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Getting to Know NTUST

Taiwan Tech is located in Taipei City, the capital of Taiwan. Taipei is the political, economic and cultural center of Taiwan,

and also part of a major industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines

connect Taipei with all parts of the island.

Location

Educational System in TaiwanEducational System in Taiwan

Compulsory Education

Senior High Education

Higher Education

Age

12 |6

15 |12

18 |15

22 |18

24 |22

28 |24

Chinese Taipei -- Taiwan Tech.

• Vocational 1953 Implement Industry-Specific Course Programs Schools 1986 Implement Cluster Course Programs

1998 Implement Skill-Based Instruction 2009 90% of Vocational High School Graduates Pursue

University Degrees• Junior 1964 Announce Guidelines for 5-Year Program Junior Colleges Colleges

1968 Approve Establishment of 2-Year Program Junior Colleges

2009 Only 15 Junior Colleges Remaining; All the Others Upgraded to Universities or Institutes of Technology

• Technical 1974 Establish National Taiwan Institute of Technology (1st in Universities & Taiwan) Institutes of 1979 NTIT Establishes Master’s Program Technology 1982 NTIT Establishes Doctoral Program

1994 Establish Taiwan’s 2nd Institute of Technology 1997 NTIT Upgraded to University of Science and Technology

Development of Technical and Vocational Education in Taiwan

Colleges & Departments

Achievements (1/2)• The No. 1 Technical University in Taiwan

Seven colleges, 28 separate departments and graduate schools, 29 interdisciplinary programs, and over 30 technological research and development laboratories.

• Vision for Building a World-Class University Only university in Taiwan sponsored by the Ministry of Education under both its Aim for the

Top University Plan and Paradigm Technological University Plan.• International Ranking THE World University Rankings: 2015 Universities under 50 Years Old– No. 41. QS 2015 Asia Top 200: No. 45• World-Class Design Education

The iF Concept Design Awards World University Ranking: 2011---- 2015 No.1 in the world.

Recipient of many international design awards, including iF, reddot, SIGGRAPH, Nagoya Design Do!, and Braun Prize.

• Graduates Perform WellNTUST graduates ranked No. 4 for overall performance by enterprises in Taiwan according to the survey by 104 Job Bank and Global Views Monthly Magazine.

Achievements (2/2)• Outstanding Faculty Ranked No. 6 in Taiwan for the number of faculty members who have received the National

Science Council’s Distinguished Research Award.

• Optimal University-Industry Cooperation Ranked No. 4 in Taiwan after receiving the Ministry of Education’s University-Industry

Cooperation Award five times to date. Also ranked No. 1 by the National Science Council for the cumulative total of fees received for technology licensing.

• Ongoing Invention and Innovation Only university to receive the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ National Invention and Creation

Award in 2007.

• International Campus and OutreachNearly 700 international degree program students enrolled in the 2014-15

academic year (7% of total student body).

Over 450 incoming and outgoing exchange students in the 2014-15 academic year.

International students represent 44 different countries.Approximately 250 sister universities worldwide.

Brief Intro to Dr. Alicia Lloyd

• Education: Ohio State University

Ph.D., East Asian Lang. & Lit., 1974

• Came to Taiwan: 1974• Began Teaching at NTUST

(NTIT):1975• Current Positions at NTUST:

Associate Prof., Dept. of Applied Foreign LanguagesDirector, International Education Section, OIA