PurdueUniversityKrannertSchoolofManagementDeanhand-pickedteamof45elitestudents,makingthirdStudyAbroadProgramtoNationalChengchiUniversityAgroupofforeignvisitorsrecentlyshowedupinthetranquilfootofMt.Chih-nan.Theyarethe45studentssentoutbytheworld’sNo.11th,PurdueUniversity’sbusinessschool,ofwhichhalfofthemareelitestudentsfromtheManagementHonorsProgram.ThegrouparrivedatCNCCUonMar.14foraneight-dayAsianmanagementstudytrip.ThefirstsuchstudyabroadprogramatCNCCUconductedthreeyearsagowashighlyeffective,andreceivedpraisefromRichardA.Cosier,theDeanofPurdueUniversity’sbusinessschool.NCCU,beingtheprimarychoiceforconductingstudyabroadprograminthelastthreeconsecutiveyears,exemplifiesworldtopuniversities’interestintheAsiaenvironmentandTaiwan'senterprises,whichalsoimplicatesrecognitionofTaiwan’sbusinesseducationexcellence.,Thisyear’sPurduestudentstudyabroadgroupisledbytheAssociateDeanofitsbusinessschool,Dr.KweiTang.Atotalof45businessundergraduatestudentscametovisit,withoverhalfofthemarefreshmen,and25areManagementHonorstudents.Onlythosewith3.7GPA(outof4.0),orSATscoreof1870andabove(outof2400)maybeeligibletoapplyfortheprogram,followedbyastrictselectionprocess.SincePurdueisaninternationalrenowneduniversity,thevisitinggroupiscomprisedofstudentsfromincludingmainlandChinaandtheMiddleEast,averydiversestudentbody.Inthefive-daycourses,CNCCU,forthefirsttime,arrangedaMandarincourseinthefirstday,toprovidestudentsanopportunitytolearnthebasicdailyconversationsthatcanbeappliedduringthetrip.Asforspecializedcourses,IMBA’soutstandingfacultyteamhasdesignedarichcurriculumtailoredforthestudents,includingthecurrentpopulartopicsrangingfromCrossBorderStrategicAlliances,DevelopmentofICTIndustryinAsiaPost-FinancialCrisis,”tocross-straitissues.Inaddition,intheculturalaspect,formerExecutivePlanningOfficerofEpsonTaiwan,MarkChiu,acclaimedastheITindustryexpertandatthesametime,thevisitingprofessoratNCCU’sCultureandCreativeIndustryProgram,willbesharinghisviewswiththeforeignstudentsinthecourse,“ChinesePhilosophyandStrategyBehavior.”Asidefromclassroominstruction,fieldtriptoHsinchuScienceParkhasalsobeenarrangedforstudentstopersonallyexperienceanddevelopadeeperinsightintoTaiwan’sITindustry.Differentfromexchangeprograms,whereperiodsarelongerandspendingareconsiderablyhigher,moreandmorestudentsoptionforfieldstudiestoexperiencecross-culturallearning.Inthetrendofglobalization,studyabroadhasriseninpopularity.Threeyearsago,NationalChengchiUniversitywasTaiwan’sfirsttoestablishsuchcollaborationwithPurdueUniversityforfieldstudies,creatinganewparadigmininternationalacademicexchanges.Collaborationsstartedoutwithoneuniversity,nowgrowingtoatotaloffouruniversitiesthisyear.Withanaccumulationofexperience,studyabroadteachingmethodshavebecomeincreasinglydiversified.Apartfromalong-termstablepartnershipwithPurdueUniversity,CNCCUcurrentlyalsohasabilateralstudyprograminplacewithUniversityofInnsbruck,Austria,andatailoredcurriculumforstudentsfromUniversitaCommercaleL.Bocconi,Italy.Furthermore,studentsfromUniversidadTecnologicaCentroamericana,Honduras,willalsobevisitinginJunethisyear.Comparingtoothermeansofexchanges,studyabroadseemstoprovideanaddedvalueoffirst-handexperiencewithlocalbusinessmarkets.政大商學院擁有國內最國際化的教學環境,簽訂的海外姊妹校居全台之冠,在促進和各校移地教學之餘,更希望各國菁英透過短期的參訪,進一步萌生來臺交換的想法。此外商學院也透過特有的學伴制度,增加本校學生和外籍同學的交流機會,培養開闊的視野和創新的思維,成為具有前瞻性及創新能力的社會領導人才。NationalChengchiUniversityCollegeofCommercepossessesthenation’smostinternationalizedteachingenvironmentandthehighestnumberofoverseassisterschools.Inadditiontopromotingstudyingabroad,itishopedthattheseelitestudentsfromvariouscountries,throughtheirshortvisits,canfurtherdevelopinterestincomingtoTaiwanforanexchange.Moreover,CNCCUoffersabuddysystemtoincreaseinteractionsandcommunicationsbetweenlocalandincomingstudents,cultivatingabroaderviewandnovelthinking,nurturingthemtobecomevisionaryandpioneerleadersinoursociety.移地教學交換學生遊學團活動時間7~21天1學期或1學年1~2個月(多在寒暑假)主辦單位校際、院際交流校際、院際交流民間私人機構承辦居多課程特色1.針對個別學校量身打造專業課程。2.納入畢業正式學分計算。1.直接選讀該校課程,和當地學生一起上課。2.納入畢業正式學分計算。1.語言學習為主。2.旅遊性質居多,壓力較小。StudyAbroadProgramExchangeStudentStudyTourDuration7~21days1semesteror1year1~2months(duringwinterorsummervacation)OrganizerUniversity-levelorcollege-levelexchangeprogramsUniversity-levelorcollege-levelexchangeprogramsMostlyorganizedbyprivateinstitutionsCourseFeature1.Specializedcoursestailoredforeachindividualschool2.Counttowardsgraduationcredits.1.Specializedcoursestailoredforeachindividualschool2.Counttowardsgraduationcredits.1.Language-orientedstudies.2.Touristy;lessstressful.