TaiwanICDF International Higher Education Scholarship Program

Brief description:

The International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF), Taiwan’s development aid agency, runs the International Higher Education Scholarship Program to help its partner countries develop through education. It offers full scholarships for selected undergraduate, Master’s and PhD programmes that it has developed with partner universities in Taiwan.

Host Institution(s):

TaiwanICDF partner universities in Taiwan. The programmes on offer change each year and are listed in the application guidebook on the official website.

Level/Field of study:

English-taught Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD programmes in fields such as science and technology, engineering, public health and medicine, sustainable agriculture, humanities and social sciences, and private sector development.

Number of Awards:

Not specified

Target group:

Citizens of TaiwanICDF partner countries in Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe. The list of eligible countries, and the levels each country can apply for, can change every year, so check the current guidebook.

Scholarship value/inclusions:

A full scholarship that includes return airfare, housing, tuition and credit fees, insurance, textbook costs and a monthly allowance (higher for Master’s and PhD students than for undergraduates).

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

• be a citizen of a country on the list of countries eligible for the TaiwanICDF scholarship and meet any extra criteria set by their own government;
• not be a national of the Republic of China (Taiwan) or an overseas compatriot student;
• meet the admission requirements of the partner university and programme they apply to;
• be able to meet the requirements for a resident visa;
• not hold another Taiwan government scholarship at the same time.

Application instructions:

Applications are currently closed.

Complete the online TaiwanICDF application, then send the signed, printed form and your documents to the ROC (Taiwan) embassy or representative office for your country. You must also apply to your chosen partner university and send everything it asks for by its own admissions deadline. Applications run once a year from 1 December to 15 March (the last round ran from 1 December 2025 to 15 March 2026), and TaiwanICDF announces the scholarship recipients by 10 June.

It is important to read the latest application guidebook and visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Website:

Official Scholarship Website: https://www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/np?ctNode=31561&mp=2

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