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Qualification

Basic requirements

  1. Period of residence
    The overseas compatriot students born and living overseas until the present time, or those who have been living overseas for 6 or more consecutive years in the immediate past and have obtained a permanent or long-term residence certificate, as validated by any overseas recommendation unit. The continuous residence overseas for 6 years refers to the 6-year period calculated backward from the deadline for the application referred to in the Admissions Brochure as the base date. However, those who only meet the required years of continuous residence as of August 31, 2026 may also apply on the condition that the affidavit is provided. The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) will investigate and validate the duration of overseas residence from the deadline for registration to August 31, 2026. If the requirements for the years of continuous residence are not fulfilled, the accepted status/eligibility for placement will be canceled.
  • Note 1:
 6-year period calculated backward from the deadline of January 31, 2026 (February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2026).
  • Note 2:
 “Overseas” means countries or regions other than Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao. “Continuous residence” means “a length of stay in Taiwan in any calendar year (January 1 through December 31) not exceeding 120 days”. In other words, whether “continuous residence” is fulfilled depends on whether the length of stay in any calendar year (January 1 through December 31) in Taiwan exceeded 120 days during the above-mentioned 6-year period. When the start/end years during the said calculation period are not complete calendar years, however, it shall be determined by no more than 120 days of stay in Taiwan within the calculation period of each of such years.
  • Note 3:
 Under one of the following circumstances, the applicant is not considered as not fulfilling the continuous residence requirement. The length of stay in Taiwan is not included in the calculation of the duration of overseas residence (that is, the duration of overseas residence needs to be calculated retroactively). Documents must be submitted along with the application for review.
 
  1. Attended an overseas youth technical training course (short-term non-degree training programs) held by the OCAC or a technical professional training program accredited by the central competent education administration authority;
  2. Attended an activity held by the OCAC or by a government agency and recognized by the OCAC, or taken a Mandarin language course provided by a Mandarin language education institute which has been approved by the governing authority to recruit students overseas, and has spent a total period of fewer than 2 years undertaking such activities or courses;
  3. Spent a total period of less than 2 years in Taiwan as an exchange student.
  4. Spent a total period of less than 2 years on practical training as an intern in Taiwan as approved by a designated central competent authority.
  5. Returned to their country for selective service and military service.
  6. Stayed in Taiwan due to war, natural disasters, or pandemics that prevented him/her from returning to his/her place of residence overseas.
  7. Stayed in Taiwan for other causes unattributable to the overseas compatriot that prevented him/her from returning to his/her place of residence overseas, with supporting documents available.
  • Note 4:
 Whether one holds the Alien Permanent Resident Certificate or Long-term Alien Resident Certificate or not may be determined by the status of citizenship or permanent residency acquired or the overseas compatriot identity endorsement to the ROC passport.
 
  1. Language proficiency
  1. Eligibility Requirements
    Applicants must meet one of the following conditions to be eligible for application:
    1. Achievement of TOCFL Level A1 or above, excluding the TOCFL Quick Screening Test.
    2. Passing the written examination administered by an ROC (Taiwan) overseas mission or by a recommending institution designated by the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC).
    3. Possession of a graduation certificate from a Malaysian Chinese-medium school (including Chinese Primary Schools, Independent High Schools, and National/National-Type Secondary Schools), or submission of transcripts showing at least two semesters of passing grades in Chinese language courses from any of the aforementioned schools. Applicants meeting this condition may be exempted from submitting TOCFL scores or from taking the aforementioned written examination.
  2. Regulations and Descriptions for Disqualification:
    1. Overseas Chinese students enrolled in technical senior high schools must attain TOCFL Level A2 or above before the end of the second semester of the first academic year. Scores from the Chinese Language Proficiency Rapid Screening Test (Listening and Reading only), administered by the respective technical senior high school and based exclusively on test versions authorized by the Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency–Huayu (SC-TOP), may be accepted as substitutes. Students who fail to meet the requirement shall be counseled by the school to return to their home country.
    2. Prior to graduation, overseas Chinese students enrolled in technical senior high schools must attain TOCFL Level B1 or above, or at minimum B1 level in the Listening component (Rapid Screening Test results are not accepted). Students who fail to meet the requirement shall not be permitted to articulate into linked technical–vocational programs and shall be counseled by the school to return to their home country.
  1. To be of good moral character.
  1. To be physically and mentally sound and free of chronic diseases.
  1. Applicants must seek out a guardian in Taiwan.
    （for the guardian role, priority shall be given to relatives who can represent the students’ parents and can exercise guardianship rights.）
  1. Military service status
    Students have household registrations in Taiwan, and their ROC passports are not be stamped with “yet to fulfill military service obligations”

Eligibility

  1. Applicants must have completed junior high school at a Chinese-medium school in their country of residence, or have graduated from a non–Chinese-medium school with an education level equivalent to a Chinese-medium junior high school, or possess an academic level equivalent to that of a junior high school graduate in Taiwan, with all academic results meeting or exceeding the passing standard.
  1. Age of admission:
  • Philippines and Indonesia: Applicants must be at least 18 years old as of June 30 (inclusive) of the current year and under 22 years old. Eligible birthdates are from January 1, 2004, to June 30, 2008.
  • Other countries: Applicants must be at least 16 years old as of December 31 (inclusive) of the current year and under 22 years old. Eligible birthdates are from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2010. However, internship programs are not allowed for students under 16 years old.
  1. The TECO or the recommendation units designated by the OCAC may conduct preliminary reviews based on application materials or through written examinations (uniformly administered by the OCAC) and interviews. The assessment criteria include students’ Mandarin language proficiency and academic performance.