Ministry of Education MOE Taiwan Scholarship For Nigerians 2025 | Fully Funded
The Government of Taiwan is offering fully funded MOE Taiwan Scholarships to Nigerians in a bid to encourage them to study in Taiwanese universities.
The Government of Taiwan MOE Scholarship 2025 fully covers tuition fees worth $2,500, and a living allowance worth $7,500 per year.
Eligibility Criteria:
- High school graduate or above, with an excellent academic performance in most recent formal academic experience, of good moral character, and does not possess criminal records.
- Citizen of Federal Republic of Nigeria;
- Not a national of the Republic of China (Taiwan);
- Not a R.O.C. (Taiwan) Overseas Compatriot student;
- Has never enrolled in Taiwan for the same level of degree studies;
- Is not an exchange student in accordance with any agreements of cooperation between an international university/college and an educational institute in Taiwan, at the time of receiving a Taiwan Scholarship;
- Has never received the scholarship to undertake any degree programs for more than the total award period of 5 years;
- Has never been disqualified from a Taiwan Scholarship;
- Is not a recipient of any other scholarship or subsidy offered by the Taiwan government or by any other educational institution in Taiwan.
Benefits:
- NTD 40,000 (approximately US$1,250) each semester for each recipient’s approved tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
- Living allowance:
- Undergraduate : A monthly stipend of NTD15,000 (approximately US$468) ;
- Master: A monthly stipend of NTD20,000 (approximately US$625) ;
- Doctoral: A monthly stipend of NTD20,000 (approximately US$625).
- Duration of Scholarships
- Undergraduate program: maximum 4 years;
- Master program: maximum 2 years;
- Doctoral program: maximum 4 years.
Required Documents
- A completed Taiwan Scholarship Application Form
- A photocopy of the applicant’s Nigerian passport
- A photocopy of diploma and transcript of highest degree obtained (Please obtain an authenticated translation if the original is not in English or Chinese. Translated documents must be authenticated by a Taiwan representative office.)
- A photocopy of application for admission to a participating university in Taiwan(for example, photocopies of the application fee remittance, the application form, and a notice or email from the university/college acknowledging receipt of the application.)
- A photocopy of language proficiency proof:
(a) Applications for non all-English study programs: Photocopy of score report or certificate for attaining Level 3 or above on the “Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language” (TOCFL).
(b) Applications for all-English study programs: If English is not your native language, a score report for an English proficiency exam, such as the TOEFL, is required.
Applicants who apply to a program not included in the Ministry of Education’s English Program List must provide a photocopy of an all-English program proof document issued by their intended university/college in Taiwan.
- Two reference letters – from a principal, a college or university president, professors, and/or supervisors – personally signed, and placed in sealed envelopes.
- A completed “Taiwan Scholarship Terms of Agreement.”
How to Apply?
Deadline: May 15, 2025
