China：Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai Normal University is a comprehensive university that has graduated large numbers of educators. The university has a history of development as a university with a tradition of training teachers ever since its 1954 founding. In particular, it is one of the best universities in China in terms of language education. It started teaching international students Chinese from an early stage, and has a wealth of experience in this area. Today, the Chinese government scholarship system means that international students with particularly good performances can get a range of different scholarships. The university campus offers a quiet, calming environment with brick buildings lined up between avenues of poplar trees. The International College of Chinese Studies, where dispatched international students study, specializes in instructing international students in the Chinese language. Classes are divided by level, and cover a wide range of elective subjects related to Chinese, such as pronunciation correction, business Chinese, and HSK testing measures. Shanghai Normal University signed an exchange agreement with Matsuyama University in 2004.
China：Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics was founded in 1917, eventually becoming the first college of commerce in the history of education in China. Today, it has developed into a comprehensive university with numerous faculties, including international business, management, and law in addition to public economics, accounting, and finance. The International Cultural Exchange School in the university trains people skilled in business Chinese, as well as international economic managers who have expert knowledge of the Chinese economy and market. The Shanghai University of Finance and Economics signed an exchange agreement with Matsuyama University in 2011.
Taiwan：Hsuan Chuang University
Hsuan Chuang University is a private university founded in 1997 in the city of Hsinchu, Taiwan. It was established upon the foundation of Buddhist principles, and we singed exchange agreement in 2016. Within its four major fields of Communication Social Sciences, International Hospitality and Management, and Arts Design, it offers seventeen departments and nine graduate schools. Its extensive campus is filled with greenery, making it the ideal place to study. Many students enjoy spending time on campus.
Hsinchu, which developed as an industrial city, is known as the “Silicon Valley of Taiwan,” and has many modern buildings. Express trains take about thirty minutes from Hsinchu Station to Taipei, making it conveniently located with easy access to the big city of Taipei.
Taiwan：National University of Kaohsiung
The National University of Kaohsiung is located in the southern part of Taiwan, and is a new national university founded in 2000 as part of the government’s policy to enhance higher education and research institutions in the south. With faculties that include Humanities and Social Sciences, Law, Management, Science, and engineering, it is a famous comprehensive university that attracts top students from around the entire country. As more and more global, international cooperative relationships are being forged through industry-academic partnerships between Japan and Taiwan, the National University of Kaohsiung signed an exchange agreement with Matsuyama University in 2010. A port city with a flourishing commercial trade, Kaohsiung is Taiwan’s second-biggest city after Taipei. With a year-round warm climate, it has good transport connections and living environments, making it the ideal environment for studying abroad.
