Taiwan International Graduate Program

The Taiwan International Graduate Program is a Ph.D. program, started in 2002, by Academia Sinica, the foremost research institution of Taiwan. In cooperation with top universities in Taiwan, Academia Sinica offers advanced, inter-disciplinary Ph.D. Programs, in nine fields that span the natural and physical sciences, as well as computational linguistics.

TIGP students will learn in all-English teaching and research environments, and enjoy access to world-class faculty and state-of-the-art research facilities at Academia Sinica and partner universities. All applicants who are admitted to TIGP will receive a fellowship from Academia Sinica. Stipend levels are about USD 11,000 per year, and will be awarded for the first three years. 

TIGP offers eight Ph.D. programs in 2011:  

1. Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    
2. Molecular Science and Technology
    
3. Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences
    
4. Bioinformatics
    
5. Molecular and Cell Biology
    
6. Nano Science and Technology
    
7. Molecular Medicine
    
8. Earth System Science