The 12th European Education Fair Taiwan (EEFT) is to open tomorrow in Taipei hoping to help high-school students, college students and graduate students, as well as middle-aged people, “realize their dreams to study in Europe,” EU Representative to Taiwan Frederic Laplanche said yesterday.
More than 100 top education institutions from 11 countries — the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic — will attend to provide visitors with information on their degree programs, research and funding possibilities, Laplanche told a press conference.
Since the EEFT started in 2002 the event, held in autumn every year, has become one of the most popular education fairs in Taiwan.
Last year, the three-day event in Taipei and Greater Kaohsiung attracted more than 6,000 visitors, project manager Angela Hsieh (謝欣純) said.
It will be the first time the EU features PromoDoc, a European initiative funded by the European Commission to promote doctoral study in all 28 EU countries, in addition to a wide spectrum of learning programs in diplomas, bachelor degrees and master degrees, which were available in its past events.
The French Taiwan Chamber of Commerce and Industry will participate in the fair by providing one-on-one career consultations for young Taiwanese interested in working for French businesses, Campus France representative Tseng Hsin-hong (曾馨弘) said.
The UK is offering tertiary education and primary education opportunities, British Council Resources and Programs director Dawn Chen (陳佩宜) said. She added that the council has received increasing enquiries about UK primary education as the national 12-year education program set to begin next year.
According to Ministry of Education statistics, the number of Taiwanese students studying abroad declined significantly in recent years, with the number of students overseas last year dropping to a 10-year low, contrary to the international trend that sees a surge of international students.
DAAD Information Center Taipei director Stefanie Eschenlohr, encouraged young people to attend the education fair to learn more about education opportunities abroad that will “open their eyes” to the world around them.
The education fair will be held in Taipei World Trade Center tomorrow and Sunday from 1pm to 6 pm, before it moves to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Stores in Zuoying, Greater Kaohsiung, on Monday.
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