• provide opportunities for university students in UMAP member countries/territories to enhance their understanding of the economic, social and cultural systems of other UMAP member countries/territories;
  
  
• encourage UMAP member countries/territories to become actively involved in the UMAP Program;
  
  
• promote the transfer of credit between UMAP members;
  
  
• strengthen university-to-university links between UMAP members; and
  
  
• promote the UMAP Program regionally.

UMAP Taiwan Scholarship is administered by the UMAP National Secretariat of Taiwan situated in the Center for International Academic Exchanges in National Taiwan University and is funded by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China.

Starting this year for 2006-2007 students intake, ten incoming students from other UMAP member countries / territories and ten outgoing students from Taiwan will receive the scholarships. The Ministry of Education and the UMAP National Secretariat in Taiwan will jointly select the winners.

Incoming UMAP students may wish to study this information;
The scholarship provides partial funding for recipients to study for a minimum of one semester in any UMAP member university in Taiwan.

Scholarship recipients receive a monthly stipend of NTD15, 000 and are exempt from paying host university tuition and student fees. Students intending to study shorter than one semester or to seek advanced degrees in Taiwan are not eligible to apply. The maximum support is for ten consecutive months or two semesters.

Number of Awardees; ten students from participating full UMAP-membership universities will be awarded the UMAP Taiwan Scholarship each year.

Academic Credits; Students will receive equivalent credits from their home universities for the courses they have completed in Taiwan. Such transfer of credits shall follow the guidelines of the UMAP Credit Transfer Scheme (UCTS) and satisfy other conditions specified by their home university.

Eligibility; Applicants must be:-
-  citizens of any full-member UMAP country (Applications from
Cambodia, Mongolia,  Ecuador, Macau and Vietnam are especially encouraged)

- full-time students enrolled at any UMAP university which has a partnership   agreement with The host university in Taiwan

- nominated both by their home universities and by their National Secretariats accepted by a Participating UMAP University in Taiwan (an official admission letter is required)

Selection Criteria;
- Chinese language proficiency (Applicants should have completed at least one year of Chinese At their home university)

- A minimum GPA of 3.0

- No specific or designated majors are preferred. All academic disciplines are treated equally

Conditions;
- Students must take a minimum of 12 hours   of classes per week, including Chinese  language courses.

- Students are required to submit a 1,000- word written report in English to the UMAP  National Secretariat in Taiwan 60 days after the completion of their exchange program. Such report shall illustrate academic and  personal improvements as well as other progress made possible by the scholarship program.

The UMAP National Secretariat of Thailand is calling for applications for the UMAP Thailand Scholarships.

Students enrolled in UMAP member universities are invited to apply for the Scholarships. The qualified 60 students will be granted to attend four-week exchange programs at Thai universities in the following courses:
     1. Hospitality and Tourism Management (20 students)
     2. Immersion into Thai Cultures in Dynamic Contexts (20 students)
     3. Integrated International Business and Cross Cultural (20 students)                 

To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, candidates must meet the following conditions:
     1. Applicants must be studying in Bachelor’s Degree (year 3rd - 4th) in major of related areas
     2. The GPAX or (an average total score) of applicants collected from the first year until now must be 2.5 or above.
     3. English language requirement : If your first language is not English, it is essential that one of the following formal qualifications is required:   

• TOEFL SCORE (213 :computer-based)
• IELTS: normally a minimum overall grade of 6.0
• Or another English Proficiency Certificate qualified as equal as TOEFL SCORE.
• The Certificate of English Language Proficiency from your university qualifies that your English language skills are good enough for you to undertake an intensive and challenging academic course that is taught and examined in English.

     4. Applicants must be affordable for Air- ticket, Visa-Grant, Health Insurance and personnel expenses
     5. Importantly, all applicants are required to attend the course throughout the course period.

The applications must reach the National Secretariat of Thailand (through the National Secretariat of your country/territory) on or before May 1^st, 2008. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. Successful applicants will be notified of their status by May 15^th, 2008.

For more details, please follow the links below to download brochure and application form

            Hospitality and Tourism Management
            Immersion into Thai Cultures in Dynamic Contexts
            Integrated International Business and Cross Cultural
            Application Form