National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU, 國立臺灣大學, Hanyu Pinyin: Guólì táiwān dàxúe, Wade-Giles: Kuo-li t'ai-wan ta-hsüeh) is a university in Taiwan. The entrance examination score needed to enter NTU is typically the highest among universities in Taiwan, and using this ranking, it is widely considered the best university in Taiwan.
國立臺灣大學
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© National Taiwan University
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| Motto: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people |
| President |
Chen Wei-Jao |
| School type |
Public |
| Religious affiliation |
Secular |
| Founded |
1928 as Taihoku Imperial University; Reorganized in 1945 as National Taiwan University |
| Location |
Taipei City, Republic of China |
| Enrollment |
17,913 grad., 10,859 post-grad. |
| Faculty |
1793 (full time), 1188 (part time) |
| Campus surroundings |
Urban (main campus) |
| Campus size |
1.6 km² (Greater Taipei combined), 344 km² (Nantou County combined) |
History
The university was founded as the Taihoku Imperial University (臺北帝國大學) of the Japanese Empire in 1928. Following Taiwan's handover to the Republic of China in 1945, it was renamed the National Taiwan University and reorganized into six colleges and twenty-two departments. It has since expanded to 11 colleges, 52 departments, 82 graduate institutes and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development.
Campus
The university has six campuses in the greater Taipei region (including Taipei County) and two additional campuses in Nantou County.
Organization
A president heads the university, which is divided into the following colleges:
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Science
- College of Social Science
- College of Medicine
- College of Engineering
- College of Bio-resource and Agriculture
- College of Management
- College of Public Health
- College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- College of Law
- College of Life Science
- Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development
List of presidents
Noted NTU Faculty
- Lee Teng-hui - professor of economics
- Lien Chan - professor of political science, chairman of the Political Science Department and dean of the Graduate Institute of Political Science
See also
