European Education Fair to open in Taipei on Nov. 7

“The EHEF is the only official European higher education fair in Taiwan, and one of the largest education exhibitions in Taipei, attracting more than 10,000 visitors each year during the two-day exhibition,” the statement said.

“The 2009 fair is the largest in scale since it was created in 2002.”

Organized by the French Institute in Taipei, Campus France Taiwan, DAAD Information Center Taipei, the Netherlands Trade and Investment Office and Netherlands Education Support Office, this year's fair has attracted a total 76 European higher education institutions from 13 European countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

In conjunction with the fair, the EHEF Organizing Committee will also co-organize the first Taiwan Europe Higher Education Conference with the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education, with the support of the EU Centre Taiwan and National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung City.

The conference, which will include a half-day mini fair on Nov. 9 at Kaohsiung's Ambassador Hotel and one full-day information session and “matchmaking” process Nov. 10 at National Sun Yat-sen University, is aimed at facilitating exchanges between European and Taiwanese institutions of higher education.

Moreover, the French Institute in Taipei and Campus France Taiwan will organize the first Taiwan-France Engineering Studies Conference, which will take place Nov. 5 at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan County, and Nov. 6 at National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu County, respectively.

“With the support of the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, the objectives of this conference are to give information on Taiwanese and French engineering studies systems, performances and international strategies; to help Taiwanese and French engineering studies institutions building partnerships; and to promote engineering studies and international mobility among the students,” the statement said.

According to Taiwan's Ministry of Education, around 9,000 Taiwanese students chose European countries for advanced studies in 2008, representing a quarter of the Taiwanese studying abroad. In the last 10 years, the number of Taiwanese students in France has tripled and the number in Germany has doubled.

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