National Central University
Encyclopedia
National Central University (NCU) is a national comprehensive university in Taiwan
(Republic of China
).
National Central University was founded in 1915 and originated in 258 CE at Nanjing
, China
. After NCU in Nanjing was renamed Nanjing University
in 1949, NCU was re-established in Taiwan
in 1962. The school was initially located in Miaoli
, but was relocated to Jhongli in 1968, and developed into a comprehensive university. It has now become Taiwan's leading school in the fields of drama
, film studies
, cultural studies
, sex
& gender studies
, Hakka
studies, geophysics
, space science
, remote sensing
, astronomy
, optoelectronics
, nano
scitech, and business management. In 2001, NCU was selected by Ministry of Education as one of the 11 research-oriented universities in Taiwan.
NCU now has 7 colleges in different areas, including College of Liberal Arts
, College of Science, College of Engineering
, College of Management
, College of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science
, College of Earth Sciences, and College of Hakka
Studies.
, National Central University moved to Chungking in 1937 when Sino-Japanese War
broke out and returned to Nanjing
in 1946. After the R.O.C. lost control of the Chinese Mainland in 1949, in Nanjing it was renamed National Nanjing University by CCP
. NCU was reinstated in Taiwan in 1962, first as the National Central University Graduate Institute of Geophysics. In 1968, NCU moved to its current location in the Shuanglianpo (雙連坡) district of Jhongli City (中壢市), Taoyuan County (桃園縣), and was renamed the National Central University College of Science. In 1979, it was officially re-established under its current name. More recently, NCU and a few other highly regarded universities established the University System of Taiwan
cooperative partnership (2002). The current president is Dr Lou-Chuang Lee.
. The large, green hilltop campus, some distance away from the busy Jhongli City. NCU is only half an hour away from the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, which makes it very convenient for international travel.
Each college houses numerous research centers, such as the Center for Space & Remote Sensing Research, Hazard Mitigation & Prevention, Taiwan Economic Development, Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering, and several boutique-style humanities centers.
In total, the 7 colleges contain 19 undergraduate departments, 48 graduate institutes, and 38 research centers.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
(Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
).
National Central University was founded in 1915 and originated in 258 CE at Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. After NCU in Nanjing was renamed Nanjing University
Nanjing University
Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...
in 1949, NCU was re-established in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in 1962. The school was initially located in Miaoli
Miaoli
Miaoli may refer to:*Miaoli County , a county located in central Taiwan, Republic of China*Miaoli City , the seat of Miaoli County*Miaoli, Zhengzhou , town in Jinshui District, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China...
, but was relocated to Jhongli in 1968, and developed into a comprehensive university. It has now become Taiwan's leading school in the fields of drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, film studies
Film studies
Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to films. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies...
, cultural studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely distinguished from cultural...
, sex
Sex education
Sex education refers to formal programs of instruction on a wide range of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, contraception, and...
& gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
, Hakka
Hakka people
The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
studies, geophysics
Geophysics
Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
, space science
Space science
The term space science may mean:* The study of issues specifically related to space travel and space exploration, including space medicine.* Science performed in outer space ....
, remote sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...
, astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
, optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
, nano
Nano
Nano- is a prefix meaning a billionth. Used primarily in the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or . It is frequently encountered in science and electronics for prefixing units of time and length, such as 30 nanoseconds , 100 nanometres or in the case of electrical capacitance,...
scitech, and business management. In 2001, NCU was selected by Ministry of Education as one of the 11 research-oriented universities in Taiwan.
NCU now has 7 colleges in different areas, including College of Liberal Arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
, College of Science, College of Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, College of Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, College of Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
and Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, College of Earth Sciences, and College of Hakka
Hakka people
The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
Studies.
History
Initially originated in 258 CE in Nanjing, and in modern time founded in 1915 in Nanjing, the new capital city of the young government of the Republic of ChinaRepublic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
, National Central University moved to Chungking in 1937 when Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...
broke out and returned to Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
in 1946. After the R.O.C. lost control of the Chinese Mainland in 1949, in Nanjing it was renamed National Nanjing University by CCP
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
. NCU was reinstated in Taiwan in 1962, first as the National Central University Graduate Institute of Geophysics. In 1968, NCU moved to its current location in the Shuanglianpo (雙連坡) district of Jhongli City (中壢市), Taoyuan County (桃園縣), and was renamed the National Central University College of Science. In 1979, it was officially re-established under its current name. More recently, NCU and a few other highly regarded universities established the University System of Taiwan
University System of Taiwan
The University System of Taiwan is a university alliance in Taiwan. Its members are:...
cooperative partnership (2002). The current president is Dr Lou-Chuang Lee.
Location
The university's Taoyuan County campus is situated in the northern part of the island, about 45 minutes from TaipeiTaipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
. The large, green hilltop campus, some distance away from the busy Jhongli City. NCU is only half an hour away from the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, which makes it very convenient for international travel.
Administrations
- Office of Secretariat
- Office of Academic Affairs
- Office of Student Affairs
- Office of General Affairs
- Research and Development Office
- Office of International Affairs
- Library
- Computer Center
- Center for Environmental Protection & Safety
- Personnel Office
- Accounting Office
Colleges and Departments
NCU consists of seven colleges:- College of Liberal Arts
- Department of Chinese Literature
- Graduate Institute of Kun Opera
- Department of English
- Department of French Language and Literature
- Graduate Institute of Philosophy
- Graduate Institute of Art Studies
- Graduate Institute of History
- Graduate Institute of Learning and Instruction
- Department of Chinese Literature
- College of Science
- BS Degree Program
- Department of Physics
- Graduate Institute of Biophysics
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Life Science
- Department of Optics and Photonics
- Graduate Institute of Lighting and Display Science
- Graduate Institute of Statistics
- Graduate Institute of Astronomy
- Graduate Institute of Cognitive and Neuroscience
- Graduate Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
- College of Engineering
- Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Opto-mechatronics Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Energy Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Construction Engineering & Management
- Graduate Institute of Materials Science & Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- International Environment Sustainable Development (IESD) Program
- School of Management
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Information Management
- Department of Finance
- Graduate Institute of Accounting
- Department of Economics
- Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics
- Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management
- Graduate Institute of Industrial Management
- Executive MBA Program
- College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Software Engineering
- Department of Communication Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology
- College of Earth Science
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- Graduate Institute of Geophysics
- Graduate Institute of Atmospheric Physics
- Graduate Institute of Space Science
- Graduate Institute of Applied Geology
- Graduate Instittue of Hydrological & Oceanic Sciences
- International Graduate Program for Earth System Science (NCU-Academia Sinica)
- College of HakkaHakka peopleThe Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
Studies- Graduate Institute of Hakka Social & Cultural Studies
- Graduate Institute of Hakka Language & Literature
- Graduate Institute of Hakka Political Economy
- Graduate Institute of Law & Government
- The Executive Master Program of Hakka Studies
- Office of Teaching Centers
- Center for General Education
- Center for Teacher Education
- Language Center
- Art Center
- Office of Physical Education
- NCU Press
Each college houses numerous research centers, such as the Center for Space & Remote Sensing Research, Hazard Mitigation & Prevention, Taiwan Economic Development, Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering, and several boutique-style humanities centers.
In total, the 7 colleges contain 19 undergraduate departments, 48 graduate institutes, and 38 research centers.