NTU Scholarship for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau Students

National Taiwan University awards this scholarship alongside admission to its undergraduate programs in Taipei. It is for students applying through NTU’s individual admissions route for overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau students, including eligible applicants of Chinese descent in Hong Kong or Macau who hold foreign nationality.

For 2027 entry, applicants choose from 63 undergraduate programs and request the scholarship within the same online application. Scholarship results are released with admission results, while final admission remains subject to official student-status confirmation.

Benefits & funding

Full tuition and miscellaneous-fee subsidy.
TWD 8,000 per month as a living allowance.
Support continues for the standard study period of the admitted department, provided the recipient meets the renewal condition.
The tuition subsidy excludes pass-through charges, thesis-supervision fees, insurance, accommodation and internet costs, credit fees and related expenses.

Eligibility

Apply for 2027 undergraduate entry through NTU Admissions for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau Students.
Qualify under NTU’s rules as an overseas Chinese student, a Hong Kong or Macau student, or a person of Chinese descent in Hong Kong or Macau who holds foreign nationality.
Overseas Chinese applicants must satisfy the applicable Chinese-descent, overseas residence and continuous-residence rules; Hong Kong and Macau applicants must hold permanent-residence status there and satisfy the applicable continuous-residence rules.
Applicants to medicine, dentistry or Chinese medicine face an eight-year continuous-residence threshold where the general route uses six years.
No work-experience, age or gender requirement is published for the scholarship.

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Application process

1
Confirm the student-status and department requirements for NTU’s 2027 undergraduate admissions route.
2
Create an account in the NTU online application system and select up to five departments.
3
Upload the required identity, residence, academic, language and department-review documents, including the required number of recommendation letters for each department.
4
Select the scholarship option in the degree-student application system; NTU requires no separate scholarship materials.
5
Pay the admission application fee and submit the complete application by September 17, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT+8.

Program timeline

Online application opens.
August 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. GMT+8
Online application deadline.
September 17, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT+8
Admission and scholarship results become available online.
November 24, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT+8
Admitted-student reply deadline.
December 1, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT+8
Waitlist decisions become available.
December 8, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. GMT+8
Official admission results are expected after student-status confirmation.
By late February 2027
Undergraduate entry.
September 2027