National Taiwan University

Coordinates: 25°00′58″N 121°32′10″E / 25.016°N 121.536°E / 25.016; 121.536
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National Taiwan University
國立臺灣大學
File:National Taiwan University Logo.jpg
Seal of the National Taiwan University
Former names
Taihoku Imperial University
Motto敦品勵學，愛國愛人
Motto in English
Cultivate virtue, advance intellect; love one's country, love one's people[1]
TypePublic (National)
EstablishedFounded 1928[a]
Reorganized 1945
PresidentLee, Si-chen (李嗣涔)
Academic staff
1,793 (full time),
1,188 (joint and adjunct)
Undergraduates17,706
Postgraduates15,710
Location
Daan
,
Taipei
,
Taiwan

25°00′58″N 121°32′10″E / 25.016°N 121.536°E / 25.016; 121.536
CampusUrban,
1.6 km² (Greater Taipei combined),
344 km² (Nantou County combined)
AffiliationsASAIHL
AACSB
Websitewww.ntu.edu.tw/english

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National Taiwan University
Traditional Chinese國立臺灣大學
Simplified Chinese国立台湾大学

National Taiwan University (NTU; 國立臺灣大學) is a national co-educational research university located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" (台大). Its 1,086,167 m2 main campus is located in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taipei and elsewhere, with a total area of 345,830,000 m2.[2] The University consists of 11 colleges, 54 departments, 103 graduate institutes and 4 research centers.[3] In 2010, the student body consisted of 17,514 undergraduate students and 15,824 graduate students.[4]

The university was founded in 1928 by the Japanese administration during the Japanese colonial era and was then known as the Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University. After World War II, the Republic of China government resumed the administration of Taihoku University and reorganized and renamed it National Taiwan University on November 15, 1945.[5]

NTU is generally considered the top-ranked university in Taiwan. It has strong ties with the Academia Sinica.[citation needed]

History

NTU Central Administration Building

National Taiwan University has its origins in the Taihoku Imperial University (台北帝國大學, Taihoku Teikoku Daigaku) founded by Taiwan's Japanese colonial government in 1928 as a member of the imperial university system administered by the Empire of Japan.[5]

The school's first president was Taira Shidehara. The Taihoku Imperial University began with a Faculty of Liberal Arts and Law and a Faculty of Science and Agriculture serving 60 students. The university was intended mainly for Japanese nationals; few Taiwanese students were admitted. The Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering were added in 1935 and 1943, respectively.[5]

After World War II the government of the Republic of China reorganized the school as an institution for Chinese-speaking students. The school was renamed National Taiwan University on 15 November 1945 and Lo Tsung-lo was appointed as its president. In 1962, joint projects with the Academia Sinica were initiated. An evening division was established in 1967.[5] Between 1972 and 1975, the Philosophy Department Incident took place during the White Terror, resulting in the dismissal of several professors.[6]

A new university library opened in 1998.[7] In 1999, the evening division and the Center of Continuing Education merged to form the Division of Continuing Education & Professional Development. Lee Li-Chen, the current president, took office in 2005.[5]

Academics

NTU offers bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate degree in many disciplines. Students are able to select courses offered by any of the colleges; however, compulsory subjects designated for each major needs to be completed to be awarded a degree. A student must declare a major during college application, some majors are more competitive than others and require a higher national examination score. Traditionally, medicine, electrical engineering, and law are the three most selective majors. Most majors take four years to complete while the medical degree takes seven years to finish.

NTU requires most of its undergraduate students to take a mandatory core curriculum, comprising Chinese, freshman English, physical education, and public service. The medical school in addition dictates each of its students to take philosophy and sociology classes as well as seminars in ethics and thanatology. Military training is no longer an obligatory course for male students, but it is a prerequisite if they plan to apply to become officers during their mandatory military service.

The total number of students, including those enrolled at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, has grown to over 33,000, including over 17,000 university students and 15,000 graduate students. The university staff and students produced over 5000 research publications in 2010.[8]

Organization

The original building housing National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei.

The president heads the university. Each college is headed by a dean, and each department by a chairman. Students elect their own representatives each year to attend administrative meetings.

The colleges in NTU are:

  • College of Liberal Arts
  • College of Science
  • College of Social Science
  • College of Medicine
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Bio-resource and Agriculture
  • College of Management
  • College of Public Health
  • College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • College of Law
  • College of Life Science
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Pharmacy

The International Chinese Language Program (ICLP), founded by Stanford University, is located at National Taiwan University.

Campuses

File:台灣大學醉月湖.jpg
A lake in the main campus.

The University has six campuses in the greater Taipei region (including New Taipei City) and two additional campuses in Nantou County, amounting to nearly 1% of the total area of the Taiwan island. The University governs farms, forests, and hospitals for educational and research purposes. The main campus (interactive map) is situated in Taipei's Daan district near Gongguan, where most college department buildings and all the administrative buildings are located. Notable exceptions are the College of Law, the College of Social Science, and the College of Medicine, which are located near the Presidential Building.

The six campuses are:

  • Main Campus (No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • College of Law, Social Sciences and Public Health (No.21, XuZhou Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • College of Medicine (No. 1, Sec.1, RenAi Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • University Hospital (No. 7, ZhongShan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • University Farm (No.7, Jiu-kuang Road, Xindian, New Taipei, Taiwan)
  • Wenshan Botanical Garden (No.4, Lei-kung Po, Geh-tou Tsun, Shiding, New Taipei, Taiwan)

Research stations

The three research stations are:

  • Highland Farm (No.136, Jen-heh Road, Ta-tung Tsun, Jen-ai, Nan-tou County, Taiwan
  • Experimental Forest
  • Department of Forestry (No. 12, Sec.1, Chien-shan Road, Shiang-shan, Nan-tou County, Taiwan)

University presidents

Presidents of Taihoku Imperial University:

Presidents of National Taiwan University:

Status and alumni

See also: List of National Taiwan University people
File:Yuan T. Lee 1-1.jpg
Yuan T. Lee received the Nobel prize in Chemistry.
Ma Ying-jeou, the current president of Taiwan
Alec Su studied mechanical engineering at NTU, but did not graduate.

NTU is generally considered the top-ranked and hardest to enter university in Taiwan and among the best in Asia. It was ranked 87th the world in the 2011 QS World University Rankings,[9] 154 in the 2011-2012 Times Higher Education World University Rankings,[10] and placed among the top 101-150 in the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities.[11] According to the Nature Publishing Index Asia-Pacific (2012, corrected count), NTU ranks as 4th institution (3rd university) in Taiwan.[12]

National Taiwan University has produced many notable alumni. Ma Ying-jeou, the current President of the Republic of China as of 2012, as well as former presidents Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian, are graduates from NTU.[13][14][15] Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Yuan T. Lee received his BSc from the university.[16]. At least 43 NTU alumni were elected as members of US National Academy of Engineering or US National Academy of Science, includingShu Chien (Class of 1953), Chang-Lin Tien (Class of 1955), Yuen-Ron Shen (Class of 1956), Simon Sze (Class of 1957), James C. Wang (Class of 1959), Henry T. Yang (Class of 1962), Ho-Kwang Mao (Class of 1963), Andrew Yao (Class of 1967), Chih-Ming Ho (Class of 1967), Chenming Hu (Class of 1968), Chi-Huey Wong (Class of 1970) and C.F. Jeff Wu (Class of 1971).

Other alumni include:

Notes

  1. ^ as Taihoku Imperial University

References

  1. ^ "University Motto". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ National Taiwan University_Campus Location & Area
  3. ^ "About NTU". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Table 20: Number of students in each academic year,1945-2010". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ a b c d e "National Taiwan University, (2007) " NTU history
  6. ^ 周俊宇 (Chun-yu Chou). "台大哲學系事件 (NTU Philosophy Department Incident)". Council for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "History". NTU Library. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "NTU Statistics". Retrieved 10 May, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2011/12". QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ "Top 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012". TSL Education. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  11. ^ "ARWU 2010". ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ Nature Publishing Index Asia-Pacific - Taiwan - 2012 (viewed on 14/05/2012)
  13. ^ "Biography". Office of the President, Republic of China. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "Lee Teng-hui". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ "Chen Shui-bian (1950-)". Office of the President, Republic of China. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  16. ^ "Yuan T. Lee - Biography". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 17 January, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

See also

External links

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