ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program for MS graduates
(Deadline：March 31, 2009)

The ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) Graduate Scholarship Program offers foreign MS degree holders a scholarship to pursue their doctoral degrees National Chiao Tung University or National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, particularly in the areas of Information and Communication Technologies, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Optoelectronics and Photonics.

The program offers:
- Monthly scholarship of NT$30,000(appx 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

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

Requirements for Applicants
- Proof of a Master’s degree
- Graduate GPA of at least 3.4 or equivalent academic performance
- TOEFL* score of 550 or above for paper -based test or 213 for computer-based test. Alternatively, an IELTS* score of 5 or above
- 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.

*If you have not taken the TOEFL, IELTS, or GRE, it will not disqualify you. Just indicate this on the Application Form)

Application Procedure
Applicants should complete the application form and submit it with the following documents to the Program Office on or before 31 March 2009.

• Application form Application Form ** (Click here to download)
• Current CV / Resume **
• Letter of Application / Statement of Purpose **
• Academic transcript of your graduate studies**
• TOEFL/IELTS and GRE test scores (directly 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.

** To speed up the application process, applicants are recommended to submit these documents first via email, then by mailing.

Application Deadline
The deadline for submitting application is 31 March 2009. Notice of acceptance will be issued no later than June 30, 2009.

Contacts for Inquiries and Application Submission
Applicants should submit the completed application package to the Program Office directly on or before March 31, 2009.

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

Fax: +886 3 5910015
Email: itriphd@itri.org.tw

Contacts:
Mr. Daniel King: +886 3 591 7886
Ms. Hsiu-mei Chien: +886 3 591 2994
Email: itriphd@itri.org.tw

For further information, please visit http://college.itri.org.tw/scholarship