Inter-University Program for Chinese Language
Studies in Taipei
Known as "IUP" and "Stanford Center"

The Inter-University Program is administered by Stanford University and a board of eleven member universities, including
Natioal Taiwan University, Columbia University, Connell, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, University of California (Berkeley),
University of Chicago, Michigan, and Washington. Sources of funding include the ROC Ministry of Education, US Department of
Education, member universities, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, and student tuition. There are approximately 1,200 alumni, most of whom have entered academic or government professions. Some have also entered the business world.

Address: P.O. Box 13-204 Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Telephone: (02) 363-9123
Fax: (02) 362-6926
Contact: Teng Shou-hsin
Year founded: 1963
Enrollment: 50
Tuition: US$3,000 per term
US$2,500 summer
Living Expenses: NT$10,000 per month
Scholarships: Available

Note: Direct admissions inquiries and application to the following address, not to the center's address above.

Inter-University Program

Littlefield Center, Room 14

300 Lasuen Street

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-5013

USA

Teaching Staff:

IUP has eight full time teachers and 14 part time teachers. Candidates for teaching positions must have a BA or MA, with majors in liberal arts. They must speak standard Mandarin. Teachers are recruited through public advertisement. Candidates go through interviews, oral exams, written exams, and teaching demonstration. The student/teacher ratio is 2:1.

Facilities:

IUP is located on the thrid and fourth floors of the Language Center at National Taiwan University (NTU), near the Unviersity's Fu Hsing South Road entrance. IUP has thrity classrooms, two audio-visual rooms, a language laboratory, recreation room, student lounge, library, lecture hall, and computer rooms for students. IUP students are permitted to audit NTU classes. Further, they are issued NTU library cards and are permitted to use the university's athletic and recreational facilities.

Students:

The overwhelming majority of students are Americans. There is an even male/female ratio.

Admissions:

IUP does not offer beginning Chinese. Applicants are required to have had at least two years of university-level Chinese prior to entry. They must be graduate or undergraduate students, or be able to demonstrate a need for Chinese in their career plans, and must pass a written and oral test of their Chinese language ability prior to being accepted. Students from both the United States and other countries are welcome to apply. Students accepted into the program are given placement tests upon arrival.

Applications must be submitted by February 1 for entry in September of that year. Students applying for entry in September are expected to complete a full three quarters of study (Fall, Winter, and Spring), with option to stay for the Summer term as well. Students are also admitted separately for the Summer term (21 in 1991). Applications for summer term (June to August) must
be submitted by February 15.

Students must direct inquiries and applications to IUP's offices in Stanford, California (address shown above).

Calendar:

The academic year is divided into four terms—three terms of ten weeks each (regular academic year), one of eight weeks (Summer). Students for the regular academic year must register for each of the three quarters, with summer study optional. The dates for 1993 are:

Fall Term	September 28 - December 18
Winter Term	January 4 - March 19
Spring Term	April 6 - June 11
Summer Term (Optional)	June 21 - August 13

Tuition:

Tuition: For 1993-94, fees are US$3,000 per term (totally $9,000 for the three terms of the regular academic year) and US$2,500 for Summer term.

Living Expenses:

In addition to tuition, students should prepare about NT$10,000 per month for living expenses.

Curriculum and Instruction:

Students for the regular academic year must take four hours of classes per day, twenty per week (fifteen hours per week for summer term). Courses include conversation, Classical and contemporary literature, radio and television broadcasts, history, philosophy, and Classical Chinese. All courses are taught in Chinese. IUP also offers courses in Taiwanese. Classes range from one to three students per class. Most of the program's texts and language tapes were designed by IUP.

Extracurricular Activities:

IUP sponsors lectures, movies, school trips, and receptions.

Scholarships:

IUP provides limited financial assistance. All applicants may be considered. Awards are decided on the basis of need and academic performance. Funding is provided by the ROC Ministry of Education and the US Department of Education.

Housing:

Not available, but IUP keeps a roster of apartments occupied by former students.

Transcripts of Certificates Awarded:

IUP does not issue official transcripts. However, students are given progress reports at the end of each term and a certificate at the end of the academic year.

Transfer Credit:

Students must make their own arrangements with their home institutions.

Exchange Agreements with Foreign Institutions:

IUP is governed by a board with representatives from eleven member universities. Students from both the United States and other countries are welcome to apply.