Study Abroad Programs for OIT Students
Globalization is an essential part of contemporary society. Businesses are moving their manufacturing plants abroad, and markets are becoming borderless. Globalization strategy, therefore, is a top priority agenda in the education, and we at OIT offer various kinds of training for Globalization to our students.
As a science-based university, OIT has set the following three goals for students in its development of global human resources.
- To be proactive in communication with people of different cultural backgrounds
- To acquire English language skills as a tool and be proficient not only in daily conversation but also in technical terminology
- To have information gathering and communication skills to work on the front-line as a professional specialist To achieve these goals, OIT offers students a wide range of overseas study programs with the emphasis on the following
- Making students aware of the global community, from their entrance into OIT
- Offering step-up programs in line with academic years
- Including practical and collaborative experience with overseas students
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We organize the OIT Study Abroad Programs in steps
Step 1. Language Training and Overseas Culture Experience Program
2024-25 English Language Training Programs (Online or Study Abraod)
| Philippines | Canada | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Institution | Language School | ||
| Name of Institution | GLOBAL LANGUAGE CEBU | CCEL | |
| Type of Program | Online | Study Abroad | |
| Summer Schedule | 1+ weeks during Jul 29 - Oct 15, 2024 | Aug 18 - Sep 14, 2024 (2,3,4 weeks) | Aug 18 - Sep 16, 2024 (2,3,4 weeks) |
| Spring Schedule | 1+ weeks during Feb - Mar, 2025 | Feb - Mar, 2025 (2,3,4 weeks) | Feb - Mar, 2025 (2,3,4 weeks) |
| Teaching Style | Private Lesson | Private Lesson and Group Lesson | Group Lesson |
| Accommodation | Own Home | Dormitory | Homestay |
2024-25 Overseas University Programs (Study Abraod)
| U.S.A. | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of Institution | Partner University | University |
| Name of Institution | San Francisco State University | University of Oxford |
| Summer Schedule | 2,3,4 weeks during Aug 12 - Sep 8, 2024 | 2,3 weeks during Aug 4 - Sep 14, 2024 |
| Spring Schedule | 2,3,4 weeks during Feb - Mar, 2025 | 2,3 weeks during Feb - Mar, 2025 |
| Program | English Training and Cultural Experience | English Training and PBL |
| Accommodation | Hotel | Home Stay or Dormitory |
2024-25 Overseas Culture Experience Programs (Study Abraod)
| South Korea | Thailand | Indonesia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Institution | Partner University | ||
| Name of Institution | Daejeon University | Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand | Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya |
| Schedule | Aug 8 - 25, 2024 (18 days) | Aug 26 - Sep 3, 2024 (9 days) | Feb 14 - 24, 2025 (10 days) |
| Program | Cultural Experience and Basic Korean | Cultural Experience and Basic Thai | Engineering Project, Student Exchange, Cultural Visit |
| Accommodation | Dormitory | Hotel | Hotel |
Step 2-3. International Project-Based Learning (iPBL) Program
OIT provides training courses with hands-on activities called "Project-Based Learning (PBL)" for students of 2nd year and above. As its international version, International PBL (iPBL) programs are conducted with our overseas partnership institutions.
In each iPBL program, 10 students from participating universities and 10 students from OIT are grouped together and instructed to communicate in English. Each team completes the same project in one week, such as hardware/software development or system design, which can promote students' practical engineering skills.
OIT believes that such interaction allows students to gain experience in a diverse and professional environment reflecting our globalizing world.
OIT and Overseas Partners support the “SDGs” through implementation of the iPBL. Science is vital for supporting a wide range of global policy objectives, many of them included in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorsed by the UN in 2015. The 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provide an aspirational framework oriented around people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. There is a strong rationale for academies to engage on the SDGs.
One of the objectives to develop global human resources required by society is the “Problem Solving Ability”, and the iPBL Programs conducted jointly by OIT and our partner universities match this goal. OIT has decided that the SDGs are worth being set as the common theme for the next five years, expected to increase the participants' motivation.
2024 iPBL Outline - Hosted by OIT (as of December 2024)
| OIT Faculty/Department | Participating Univ. | Project Title | Related SDG(s) | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Civil Engineering and Urban Design | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) | Design and Construct a Bridge Model |  |
Aug 25-31, 2024 |
| 2 | Department of Architecture | University of Science and Technology Beijing, China | Structural Design and Construction of Building Model | |
Aug 5-12, 2024 |
| 3 | Department of Applied Chemistry | Thammasat University, Thailand | Polymer Synthesis Using Precision Synthesis Methods * |   |
Aug 5-11, 2024 |
| 4 | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Tatung University, Taiwan | International joint PBL on biotechnology |    |
Aug 18-24, 2024 |
| 5 | Faculty of Robotics and Design | Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology - Thammasat University (SIIT), Thailand | Understanding and implementing rescue robot technology | n/a | Jul 14-20, 2024 |
| 6 | Robotics & Design Center / X-port | National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan Kookmin University, South Korea |
International PBL using Design Thinking | |
Jun 28 - Jul 19, 2024 |
| 7 | Faculty of Information Science and Technology | Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand | Digital Transformation Ideathon for Sustainable Development Goals (DX-SDGs Ideathon) |  |
Apr 1-8, 2024 |
| 8 | SIIT, Thailand | Image Processing Project（Image Recognition Programming Challenge） | |
Jun 10-16, 2024 | |
| 9 | Korea National University of Arts, South Korea | Cross-Cultural Media Design Project | |
Sep 23-27, 2024 | |
| 10 | International Center | Taiwan Tech, Taiwan | Development program to achieve the SDGs through Monozukuri experience * | |
Jul 28 - Aug 3, 2024 |
| 11 | EiA Eco-friendly Soap and Water Filtration |   |
Aug 19-26, 2024 |
* Programs funded by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2024 iPBL Outline - Hosted Overseas (as of December 2024)
| OIT Faculty/Department | Host Univ. [Participating Univ.] |
Project Title | Related SDG(s) | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), [Can Tho University, Viet Nam], [Chiang Mai University, Thailand] |
Development of Wind Turbine | |
Aug 19-25, 2024 |
| 2 | Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering |
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, [University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines] |
Smart Visualization Drone 2024 | |
Aug 11-17, 2024 |
| 3 | Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering |
National Taipei University of Technology (Taipei Tech), Taiwan | Intelligent vehicle challenge 2024 | |
Aug 8-17, 2024 |
| 4 | Department of Applied Chemistry | Taiwan Tech, Taiwan [Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology], [Gadjah Mada University] |
Case study project based on Chemical Engineering | |
Aug 27 - Sep 2, 2024 |
| 5 | Department of Biomedical Engineering | Tatung University, Taiwan | International joint PBL on biotechnology | |
Aug 4-10, 2024 |
| 6 | Faculty of Robotics and Design | National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yuntech), Taiwan | International PBL using Design Thinking | |
Sep 1-7, 2024 |
| 7 | Robotics & Design Center / X-port | Taipei Tech, Taiwan and Kookmin University, South Korea | Design Thinking about the Global Issue for Asian People on Healthy Lives and Wellbeing | |
Jul 19 - Aug 7, 2024 (Korea) Aug 7-26, 2024 (Taiwan) |
| 8 | International Center | Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia [Taiwan Tech, Taiwan] |
EiA "Hydroponic Media Preparation" and "Preparation Seeding" |  |
Jul 15-30, 2024 |
| 9 | Can Tho University, Viet Nam [Taiwan Tech, Taiwan] |
EiA "Simple greenhouse construction” and ”Sustainable rooftop construction" | Jul 15-31, 2024 | ||
| 10 | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) | TBC | Feb 22 - Mar 1, 2025 |
- Some of programs maybe held online or canceled. Please check for updates.
Step 4. IAESTE Trainee Support
IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) is an international association for the exchange of students providing technical work experiences for science and engineering oriented students in 80+ countries. OIT is one of the member institutions and encourages motivated students to become IAESTE trainees (about 50 students from Japan in each year). Through IAESTE, OIT also accepts a couple of international students every year as interns (research students) in the labs for about two months.
Trainees Dispatched from OIT to:
- 2019: Universidade Estadual Paulista（Federative Republic of Brazil）
- 2017: Manipal Institute of Technology（Republic of India）
- 2016: University of Information Science and Technology "St. Paul the Apostle" (Republic of North Macedonia)
- 2014: Karunya University (Republic of India)
Trainees Accepted in OIT:
Step 4. Overseas Research Experience Program
OIT provides financial support for qualified 4th year undergraduate students, who will proceed to the Graduate school, and graduate students to encourage their research activities or practical experiences in overseas institutions for one month or more.
In this program, students enjoy their opportunities to acquire an ability required for theoretical or experimental development of new ideas, and to obtain diverse experiences through research works. Moreover, they are expected to establish or strengthen networks between host institutions and OIT.
Step 4. Overseas Coursework Program
Through Overseas Coursework Program, OIT students have opportunities to study abroad for a half or one year without paying tuition in our 29 or more overseas partner universities and over 200 UMAP (University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific) member institutions.