-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Academia Sinica, Taiwan-Phd Announcement (2008-09) Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:47:13 -0600 From: umbagava@cc.umanitoba.ca To: godardbd@cc.umanitoba.ca

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Hi All,

I am forwarding an information which I thought would be useful for those who are willing to apply for a phd program in Taiwan.

"Academia Sinica, the preeminent research institution in Taiwan , is pleased to announce that its Taiwan International Graduate Program is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 academic year.

In 2002, Academia Sinica established the ?Taiwan International Graduate Program? (TIGP), a Ph.D. granting program in cooperation with the most prestigious national universities in Taiwan . Currently, it offers eight Ph.D. programs and those who successfully complete the academic requirements will be conferred a Ph.D. degree by the partner university and a certificate jointly signed by the President of Academia Sinica and the Director of TIGP. Students in this Program will conduct research in a highly stimulating environment with excellent facilities. All students admitted to the Program are responsible for the payment of tuition fees to their registered university (about US$1500-2000 per year) upon registration. In addition, financial support is guaranteed for students with a good standing in the Program. A fellowship of approximately USD 970/month will be granted to each student admitted to the program for up to 3 years. Afterwards, continuous financial support will be provided by the advisor of each student. Inexpensive and convenient housing is also available to students."

Further details are available on the website at: http://tigp. sinica.edu. tw/ http://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/. TIGP now offers the option of on-line application via the following website: http://db1n. sinica.edu. tw/textdb/ tigp/index. php http://db1n.sinica.edu.tw/textdb/tigp/index.php.

TIGP offers eight Ph.D. programs in 2008:

1. _Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics http://www.sinica.edu.tw/%7Etigpcbmb/_ 2. _Molecular Science and Technology http://tigp.iams.sinica.edu.tw/MST.htm_ 3. _Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences http://www.sinica.edu.tw/%7Eibawww/mba/mba.html _ 4. _Molecular and Cell Biology http://www.imb.sinica.edu.tw/mcb_ 5. _Bioinformatics http://tigpbp.iis.sinica.edu.tw/_ 6. _Nano Science and Technology http://www.phys.sinica.edu.tw/TIGP-NANO/_ 7. _Molecular Medicine http://www.ibms.sinica.edu.tw/mmp/_ 8. _Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing http://clclp.ling.sinica.edu.tw/_

For more information, please contact TIGP Admission Office: Ms. Alice Lee TEL: +886-2-27899696 Fax:886-2-2785- 8944 E-mail: alicelee@gate. sinica.edu. tw http://us.mc946.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=alicelee@gate.sinica.edu.tw

PS: Some of my friends are studying in this institute and if you wish to know about a particular research group, or anything please mail me.

Best regards,

Muthu