Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages held “New WZU International Student Orientation” and “Rotary International High School Foreign Students Enrolled in Wenzao 5-year junior college Orientation” to welcome new international students and exchange students of 2022, which were hosted by our President Mei-Hua Chen and Vice President Peter Y. T. Lin. With these events, we welcome international students to the international campus of Wenzao.
This year, the New WZU International Student Orientation was held as a hybrid event, allowing international students that have yet to enter Taiwan to participate in the activities. Besides the college students, there are also 53 exchange students who have been admitted to Wenzao this year. Eight of them are high school exchange students from Europe and the U.S., who are going to be studying in the 5-year junior college program.
This year marks the first year of cooperation between Wenzao University and RI, making arrangements for students from Europe and America, such as Mexico, German, Czech, and Denmark to study in the 5-year junior college program. Not only did both parties hold many discussions with each other and prepare the best learning materials, but the Section of Overseas Student Affairs also held “Rotary International High School Foreign Students Enrolled in Wenzao 5-year junior college Orientation” and arranged for exchange students to have joyful meetings with RI families.
In the conference, we not only informed students and host families of Wenzao University’s excellent learning atmosphere and various consulting mechanisms. In addition, they are also informed of the future daily routine of the eight exchange students, which is the same as the Taiwanese students in the 5-year junior college program. They also need to wear the uniform of Wenzao 5-year junior college to school and clean up the environment alongside their classmates in order to experience service-learning.
In recent years, Wenzao University has been accepting admission from international students. The number of college students and exchange students have progressed gradually. Wenzao University is currently home to 420 international students who came from 37 countries or areas, including Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Columbia, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the U.K, France, German, the Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, America, Canada, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti, Australia, Marshall Islands, Israel, Mongolia, Philippine, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, and China. This has enriched the multicultural diversity into the campus.