National Tsing Hua University has the largest number of exchange students from India — 152 — or 25 percent of all the Indian students in the nation.
Office of global affairs head Chen Sinn-wen (陳信文) said the Hsinchu-based school has many talented people from India, adding that many students had chosen the school to experience studying in a foreign environment.
Most students from India are studying chemistry, he said, adding that after graduating many of them find work at companies in the Hsinchu Science Park or stay on to pursue graduate studies.
Chen gave the example of post-doctoral Indian student Arunachalam Sagadevan and professor Hwang Kuo-chu (黃國柱), who developed a greener and more efficient way to make nylon. Their research was published in the journal Science late last year.
Sagadevan said that he began the work after obtaining a master’s degree in India, but a friend told him that Taiwan had a good academic environment and Tsing Hua University had the largest number of students from India, which is why he decided to study there.
He said it was a difficult process, but that he has the support of several Taiwanese friends.
The school said it sponsored an exhibition on studying in Taiwan in Bangalore, India, last year and that more than 1,000 people inquired about learning Chinese as well as how to go about winning scholarships.
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