20 (Twenty) Somaliland students are awarded Taiwan Scholarship and Taiwan ICDF Scholarship in 2021

Announcement

TAIWAN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND

Sha’ab Area, Hargeisa, Somaliland

Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland is pleased to announce that thirteen students are awarded Taiwan Scholarship and seven students are awarded the Taiwan ICDF Scholarship in 2021 (Please see the attached list).

It’s the first time that Taiwan Government awards 20 (twenty) Scholarships awardees after Taiwan Representative Office was officially established on 17th August 2020. Moreover, there are some Somaliland students are awarded separately by the Taiwanese universities with a full or partial scholarship.

According to the attached list, most of the students major on the fields such as Healthcare, Tropical Agriculture, ICT, Soil and Water Conservation that Somaliland in need for national development. This Office believes that the scholarships awardees will return to Somaliland to contribute what they learned in Taiwan.

Taiwan Representative Office congratulates those students on the praiseworthy result of their applications for the Scholarships and uses this opportunity to thank Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International

Cooperatlon, Ministry of Education and Science and National Commission for Higher Education which jointly implement the Taiwan- Somaliland Education cooperation.

Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland will organize an orientation for the Scholarships awardees, hold an official awarding ceremony in August, issue the visas and facilitate logistic supports to travel to Taiwan.

Taiwan Scholarship Somaliland awardees

SeriesNameStudy School
lAbdirisak Ismail QalinleMaster of Arts in Critical and Curatorial Studies of Contemporary Art National Taipei University of Education
2Bashir Hussan DaudMaster Program of Soil and Water Conservation National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
3Umalkhair Jama MohamoudMaster Program of Public Health China Medical University
4Mustafe Abdi FarahMaster Program of Civil and Construction Engineering National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
5Salma Ahmed SaedMaster Program of Public Health China Medical University
6Jibril Abdi MeadMaster Program in Telecommunication Engineering National Sun Yat-sen University
7Hamda Nowlid IsmailMaster Program in Food Science and Biotechnology National Chung Hsing University
8Mustefa Ibrahim FarahPh. D Degree in Healthcare Administration Asia University
9Abdirahman Hussein MusePh. D Degree of Civil Engineering Feng Chia University
10Muna Mahamud MusaMaster Degree in Clinic Laboratory Science Asia University
 11Abdirisak Ibrahim FarahMaster Program of Civil and Construction Engineering National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 
 12Mohamed Ibrahim AbdiMaster Program of Information Management National Dong Hwa University 
 13Hussein Mohamed MohamudBachelor Degree in the medical field 

TaiwanICDF Scholarship Somaliland awardees

SeriesNameStudy Program
1Abdisamad Abiid OmarMaster Program in Tropical Agriculture National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
2Axmed Yuusuf XasanGraduate Institute of International Human Resource Development National Taiwan Normal University
3Abdirahman Ahmed JamaMaster Program in International Health National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
4Abdiaziz Ahmed HashiInternational Master Program in Electric Power Engineering National Sun Yat-sen University
5Mohamed Aden AliInternational Master Program in Civil Engineering and Management National Cheng Kung University
6Abdirashid Ahmed MohamoudInternational Master Program in Civil Engineering and Management National Cheng Kung University
7Mohamed Abdalle OsmanMaster Program in International Health National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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