University alliances in Taiwan

There are several major university alliances in Taiwan, mostly organized in 2002, intentionally modelled after other university systems. The key steps in such integration may include pooling of resources such as libraries and some co-ordinated budgeting.

Current Alliances

Name	abbr.	Chinese Name	Member Universities
Excellent Long-Established University Consortium of Taiwan	ELECT	優久聯盟	12 private universities in North.
European Union Centre in Taiwan	EUTW	臺灣歐洲聯盟中心	7 comprehensive universities.
Joint Private Medical Universities Admissions System	JPMUAS	私立醫學校院聯合招考	6 school of medicine.
Taiwan Comprehensive University System	TCUS	臺灣綜合大學系統	4 research universities in South Central.
University System of Taipei	USTP	臺北聯合大學系統	4 public universities in North.
University System of Taiwan	UST	臺灣聯合大學系統	4 research universities in North.
National Taiwan University System	NTUS	國立臺灣大學系統	3 universities in Taipei City: National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.

Defunct Alliances

• Taiwan Joint Normal University System (or Taiwan United Education University System, 臺灣聯合師範大學系統) [1]
• Taiwan University System
• University System of Formosa

See also

• List of universities in Taiwan

External links

• UST Library
• overview presentation (in Mandarin)