National Chiao Tung University (NCTU; ) was a public research university located in
Hsinchu
Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the
Guangxu Emperor
The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), personal name Zaitian, was the tenth Emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign lasted from 1875 to 1908, but in practice he ruled, wi ...
, it was one of China's leading universities. After the
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...
, NCTU was re-established by former
Chiao Tung University faculty and alumni in Taiwan in 1958.
NCTU was selected by Taiwan's Ministry of Educations as one of the seven national universities focused on research in 2002. It was subsequently chosen to pursue all-around excellence with "versatile international competitiveness to continuously strengthen international academic influence and visibility".
NCTU was merged with
National Yang-Ming University
National Yang-Ming University (NYMU; ) was a research university located in Shipai, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was known for research in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of n ...
into the newly formed
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU; ) is a public research university in Taiwan. It was created in 2021 through the merger of National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University. At present, there are 19 colleges, 74 un ...
on 1st February 2021.
History
Qing dynasty
National Chiao Tung University was founded in
Xujiahui
Xujiahui (, , romanized as: Zikawei, Ziccawei, or Siccawei) is a locality in Shanghai. It is a historic area of commerce and culture administratively within Xuhui District, which is named after the locality. The area is a well-known precinct for ...
, the suburbs of
Shanghai
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in 1896, sixteen years before the birth of the
Republic of China
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, at the suggestion of
Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai (; November 4, 1844 – April 27, 1916) was a Qing dynasty Chinese tycoon, politician, and educator. He founded several major banks and universities and served as Minister of Transportation of the Qing Empire. He was also known as ...
, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Qing dynasty
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. The University was first named
Nanyang College. It was established to meet the need to introduce western civilization into China. The college focused only on
politics
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,
law
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, and translations of western books. In the later years of the Qing Dynasty, the college was renamed the
Vocational College
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of Higher Education and was governed by the Ministry of Post and Transportation. By including new vocational programs, such as business, electrical engineering, shipping management, and railway management, the college played a major role in science and engineering education in modern China.
The Ministry of Post and Transportation in the Qing Dynasty expanded the college by developing three other campuses - the Railway College in Tang-Shan (established in 1905), the Railway Management College in Peiping (1910), and the Merchant Marine College in Wu-Sun (1911).
Republic of China
After the founding of the
Republic of China
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in 1912, the four campuses of the college were reorganized and governed by the Ministry of Transportation, which evolved from the original Qing Dynasty Ministry of Post and Transportation. The names of the Vocational College of Higher Education, the Railway College, and the Railway Management College were changed respectively to the Shanghai Industrial College, the Tang-Shan Industrial College, and the College of Management in Railway, Post and Telecommunications. In 1921, the Ministry of Transportation united these three campuses under a single name: Chiao Tung University. The university reorganized its administrative systems, enlarged its facilities, and formed a new board of trustees. Later on, these three campuses were separated and reunited several times and their names were changed repeatedly because of political turmoil.
In 1926 the Shanghai campus established its Institute of Industry, which was devoted to telecommunication research. At the end of the Northern Expedition in 1928, the university resumed the name of Chiao Tung University and was governed by the newly established Ministry of Railways of the nationalist government. The Shanghai campus thereafter developed into four Colleges: the Colleges of Railway Management, the Colleges of Civil Engineering, the Colleges of Mechanical Engineering, and the Colleges of Electrical Engineering. In 1930, the College of Science consisting of three departments: Mathematics, Science, and Chemistry, was added to the campus. At the same time, the Institute of Industry in Shanghai was expanded to include the Institute of Industry and the Institute of Economics.
In 1937, along with all the other higher education in China, the university came under the authority of the Ministry of Education. During the Sino-Japanese war, the university was relocated to the
French Concession
The Shanghai French Concession; ; Shanghainese pronunciation: ''Zånhae Fah Tsuka'', group=lower-alpha was a foreign concession in Shanghai, China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Th ...
in Shanghai and then to various places in central China, such as Chung Ching, Hsiang Tan, and Pin Yueh. At the end of the war, all sectors of the university returned to their original campuses. Shortly afterwards the university was dissolved when the communists gained control of the Chinese mainland in 1949.
In 1957, due to the insistence of Chiao Tung University alumni at home and abroad and in view of the importance of developing the electronic industry for the national economy and defense, the Ministries of Education, Communications, Economic Affairs, and National Defense jointly recommended to the Executive Yuan that the university be reestablished at its present location in
Hsinchu
Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...
,
Taiwan
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. A preparatory committee was appointed, with Mr. H.H. Lin, former president of the University, serving as the chairman. In July 1958, the establishment of the National Chiao Tung University Institute of Electronics was formally recognized by the government. The institute was to offer a two-year graduate program leading to the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. S. M. Lee was appointed as the Institute's first director.
In compliance with a contract between the Ministry of Education and the United Association of International Telecommunications, the Telecommunication and Electronics Training Center (TETC) was established at the Hsinchu campus in 1961, with special funding from the United Nations. The TETC introduced computer technology, initiating television broadcasting, and manufacturing the island's first transistors and solid-state lasers.
As a result of TETC's success, the Computer and Electronics Center was established in 1962. Later, in response to requests from the alumni and to the directives given by the Ministry of Education, two undergraduate departments were organized at NCTU in 1964: the Department of Electrophysics and the Department of Electronic Engineering. In the same year, construction commenced on the University's Semiconductor Research Laboratory. In 1965, the Department of Control Engineering and the Department of Communication Engineering were established. In May 1967, the Institute of Electronics was formally transformed into the College of Engineering, which then included the Institute of Electronics and four undergraduate programs. K. K. Chung became the first president of the university, serving from 1967 to 1969. He was succeeded by Mr. H.C. Liu, NCTU's president from 1969 to 1972.
In 1968, the university started a Ph.D. program in the area of electronics. It was the first program to offer graduate study at the doctoral level in science and technology in
Taiwan
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. Besides, within the College of Engineering, the Institute of Management Science was founded in 1970, and the Department of Management Science was founded in 1971.
In 1972, C. L. Shen became the president of the university. During Shen's tenure, the university expanded rapidly, setting up the Department of Computer Engineering (1972), the Department of Navigation and Marine Engineering (1973), the Department of Ocean Transportation (1973), the Department of Transportation Management (1974) (the latter two departments were combined into the Department of Transport Engineering and Management in 1980), the Institute of Computer Science (1974), the Institute of Traffic and Transportation (1976), the Department of Mechanical Engineering (1976), the Institute of Applied Mathematics (1977), and the Department of Civil Engineering (1978). In addition, during this period the university conducted a national-level electronics research project with support from the
National Science Council
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC; ) is a statutory agency of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the promotion and funding of academic research, development of science and technology and science parks. NSTC is ...
of the R.O.C.
In August 1978, , an alumnus of NCTU's Hsinchu campus, was appointed the president of the university. During his presidency, the school matured into a complete university, consisting of twelve departments and twelve graduate Institutes. These programs were divided into three colleges - the College of Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Management.
The graduate institutes established under Kuo's leadership included: the Institute of Information Science (1980), the Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering (1980), the Institute of Applied Chemistry (1981), the Institute of Control Engineering (1982), and the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (1982). In 1982, the Semiconductor Research Center was set up in cooperation with the National Science Council. In 1984, the Microelectronics and Information Science and Technology Research Center was founded. The Department of Navigation and Marine Engineering was incorporated into the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. In 1985, the Institute of Civil Engineering was established within the College of Engineering.
Negotiations on a merger between
National Yang-ming University
National Yang-Ming University (NYMU; ) was a research university located in Shipai, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It was known for research in the fields of Medicine, Life Sciences and Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of n ...
and National Chiao Tung University began in December 2018. Both educational institutions voted to proceed with the merger in September 2019, which was approved by the
Ministry of Education
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in June 2020. The two universities merged into
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU; ) is a public research university in Taiwan. It was created in 2021 through the merger of National Yang-Ming University and National Chiao Tung University. At present, there are 19 colleges, 74 un ...
in February 2021.
Academics
Applied Chemistry
A special feature of NCTU was that it attracts relatively large number of foreign students, researchers and teachers, which highlights the intensifying internationalization trend throughout the Taiwanese higher education establishment. For example, the Department of Applied Chemistry at NCTU employs ca. 15 foreign professors.
The areas of strength of the Department of Applied Chemistry at NCTU include: time-resolved spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, polymer science, bioanalytics, nanotechnology, and
green chemistry
Green chemistry, also called sustainable chemistry, is an area of chemistry and chemical engineering focused on the design of products and processes that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. While environmental che ...
.
In 2013, the International Master Program for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science of Materials and Chemical Biology (SPIMS) was launched. Students of SPIMS are given a selection of topics in materials science and chemical biology. Courses are taught in English.
DAC at NCTU had strong links with the
Academia Sinica
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with which it opened a graduate program in Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology.
Business and Management
NCTU's
MBA
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business program was
AACSB
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accredited and was ranked in the top five programs throughout Asia by the business magazine
Asia Inc. Their business alumni dominate the financial sector in Taiwan, with NCTU having graduated more top executives than any other university in the country. NCTU's Master program in Global Business Administration was multi-national, with foreign students comprising fifty percent of the student base. The student body encompasses students from
North America
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,
Europe
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,
South America
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and
Asia
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each year. Top students receive personal mentoring by business executives through the university's Alumni Mentoring Program.
Computer Science
Based on the Essential Science Indicators compiled by the
Institute for Scientific Information
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(ISI), NCTU ranks 21st worldwide in the field of computer science. According to the 2013
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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conducted by
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋 ...
, NCTU ranks 35th in Computer Science.
Electrical Engineering
Based on the Academic Ranking of World Universities conducted by Shanghai Jiaotong University, NCTU ranks #3 in Taiwan (and mainland China plus Hong Kong), and was in the top ten in the Asia/Pacific region in the field of engineering. A collegiate chapter of
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the honor society for
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...
, was established at NCTU in 2018.
Organization
NCTU had eight colleges: Biological Science and Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Hakka Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management, and Science. The School of Law includes the
Institute of Technology Law.
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International programs
NCTU participates in the Bioinformatics Program of the Taiwan International Graduate Program of
Academia Sinica
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, Taiwan's academic research institution.
Libraries and culture
The National Chiao Tung University Library System, centered in the main square of the university campus, was home to the largest collection of English literature in Taiwan. With two floors dedicated to English texts, it was larger than that of many English libraries at colleges in the United States. The library area was 32,000 square meters and was set in scenic surroundings with a Taiwanese garden. It had over 1,000,000 volumes of printed texts, more than 3,000
periodicals
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, over 10,000 full text electronic journals, and more than 100 reference databases.
NCTU operates arts, cultural and
scientific museums. On the seventh floor of the library was a traditional Taiwanese garden reminiscent of a tranquil courtyard. The grand lobby area had a rotating display of ancient artifacts. The library lobby also had a grand piano, where students from the Music Institute sometimes display their talents. Showrooms are interspersed throughout the library, showcasing artistic talent, historical pieces, and other works of art and scientific discovery. A few of the showrooms are rotating and periodically showcase works by local students. NCTU maintains a museum on the history of the university where original documents for the university are on display.
As the famous folk religions in NCTU, many students visit the local
Tu Di Gong
Tudigong ( "Lord of the Soil and the Ground") or Tudishen ( "God of the Soil and the Ground"), also known simply as Tudi ( "Soil-Ground") is a tutelary deity of a locality and the human communities who inhabit it in Chinese folk religion and Tao ...
temple, located in front of the North Gate, to pray before exams, believing the god will give them good luck and get a good score.
Notable alumni, faculty and Honoris Causa Laureates
*
Robert H. Rines, inventor of radar and sonar
*
Stan Shih
Stan Shih (; born 18 December 1944), is the Co-founder & Honorary Chairman of Acer Inc. In 1976, after receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in electronic engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Shih founded Multitech with his wif ...
, founder of
Acer Group.
*
Jack Kilby
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,
Nobel Prize
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laureate in
physics
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.
*
Yuan T. Lee
Yuan Tseh Lee (; born 19 November 1936) is a Taiwanese chemist and a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the first Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate who, along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and America ...
,
Nobel Prize
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laureate in
Chemistry
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.
*
Simon Sze
Simon Min Sze, or Shi Min (; born 1936), is a Chinese-American electrical engineer. He is best known for inventing the floating-gate MOSFET with Korean electrical engineer Dawon Kahng in 1967.
Biography
Sze was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, and gre ...
, discovery in physics of the floating gate transistor.
*
Leo Esaki
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,
Nobel Prize
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laureate in
physics
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.
*
Gao Xingjian
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,
Nobel Prize
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laureate in
literature
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*
M. C. Frank Chang, Professor of Electrical Engineering,
UCLA
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.
*
Hsinchun Chen
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, McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems,
University of Arizona
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T ...
.
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Jin Au Kong Jin Au Kong (Traditional Chinese: 孔金甌; Simplified Chinese: 孔金瓯), (27 December 1942 – 13 March 2008) was an American expert in applied electromagnetics. He was a 74th-generation lineal descendant of the famous Chinese philosopher Confu ...
, Professor of Electrical Engineering,
MIT
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.
*
Edward Yang
Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the Be ...
, film director.
*
Giddens Ko
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, Blogger, Author and Film Director
*
Joyce C. H. Liu
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, Director IICS-
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Organizations
* UST (company), American digital technology company
* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union
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* United States Television Manufacturing Corp.
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, Professor of Cultural Study
Professors
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Chang Chun-Yen, President of NCTU, pioneer of Taiwan's semiconductor industry
*
Wai-Chi Fang, TSMC Chair Professor
*
Yi-Bing Lin, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
*
Joyce C. H. Liu
Joyce Chi-Hui Liu ( ) is Professor of Critical Theory, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Liu is the Chair of the Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies that she founded in 2002. She ...
, Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies
*
Henryk Witek, Department of Applied Chemistry
*
I-Chen Wu I-Chen Wu () is a professor at Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University. He received his B.S. in Electronic Engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU), M.S. in Computer Science from NTU, and Ph.D. in Computer Science fro ...
, Department of Computer Science
Presidents (after 1958)
*
Li Hsi-mou
Li Hsi-mou (; 11 October 1896 – 26 February 1975) was a notable Chinese educator, electrical engineer, and politician in Taiwan.
Biography
Li was born in Jiashan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang province, Qing Dynasty China. Li's courtesy name was Zhenwu ( ...
(August 1958 – 1967)
* (1967–1969)
* Liu Hao-chun (1969–1972)
* (1972; acting)
* Sheng Ching-lai (1972–1978)
* (1978–1987)
* (May 1987 – July 1992)
* (1992–1998)
*
Chang Chun-yen (August 1998 – February 2006)
* Huang Wei (August 2006 – February 2007; acting)
* (February 2007 – January 2011)
* (February 2011 – 31 July 2015; acting after February 2015)
*
M. C. Frank Chang (1 August 2015 – 31 July 2019)
* Chen Hsin-hong (since 1 August 2019; acting)
Sports and athletic facilities
NCTU athletic facilities are home to the university sports teams. It was important in
eastern philosophy
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to exercise the mind and the body, such that they may be in harmony. The sport arena was open to all students.
NCTU was part of the nation's most renowned inter-university competition, The
Mei-Chu Tournament. The annual tournament between NCTU and rival
National Tsing Hua University
National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a public research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
National Tsing Hua University was first founded in Beijing. After the Chinese Civil War, the then-president of the university, Mei Yiqi, and other ...
(NTHU) was compared to the
Oxford
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and
Cambridge
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boat race as well as the
Harvard
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and
Yale
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...
annual football competition known as
The Game. NCTU and
NTHU have held the annual event since 1968 and NCTU holds the trophy which was brought back to the university in 1999 where it remained since.
Architecture and campus grounds
The university ascribes to the eastern philosophy of
feng shui. Effort were made to strike a balance between the university
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
and nature. The building designs strike a balance between traditional eastern values and modern advancement. Gardens are interspersed throughout the campus and create a peaceful environment for learning. Renowned artists including
Yuyu Yang have contributed sculptures and artwork to the grounds.
Rankings
NCTU was generally considered to be one of the top universities in Taiwan. According to the
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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, NCTU was ranked 301-400th in Computer Science in 2020. It was ranked 76-100th worldwide in the engineering field in 2016. In 2021,
U.S. News & World Report ranked National Tsing Hua University 750th in the world. NCTU in
Taiwan
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, along with its sister campuses, such as
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU; ) is a public research university in Shanghai, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of China.
The university was established on April 8, 1896 as Nanyang Public School (南洋 ...
in
China
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, comprise the largest alumni network in the entire Asia/Pacific region and draws students from over 42 countries around the world.
In 2014, the
Embassy of Japan in Taiwan listed NCTU as one of the seven well-known Taiwanese universities.
[交流, No.879, p.6. A total of 5 public universities and 2 private universities were selected: NTU, ]NCKU
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan. The university is best known for engineering, computer science, medicine, and planning and design.
As a top university in Taiwan, NCKU has played ...
, NTHU, NCTU, NCCU, Fu Jen Catholic and Soochow University.
See also
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List of universities in Taiwan
The following is a list of universities, colleges, junior colleges, and institutes of technology in the Republic of China (ROC), which consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and the Matsu Islands.
Public universities and colleges
Private u ...
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List of Chinese language schools in Taiwan
Taiwan has long been a destination for foreign learners of Mandarin and is home to many Mandarin language schools. Several schools also offer courses in Minnan, or less commonly Hakka and Cantonese. Below is a list of Mandarin language schools ...
References
External links
Official website
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1896 establishments in China
Jiaotong University
Educational institutions established in 1896
Educational institutions established in 1958
1958 establishments in Taiwan
Educational institutions disestablished in 2021
2021 disestablishments in Taiwan