The Office of International and Cross-strait Affairs (OICA) at NCUE held the Orientation for 233 exchange students from Mainland China, Germany, Malaysia, Korea and Japan and 7 degree-seeking students from the Mainland at the beginning of the semester. NCUE President Yen-Kuang Kuo expressed his hope that the exchange students would have a joyful learning journey in Taiwan. He also looks forward to more European students coming to study. From this semester there would be 100 students from Longyan University and Wuyi University of the Mainland studying the special program in Finance at NCUE for a year. The teachers coming along with the students were also present at the orientation.

President Kuo was back from the Europe trip in September during which he visited a few partner universities. He expressed his hope to see more exchange students from Europe on campus in the future. Last year NCUE held the Fifth Forum for Presidents of Normal Universities in the Greater China with a total of 18 universities from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao joining the event. He looks forward to closer cooperation and exchange with the institutions in the region.

OICA, the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Students Affairs then illustrated some points to help students acclimatize NCUE’s living and learning community. Also, the Changhua County Government invited by OICA explained the cultural and language learning project inviting international students to be volunteers during their spare time to interact with primary school students in Changhua, providing an opportunity for both sides to share and learn each other’s culture. This project interested the exchange students.