Tuesday (19/3), Asst. Prof. Mag Yao (Director Division of Overseas Recruitment and Admission Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs Director Chinese Language Education Center (CLEC)) of Tatung University (TTU) visited University Al-Azhar Indonesia (UAI) to offer its new designed programs for international students. The meeting conducted in the Faculty of Science and Technology of UAI was welcomed by Ir. Hidayat Yorianta Sasaerila, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Dean) and all Academica in the Departments. In the discussion, Prof. Mag explained that TTU is known as Excellence in Industrial-Academic Cooperation and was awarded by the Chinese Institute of Engineers for many years. All the Engineering Departments in TTU are accredited by the institute of Engineering Education, Taiwan (IEET), TTU presents AI and communication technology programs. The intense programs required international students to have a minimum CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) with min. B1 or above. They also must achieve a minimum proficiency of A2 or above in both listening and reading sections of the test of Chinese as Foreign Language (TOCFL).
The programs are also supported by cooperative companies where students can experience in person about AI. They are Solomon Technology Corp (AI for computer vision, robotics, system, internet of things (IoT), and system testing), Eastech Innovation (TW) Inc. (AI for acoustic signal processing and speaker system testing, Wistron NeWeb Copr. (4G/5G radio access network (RAN) module / wireless local area network (WLAN) module, and Test Research, Inc. (AI for optical inspection and electrical test). Students also will be given attractive support during the academic period such as living allowance with monthly stipend NT$10.000, provision internship opportunities, Chinese (Mandarin) language course, dormitory and its fee waiver. Afterwards, The National Development Council and TTU provide subsidies for registration and tuition fees for two years after admission, necessary administrative expenses for first-time arrivals in Taiwan, and a one-way plane ticket to Taiwan.
Apart from that, In the last decade, the Chinese language in today’s world has remained crucial. With about 1.118 billion speakers by 2024 who speak it, the government of Republic of China (ROC), Taiwan currently opens for the opportunity to internationals who are interested to learn Chinese. One of which is TTU, the language enrichment organizer. As an international partner to UAI, TTU also invited UAI students to participate in the course. The one-year intensive program to learn Chinese offered by TTU has the objectives to develop the future potential students who can pass the Mandarin Test (TOCFL) A2 in a year, develop potential future talents for our partner corporations, internationalize its campus, and build up good relationships with more foreign campuses. Moreover, TTU also provides 360 hours courses per semester, free after-class one-on-one tutoring, professional teachers, small class, limited seats, fun activities for learning Mandarin in life, and elite textbooks. Besides the attractive Mandarin course, TTU has a great location in the city center of Taipei. It is also only 40 minutes from the airport which is relatively near. Most importantly, there are many excellent scholarship options for internationals. (TSH)