Scholarship Purpose:
The Huayu Enrichment Scholarship (HES) Program established by Taiwan’s Ministry of
Education (MOE) and implemented by Taipei Mission in Latvia is to encourage Latvian and Estonian students and individuals to undertake Mandarin Chinese language study at a university- or college-affiliated Mandarin training center in Taiwan.
This program also aims to:
a. Help scholarship recipients acquire a better command of Mandarin Chinese, and hence a greater understanding and appreciation of Taiwan’s culture;
b. Promote friendship between people in Taiwan and in countries around the world;
c. Generate opportunities to increase exchange with international educational institutions.
Value and Duration:
A monthly stipend of NT$ 25,000 over the course of 3 months, 6 months or 9 months during the period from September 1st, 2023 through August 31st, 2024. Please note that a 2-month scholarship is also possible, but only for a summer course taking place in June-July or July-August, 2023. If recipients fail to come to Taiwan for enrollment during their chosen time, they will forfeit their right to retain their scholarships. Scholarship funding will become effective on the date of the recipient’s enrollment. Scholarship funding will end on the month of the expiration of the scholarship or if the scholarship is revoked. Recipients are expected to remain at their language courses until the very end of the final semester covered by the scholarship period. It would not be acceptable to miss the final weeks (in order to travel, take up employment, etc.) and to do so will negatively affect the quota of scholarships allocated to applicants in future years.
Eligibility:
An applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
a. Be 18 years of age or older,
b. Have a high school diploma or above
c. Have the Latvia or Estonia nationality
d. Have an excellent academic performance in his/her most recent formal educational
study experience
e. Be of good moral character
Candidates to whom one or more of the following criteria apply are ineligible for the
Scholarship:
a. Overseas Chinese students and nationals of the R.O.C.
b. Those currently studying Mandarin in Taiwan or who have studied a degree
programme in Taiwan.
c. Those who will be an exchange student to Taiwan under an agreement between
partner institutions in Latvia/Estonia and Taiwan during the scholarship period.
d. Those who have previously received a HES or a Taiwan Scholarship.
e. Those currently receiving financial benefits from the Taiwan government or other educational institutions.
Required Application Documents:
a. One copy of the completed application form.
b. One photocopy of passport or other nationality certificates.
c. One photocopy of the highest-level diploma and a complete grade transcript.
d. Two letters of recommendation
e. Photocopies of the applications to the Mandarin Language Centers. (Applicants are required to apply for admission to the language center(s) of their choice. Copies of these applications need to be added to the scholarship application after they have been sent out. Upon receiving an admission letter, you need to add a copy of this letter to your scholarship file, at latest by the end of June 2023)
f. A photocopy of the results of a Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL).
Applicants with TOCFL-results will receive priority status.
<< For more information on taking the TOCFL-test please visit https://tocfl.edu.tw/#googtrans(zh-tw|en)
Application period for the Huayu Enrichtment scholarships is from February 1st through April 15th, 2023.
The required application documents should reach Taipei Mission in Latvia before April 15th, 2023. An application can be submitted through the online system at https://taiwanscholarship.moe.gov.tw/
Application Procedure
Taipei Mission in Latvia will review and select eligible scholarship candidates as well as alternatives and will notify them by the end of May 2023.
The eligible scholarship candidates are required to submit a copy of their school admission letter to Taipei Mission in Latvia by no later than the end of June 2023. Late submission of this document after the deadline will be deemed as a waiver for accepting the scholarship. In this case, the alternative(s) will be informed to fill any vacancy(s). Taipei Mission in Latvia will send a scholarship award certificate to all qualified recipients before the end of July 2023.
(This information is subject to change. Please check our website website https://roc-taiwan.org/lv_en for the latest information, for more questions please contact us: e-mail: lva@mofa.gov.tw)
