📢 Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology Chinese Language Center – 2025 Intensive Mandarin Program (A2 → B1) Enrollment! 📢
Want to improve your Mandarin proficiency and successfully pass the Test of Mandarin as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)?
The Mandarin Language Center at STUST is launching the 2025 Intensive Mandarin Program (A2 → B1) to help you strengthen your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills while mastering test-taking strategies!
✅ Free tuition – limited spots!
✅ Free participation in the TOCFL exam!
✅ Build essential listening and reading skills for TOCFL B1
✅ Learn test strategies and become familiar with B1 question types
✅ With 80%+ attendance + passing the mock test →
→ Certificate of Completion
→ Students who pass the B1 exam during the program will receive a registration fee subsidy and a scholarship for achieving TOCFL B1
📚 Program Information
📌 Eligibility:
1. Open to currently enrolled international students only. Students on leave of absence, withdrawn, or already graduated are not eligible.
2. Priority given to those at TOCFL A2 level and those who have not previously attended the 2025 Intensive Program/Crash Course.
3. Students intending to take the TOCFL B1 Listening & Reading test.
📌 Enrollment Quota: 25 students for Fall semester, 25 students for Spring semester.
📌 Course Dates:
【2025 Fall Semester】 September 15, 2025 – December 15, 2025 (14 weeks)
【2026 Spring Semester】 March 2, 2026 – May 5, 2026 (14 weeks, tentative)
📌 Class Time: Every Monday, 17:00 – 19:00 (2 hours per class).
📌 Location: To be announced before the course begins.
📌 Completion Requirements: 80%+ attendance and passing the B1 mock test. Eligible students may:
1. Apply once for reimbursement of official TOCFL exam registration fee during the course period.
2. Apply for a scholarship if they pass TOCFL B1 during the course.
3. Receive a Certificate of Completion (issued according to regulations).
📝 Application Process
📌 Required Documents: Applicants must submit proof of achieving TOCFL A2 (or above).
Send the proof by e-mail to dept_chilance@stust.edu.tw
(Exemptions: International College preparatory students are not required to submit. Undergraduate students must submit. Applications without proof will be disqualified.)
📌 Application Deadline: September 10, 2025 (Wednesday) at 12:00 noon.
📌 Admission List: September 12, 2025 (Friday) at 12:00 noon, results will be notified via e-mail.
📌 Application Form: https://forms.gle/dSAoiS6rg4ny3rPF9
⚠️ Important Notes
1. Textbook Fee: Students are responsible for purchasing their own textbooks.
2. Attendance Policy: 5 or more absences (excused or unexcused) = must pay for TOCFL exam on your own + no certificate issued.
3. Exam Registration Requirement: Participants who do not register with the Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency–Huayu (SC-TOP) by November 3, 2025 for the December 13 TOCFL exam, or who do not attend the test, will not receive a certificate and will not be allowed to continue the course.
4. Leave Policy: If you need to take leave or leave class early, you must inform the instructor in advance. Late notices will not be accepted and will be counted as an unexcused absence.
Only 25 students will be admitted per semester. Spots are limited—apply now! 🎉