Academia Sinica held a certificate conferral ceremony for this year’s graduates of the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) on Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 in the International Conference Hall, 3rd floor, at the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica. This year a total of 48 graduates from fifteen countries received their TIGP Certificates from Academia Sinica Vice President Dr. Mei-Yin Chou. The ceremony was conducted in English.

For the graduating students participating in the commencement ceremony today, 16 of them are from India, 10 from Taiwan, 4 from Ethiopia, 4 from the Philippines, 3 from Indonesia, 2 from Malaysia, 1 from Bangladesh, 1 from Egypt, 1 from Iran, 1 from Nepal, 1 from Nigeria, 1 from Pakistan, 1 from Singapore, 1 from Sri Lanka, and 1 from Sudan.

This year’s attendees include 9 graduates from the Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology program; 7 graduates from the Nano Science and Technology program; 6 graduates each from the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience program and the Molecular and Cell Biology program; 5 graduates each from the Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences program and the Molecular Science and Technology program; 4 graduates from the Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics program; 3 graduates from the Earth System Science Program; 1 graduate each from the Bioinformatics program, the Biodiversity program, and the Molecular Medicine program.
Currently there are 13 Ph.D. programs in TIGP. Including this year’s graduates, a total of 597 students have completed the TIGP program’s rigorous requirements and received TIGP certificates to date. Each year, many students in the programs publish papers in top international scholarly journals and many alumni go on to take up positions in world-renowned institutions.

Launched in 2002, the TIGP program integrates cutting-edge interdisciplinary research topics, first-class facilities, top-notch faculty and the multi-cultural environment available at Academia Sinica into a learning environment where English is the first language. The program currently has 611 students enrolled in thirteen Ph.D. programs. Many of the students enrolled in TIGP come from overseas (currently hailing from 44 countries).

TIGP is run by Academia Sinica in collaboration with Taiwan’s top research universities: National Tsing Hua University, National Taiwan University, National Central University, National Chung Hsing University, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, National Defense Medical Center, National Taiwan Normal University, National Cheng Kung University, National Chengchi University, and Tunghai University. The certificate conferred by Academia Sinica is given in addition to the diploma conferred by the collaborating university.