The Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission founded the “Overseas Youth Technical Training Program” in 1963, with the goal of providing, within Taiwan’s high-quality vocational and technical education environment, a two-year program of professional technical training. This enables overseas ethnic Chinese youth who are interested in finding employment or starting businesses to acquire a valuable skill, thereby reversing the course of their lives and realizing their dreams.

Since the Overseas Youth (Hai Qing) program was launched, it has been over half a century. Over the past several decades, it has trained more than 20,000 professional talents across various fields. Its outstanding alumni are found worldwide, shining and contributing in every corner of the globe, and the program is highly recognized by graduates who are overseas compatriot students.

### Breaking Through and Transforming the Hai Qing Program

Building on the solid foundation established by the Hai Qing program in the past, after the Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission began promoting the transformation of the Hai Qing program into a “two-year associate degree program” starting in 2022, it further added a “four-year bachelor’s program in industry-academia collaboration” starting in 2023. This gives overseas compatriot students more choices according to their individual career planning. Graduates can not only obtain a bachelor’s degree, but can also apply to remain in Taiwan for work through either the overseas student employment points quota system or the pathway for mid-level technical personnel. They can gain rich international experience in career development and opportunities for personal growth. In the future, Overseas Youth students studying the four-year Hai Qing program will not only be able to choose to work in their places of residence, or continue applying in Taiwan for graduate studies, but can also apply to stay and work in Taiwan.

The intake target for this Special Program in Tourism Management is overseas ethnic Chinese youth who have graduated from senior high school or have equivalent academic qualifications. The offered tracks include areas such as services in the tourism industry. With an emphasis on both hands-on practice and knowledge, internships are arranged during the program to ensure that overseas compatriot students learn the professional skills required in their respective industries while studying.

### Advantages and Features of the Bachelor’s Program in Industry-Academia Collaboration

1. **Global Vision & Cross-Domain Competitiveness:** “Multilingual courses and international internship opportunities help strengthen international competitiveness.”

“Align with the international stage and cultivate global citizens” is the core development direction of this department. The department promotes multilingual courses to broaden students’ horizons beyond Taiwan, strengthen cross-cultural understanding and knowledge, and build international competitiveness. In coordination with the Ministry of Education’s “Study Abroad to Build Dreams” and “Study Abroad to Soar” programs, students can complete a six-month internship with overseas companies in places such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, and Shanghai. The department also includes international students from Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and more. Students can enjoy an international learning environment without going abroad, achieving the goal of being “in international waters once you enter Jinwen’s Department of Travel Management.”

2. **Cross-Border Innovation & a Talent Formula for the Future:** “3+1 Dual Degrees and Diverse Certificate Training to Build Well-Rounded Professionals.”

Cross-domain learning and innovative talent: Students are encouraged to learn across disciplines. The program includes a 3+1 domestic and overseas dual-degree structure, minors, and cross-domain degree programs, such as tour leader training programs and international aviation programs. Learning is delivered through digital flipped education to spark motivation for active learning, and students are coached to obtain relevant certifications, such as National Tourism Group Leaders, Tour Leaders, IATA ticketing and reservations, Innovative Creativity Product Marketing Analyst, Event Planner, Meetings and Exhibitions professionals, English TOEIC certification, tea arts instructor, scuba diving certification, and hot spring planning professional certification, among other examination courses. This cultivates new-generation aviation tourism professionals with both “deep professional expertise and broad cross-domain breadth.”

3. **Industry-Academia Co-Construction & Career Accelerator:** “Build practical talent that matches real needs and enhance career competitiveness.”

The program pioneers a “customized talent cultivation model,” developing fit-to-industry curricula through close industry-academia collaboration. In addition to a six-month off-campus internship, there are also match-based courses or guest lectures on topics and projects during the program. Students accumulate practical experience while placing emphasis on career development—strengthening their ability to achieve “employment upon entry” and “advancement upon employment.” Talent cultivation special classes are also opened according to company needs and are highly valued by enterprises. For four consecutive years, it has been awarded second place in the tourism and leisure category by the annual “Most Loved University Students” poll.

4. **Action Learning & the Smart Tourism Revolution:** “Explore tourism innovation at home and abroad through an action-learning model and create theme-based distinctive teaching.”

Relocation-based learning and smart tourism: Leading innovative relocation-based learning at home and abroad with distinctive themes. Using an action-learning innovation teaching model and strategy centered on “learners,” students engage in benchmark learning activities, including tour-leader outdoor teaching, local guided tours, relocation-based teaching and research on Southeast Asian tourism, overseas visits to Europe and the United States, and more. Planning is carried out jointly by teachers and students.

5. **Advancing Together in Academia and Practice & AI-Era Knowledge Integration:** “Actively participate in academic forums in the A.I. era to deepen professional knowledge in tourism, leisure, and hospitality.”

Actively promoting an “Academic Practice Ready-to-Work” plan: Students engage in proactive academic research and are encouraged to align with the A.I. era. They are actively encouraged to participate in academic seminars held on and off campus. Through participation in forums or events, students gain a deeper understanding of globally relevant topics related to tourism, leisure, and hospitality, thereby refining students’ professional knowledge areas.

6. **Diverse and Enriching Campus Life for All-Round Student Development:** “Combine practical technical skills and professional knowledge to cultivate all-around talent for tourism industry applications.”

Campus life needs excitement and variety: using professional knowledge, skills, and etiquette as a foundation, and combining the cultivation concept oriented toward practical technology, students are trained as talent for tourism industry applications. “Bringing the world into the campus is also a hallmark of Jinwen’s Department of Travel Management.” Students participate in well-known large-scale international events such as assisting with the World University Games, the International Lantern Festival, hosting high school students from Japan visiting Taipei, Taipei’s Yi-Min Festival, Taipei Tourism Service Center, walk-around tourism services, and the Bitan Tourism Service Center. With practice-oriented teaching activities integrated with the tourism industry and local governments, students are able to apply what they learn and integrate it into tourism courses.

7. **All-Person Leadership & Sustainability Power:** “Use diverse activities to cultivate tourism leaders with humanistic character and international vision.”

Centered on “humanistic literacy × international leadership capability,” the program emphasizes whole-person education and opens a bright future. Through courses, activities, competitions, summer/winter camps, exhibitions, volunteer work, clubs, lectures, and workshops, students form learning communities across various fields, cultivating tourism leaders who possess both humanistic character and an international outlook.