By encouraging foreigners coming to Taiwan to enroll in international business, trade and other "global mainstream academic departments," most universities are taking the approach of "welcoming the world into Taiwan." There are relatively few social-science or humanities programs open to foreigners, however, that "take Taiwan out to the world" by focusing on life in Taiwan.
從外籍生選擇來台進修國企、國貿等「全球主流學科」的現象來看，目前多數大學仍是以「迎向世界，讓世界走進來」做為國際化的定位；至於要藉由強調本土經驗的社會人文科系主動出擊，「將台灣推向國際舞台」，則顯然力有未逮。