From A New Point of View: Students from New Southbound Policy Elite Study Program Share Their Experience in Taiwan
Fifteen elite students from Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Pakistan had a half-year exchange in Taiwan through the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs¡¯ ¡°New South Bound Policy Elite Study Program.¡± Shortly after the program, 2 students were admitted to TMU¡¯s master¡¯s and doctoral courses while 4 students were in preparation for TMU¡¯s entrance application.
Students from the program wore cheongsams and mandarin jackets to experience the distinctive historical atmosphere in Dadaocheng
Leading students through a journey of discovery and experience in Taiwanese and TMU¡¯s culture, TMU designed a series of hands-on activities including fields of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nutrition, public health, long-term care, biomedical informatics, and data science. Moreover, TMU blended Taiwan¡¯s iconic traditions and festivals such as releasing sky lanterns, watching the sunrise from Ali Mt., and making xiao long bao (soup dumplings) in the courses, exploring Taiwanese culture in depth.
A student from Myanmar, Yu-Ting Ruan, noted that TMU¡¯s library impressed her the most during their stay in Taiwan. To better meet the needs of students around the campus, TMU has been updating its facilities, providing a more straightforward and convenient environment for borrowing and returning items. Currently, Ruan is preparing to study dentistry at TMU and hopefully to work in Taiwan afterward. Another student, Jia-Ling Huang, shared that TMU¡¯s application of AI in Medicine gave her a new point of view. Majoring in occupational therapy, Huang is excited to see AI being adopted in pediatric occupational therapy in the future. Huang is also making it a plan to advance her medical study in Taiwan.
Of their accord, Ruan and Huang both agreed that TMU¡¯s course design effectively helped them depict the image of cooperating with AI in their major fields. Their positive feedback encouraged TMU to keep focusing on providing a supportive and innovative educational environment both in Taiwan and abroad.