明志台科攜手合作外籍博士雙學位及共同指導獎學金計畫，以高額補助搭配教學資源，強力吸引優質學生赴臺攻讀

高等教育國際化是促進全球化發展的重要策略，同時也有助於提升高等教育的競爭力，再加上如今國内少子化的現象，招收優秀的外籍學生來臺攻讀學位，正是可以從根源上同時解決招生生源及校園國際化的重要策略之一。

有鑒於此，明志科技大學與國立台灣科技大學自105年開始便攜手合作，簽署外籍博士獎學金計畫合作備忘錄，以高額補助搭配頂尖教學資源，吸引各國優秀學者至台灣。該合作案採「雙學位」及「共同指導」兩種模式進行，由明志與台科共同負責招生，除了提供獲獎學生免學雜費優惠外，明志科大更是加碼補助每位獲獎學生1.8萬至2萬的月獎助金，期昐以祭出高額獎金方式，招收到國外優秀學子。不論是參與「雙學位」或「共同指導」，學生圴由兩校研究中心高階師資合作指導，「雙學位」模式更是讓參與學生撰寫兩本論文，一次取得兩校博士學位，具備雙重學術競爭力。

本合作計畫自105年施行至今，已招收共24名外籍博士生，當中不乏來自新南向國家之學生，例如：印尼、越南、菲律賓、泰國等；此外，還包括印度、伊索比亞、巴基斯坦、伊朗等國之學生。截至目前為止，已成功培育出3位博士，其中包含1位雙學位博士及2位共同指導博士。在本專案實施後，成功彰顯在雙方合作的基礎下，吸引外籍優秀人才赴臺就學之巨大潛力，因此，在110年4月合約到期前夕，兩校假台科大舉行本獎學金合作計畫之續約儀式，雙方代表分別為台科大顏家鈺校長及明志科大劉祖華校長。

劉祖華校長表示，近年來明志科大在研究發展上已成立9個校級研究中心以及2個博士學位學程，而在實務創新上，由於過去在各研究中心均投注超過上億元資金，也因而取得許多亮眼的成績，例如：杜拜世界自動駕駛運輸挑戰賽第二名。因此藉本專案與友校台科大的合作，希望可整合更多學術資源，成爲國内學術策略聯盟之典範。

爲鼓勵更多國外優質學生赴臺就讀，目前明志科大正草擬自111學年起，再次提高雙學位博士生月獎助金至2.5萬，而授獎基本年限亦從3年延至4年，第5年始依獲獎生研究成果與在校表現來評定發放，期使參與學生可更安心且更有效率來進行相關學術研究。有關本獎學金合作計畫之詳情，歡迎洽詢兩校國際事務辦公室。

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MCUT Collaborating with NTUST on the Scholarship Project of Double Degrees as well as Joint Supervision for International Doctoral Students

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MCUT Collaborating with NTUST on the Scholarship Project of Double Degrees as well as Joint Supervision for International Doctoral Students

update date : 2021-04-20

The internationalization of higher education is an important strategy not only to enhance global development but also to increase the competitiveness of higher education itself. Furthermore, to cope with the phenomenon of having fewer children within each family commonly seen in Taiwan, recruiting foreign students with outstanding academic performance for degree programs has become an inevitable method which is able both to expand the student source and to internationalize the campus of universities.

As a result, MCUT has initiated the collaboration with NTUST since 2016 by signing the MoU on the scholarship project for international doctoral students, attracting distinguished overseas scholars to study in Taiwan with abundant subsidy and topnotch teaching resources. This scholarship project includes two modes: “double degrees” and “joint supervision”; the task of recruitment is handled by both MCUT and NTUST. In addition to the 100% tuition waiver, every scholarship recipient is also awarded with a monthly subsidy ranging from NTD18,000 to NTD20,000. Within either the mode of “double degrees” or “joint supervision,” the project participants are all guided by the faculty members of research centers at both universities. Each doctoral student participating the mode of “double degrees” is required to write two dissertations so as to obtain two PhDs respectively from MCUT as well as NTUST, and therefore becomes much more competitive in the particular academic field.

Since 2016 when this project started, there have been 24 international doctoral students being recruited. Quite a few of them come from ASEAN countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Moreover, there are also students from India, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Iran. So far, 3 students have successfully acquired doctoral degrees, including 1 double-degree PhD and 2 joint-supervision PhDs. Upon the practice of this project, the tremendous potential of attracting foreign academic talents to study in Taiwan has successfully manifested itself on the foundation of mutual collaboration between the two universities. Hence, right before the MoU expires, the agreement renewal ceremony for this scholarship project was held at NTUST in April, 2021, with the president of MCUT, Dr. Thu-Hua Liu, and that of NTUST, Dr. Jia-Yush Yen, as the signatories.

President Liu mentioned that in the aspect of research & development, there have been 9 university-level research centers and 2 doctoral programs established in recent years. Furthermore, in the aspect of practice & innovation, quite a few eye-catching results (ex. the second place in the Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport) have been acquired due to billions of funding invested in every research center. Through the cooperation with NTUST, we expect to integrate more academic resources and further become a national role model of an academic strategic alliance.

In order to encourage more competent students from overseas to study in Taiwan, MCUT is planning to raise the monthly stipend for the "double degree" doctoral students to NTD 25,000 and extend the basic number of awarding years from 3 to 4; extra scholarship might be still given depending on the previous academic performance evaluation result during the 5th year. Consequently, the project participants are expected to be able to conduct research more efficiently without financial concerns. Regarding the detail about this collaborative scholarship project, welcome to consult with the international offices of both universities.