Yi-Ting Hsu, a student of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
should be admitted to work for her internship in Japan as a tourism marketer in
Ibusuki City—the first Taiwanese student to work for internship in an official unit of Japanese government.

Yi-Ting Hsu, a Japanese Department student of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology should be admitted to work for her internship in Japan as a tourism marketer in Ibusuki City. She is the first Taiwanese student in Japan Corporate Unit Internship and should be the first case to go to Japan to obtain internship abroad instead of studying for her graduate qualification. Her practical experience will become help set up a technical and vocational education goal for Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She was scheduled to travel to Japan in September for a sister school exchange study abroad. As for The Japanese public access to the internship year, she has become not only eligible for airfare and accommodation offer, she will but also be paid a monthly salary.

【Yi-Ting Hsu, a student of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology should be admitted to work for her internship in Japan as a tourism marketer in Ibusuki City】

Hsu is currently studying for the first year at the Graduate Institute of Applied Japanese Department Grade Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She is lively, with outstanding results. Actively encouraged by the department, she has visited Niigata University and Kumamoto University in Japan for a short-term study, when she fell in love with Japan and its culture. Her achievement should be attributed to the successful admission guidance by teachers and to her great use of the department’s resources in her junior and senior years at STUST, which helped her visit Niigata University and Kumamoto University in Japan as an exchange student to experience Japanese customs. Hsu said that her teachers often gave her a lot of advice while during her stay at STUST, including how to integrate into the Japanese culture and life and correct pronunciation (due to different local cultured, Japanese pronunciation could be different even if the words used are the same). She shared her experience in interviewing, so that they can use to perform well in the interview. In the future, she will surely bring what she has learned in school to practice on jobs.

【Yi-Ting Hsu, a student of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology should be admitted to work for her internship in Japan as a tourism marketer in Ibusuki City: her photo with Japanese students】

Language learning needs experience with local language and culture. In order to learn the authentic language, about 20 students of Japanese Department at STUST would go to the Japanese sister schools of STUST for a short-term study. As many families are in living in a vulnerable environment, not every student has sufficient financial ability to study abroad. Ever since the beginning of 2014 school year, the department has been actively promoting the overseas internship. One after another business enterprise came to work the department, including Miyajima Hotel in Hiroshima and Kotohira Grand Hotel in Shikoku Kagawa Prefecture, both of which signed a memorandum of cooperation with the department to acquire 12-15 students every semester from the department for the internship. With their help, the Japanese Department provides these students not with only visa assistance but also their round-trip airfare. Students are now given a fixed placement (per month about NT$ 20-30 thousand). Students can both achieve their purpose of studying abroad and get aids in the economy.

【Yi-Ting Hsu, a student of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology should be admitted to work for her internship in Japan as a tourism marketer in Ibusuki City: her photo with Japanese students】