Taipei(CNA) - Thanks to encouragement and incentives offered by the government, a record number of Taiwan students went abroad for advanced study last year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Thursday.
Quoting visa issuance statistics released by foreign representative offices in Taiwan, MOE officials said a total of 33,734 university graduates went [...]

The ISU Foreign Language Department and the Study Abroad program have new reasons to cheer - 114-million reasons, thanks to President Bush and Congress. Elyse Peterson explains.
Julie Small got more than she bargained for when she studied abroad in Morocco.
“I feel more for the people that actually come to America and they look like they [...]

Taipei - A joint government program sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Council for Economic Planning and Development and the National Science Council (NSC) will offer more people this year the chance to apply for scholarships to study abroad.
The “Elite Study Abroad” program will provide scholarships for 180 people, including [...]

Australia is becoming a popular place for local Shanghai students to continue their studies, a trend that was obvious at the 11th China International Education Expo Tour, which was held in Shanghai over the weekend.
Nearly 40,000 students and parents crowded the annual international education tour organized by the Ministry of Education.
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Ever think about studying abroad in England, Scotland, France or Italy for the summer? Well, UC Irvine’s Travel Study program can help you arrange a trip that will truly change your life forever.
Travel Study offers six programs altogether for American students: Year Abroad, Semester Abroad and four summer programs (Cambridge 1, Cambridge 2, Scotland and [...]

The German Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Mr Peter Linder, has handed over scholarship certificates to three Ghanaian students.
They are the first students to have successfully passed the rigorous selection process in 2006 and to be awarded scholarships by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) to pursue various studies in Germany.
According to a press release from [...]

An advisory panel of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Tuesday began studying a new economic strategy aimed at boosting Japan’s industrial competitiveness by taking advantage of economic globalization.
The trade policy committee of METI’s Industrial Structure Council, headed by Canon Inc. President Fujio Mitarai, discussed an outline of the strategy involving Japan’s policy [...]

The dominance of English as the world’s top language — until recently an advantage to both Britain and the United States — is now beginning to undermine the competitiveness of both nations, according to a major research report.
The report commissioned by the British Council says monolingual English graduates “face a bleak economic future” as multilingual [...]

A quarter of all people with MRSA in Sweden between 2000 and 2003 were infected abroad. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases reveals that the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Sweden nearly doubled between 2000 and 2003. The study also shows that 25% of all cases [...]

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has announced that the State will send 290 people abroad for post-graduate training this year.
Specifically, 120 people will go abroad to pursue their Doctorates, while 80 students will study for Master’s Degrees. An additional 90 students will take part in combined courses with part of their training time [...]