Our goal is to offer every course every term, but sometimes factors like faculty availability and program enrollment keep us from reaching that goal. If you’re concerned about needing to enroll in one particular course, please contact us!
CET Taiwan gives you access to the best parts of study abroad—intensive language classes, internship opportunities in Chinese and English-speaking environments, and a location that balances life in a big city with quick getaways to nature. And with Taiwanese roommates that bring language and culture into your home life, it won’t be long before Taipei feels like your new home away from home.
You combine a 12-credit, direct-enroll language course with one 3-credit elective for a total of 15 recommended credits.
You enroll directly with National Taiwan University’s Chinese Language Division (CLD) in a class that meets once daily for 3 hours. CLD looks at your previous coursework and conducts a remote language assessment before the program to place you in the appropriate level.
Choose one of these 3-credit, English-taught courses to meet a recommended 15 total credits.
You enroll directly with National Taiwan University’s Chinese Language Division (CLD) in a class that meets once daily for 3 hours. CLD looks at your previous coursework and conducts a remote language assessment before the program to place you in the appropriate level.
Choose one of these 3-credit, English-taught courses to meet a recommended 15 total credits.
Intensive language learning. With direct-enroll classes at National Taiwan University, you take on an intensive curriculum with small group classes and lots of individual attention. Then after class, spend time applying what you’ve learned—practice around town with your language partner or even at home with your local Taiwanese roommate.
Explore with an elective. Take Sinophone Cinemas and visit the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Enroll in Gender and Sexuality in Taiwan and spend a class learning at the Tongzhi Hotline Association. Your elective helps you tailor your Taiwan experience.
Intern abroad. Taipei’s job market boasts a wide variety of opportunities, including in the political, educational, business, and civil society sectors. If you choose to intern for your elective, the course component complements on-the-job learning to not only build your résumé, but give you the framework and context to take ownership of your experience.
Local Roommates. Want to learn about the local music scene? Which apps are essential to life in Taiwan? Best cafés for studying outside of campus? Sharing your apartment with students from National Taiwan University instantly gives you insider’s access to the city. And more than that, they help you better understand local culture and give you company to share it with. Learn more about living with a local roommate.
Eating in Taipei. For meals, take your pick of the budget-friendly restaurants and food stalls nearby. Find the city’s best bowl of beef noodle soup or try choudoufu (stinky tofu), local favorite. On campus? Try the cafeteria or one of the school’s restaurants and cafés. And don’t forget to try as much as you can at the night markets throughout the city. Learn more about accommodating your dietary needs in Taipei.
Find out why Taiwan is on everyone’s travel list. Feast at one of the city’s many night markets. Invite your language partner to a temple for suanming (fortune telling) or find the best milk tea in the city. Watch a little league game after a relaxing riverside bike ride. Check out the vibrant music scene with your local roommate. And on weekends, board a train to see the rest of Taiwan or hop a flight to explore even further. Living in Taipei gives you all the benefits of life in a big city, while offering easy access to mountains, beaches, and plenty of small towns to explore.
Around the city. Each term, the program offers different extra-curricular activities that allow you to explore Taipei, experience local culture, or just unwind with your friends. Try an escape room with a Chinese language pledge or dabble in martial arts. Spend the day at a tea farm or go on an “eating tour” of a night market. And there’s even more to see on your own.
Language Partners. You’re paired with a local college student for a weekly language exchange. Teach each other about the latest internet trends over coffee or get lunch in a neighborhood that’s new to you. Plus, your language exchange activities are reimbursed! And you can ask for extra language partners for even more language practice and built-in local community.
Rita Jhang
Program Director
Chunling Wang
Internships Director & Office Manager
Melita Piercy
Resident Director
Teresa Yu
Housing Coordinator
Greta Hagedorn
Custom Programs Resident Director
All of your classes and program-related learning are included with your tuition.
We arrange for you to live in a shared apartment with a local roommate. Your program fees go toward rent, furnishing, and other management costs.
We help you land the internship, make sure you’re prepared for your job, and then stay in close touch with your host organization… all semester long.
From pre-departure to orientation, from on site to re-entry, CET provides you with the support you need every step of the way.
We guide you step-by-step through the visa process. You do the legwork, but we’ll make sure you have the documentation and information you need, when you need it.
You’re provided with a comprehensive insurance plan through GeoBlue that even includes medical evacuation coverage.
The activities and excursions that we arrange are included in your program fee. All you need to do is remember to bring your camera!
You’re provided with a public transportation pass (EasyCard) for the duration of your program. Use the bus and metro to your heart’s content.
Your textbooks and course supplies are covered and waiting for you on site.
You receive an official transcript jointly issued by CET and National Taiwan University at the end of the term. If your home institution requires a School of Record transcript, CET is able to provide one through the University of Minnesota.
Local Cost of Living. Day-to-day cost of living in Taipei is generally cheaper than the United States. Meals and transit are cheaper, but western comforts (restaurants, coffee, etc.) cost about the same or more than they do in the US.
Estimated out-of-pocket expenses:
• Pre-requisites: None. Open to students of any Chinese level, including absolute beginners
• Must be 18 or older at the time of program participation.
• Open to students from any US college or university
• GPA: 3.0 or higher is recommended, students with lower GPAs will be asked for a faculty recommendation to supplement their application
Complete the application through your online CET account. This is a brief form that asks for basic information and has a few short answer questions about why you want to study abroad.
Upload a scan of your passport to your online CET account. This should be a single scan that includes the signed signature page and the photo/personal details page. Don’t have a passport yet? Let us know and we can help advise you.
This is an online form that your study abroad office completes to let us know you meet the requirements to study abroad. To send the electronic form request, simply enter the name and email address of your study abroad advisor in the designated fields of your online account.
Your online CET account has specific instructions for submitting an official transcript.
CET reserves the right to increase quoted charges at any time without prior notification, based on increased instruction costs, exchange rate fluctuation or other cost increases beyond CET’s control.
Whether you’re interested in the high-tech sector, politics, or the environment, we take your interests and abilities and match them to the needs of a local company. Make connections, build your résumé, and improve your language skills in the workplace.
Over the years, we’ve built a strong network of locally-based faculty that we’re proud to call our peers. These faculty make up our Academic Consultation Board—a select group of local voices and thought leaders that help advise and shape components of the CET Jordan program.
Board members support the program in many ways, including but not limited to:
Get a list of possible internship placements in Taipei.