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| National Taiwan University | |
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| 國立臺灣大學 | |
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| 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] |
| Established | Founded 1928[a] Reorganized 1945 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| President | Lee, Si-chen (李嗣涔) |
| Academic staff | 1,793 (full time), 1,188 (joint and adjunct) |
| Undergraduates | 17,706 |
| Postgraduates | 15,710 |
| Location | Daan, Taipei, Taiwan 25°00′58″N 121°32′10″E / 25.016°N 121.536°ECoordinates: 25°00′58″N 121°32′10″E / 25.016°N 121.536°E |
| Campus | Urban, 1.6 km² (Greater Taipei combined), 344 km² (Nantou County combined) |
| Former names | Taihoku Imperial University |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL AACSB |
| Website | www.ntu.edu.tw/english |
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| Traditional Chinese | 國立臺灣大學 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国立台湾大学 | ||||||||||
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National Taiwan University (NTU; 國立臺灣大學) is a national co-educational 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]
NTU was founded in 1928 by the Japanese during the Japanese colonial era and was then known as the Taihoku (Taipei) Imperial University. After World War II and Taiwan's retrocession to Chinese sovereignty, 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 has strong ties with the Academia Sinica.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
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]
[edit] Academics
NTU offers the bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctorate degree in many disciplines. Students are given the flexibility to select courses offered by any 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 males, but it is a prerequisite if the student plans to be an officer during his mandatory military service.
[edit] Organization
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.
[edit] GMBA (Global MBA)
The Global M.B.A. program is an AACSB accredited international business management masters program that is conducted in English. With a 50/50 mix of international and local students, the program integrates academic and cultural knowledge and real-life practices of the Eastern and Western world. Students in the program have the opportunity for real life joint consulting projects partnering with top business schools such as University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School. Core classes include Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, Financial Management, Managerial Economics, Information Management and Managerial Accounting.
The Global MBA program at NTU is recognized as one of the top business programs in Asia. Graduates have been recruited for premier jobs in Taiwan, China, and Singapore. The program has an acceptance rate of slightly under 10%(1000+ applicants yearly). The Global MBA student body is led by Global MBA Student Council, whom coordinate and promote the activities of student body to ensure a well rounded MBA experience.
[edit] Campuses
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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] University presidents
Presidents of Taihoku Imperial University:
- Taira Shidehara (幣原坦): March 1928-September 1937
- Sadanori Mita (三田定則): September 1937-April 1941
- Masatsugu Ando (安藤正次): April 1941-March 1945
- Kazuo Ando (安藤一雄): March 1945-August 1945
Presidents of National Taiwan University:
- Lo Tsung-lo (羅宗洛): August 1945-July 1946
- Lu Chih-houng (陸志鴻): August 1946-May 1948
- Chuang Chang-kung (莊長恭): June 1948-December 1948
- Fu Szu-nien (傅斯年): January 1949-December 1950
- Shen Kang-po (沈剛伯): December 1950-January 1951
- Chien Szu-liang (錢思亮): January 1951-May 1970
- Yen Cheng-hsing (閻振興): June 1970-July 1981
- Yu Chao-Chung (虞兆中): August 1981-July 1984
- Sun Chen (孫震): August 1984-February 1993
- Kou Guang-hsiung (郭光雄): March 1993-July 1993
- Chen Wei-Jao (陳維昭): August 1993-June 2005
- Lee Si-Chen (李嗣涔): August 2005-
[edit] Status and alumni
NTU is a top-ranked university in Taiwan. It was ranked 87 in the 2011 QS World University Rankings,[8] 154 in the 2011-2012 Times Higher Education World University Rankings,[9] and placed among the top 101-150 in the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities.[10]
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.[11][12][13] Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Yuan T. Lee received his BSc from the university.[14]
[edit] Notes
- ^ as Taihoku Imperial University
[edit] References
- ^ "University Motto". National Taiwan University. http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/about/motto.html. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ National Taiwan University_Campus Location & Area
- ^ "About NTU". National Taiwan University. http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/about/about.html. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Table 20: Number of students in each academic year,1945-2010". National Taiwan University. http://acct2010.cc.ntu.edu.tw/acct2010e/acct1/20.doc. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "National Taiwan University, (2007) " NTU history
- ^ 周俊宇 (Chun-yu Chou). "台大哲學系事件 (NTU Philosophy Department Incident)". Council for Cultural Affairs. http://taiwanpedia.culture.tw/web/content?ID=6005. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "History". NTU Library. http://www.lib.ntu.edu.tw/en/node/935. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings 2011/12". QS Quacquarelli Symonds. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Top 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012". TSL Education. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "ARWU 2010". ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Biography". Office of the President, Republic of China. http://english.president.gov.tw/Default.aspx?tabid=454. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Lee Teng-hui". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334627/Lee-Teng-hui. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Chen Shui-bian (1950-)". Office of the President, Republic of China. http://english.president.gov.tw/Default.aspx?tabid=553. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
- ^ "Yuan T. Lee - Biography". Nobelprize.org. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1986/lee-bio.html. Retrieved 17 January, 2012.
[edit] See also
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- List of universities in Taiwan
- Education in the Republic of China
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