Southern Sunshine Scholarship Quarterly Publication vol 20

ISSUE APR 2017

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Elite Study in Taiwan Project Office Taiwan Partnership Special Topic: National Taiwan Sports University ESIT Online Application System Southeast Asian Scholarship ESIT Students in Taiwan

Elite Study in Taiwan Project Office The Elite Study in Taiwan Project Office is commissioned by the Ministry of Education which strives to provide services for the higher education cooperation between Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries and the wider international community. In order to promote higher education collaboration and mutual development for Southeast Asia countries, the ESIT Project Office has initiated scholarship programs with ESIT Consortium Universities in Taiwan to offer Southern Sunshine Scholarship (SSS) for international students to study in Taiwan. Until 2017, the ESIT Consortium Universities in Taiwan offer over 700 English-instructed programs for Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in various disciplines, and thus serve as a bridge connecting students and the ESIT Consortium Universities in Taiwan.

WHAT WE DO?

￭ Governmental Cooperation Project We establish international higher education cooperation between governments and universities worldwide.

￭ One Stop Online Application Platform Applicants could apply up to 5 programs on ESIT application platform.

￭ 60+ Consortium Universities More than 60 outstanding domestic universities join ESIT project.

Southern Sunshine Scholarship (SSS) The Southern Sunshine Scholarship (SSS) program is a joint initiated by the ESIT Project Office and the finest ESIT Consortium Universities. This program was designed for candidates from Southeast and South Asia region who aim at pursuing advanced degree in Taiwan.

Academic programs: English-instructed programs in various disciplines (Program information: http:// www.esit.org.tw/program.php) Scholarship Offering:

THE SCHOLARSHIP

Financial support of tuition waiver for up to two years master’s and four years for doctoral degree provided by consortium universities in Taiwan.

Language Qualifications: Minimum international TOEFL iBT 61 of equivalent certificate; or with minimum Test of Chinese as Foreign Language (TOCFL) Level 3.

TAIWAN PARTNERSHIP

48 finest consortium universities in Taiwan have participated in Southern Sunshine Scholarship Program offering various English-instructed programs.

￭ Currently there are 47 universities and institutes in Southeastern Asia countries participating in the program that encourage and select university faculties/staffs and

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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION PARTNERSHIP

students to apply for Taiwan’s universities under SSS Program. New participation of institutions from Southeast and South Asia region is especially welcomed by sending back the SSS Partnership Form. ￭ Application form is available at https://goo.gl/jW6HyH Please fill in the form and send it back to: info@esit.org.tw We will contact you for the further information.

Special Topic

National Taiwan Sports University

National Taiwan Sport University (NTSU) has educated Olympic medalists and leaders for professional sports coaches and sports scientists in Taiwan over the past 30 years. As a sport-specialized higher education institute, members in NTSU are also active in sport/exercise related societies in Asia and dedicated to make NTSU the leading sport institute in Asia.

History In 1973, in response to the government's call for the development of national sport, Formosa Plastics Group Chairman Yung-Ching Wang donated a gymnasium, the first domestic dome in Taiwan, to the government by purchasing a land.

In May 1984, for the purpose of long-term national sport development, the Ministry of Education set up a 66-hectare multi-functional sports park, including the then donated gymnasium and other expropriated private land. Based on the existing facilities and planning, National College of Physical Education and Sports was established within the sports park, exercising functions such as education, training, sport competition, recreation and so on.

On February 1, 2008, “National College of Physical Education and Sports” was renamed “National Taiwan Sport University” with two campuses (Taichung campus and Taoyuan campus). Dr. Hong-Shi Zhou became the first president of National Taiwan Sport University.

In 2009, National Taiwan Sport University-Taoyuan campus was officially renamed National Taiwan Sport University; National Taiwan Sport University-Taichung campus was renamed National Taiwan College of Physical Education. On August 1, 2010, Dr. Chi-Hsung Kao became the second president of NTSU and was approved by the Board of Trustees for another 4-year presidency in 2013. Under the leadership of President Kao, National Taiwan Sport University currently has 7 undergraduate programs and 8 graduate institutes, with nearly 2,300 students on campus.

English Program

MSc & MPE program in international Sports Coaching Science Being an elite sport coach requires years of experience and opportunities to work with talent athletes. The MSc & MPE program could largely shorten the learning process by providing genuine courses delivered by a great combination of professional lecturers from two elite sport universities. Our master program offers full time sport coaches or student-athletes a unique opportunity to enhance their understanding of coaching science, the scientific skill of working with professional athletes, and the ability of supervising the training program for a sport team.

Each student will also be certified as a professional strength and conditioning coach after taking part in series of academic and practical sessions. Each student’s objective and goals are different and our dedicated teaching faculty, coaches and performance specialists will work diligently to make sure their needs are met. It is an intensive taught course, students need to study in NTSU campus in August, September, February and March in NTSU for the first 2 semesters, then half year back in the home country for research work and internship, and taking oral exam and thesis final check in TE in June in the 4th semester.

University of Physical Education, Budapest (TE), with 89 years of history, has produced more than 180 Olympic medals, is a leading sport-specialized institution of higher education located in Europe. It is the largest, most comprehensive and the oldest center for physical education and training of sport in Hungary. In this dual degrees program, senior lecturers will come to NTSU campus to join the teaching faculty.

The MSc & MPE dual degrees program in International Sports Coaching Science combines the methodology and content of the Asian and European approach in coach education. The purpose of the MSc & MPE program is to identify those elements, which are useful in the European model and its combination with and adaptation into the Asian circumstance may enrich the quality of the coach education in Asia. The European and Asian conceptual thinking in coach education can be efficiently merged and embedded into a new aspect of coach education.

Why Us? 1. Dual Degrees Students who meet all the graduation requirements will receive dual MSc and MPE degree certificates in International Sports Coaching Science.

2. Budget & Authentic European Education Students receive authentic European higher education and learn the European model of success with less than half expenses for studying in Europe. All students will register in both universities and enjoy equal support from both universities, e.g. access to online e-journals database of both universities, career advice service.

3. Professional Certificate for Strength and Conditioning Coach Our teaching faculty members will introduce strength & conditioning course and latest concept of training monitor into this program from USA. All students will be awarded a Certificate for Strength and Conditioning Coach after passing exams, including academic knowledge and weight lift technique.

4. Get Involved with Professional Teams Students have opportunities to get involved with 20 professional sport teams in NTSU as an intern coach or student-athlete. The campus is beautiful and large with good training facilities and quick access to the modern capital – Taipei city with MRT. 5. Access All Sports Facilities All students can access all sports facilities with cheap entry fee (e.g. swimming pool & indoor tennis center) or free of charge (e.g. fitness center before 4pm, tracks, badminton court in the evening, outdoor tennis court, outdoor basketball court‌).

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Opportunity to study in beautiful Budapest

All students will have to take part in final exams & Graduation Day in TE in the end of 4th semester. Therefore, students could have opportunity to explore Budapest and to meet friends on TE campus.

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More Opportunities in Coaching Career

After learning the European model and concept in sports coaching, students can merge into their local culture or system in order to improve performance in their coaching career, or seek for the working opportunity in EU countries as a coach.

Program details and contacts: http://iscs.ntsu.edu.tw

ESIT Online Application System In order to provide information services and to facilitate timely processing of applications for international candidates, ESIT has set up an online application system to provide access to more than 700 English-instructed programs from the ESIT Consortium Universities.

The Application Procedure

Southeast Asian Scholarship INDONESIA

â—˘ Indonesia- Taiwan BUDI Scholarship Program BUDI Scholarship Program is a collaboration between Dikti and LPDP, in which the scholarship payment would be settled by LPDP. In May of 2011 the Taiwan and Indonesian Ministries of education together with the concerned policy makers held a bilateral summit to discuss the future academic cooperation and exchange that would take place between Taiwan and Indonesia where the two sides reached an agreement. The Taiwan-Indonesia Higher Education Cooperation Memorandum details the Indonesian Ministry of Education's plan to promote and encourage Indonesian university lecturers, who have not yet already done so, to pursue PhD's, as well as its hope to send students to Taiwan annually to study Master's and Doctoral degrees.

â—˘ Indonesia-Beasiswa Pemerintah Aceh

The government of Aceh and the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, represented by the ESIT Project Office, signed a cooperation memorandum in 2010 to work jointly in rebuilding the government and professional human resources of the Province of Aceh, where countless of their finest talents were lost in the devastating tsunami of 2004. The ESIT Project Office assists the Government of Aceh Province with funds and student affairs management for publicly funded students selected to study in Taiwan.

VITNEM

◢ Vietnam-VEST 500 The Vietnamese Elite Study in Taiwan (VEST) agreement between the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Taiwan was signed in September 2008 in Hanoi. This program aims to bring 500 college lecturers/ government staff to Taiwan to pursue their master’s and Education and Training (MOET) of Vietnam and the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Taiwan was signed in September 2008 in Hanoi. This program aims to bring 500 college lecturers/ government staff to Taiwan to pursue their master’s and doctoral degrees within 12 years.

◢ Vietnam-Mekong 1000 Program The specific target of the Mekong 1000 program is to train 1,000 young staff overseas at master’s and doctoral levels from 2006 to 2019 to fulfill the human resource needs for the regional development of the Mekong Delta. The cooperation agreement was signed in March 2008 and ESIT acts as the coordination partner of the Mekong 1000 Program in Taiwan. The Mekong 1000 Program is hosted by Can Tho University.

◢ Vietnam-Danang Program In March 2010, ESIT signed an agreement with the Danang City government and the University of Danang to offer higher education opportunities to the government and university staff in the region at master’s and doctoral levels to fulfill the human resource needs of the Danang region. Since 2013, the program has been hosted by the Center for Promotion of Human Recourses Development (CPHUD).

THAILAND

◢ Thailand-Elite 600 Scholarship Program In order to maintain and enhance bilateral cooperation in educational matters, promote mutual understanding, and pursue common benefits and the collaborative development of education, Taiwan and Thailand implement a program to send 600 lecturers/staff members from universities in Thailand as scholarship students to pursue a master’s degree or doctoral degree at selected universities in Taiwan between the 2014 and the 2018 academic years.

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

◢ The Southern Sunshine Scholarship Program, SSS The Southern Sunshine Scholarship (SSS) program is a scholarship offered by ESIT Consortium Universities, which aims at encouraging the talents from Southeast Asia and South Asia to pursue their degrees in Taiwan. The ESIT Consortium Universities provide English-instructed programs of study in various disciplines and offer tuition-waiver or scholarships to qualified candidates.

ESIT Students in Taiwan

Tunghai: Winter’s warmth serenity in the heart of Ilha Formosa by Sondang Pondan Perlindungan Leoanak RISTEK-DIKTI Bridging Program Participant of The State Polytechnic of Agriculture Kupang

It was three days before my arrival in Ilha Formosa, a beautiful island with its’ amazing high-rise gulf in the east of Asia. In this wonderful island, there lies Taiwan, a country with one of the best educational system in Asia. Nervous, scared, anxious, excited, all these feelings were scattered inside my mind, as this would be my destination to find the best advisor for my future study of a doctoral program. Yes, there would be three months for me as a Bridging Program participant and also as a research scholar candidate to give my best in order to get an acceptance letter, an approval letter to open the door for me to get into a desired program. My name is Sondang Pondan Perlindungan Leoanak, RISTEK-DIKTI Bridging Program Participant of The State Polytechnic of Agriculture Kupang. This is my story.

The Bridging Program is a program initiated by The Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia (RISTEK-DIKTI) and is in collaboration with The Ministry of Education of Taiwan represented by Elite Study in Taiwan (ESIT). The main purpose of this program is to facilitate, to connect and also to help the participants to meet the requirements of the selected universities in Taiwan, so we as participants could become the accepted doctoral candidates in those schools at the end.

As we started this Bridging Program back in November, 2016, at first I spent three days in Jakarta, studying about how the people, the environment, and the education system are like in Taiwan which could be very different from my beautiful country Indonesia. I carried these questions in my mind along with my 5 hours flight from Jakarta to Taipei, and another 2 hours bus trip to get to Tunghai University. Tunghai University is a very attractive campus in Taichung city.

The main feature of the campus is the Luce Chapel since Tunghai was founded as a private Christian university. It is also a historical site which is worthy to visit.

Once we arrived at Tunghai, we were welcomed by several professors and the staff from school. They also gave us a wonderful reception which made me feel warm and comfortable.

Their smile and hospitality served as answers to all the questions that I had carried during my journey to Taiwan. They provided a short introduction about the school which convinced me that there should not be anything for me to worry about for the next three months during this Bridging program.

After a warm welcome given by the Tunghai staff, I was shown where my dormitory is which appears to be a cozy place, and everything that I need includes hot water for bathing & drinking, convenient stores, food stalls, and canteens is all readily available to my use. Also, to my surprise, there is a fully equipped kitchen which is available for my use if I want to cook some homemade food at any time. Therefore, it fulfills my yearning for some homemade Indonesian meals.

I would like to share some great memories that I have had with my six bridging program participants/friends since I arrived at Tunghai. One of them was a one-day tour to Sun Moon Lake which is located in central area of the western part of Taiwan. During the tour, we took a speedboat to see this beautiful lake, and we also went to the other side of the lake to see a live dancing and a singing performance presented by one aboriginal tribal group who live around the lake. We were amazed by their great performances, as their dance and song were very attractive and full of energy. After that, we had our lunch in a restaurant next to the performance area. The restaurant is nearby the lake and the meal served was very delicious. At the end of the tour, we had a change to take a gondola ride, which is a 5-10 minutes cable-cart ride, so we got to see the fascinating scenery of the entire lake from above. Our jaws were dropped during this ride because of the beauty of the scenery.

Another great experience provided by Tunghai University was an industrial visit to the Industrial Technology and Research Institute (ITRI) in the southern part of Taiwan. During this visit, we saw the process of making 3D printing, a future era of the world’s digital printing. Also, a process of making the 3D printing was clearly explained to us. We also had a chance to see the ITRI laboratory that keeps all of the materials and equipment used to design products and to make production trials for such printing. For me, this was a valuable experience as I could witness how the future printing process could be carried out in years to come with my naked eyes.

I also noted one surprising thing about Taichung city and it is regarding the usage policy of the public transit system. The reason behind my surprising finding is the city government provides free public transportation to everyone who travels in the city including their local residents, citizens living from other cities, as well as foreign visitors of different countries. Such transportation policy offered by the local government is rarely found in other parts of the world.

As a result of that, this allows me to take free bus rides to visit one shopping mall to another to find some valuable goods for my relatives back home. Some big shops such as Taisuko mall, Sogo mall, Feng-Chia night market, and Asean Square offer many options for me to choose

various unique souvenirs for my family and friends in Indonesia.

There was also one unforgettable moment happened between me, one of the teachers in Tunghai University and also my buddies. It was happened on the first day of January 2017, the New Year’s day. Our teacher’s name is Ms. Wen-Lei (Jessica) Pang who is our English mentor. At that time, she and her husband invited us to their home for a New Year party celebration. We cooked Indonesian food like rendang beef, gado-gado salad and also soto soup with luat chili sauce. As most of Indonesian food is hot and spicy, so we cooked those meals with lots of chili and seasoning in order to present the authentic Indonesian flavor in this precious occasion. It took about 2 hours for us to prepare and serve all those dishes on the dining table. The best moment happened was when we held our hands together as a group and every one had a chance to make our wish and hope for the New Year before eating. This precious moment carried on with many meaningful conversations and sharing of personal stories with each other. Lots of smiling and laughter were seen and heard among us from this wonderful gathering. This party lasted for about three hours and during the party I could see the fog spreading outside of the windows. This means that the temperature dropped and it must be very cold outside. However, we did not feel cold or chilly. I supposed that it is because this connection we had with one another like a family, naturally tied us together, and it enlightened a fire inside of us, then finally warmed up the room where the party was held. Feeling of being comforted and blessed were the words that represented how I felt during that night especially as I was away from home.

Those valuable experiences and memories that I have had from this Bridging program make me realize that the generosity of the people in Taiwan, especially the teachers and the staff in Tunghai University have brought those unforgettable moments to my life. Their kindness, generosity, and love have helped me to experience the winter’s warmth serenity found in a cold winter here in Taiwan, which will last forever in my heart.

Before I end this story, please allow me to express my gratitude to RISTEK-DIKTI for this

remarkable learning opportunity, so I could experience those amazing moments. I also would like to say “thank you” to ESIT and Tunghai University for these warm experiences that I had even in a cold winter. Thank you for letting me to experience not only the best moments in Tunghai campus, but also to other parts of Taiwan. I hope those valuable experiences will stay with me for an extended period of time in my life. I wish that I will return here again to relive another winter’s warm serenity as that was the wish I made at the New Year’s gathering.