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Pacific Time: Monday April 20th, 5:30 PM
Eastern Time: Monday April 20th, 8:30 PM
Taiwan Time: Tuesday April 21st, 8:30 AM
A scholarship for learning Mandarin Chinese and exploring Taiwan consisting of 25,000 NTD/ month, studying in the Mandarin Training Center at NTNU for 2-3 months. Open to all current students of UCLA. At this information session, scholarship representatives will provide an introduction to the 2025 Huayu BEST Scholarship Program at NTNU.
Deadline:
- 3-month summer session (June 9 - August 27, 2026) | Deadline: April 29, 2026 Pacific Time
- 2-month summer session (July 7 - August 27, 2026) | Deadline: May 30, 2026 Pacific Time
Obligations:
- Attendance and learning performance required.
- Participation in the NTNU Hand-in-Hand Companion Program (Service to school children in remote areas)
- Provide TOCFL score transcripts before or after arriving in Taiwan.
Application Materials:
- Application Form (or you may download a copy here).
- One Letter of Recommendation from an instructor (The instructor referee should directly send the recommendation letter via an email to huayubest@mtc.ntnu.edu.tw with Subject: "Recommendation for Your Name)."
- Official university transcript (sent by your university).
- A photocopy/scan of your passport photo page.
- TOCFL (Mandarin Test) transcript, if available.
The application form and the language background survey can be found on the UCLA Huayu BEST Scholarship Page. Please send all documentation listed above, except for the Recommendation, by the deadline, in one email, to huayubest@mtc.ntnu.edu.tw (Subject: "Your Name’s Application for NTNU Taiwan Huayu BEST scholarship").
Links to Resources (Downloadable Files):