Duty of the Educational System

• Educational System
• Outstanding Features of the Institute
• Messages of Students Recruiting
• Graduate Students

Educational System

Every year the Institute examines ten to twelve people (full time students) with college degrees for its graduate program.

The Institute gives three years of various kinds of training. For all three years, the students are taken care of with a NT$5,000 per month scholarship, plus room and board.

Other than this, starting in 1990, every year a few part time students are solicited. Also from 1990 a few noncredit students are allowed to select courses.

Outstanding Features of the Institute

1.       Until now there has not been any institutions of higher education inside the country which has a Buddhist studies department. So this institute is special when it comes to planing the basic foundation, midlevel and advanced classes in various areas of studies for the three years program. Step by step the Institute supports the student's talents.

2.       A scholarship fund gives the graduate students free room and board, along with a wonderful studying environment.

3.       The Institute employs internationally recognized Buddhist scholars from time to time to give lectures and talks, or use other communication devices to communicate with the graduate students to instruct them on how to write their theses.

4.       Every two or three years the Institute hosts an international conference, until now there has been three such conferences, and has co-hosted once. Each time a special topic has been chosen to raise the Institute's knowledge level, and letting my country build a place for international atmosphere for Buddhist studies.

5.       Publishing of learning skill material. Every year two publications are printed, the Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal and the Chung-Hwa Buddhist Studies, and encourages the publishing and compiling of Buddhist works done by the Institute's master and doctoral students and instructors. It also encourages the publishing of oversea scholars' associations research essays etc…

6.       The Institute has established a Buddhist extension educational center in the Taipei City area, which gives Buddhist instruction to the general community after work.

7.       The Institute has its own computer lab, with access to the internet for outside educational information, as well as assisting the Chun-hwa Electric Buddhist Dictionary assistance committee in producing the electric translation of the Chinese Tripitaka. This is all to advance into the Information Age.

Students Recruitment

• Full-time Students’ General Regulations of Students Recruiting 
  in the Year 2004

• Part-time Students’ General Regulations of Students Recruiting 
  in the Year 2004

• Course-taking Students’ General Regulations of Students Recruiting 
  in the Year 2004

• Applicants Guiding and Assisting 

• Reference Books for the Entrance Examination

Graduate Students

Until 2003 there has already been some 208 graduate students which have been accepted.

Usually in all three levels there are about 55 students. Those who have completed their theses are 79 out of 152 students who have finished their studies.

Three students have already received their doctor degrees from Japan and the United States, and 40 have received master degrees. Until now there are more than ten students continuing their studies in Japan, America, England, Germany and India.

All the others who have graduated and those who have not, are presently working at Universities, doing research in Buddhist colleges, teaching, publishing, cultural, or news media. Other than this every year a few non-credit students are chosen by depending on their test scores.