1. Admission
2. Guidelines
3. Courses

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Based on the Rules for Admission in 2001. Please refer to the current version of the Rules for Admission for any changes or alterations.）

Two Methods of Admission:
A. By Entrance Examination

1. 1. 120 students are admitted annually. Application forms can be obtained in May each year from the campus police at the university's main gate. Examinations take place in early August.
2. 2. Subjects Tested: Chinese, English, Chinese to English translation, and English composition.
3. 3. Entrance Requirements: Applicants must hold a certificate of graduation or equivalent from senior high-school or above, and must have graduated from school for one year or more. (Male applicants must have completed military service.)

B. By Transfer Examination

1. 1. The number of places for transfer students each year is decided according to the number of students currently enrolled. Application forms can be obtained in May each year from the campus police at the university's main gate. Examinations take place in late July.
2. 2. Subjects Tested: Literature Reading Ability and English Composition.
3. 3. Requirements: Students from any university who have not yet graduated but have suspended studies for one academic year and whose grades are above the level required for expulsion can apply for study in the sophomore year of any department. Those students who have suspended studies for more than two academic years and whose sophomore grades are above the level required for expulsion can apply for study in the junior year of an equivalent department or the sophomore year of any department. Those students who have suspended their studies for three academic years can apply for study in the junior year of an equivalent department or the sophomore year of any department. (Male applicants must have completed military service.)

 

A. Academic Affairs

1. Requirements: Evening school courses are taught from 6:20 p.m. to 9:55 p.m.. It takes five years for students to complete the undergraduate program.
   
   
2. Minimum Credits Required: 136 credits are required for graduation, including five universally required courses (Freshman Chinese, Freshman English, two social studies courses in the junior year, and General Chinese History in the senior year), eight general course credits, 50 required credits from the department of specialty and six credits from departments outside the department of specialty.
   Social studies courses include Democracy and the Constitution, National Development, International Relations, and Contemporary Thought.
   download table of required courses
   
   
3. Transfer of Credits: New students or transfer students who already have credits from other universities, colleges or institutes of further education, can transfer these credits towards their NCHU degree. Students wishing to transfer credits must take a completed credit transfer application form together with their personal chop to the Academic Affairs Office before registration for new courses.
   
4. Skipping Higher Academic Years: Students whose transferred credits number more than 30 may start with the sophomore year; students with more than 60 transferred credits may start with the junior year.
   
5. Physical Education, Military Training and/or Nursing: Military Training and/or Nursing are required courses in the freshman year and elective in the sophomore year. Physical Education is a required course in years one to three, and elective in years four and five.
   
6. Taking Courses from Other Academic Years: Apart from general courses, students may take courses from higher academic years if they have received a grade of more than 80 for the previous semester's courses. Students must submit a report and proof of grades. There are no restrictions on taking courses from lower academic years.
   
7. Course Failure: For full-year courses, the second semester may not be taken if the student has not taken and passed the first half of the course. If the student receives a failing grade of less than 40 for the first half of the course, the second semester may not be taken.
   
8. Day School Classes: Evening school students may take day school classes under one of the following six conditions:

   a.They are fourth or fifth year evening school students who need to retake a certain course or take a required course but are unable to because the course offered by the evening school clashes with their existing schedule.

   b. They are final year students who want to take elective courses not offered by the evening school.
   
   c.They are elective double majors or students minoring in English.
   
   d. They are students whose previous semester grades are within the top 10 percent.
   
   e.They are final year students for whom a scheduling clash would mean delaying graduation.
   
   f. In exceptional cases, Head of the Department may write an application on the student's behalf. The application must be accepted by Head of Academic Affairs and Direction of the Evening School.

9. Education Credits Courses: NCHU offers high-school education credits courses. A two-week application period starts in March each year. Students wanting to apply must submit an application form, résumé and a record of all credits and grades received. Initial selection will be made based on grades for required core courses. Those students who pass the initial round of selection will then be recommended by the College of Liberal Arts for an oral examination. Students who are accepted onto the course must take and pass 26 education credits (taught during day school hours) before they graduate.
   
10. Early Graduation: Students who have successfully completed the minimum number of required and elective course credits, whose grades have been in the top 10 percent each semester and whose conduct grade is 82 or above may apply for graduation one semester or one academic year earlier than normal.

B. Scholarships

1. Academic Performance Scholarship: The university awards scholarships to the top three students in each class, as follows: NT$4,000 for the first place, NT$3,000 for second place and NT$2,000 for third place.
2. Award for Academic Excellence: During the first semester of each academic year one outstanding student is chosen from each class.
3. Award for Extra-curricular Excellence: During the first semester of each academic year, four students are chosen for outstanding performance in extra-curricular activities.
4. Graduation Scholarship: Three prizes are awarded to graduating students.
5. Cooperative Society Scholarship: A scholarship of NT$5,000 is awarded at the beginning of the second semester.
6. L. L. Tian and P. C. Sun Scholarship: A scholarship of NT$6,000 is awarded at the beginning of the second semester.

C. Periodicals and Equipment

1. English House subscribes to Time, Newsweek, USA Today, US News & World Report, Taipei Times, China Post, Understanding Time English, Studio Classroom and other publications. Students can also read periodicals in the department office.
2. Students can use the copying machines in the department office for a fee.
3. The department office offers online search facilities and printers where students can print documents for a fee.
4. The department office has four microphones, one overhead projector, one slide projector, and two audio cassette recorders for use in class.

1. Category One: Basic English Proficiency Training
2. Category Two: Literature
3. Category Three: Linguistics and Language Teaching
4. Category Four: Second Foreign Languages
5. Category Five: Others