The number of international students studying in Taiwan’s universities slightly increased over the past year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Sunday.
The number of international students, including those who enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs in local universities, those who studied at Mandarin training centers and those who came to Taiwan as exchange students, totaled 18,306 in the last academic year, the ministry’s Bureau of International, Cultural and Educational Relations said.
The figure rose by 1,000 compared to the 2007 academic year, the bureau said.
Among the students, 6,258 of them were enrolled in local universities in the last academic year, up from 5,259 students in 2007, the bureau said.
Up to 71 percent of the international students were Asian, while 17 percent, or 1,098 people, came from North, Central or South America, the bureau’s statistics showed.
MAJORITY
The majority of international students who enrolled in local universities came from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and the US, the bureau said.
Most of them went to Ming Chuan University, National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), the bureau’s statistics showed.
A total of 2,225 international students, or 35 percent, were science majors, while 1,574 studied business management, the bureau said.
The number of international students studying at Taiwan’s 26 Mandarin training centers increased by 474 to 10,651 people in the last academic year, with 58 percent of the students coming from Asia, the bureau said.
TOP FIVE
The international students’ top five countries of origin were Japan, the US, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam, the bureau said.
Of these students, 3,126 of them took Mandarin lessons at NTNU, while 1,064 of them studied Mandarin at Tamkang University, the bureau said.
A great number of international students last year also studied Mandarin at the Chinese Culture University, NCKU and Fu Jen Catholic University, the bureau said.
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