At least 2.000 Vietnamese students were sponsored by Taiwan with air tickets, tuition, and living expenses to study semiconductor and engineering fields this year.
These incentives are part of the International Industrial Talent Education (INTENSE) Special Program for Vietnamese, Indonesian and Philippine students, announced by the Taiwanese Education Agency in mid-March.
Mr. Han Quoc Dieu, Chairman of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City, said that this is a cooperation program between the Taiwanese Education Agency with businesses and universities to focus on training human resources for universities. science and technology, chips, semiconductors.
Accordingly, universities will base on the requirements and orders of businesses for training. International students are sponsored with air tickets, tuition and living expenses of NT$10.000 per month (VND 7,7 million). After graduation, they must work at the ordering business for at least two years. At the end of this period, students can stay in Taiwan or return.
The condition for international students to maintain their scholarship is to be in the top 70% of their class, starting from the second year.
Representative of Longhua University (Taiwan) introduces a circuit board designed by students of the school, October 10. Image: Le Nguyen
Mr. Tran Hoa Hien, Education Counselor, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City, said that the Taiwan Education Agency has approved more than 100 of these special classes. Students who have graduated from college or intermediate school, students of 2+2 joint programs between universities in Vietnam and Taiwan, or master's and doctoral candidates can participate.
After graduating, they are awarded bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees corresponding to the training program.
In the first year, the program is expected to recruit 2.000-2.500 Vietnamese students, who can enroll in February or September. Representatives of Taiwanese universities will go to Vietnam to interview and select candidates. On March 2, about 9 schools were present at Nhan Van High School, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City, to advise on this program.
In addition, some schools will set up offices in Vietnam, supporting students learning Chinese (online or centralized learning) and free short-term experience courses.
Mr. Han Quoc Dieu assessed that this training program is beneficial for both Taiwan and Vietnam in training semiconductor and scientific and technical human resources. Vietnam needs human resources to promote this industry, while Taiwanese companies currently produce 65% of chips and 92% of advanced processing chips, leading the world.
Taiwan is also struggling with an aging population and falling birth rate. Universities enroll students down 20% compared to 10 years ago, businesses lack human resources. Last year, Taiwan announced a plan to spend $162,5 million over five years to increase the number of international students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields, focusing on Vietnam and the Philippines. and Indonesia.
According to the data of ICEF Monitor In June 6, Vietnam was Taiwan's No. 2023 international student market. More than 1 Vietnamese people study here, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total number of international students.
Le Nguyen
