National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, commonly referred to as NTUST or Taiwan Tech, is a public/national
technological university located in the Taipei
City, Republic of China
. Taiwan Tech was established in 1974, as the first and the leading higher education institution of its kind within Taiwan's technical and vocational education
system. The university is ranked 351 among world universities (subject
ranking: Engineering
/Technology
: 143) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2009.
The university is also ranked 56 among Asian universities (subject ranking: Engineering
/Technology
: 33) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2010. NTUST Taiwan was also ranked as Asia's 10th best institute in science and technology.
Taiwan Tech enrolled 4,966 undergraduates and 4,340 graduate students, and employed 452 faculty and about 317 staff members in 2009. The university’s 14 departments and 24 graduate programs are divided into the following 6 colleges, College of Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Management, College of Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Honors College.
Taiwan Tech has five campuses, the Gongguan
campus, located at 43 Keelung Rd, Sec. 4, situated in the south region of Taipei
City, being the main campus covers an area of approximately 10 hectares, while the whole campuses cover up to 44.5 hectares.
system in Taiwan
. By extending this system to the highest level, the university was intended to meet the need created by the rapid economic and industrial development for highly trained engineers and managers.
The university beginning with four departments, Industrial Management, Electronic Engineering
, Mechanical Engineering
, and Textile Engineering, in 1974. The department of Construction Engineering
was added in 1975; and both of the department of Chemical Engineering
and Electrical Engineering
were launched in 1976. The Master’s degree programs began in 1979, and the Ph.D.
programs were offered in 1982. On attaining university
status in 1997, the university reorganized itself into five colleges － Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management, Design, and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education
division.
After more than thirty years of growth and evolution, under the outstanding leadership of successive presidents, nowadays, the Taiwan Tech has become one of the 11 top universities in Taiwan
, and has been recognized by all sectors of society for its academic and practical achievements in such areas as cooperation with industry, promotion of entrepreneurship
and technology licensing. The university is now among the top 5 universities in Taiwan and is considered the best technical university in Taiwan. The achievements made by the university in the technical and design departments has made it well recognized amongst the Asian Universities as well.
campus, is in the Da'an District of Taipei
City, where contains most teaching and researching buildings, library, athletic facilities, and the central administrative offices.
The Gongguan
campus, located at 43 Keelung Rd, Sec. 4, situated in the south region of Taipei
city, covers an area of about 10 hectares. As in the downtown
area, it only takes about 10-minute walk to the Gongguan MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) Station
.
programs. The two-year upper division program accepts graduates of technical junior colleges, while the four-year program seeks applicants from general and technical senior high schools. Continuing education
programs are offered in the evenings by the Departments of Industrial Management, Electronic Engineering
, Mechanical Engineering
, Construction Engineering
, and Applied Foreign Languages to those who are currently employed. Students who successfully complete the requirements in any of these three undergraduate programs are awarded a bachelor’s degree.
The Master’s degree programs began accepting students in 1979. Those with a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in related fields from schools here or abroad are eligible to take the entrance exam. In addition, to encourage those already long in the workforce
to advance their education, certain departments in the university also offer continuing education
Master’s programs in the evening. Students in these graduate programs who have successfully completed all the requirements, including a thesis and defense, are awarded a Master’s degree.
The doctoral programs
are seeks for holders of a Master’s degree or its equivalent from schools here or abroad. From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education
division. Students in any of these doctoral programs, who have successfully completed all the requirements, including a thesis
and defense, are awarded the doctorate
.
/Technology
: 143). The School of Management of Taiwan Tech is ranked 5th （Excellent Level）among the universities in Taiwan by eduniversal.com 2009.
The university is ranked 56 among Asian universities (subject ranking: Engineering
/Technology
: 33) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2010. NTUST Taiwan was also ranked as Asia's 10th best institute in science and technology.
The German
iF
Product Design Awards
University Ranking 2010 ranked Taiwan Tech 4th in the world, 1st in Taiwan. From 2003 to date, Taiwan Tech won more than 70 top international design awards, including iF
, Red Dot, and Nagoya Design Do!.
The university also received the Audience Award
at the International Short Film Festival ContraVision
in Berlin
, Germany
, and the ACM SIGGRAPH
2005 Computer Animation Festival Award.
A total of 702 research papers by Taiwan Tech faculty were published in both SCI
and SSCI
journals in 2009, subject ranked top 300 in the world and 7th in Taiwan nationally.
’s (MOE) 「Building Top Universities and Elite Research Centers Development Plan」. Taiwan Tech is ranked as the best technical university in Taiwan
, 4th in the Industry-University Cooperative Research Awards, and most graduate programs are ranked top 5th to 6th among national universities by the MOE」.
Taiwan Tech is one of the top five Best Technology Licensing Centers declared by the National Science Council
(NSC), 3rd in overall amount of NSC Technology Licensing funding, and 1st in the Technology Licensing individually-allocated founding by the NSC. From 1994 to date, a total of 33 faculties received the Distinguished Research Awards from the NSC, ranked 6th in Taiwan. The university was the only university awarded the National Invention and Creation Award by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2007.
The university is ranked 6th most favorite university of the enterprises in Taiwan
, 1st among the technical education system, according to the survey by 104 Job Bank and Global Views Monthly Magazine. Taiwan Tech’s graduates are chosen by Cheer’s Magazine as among the industry’s top six most-preferred students.
and professional levels in 2009. Taiwan Tech awarded 1,285 undergraduate degrees, 1,387 Master’s degrees, and 117 doctoral degrees in 2009.
In the 2005-2006 school year, NTUST admitted four foreign students into a new English-based program in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Since then, Taiwan Tech’s student body has grown to encompass 294 international students in 2009, representing over 33 counties. The numbers of students from Indonesia
, Vietnam
, India
and Latin America
are already large enough to form their own student associations. Indonesian Students are the most populated among them.
has an unbroken history of offering services for academic research and teaching resources. The library, with 5,132 square meters of floor space and about 630 seats in its reading facilities, encompasses two sections: acquisition
and cataloguing section and periodical and circulation
section.
The Taiwan Tech Library hold a collection of 240, 959 volumes of books, 2,933 titles of periodicals, 540,000 pieces of ERIC microfiches, and 180 titles of online databases. The full-text e-journal systems such as ABI
/INFORM IEL, IEEE, ASP
, SDOS services are also available.
In addition, the library offers automated circulation, reference services, reserved book services, interlibrary loan services, audio-visual lab services, and library orientation services.The library has also been interconnected with the NTUST network to ensure ease in library facilities like issuing books and downloading audio and video e-books.
Late applications may be processed for next semester due to the time restrictions for applicant’s visa application or documentation authentication procedures (normally takes at least several weeks to two months) and the university final review schedule.
Applications are only accepted via the online application system. After filling out the application form online, relative documents are required to be printed out and then need to be submitted to the registrar offices. No application fee will be charged.
For a scholarship recipient, in addition to a waiver of tuition and fees for that year, a monthly stipend of NTD$10,000 (approximately USD$312) is granted to a master program student, and NT$15,000 (approximately USD$469) to a doctoral student upon their enrollment. For the second-year graduate students, the scholarship will be offered as long as the students meet certain requirements.
There are also many opportunities for international students to receive financial support during their studies offered by the government agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affaires, and National Science Council of the Executive Yuan. Also, a limited number of other scholarships are awarded to foreign students after studying for one semester who may apply for the scholarships.
, chemistry
, computer engineering
, electronics
, information technology
, and materials technology. They are facilitated by an inter-departmental and interdisciplinary approach, and thus enhance both academic research and teaching.
Currently, there are 20 specialized research centers including:
In addition, the Office of Research and Development, including the University-Industry Cooperation Center, the Business Incubation Center, and the Technology Transfer Center (TTC), has been established to link research results with the needs of industry for development and applications.
The TBTC has gathered outstanding researchers from Taiwan and abroad to pursue this goal through six research teams: the Intelligent Buildings Research Group, Building Structure and Hazard Mitigation Center, Green Building Materials Center, New Generation Building System Center, Steel Structure Engineering Center, and Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Center. These two groups focus on key technologies affecting buildings at each stage of their life-cycles. At the same time, the two groups also work on new building and ICT technologies that can create energy-conserving buildings with a reduced carbon footprint. In addition, the new TBTC building, currently under construction, will provide a real-world laboratory for testing and exhibiting the ideas and results of the Center’s projects, thus assisting the TBTC in taking its place on the world stage as a leading research center for intelligent green building technology.
and Taiwan
. The aim of NCP-Taiwan is to increase the quality, quantity, profile and impact of Taiwan-EU research cooperation under FP7 by developing and executing a suite of activities such as info-days, seminars, exchange visits, technical assistance, workshops and other activities designed to increase the awareness of, and involvement in, new collaborative opportunities.
The aim of the University–Industry Cooperation Center is to facilitate interactions between Taiwan Tech and enterprises; to promote and share Taiwan Tech’s research achievements and drive for success with industry, and, most importantly, to synchronize Taiwan Tech’s research efforts with industry trends so as to reduce industry’s development cycle and to increase its research capacity effectively.
The Business Incubation Center seeks to integrate innovation technology, and to incubate enterprises for developing new products, businesses and technologies. Key functions have included creating the conditions for a space/satellite cluster, providing consultation in regard to business plans and the establishment of companies or factories, as well as supporting the development and registration of technology applications, providing business management and training programs, assisting with government funding applications, and helping with the development of publicity campaigns.
The Technology Transfer Center’s main objective is to fully develop the potential value of Taiwan Tech’s research achievements through effective technological marketing, and, by continuous interaction with industry, to promote competitiveness and technology development.
, seminars or lectures, research projects, or just to discuss establishing a cooperative relationship with their home institutions, thus adding to the list of 181 academic institutions on five continents throughout the world with which the university has signed such agreements.
programs, of which 40,287 were at the undergraduate, 15,140 were at the Master’s program, and 1,084 were at the Ph.D. program. The majority of the alumni have devoted themselves to the various aspects of Taiwan
’s economic development, to which many of them are making important contributions.
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National university
A national university is generally a university created or run by a government, but which at the same time operates autonomously without direct oversight or control by the state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations...
technological university located in the Taipei
Taipei
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...
City, 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...
. Taiwan Tech was established in 1974, as the first and the leading higher education institution of its kind within Taiwan's technical and vocational education
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
system. The university is ranked 351 among world universities (subject
Course (education)
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ranking: 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...
/Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
: 143) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2009.
The university is also ranked 56 among Asian universities (subject ranking: 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...
/Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
: 33) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2010. NTUST Taiwan was also ranked as Asia's 10th best institute in science and technology.
Taiwan Tech enrolled 4,966 undergraduates and 4,340 graduate students, and employed 452 faculty and about 317 staff members in 2009. The university’s 14 departments and 24 graduate programs are divided into the following 6 colleges, College of Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Management, College of Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Honors College.
Taiwan Tech has five campuses, the Gongguan
Gongguan
Gongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...
campus, located at 43 Keelung Rd, Sec. 4, situated in the south region of Taipei
Taipei
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...
City, being the main campus covers an area of approximately 10 hectares, while the whole campuses cover up to 44.5 hectares.
History
The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, formerly known as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology, was established on July 22, 1974, as the fist and the best higher education institution of its kind of technological and vocational educationVocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
system 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...
. By extending this system to the highest level, the university was intended to meet the need created by the rapid economic and industrial development for highly trained engineers and managers.
The university beginning with four departments, Industrial Management, Electronic Engineering
Electronic engineering
Electronics engineering, also referred to as electronic engineering, is an engineering discipline where non-linear and active electrical components such as electron tubes, and semiconductor devices, especially transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, are utilized to design electronic...
, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, and Textile Engineering, in 1974. The department of Construction Engineering
Construction engineering
Construction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and utilities. Construction Engineers are unique such that they are a cross between civil...
was added in 1975; and both of the department of Chemical Engineering
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
and 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...
were launched in 1976. The Master’s degree programs began in 1979, and the Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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programs were offered in 1982. On attaining university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
status in 1997, the university reorganized itself into five colleges － Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Management, Design, and Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
division.
After more than thirty years of growth and evolution, under the outstanding leadership of successive presidents, nowadays, the Taiwan Tech has become one of the 11 top universities 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...
, and has been recognized by all sectors of society for its academic and practical achievements in such areas as cooperation with industry, promotion of entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...
and technology licensing. The university is now among the top 5 universities in Taiwan and is considered the best technical university in Taiwan. The achievements made by the university in the technical and design departments has made it well recognized amongst the Asian Universities as well.
Presidents
- Presidents of National Taiwan Institute of Technology
- Dr. LI-AN CHEN : August, 1974 － January, 1978
- Dr. GAU-WEN MAU : February, 1978 － July, 1981
- Dr. YEN-PING SHIH : August, 1981 － July, 1990
- Dr. CHING-TIEN LIOU : August, 1990 － July, 1997
- Presidents of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Dr. CHING-TIEN LIOU : August, 1997 － July, 2000
- Dr. SHI-SHUENN CHEN (acting) : August, 2000 － December, 2000
- Dr. SHUN-TYAN CHEN : December, 2000 － January, 2005
- Dr. SHI-SHUENN CHEN : February, 2005 － present
Main campus
The university has five campuses; the main campus, GongguanGongguan
Gongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...
campus, is in the Da'an District of Taipei
Taipei
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...
City, where contains most teaching and researching buildings, library, athletic facilities, and the central administrative offices.
The Gongguan
Gongguan
Gongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...
campus, located at 43 Keelung Rd, Sec. 4, situated in the south region of Taipei
Taipei
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...
city, covers an area of about 10 hectares. As in the downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
area, it only takes about 10-minute walk to the Gongguan MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) Station
Gongguan Station
The Taipei Metro Gongguan Station is located in the Gongguan area, between the Zhongzheng and Daan districts, in Taipei City, Taiwan. National Taiwan University, the highest academy of Taiwan, is close to the station.-Station overview:...
.
Other campuses
The other four campuses are:- Tucheng Campus. Located in Tucheng District, New Taipei City. Approximately 5.7 hectares.
- KeelungKeelungKeelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...
Campus. Located in Keelung City. Approximately 10 hectares. - New GongguanGongguanGongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...
Campus. Located in the Da'an District of TaipeiTaipeiTaipei 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...
City, near to the main campus. Approximately 2.3 hectares. - Zhubei Campus. Located in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County. Approximately 20.33 hectares.
Degrees
Taiwan Tech’s undergraduate division has two-year, four-year and continuing educationContinuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
programs. The two-year upper division program accepts graduates of technical junior colleges, while the four-year program seeks applicants from general and technical senior high schools. Continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
programs are offered in the evenings by the Departments of Industrial Management, Electronic Engineering
Electronic engineering
Electronics engineering, also referred to as electronic engineering, is an engineering discipline where non-linear and active electrical components such as electron tubes, and semiconductor devices, especially transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, are utilized to design electronic...
, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, Construction Engineering
Construction engineering
Construction engineering is a professional discipline that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and management of infrastructures such as highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, and utilities. Construction Engineers are unique such that they are a cross between civil...
, and Applied Foreign Languages to those who are currently employed. Students who successfully complete the requirements in any of these three undergraduate programs are awarded a bachelor’s degree.
The Master’s degree programs began accepting students in 1979. Those with a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in related fields from schools here or abroad are eligible to take the entrance exam. In addition, to encourage those already long in the workforce
Workforce
The workforce is the labour pool in employment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single company or industry, but can also apply to a geographic region like a city, country, state, etc. The term generally excludes the employers or management, and implies those involved in...
to advance their education, certain departments in the university also offer continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
Master’s programs in the evening. Students in these graduate programs who have successfully completed all the requirements, including a thesis and defense, are awarded a Master’s degree.
The doctoral programs
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
are seeks for holders of a Master’s degree or its equivalent from schools here or abroad. From the year 2001, certain departments also began to accept students into doctoral programs in the continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
division. Students in any of these doctoral programs, who have successfully completed all the requirements, including a thesis
Thesis
A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
and defense, are awarded the doctorate
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
.
Colleges and departments
Taiwan Tech’s 14 departments and 24 graduate programs are organized into 6 colleges:- College of Engineering
- College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- School of Management
- College of Design
- College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
- Honors College
- Graduate Institute of Engineering
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering
- Jing Cheng Department (University Inter-discipline Department)
Global rankings
Nation Taiwan University of Science and Technology is ranked 351 among world universities in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2009 (subject ranking: EngineeringEngineering
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...
/Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
: 143). The School of Management of Taiwan Tech is ranked 5th （Excellent Level）among the universities in Taiwan by eduniversal.com 2009.
The university is ranked 56 among Asian universities (subject ranking: 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...
/Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
: 33) in the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings 2010. NTUST Taiwan was also ranked as Asia's 10th best institute in science and technology.
The German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
iF
International Forum Design
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Product Design Awards
IF product design award
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University Ranking 2010 ranked Taiwan Tech 4th in the world, 1st in Taiwan. From 2003 to date, Taiwan Tech won more than 70 top international design awards, including iF
International Forum Design
iF International Forum Design GmbH is a Hanover-based organization providing design-related services. International Forum Design was launched in 2001 as the operative business arm of design promotion company iF Industrie Forum Design Hannover e.V....
, Red Dot, and Nagoya Design Do!.
The university also received the Audience Award
Audience award
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at the International Short Film Festival ContraVision
Film Festival ContraVision
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in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and the ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH is the New York–based Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. It was founded in 1969 by Andy van Dam ....
2005 Computer Animation Festival Award.
A total of 702 research papers by Taiwan Tech faculty were published in both SCI
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...
and SSCI
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index is an interdisciplinary citation index product of Thomson Reuters' Healthcare & Science division. It was developed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the Science Citation Index....
journals in 2009, subject ranked top 300 in the world and 7th in Taiwan nationally.
Taiwan domestic rankings
Taiwan Tech is one of 11 top universities in Taiwan sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education (Republic of China)
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of China is responsible for incorporating educational policies and managing public schools throughout the Free Area of the Republic of China. The ministry is a cabinet level governmental body of the Executive Yuan...
’s (MOE) 「Building Top Universities and Elite Research Centers Development Plan」. Taiwan Tech is ranked as the best technical university 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...
, 4th in the Industry-University Cooperative Research Awards, and most graduate programs are ranked top 5th to 6th among national universities by the MOE」.
Taiwan Tech is one of the top five Best Technology Licensing Centers declared by the National Science Council
National Science Council
The National Science Council is the main governmental promotion and funding body for science research in Taiwan, Republic of China. It is a governmental body under the Executive Yuan.-External links:* *...
(NSC), 3rd in overall amount of NSC Technology Licensing funding, and 1st in the Technology Licensing individually-allocated founding by the NSC. From 1994 to date, a total of 33 faculties received the Distinguished Research Awards from the NSC, ranked 6th in Taiwan. The university was the only university awarded the National Invention and Creation Award by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2007.
The university is ranked 6th most favorite university of the enterprises 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...
, 1st among the technical education system, according to the survey by 104 Job Bank and Global Views Monthly Magazine. Taiwan Tech’s graduates are chosen by Cheer’s Magazine as among the industry’s top six most-preferred students.
Student body
Taiwan Tech has a total enrollment of 9,306 students, of which 4,966 are at the undergraduate and 4,340 at the graduateGraduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
and professional levels in 2009. Taiwan Tech awarded 1,285 undergraduate degrees, 1,387 Master’s degrees, and 117 doctoral degrees in 2009.
In the 2005-2006 school year, NTUST admitted four foreign students into a new English-based program in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Since then, Taiwan Tech’s student body has grown to encompass 294 international students in 2009, representing over 33 counties. The numbers of students from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
are already large enough to form their own student associations. Indonesian Students are the most populated among them.
Libraries and digital resources
Opened in March 1975, the Taiwan Tech libraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
has an unbroken history of offering services for academic research and teaching resources. The library, with 5,132 square meters of floor space and about 630 seats in its reading facilities, encompasses two sections: acquisition
Procurement
Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
and cataloguing section and periodical and circulation
Library circulation
Library circulation or library lending comprises the activities around the lending of library books and other material to users of a lending library. A circulation or lending department is one of the key departments of a library....
section.
The Taiwan Tech Library hold a collection of 240, 959 volumes of books, 2,933 titles of periodicals, 540,000 pieces of ERIC microfiches, and 180 titles of online databases. The full-text e-journal systems such as ABI
Application binary interface
In computer software, an application binary interface describes the low-level interface between an application program and the operating system or another application.- Description :...
/INFORM IEL, IEEE, ASP
ASP
ASP may refer to:-Electronics:* Analog signal processing, processing electronic signals that represent continuous variables by use of analog circuitry* Anti-skip protection or electronic skip protection, a protection of an audio compact disc playback...
, SDOS services are also available.
In addition, the library offers automated circulation, reference services, reserved book services, interlibrary loan services, audio-visual lab services, and library orientation services.The library has also been interconnected with the NTUST network to ensure ease in library facilities like issuing books and downloading audio and video e-books.
General information
- Terms of study
- Undergraduate program: 2 to 4 years for the 2-year program, 4 to 6 years for 4-year program.
- Master program: 1 to 4 years
- Ph.D. program: 2 to 7 years
- Academic degree requirements
- 2-year undergraduate program: Applicants must be graduates of technical junior colleges or the equivalent.
- 4-year undergraduate program: Applicants must be graduates of a technical senior high school or the equivalent.
- Master program: Applicants must be holders of a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in a related field from a university or independent college.
- Ph.D. program: Applicants must be holders of a master's degree in a related field from a foreign or domestic university or independent research institute that is recognized by the Ministry of Education.
- Academic year
- Taiwan Tech runs 2 semesters in each academic year. Spring semester is scheduled from February to June, while fall semester is from September to January of the following year.
- Cost of study
- As a guide, the tuition and incidental fee per semester for 2008/2009 academic year for undergraduate programs were approximately varied based on different colleges and departments from USD$745 to USD$875, and tuition per credit hour was from USD$31 to USD$34. Fees are subject to change.
- The tuition and incidental fee per semester for 2008/2009 for Master’s degree were approximately varied based on different colleges and departments from USD$348 to USD$ 415, and tuition per credit hour was from USD$293 to USD$658. For Doctoral degree, the tuition and fees were USD$350 to USD$ 413, and the tuition per credit hour was from USD$219 to USD$293. Book and supplies cost approximately USD$300 per semester. All fees are subject to change.
- Housing and living costs
- All international students have priority in applying for dormitory. The dormitory fee is around USD$220 per semester. Eating at university cafeterias costs approximately USD$190 per month, whereas eating off-campus might exceed USD$220.
Application
The deadlines for applications are as follows:| Spring Semester | Fall Semester | |
| English-taught Programs with NTUST scholarship | November 30 | March 31 |
| Chinese-taught Programs without NTUST scholarship | December 31 (Undergraduate programs are not available) | May 31 |
Late applications may be processed for next semester due to the time restrictions for applicant’s visa application or documentation authentication procedures (normally takes at least several weeks to two months) and the university final review schedule.
Applications are only accepted via the online application system. After filling out the application form online, relative documents are required to be printed out and then need to be submitted to the registrar offices. No application fee will be charged.
Scholarships
The National Taiwan University of Science and technology Scholarship is available for the full-time international graduate students enrolled in the English-taught program. Maximum duration of the master’s program scholarship is up to 2 years, 3 years for Ph.D. program scholarship, and a maximum of 4 years for master’s fast-track to Ph.D. program scholarship.For a scholarship recipient, in addition to a waiver of tuition and fees for that year, a monthly stipend of NTD$10,000 (approximately USD$312) is granted to a master program student, and NT$15,000 (approximately USD$469) to a doctoral student upon their enrollment. For the second-year graduate students, the scholarship will be offered as long as the students meet certain requirements.
There are also many opportunities for international students to receive financial support during their studies offered by the government agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affaires, and National Science Council of the Executive Yuan. Also, a limited number of other scholarships are awarded to foreign students after studying for one semester who may apply for the scholarships.
Research centers and institutes
The research and development activities of Taiwan Tech are focused on research in basic science and applied science, as well as university-industry and international cooperation. Large-scale projects are conducted in building engineeringBuilding engineering
Education in the field of Building Engineering, better known as Architectural Engineering in the United States, is the study of the integrated application of engineering principles and technology to building design and architecture...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, computer engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, and materials technology. They are facilitated by an inter-departmental and interdisciplinary approach, and thus enhance both academic research and teaching.
- Taiwan Information Security Center
- Opto-Mechatronics Technology Center
- Communications & Electromagnetic Technology Center
- Power Electronics Technology Center
- Intelligent Robot Center
- Ecological and Hazard Mitigation Engineering Research Center
- Nanotechnology Engineering Center
- Science and Technology Materials Center
- Automation and Control Center
- Center for Research in Technological and Vocational Education
- Innovation and Creativity Center
- Scientific Instrument Center
- Center for the Study of Lotteries and Commercial Gaming
- Construction Occupational Health & Safety Center
- Facilities and Assets Management Center for Infrastructure
- Building Energy Conservation Center
- Building Hazard Mitigation Technology Center
- Intelligent Building Center
- Green Materials Center
- Open Architecture Center
In addition, the Office of Research and Development, including the University-Industry Cooperation Center, the Business Incubation Center, and the Technology Transfer Center (TTC), has been established to link research results with the needs of industry for development and applications.
Taiwan Building Technology Center
Among the universities chosen to receive a grant under the Ministry of Education’s Building Top Universities and Elite Research Centers Development Plan, NTUST was the only one to propose establishing a new research center which focuses on building-related issues. The Taiwan Building Technology Center (TBTC) seeks to integrate the humanities, the arts, and science and technology to enhance the positive impact that buildings can have on the safety and quality of people’s lives.The TBTC has gathered outstanding researchers from Taiwan and abroad to pursue this goal through six research teams: the Intelligent Buildings Research Group, Building Structure and Hazard Mitigation Center, Green Building Materials Center, New Generation Building System Center, Steel Structure Engineering Center, and Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Center. These two groups focus on key technologies affecting buildings at each stage of their life-cycles. At the same time, the two groups also work on new building and ICT technologies that can create energy-conserving buildings with a reduced carbon footprint. In addition, the new TBTC building, currently under construction, will provide a real-world laboratory for testing and exhibiting the ideas and results of the Center’s projects, thus assisting the TBTC in taking its place on the world stage as a leading research center for intelligent green building technology.
EU-FP National Contact Point-Taiwan Office
The National Contact Point-Taiwan Office (NCP-Taiwan), established in Sep. of 2008, seeks to facilitate the engagement of Taiwanese universities, industry, research institutes and their researchers with the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and other related EU opportunities for mutual collaboration between the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
and 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...
. The aim of NCP-Taiwan is to increase the quality, quantity, profile and impact of Taiwan-EU research cooperation under FP7 by developing and executing a suite of activities such as info-days, seminars, exchange visits, technical assistance, workshops and other activities designed to increase the awareness of, and involvement in, new collaborative opportunities.
Research and Development Office
The Research and Development Office was established as a bridge between the university itself and government organizations and enterprises, with the aim of strengthening cooperative relationships. The office has three centers including the University-Industry Cooperation Center, the Business Incubation Center, and the Technology Transfer Center.The aim of the University–Industry Cooperation Center is to facilitate interactions between Taiwan Tech and enterprises; to promote and share Taiwan Tech’s research achievements and drive for success with industry, and, most importantly, to synchronize Taiwan Tech’s research efforts with industry trends so as to reduce industry’s development cycle and to increase its research capacity effectively.
The Business Incubation Center seeks to integrate innovation technology, and to incubate enterprises for developing new products, businesses and technologies. Key functions have included creating the conditions for a space/satellite cluster, providing consultation in regard to business plans and the establishment of companies or factories, as well as supporting the development and registration of technology applications, providing business management and training programs, assisting with government funding applications, and helping with the development of publicity campaigns.
The Technology Transfer Center’s main objective is to fully develop the potential value of Taiwan Tech’s research achievements through effective technological marketing, and, by continuous interaction with industry, to promote competitiveness and technology development.
International cooperation
Taiwan Tech is actively engaged in various kinds of exchange programs, bringing students from abroad to take courses or engage in research work on the campus. On the faculty and administrative level, Taiwan Tech welcomes a large number of international scholars each year, including for long or short term faculty appointments, international conferencesMeeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.- Definitions :An act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose....
, seminars or lectures, research projects, or just to discuss establishing a cooperative relationship with their home institutions, thus adding to the list of 181 academic institutions on five continents throughout the world with which the university has signed such agreements.
Alumni
To date, a total of 56,511 students have graduated from the university’s undergraduate and graduateGraduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
programs, of which 40,287 were at the undergraduate, 15,140 were at the Master’s program, and 1,084 were at the Ph.D. program. The majority of the alumni have devoted themselves to the various aspects of 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...
’s economic development, to which many of them are making important contributions.
External links
NTUST. Retrieved 2010-04-26