According to the Ministry of Education, the number of foreigners enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students at Taiwan's universities has grown 20-30 % per annum over the last three years. In 2009 a total of 7764 foreign students, hailing from more than 110 nations, were scattered at more than 100 universities throughout Taiwan. Why have these foreign students come?
據教育部統計，近 3 年來到台灣攻讀大學及以上學位的外籍學生，每年以 2 到 3 成的比例大幅成長，2009 年共 7,764 位，分散在一百多所大學中，這些來自全球 110 個國家的國際學生為何而來？