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ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program (PhD)

If you are looking for the best development opportunity for yourself in the exciting technology frontier, this is the program to make your dream come true.

The ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program offers foreign MS degree holders a comprehensive 4-year scholarship to pursue their Ph.D. in Taiwan, while joining collaborative research projects between Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and two outstanding science and technology universities, National Chiao-Tung University (NCTU) and National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU).

Taiwan is among the world’s most important high-tech centers, particularly renowned for computer, communication and consumer electronic (3C) products and technologies.

What does this program offer?

• Monthly scholarship of NT$30,000(~US$900).
• . Full tuition fees during the Ph.D. studies
• Additional research stipend when participating in dissertation research projects at ITRI
• Employment opportunity at ITRI after graduation

This program extends the scholarship and tuition offer to eligible students up to 4 years depending on annual review of academic performance.

Students failing to meet academic standards as required by partner universities will lose eligibility for this offer.

Focus areas of this program:

• Information and Communication Technologies
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Optoelectronics and Photonics

Eligibility for Application:

• Proof of foreign citizenship
• Proof of a Master’s degree or equivalent
• Graduate GPA of at least 3.4 or equivalent academic performance
• TOEFL (if applicable) score of 550 or above for paper -based test (213 for computer-based test).
• For the GRE comprised of Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical sections, a total score of 1650 or above is required. For the new GRE version comprised of Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical. Writing sections, a minimum of 400 is required on Verbal, 650 on Quantitative, and 3.5 on Analytical Writing.

Application Procedure

Application submissions should be made to the Program Office

Required Documents (please send originals by post unless otherwise indicated):

• Application Form (can be downloaded at the official page)
• Current CV / Resume (may be sent by e-mail)
• Letter of Application (Statement of Purpose) (may be sent by e-mail)
• Academic Transcript (Graduate degree)
• TOEFL and GRE test scores (Direct from testing service)
• At least two recommendation letters from professors.
• Applicants with working experience should provide one additional recommendation letter from a supervisor at work.
• Any other supportive materials for demonstrating academic excellence (published papers, technical reports, etc.)
• Other documents as required by partner universities that you apply for.

Before applying, please visit the NTHU and/or NCTU websites and then indicate in your Letter of Application which university (NTHU, NCTU or both), which specific departments, and if possible which Professors or research projects are of interest to you.

Final Application Deadline for Fall 2009: March 31, 2009.

Program office:

Mr. Daniel King
Tel: +886 3 591 7886

Ms. Hsiu-mei Chien
Tel: +886 3 591 2994

Email : itriphd@itri.org.tw 

Address:
ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program
Chung Hsing Road Section 4, No. 195
Building 51, Room 315
Chu-tung, Hsinchu, Taiwan 310

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