More for pleasure than serious study: Unlike these early arrivals who are focused on attaining their doctorates, most of the new students have entered master's programs and have selected high-cost courses which were designed for foreign students, such as those in European research, business management, architecture, education, etc., where it's quite easy to spend upwards of NT $ 100,000 a year.
和早先來者多半潛心修博士的情況不同，新近來的留學生大多進了碩士班，而且幾乎都是以招收外籍學生為主，採取高收費的課程，例如歐洲研究、企業管理、建築、教育等，學費不盡相同，但皆動輒一年新台幣十數萬元。