancement Summer Program in order to receive the CGU official transcript. Program attendance will be counted daily.

CGU and the Program will host cultural activities on week (2) , let students experience the customs and traditions of Taiwan.

The Program’s Core-curriculum is 6-weeks consisting of (1) Medical sciences lecture courses; (2) Simulation-based hands-on clinical skills courses; (3) Clinical shadowing; (4) Special lectures in Chinese Traditional Medicine and AI, and (5) Working in a research laboratory.

All courses in the CGU Pre-med Enhancement Program, including the clinical shadowing in the Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, are taught in English. You do not need to have Chinese language proficiency in order to apply/ attend this Program.