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International collaborations-Receiving international guests

To facilitate international academic exchanges, the University provides the following resources for visiting international guests: Short-term visiting ID (Office of International Affairs), University promotional videos/materials (Secretariat Office), contracted hotels (General Affairs Office-approved contractors), NCHU-branded souvenirs (Caves Books), etc. Please contact the Office of International Affairs’ Division of Academic Exchange for guests invited by a university-level unit.

Emergency Relief Funds

1. Students who face any of the following emergencies during their period of study at the University may be eligible for emergency relief funds:

  (1) Hospitalization for an injury or illness when unable to pay for medical expenses due to financial hardship;

  (2) A major familial incident resulting in financial hardship;

  (3) Death;

  (4) Other incidents that require emergency relief.

2. To apply for emergency relief funds, the affected student or their advisor should fill out the application form and submit it along with the necessary supporting documents to the department chair/institute director and college dean for signing. Applications will be reviewed by the Office of Student Affairs’ Division of Student Life, which shall then forward them to the University’s President for approval.

3. Emergency relief funds of up to NT$30,000 may be released once per incident. The NCHU Student Emergency Relief Funds Application Guidelines and application form are available for download on the Division of Student Life website.

Externally-funded research projects—NSTC research projects

1.  All principal investigators and co-investigators must be quota-based, full-time personnel of the University.

2. The three types of research projects are as follows:

    • General research projects: The application period is in November–December each year. Exact dates will be announced by the NSTC.
    • New personnel research projects: Projects led by a domestic/international teacher or researcher who has fewer than five years of teaching/research experience or who has graduated with a doctoral degree in the past five years are eligible. Applications for such projects should be made upon the initial appointment date or within three years of the conferral of the doctoral degree and will be reviewed on an ad hoc basis. Limit one project per person.
    • Call-for-proposal projects: Please refer to announcements made by the NSTC.

3. Virement under an same approved budget may be processed in accordance with applicable regulations based on actual needs.

4. All principal investigators and researchers must complete at least six hours of academic ethics training.

Externally-funded research projects—NSTC Visiting Personnel Recruitment Project

Applicants must be teaching/research staff or first-level administrators at the University (including principal investigators of NSTC-funded projects).

    • The three types of recipients are:
    1. Chair professors: Including Distinguished Chair Professors and Chair Professors (limited to international science and technology personnel)
    2. Visiting scholars (limited to international science and technology personnel)
    3. Doctoral level researchers: Exceptional domestic or international science and technology personnel holding a doctoral degree
    • Application time frame: Applications are reviewed as they are received, but should be submitted one month before the initial date of appointment.
    • Application method: Please apply online via the NSTC’s Academic Research and Development Service Portal.
      1. Chair professors and visiting personnel: Recommended by the University following an internal review and approval process
    1. Doctoral level researchers:
      1. Those participating in an NSTC project: Applications may be submitted together with the NSTC project application, or separately following approval of the NSTC project.
      2. Those participating in an NCHU self-funded project or in charge of technology management: Applications may be submitted separately to the NSTC.
    • Funding period:
    1. Chair professors: 1 month–1 year per term
    2. Visiting personnel: 3 months–1 year per term
    3. Doctoral level researchers: 3 months–1 year per term
    • Funding items: Teaching and research expenses, airline tickets, insurance premiums, salary subsidies, labor insurance, separation pension, and R&D fees.
    • Case conclusion and account settlement:
      1. Applicants shall upload a work report to the NSTC system within two months of the project’s conclusion.
      2. The University shall process the final account settlement with the NSTC within three months of the conclusion of the project.

Externally-funded research projects—NSTC Subsidy Program for Domestic Experts and Scholars Attending International Scholarly Conferences

Eligibility:

    1. Current teaching and research staff
    2. Postdoctoral researchers taking part in an NSTC project
    • Documents required for online applications include but are not limited to the following:
    1. Application form
    2. Proof of paper acceptance
    3. Abstract of the accepted paper
    • Applicants shall submit the application by 3 p.m. six weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The University will compile submitted applications and forward them to the NSTC by 5 p.m. the same day.
    • The subsidy is limited to one person per paper (whether presented orally or in the form of a poster). The same provisions apply to directors/supervisors of major international academic associations or editors of internationally renowned scholarly journals whose attendance is required at a conference.
    • The subsidy covers flights, conference registration, daily allowance, processing fees, and insurance premiums.
    • Only one subsidy is allowed per individual per fiscal year. Principal investigators of NSTC projects who already have an “international scholarly conference” account are ineligible to receive further subsidies.
    • Persons with a severe disability (supporting documents required) who must be accompanied by an aid in order to attend a scholarly conference may receive an additional subsidy to cover the aid’s travel expenses.
    • Conferences held in mainland China must be organized by an international academic organization (or chiefly organized by an international academic organization and co-organized by mainland China).
    • Recipients should file for reimbursement within one month of their return to Taiwan, and a conference report and account settlement form must be submitted to the NSTC’s system.

General Education—Information Literacy: Computer Programming and its Applications (undergraduate programs)

Beginning in Academic Year 2019–20, Information Literacy: Computer Programming and its Applications is now a compulsory general education course for all students except international students and continuing education undergraduate students. Please visit the General Education webpage for a list of departments that are exempt from the course. All freshmen at the University will automatically be pre-enrolled in the course. The course is conducted in two sessions, with the first taking place in the first eight weeks of the semester and the second in the last eight weeks.

Sexual harassment complaints

NCHU students who encounter sexual molestation, harassment, or bullying on campus may file a complaint with the University or request legal consultation and counseling.

Campus Bullying Complaints

1. “Campus bullying” refers to any type of bullying behavior imposed on students of the University on or off campus by any faculty member, employee, contract worker, or student, regardless of their affiliation with NCHU.

2. Elements that constitute campus bullying:

    • Behavior that disadvantages the victim
    • Intent to harm the victim
    • Causing physical or emotional damage to the victim
    • Unequal power relations existing between the imposer and the victim.
    • Other incidents deemed as bullying by the Campus Bullying Prevention Committee.

3. The Ministry of Education Anti-Bullying Hotline (1953) has specialists online 24/7 to offer counseling and bullying reporting services.

Medical Consultation

School Physician Medical Consultation Service Description
I. Purpose of the Service

To provide faculty, staff, and students of the university with diversified health consultation and medical advice services, the university has appointed five attending physicians from teaching hospitals across multiple medical specialties as part-time school physicians.
These physicians provide scheduled medical consultation services on a rotating basis, assisting faculty and students with initial health assessments, health-related consultations, and recommendations for appropriate medical care.

II. Service Content

Health-related consultations and preliminary health assessments.

Medical advice and health promotion consultations.

Referrals to medical institutions when necessary.

One physician consultation session is provided each day.

Please refer to the announcement link below for the physician consultation schedule.

III. Regulations Regarding Medication and Prescriptions

In accordance with Article 50 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, medications that require a physician’s prescription may not be dispensed without a valid prescription issued by a physician.

The school physician service is consultative in nature; no medications are provided on-site.

Oral and topical medications will not be prescribed during school physician consultation sessions.

IV. Important Notes

If further diagnosis, examinations, or medication are required, individuals are advised to seek care at medical institutions accredited by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The Health and Counseling Center can provide information on contracted medical institutions and related medical consultation recommendations.