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Foreign higher education students hit
record high
DEGREE HOLDERS: The number of foreign degree students in Taiwan was 7,764 in
October last year, an increase of more than 30 percent from a year earlier
STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Sunday, Jun 06, 2010, Page 2
The number of foreign students at Taiwanese universities and
colleges reached a record high last year, according to the latest figure
released by the Ministry of Education (MOE) earlier this week.
The total number of students from abroad studying for degrees, learning Mandarin
or engaged in exchange programs was 22,300 last year, the figures showed.
Most of the degree students in Taiwan last year were from Vietnam, Malaysia,
Indonesia, South Korea and the US, in that order, said Liu Ching-jen (¼B¼y¤¯),
Director-General of the MOE¡¦s Bureau of International Cultural and Educational
Relations.
Those studying Mandarin were mostly from the US, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and
Indonesia, while the majority of exchange students were from Japan, the US,
South Korea, France and Germany, he said.
A breakdown of last year¡¦s figures showed that Asian students accounted for 72.7
percent of the total; students from North, South and Central America 17 percent;
European students 5.4 percent; African students 3.2 percent; and South Pacific
Islanders 1.64 percent, he said.
¡§One of the goals we are focusing on is increasing the number of degree students
studying in Taiwan,¡¨ Lu said, adding that the number of foreign degree students
in Taiwan in October last year was 7,764, an increase of more than 30 percent
from the previous year.
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