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Introduction to NTU. Academic Vice President, NTU Tai-Jen George Chen/Chair Professor. Taihoku Imperial University 1928. National Taiwan University 1945. NTU Today 11 colleges 54 departments 99 graduate institutes 36 research centers 33,169 Students.
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Introduction to NTU Academic Vice President, NTU Tai-Jen George Chen/Chair Professor
NTU Today 11 colleges 54 departments 99 graduate institutes 36 research centers 33,169 Students Social Sciences ‧Life and Science ‧ Management ‧ Public Health ‧Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Liberal Arts‧ Law ‧ Science ‧Medicine ‧ Engineering ‧ Bioresources and Agriculture
Outstanding Alumni Record • Between 1999 and 2003, a total of 1,190 NTU alumni received their PhDs in The United States (ranked 11thglobally), including 367 Doctors of Engineering (ranked 2nd globally) 313 Doctors of Life Science (ranked 9th globally) • NTU alumni performance to 2005 20 university presidents 1 Nobel Prize winner 15 American National Academy of Sciences fellows 91 Academia Sinica fellows
Total NTU land size 34,676 hectares = 1% of Taiwan (3,600,000 hectares) • Taipei Campuses • Gongguan campus • College of Law and • Social Sciences • College of Medicine • College of Public Health • University Hospital • University Farm • Wenshan Botanical • Garden • 183.89 hectares Chupei Branch Campus (Biotech Research Park) 22 hectares • Experimental Forests • Highland Farm • Department of Forestry • 34,399.748702 hectares University Hospital Yunlin Branch Hospital 5 hectares National Taiwan University ‧Island-wide Campuses
Enrollment 1980-2008 17,690 10,192 (Number) 4,909 (Year)
Number of faculty with PhDs 1980-2007 1696 112 93 2007
International exchange Membership in International Organizations 11 Partner Universities 280 International Students 2109 Dual Degree Students 47 Academic Exchanges 4666 Courses Taught in English 599 Dual Degree Programs 17 Whole English Programs 6
SCI papers ranking in the Asia Pacific region 2004-2008 (number)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Global University Rankings 2008 Ranking 164 National Taiwan University Oregon Health & Science University (USA) Queen Mary, University London (UK) Seoul National University (South Korea) State University of New York-Stony Brook (USA) Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) University of Tsukuba (Japan) University of Alabama-Birmingham (USA) Ranked No. 1 among all Chinese Universities In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong Score
TimesWorld University Rankings 2008 World Ranking 124 National Taiwan University 122 Durham University (UK) 122 University of Maryland (USA) 124 University of Otago (New Zealand) 126 Erasmus University-Rotterdam (Netherlands) (Score)
Mission of the Office of Research and Development To Promote High-Impact Research Grant Seed Funding Identify Areas of Strategic Importance Promote Multi-Disciplinary Research Programms To Research Benchmarking Review within NTU and relative to peer universities To Facilitate Commercialization of Research Outcomes and IP Protection Recognition & Reward of Research Excellence Prestigious Research Awards To Enhance Strong Global Profile Establish International Research Networks Attract and Retain Talent To Assist in the Development of New Resources Attract and Retain Talent Promote NTU-Industry cooperation Matching Grant Scheme
Office of Research and Development Division of Strategic Planning Division of Academia-Industrial Cooperation Division of Research Project Affairs Division of Technology Transfer NTU Innovation and Incubation Center
Outstanding Students Educational excellence Diverse learning Recruit the outstanding faculties and researchers Strengthen infrastructure and software and hardware environment Promote outstanding, cutting-edge research Quality Teaching & Research Campus Promote academic internationalization Streamline administration • Leader of Society • Innovators of • knowledge and • Industry
Overall Objectives and Mid-range Plan for “Aiming for Top University Project” Establish an excellent learning and Research campus environment Quantitative and qualitative doubling of Research papers World-class status in 10-15 fields Join ranks of world’s top 100 universities Pinnacle of Chinese world, rank among world’s elite
Establish an excellent learning and research campus environment Improved manpower structure Improved instructional approaches Improved infrastructure Enhanced cultural and artistic campus atmosphere Streamlined administration Flexible pay scale
Strengthen Research Infrastructure Green House Animal Center Common Fabrication Center High Quality and Expensive Instruments Excellent Research Center
Quantitative and qualitative doubling of research papers Full-scale Academic Field Upgrade Project Special project teachers system Expanded research space Additional retention of post-doctoral researchers Additional retention of research technicians
World-class status in 10-15 fields Excellent Research Projects of National Taiwan University Frontier and Innovative Research project of National Taiwan University Academia-Industrial Cooperation Project of National Taiwan University
Excellent Research Projects Total Main Project: 16 Total Sub-Project: 68 Total Budget 2006: NT$346,930,324 (10,700,000 US$) 2007: NT$356,072,521 (11,000,000 US$) • Total Main Project: 20 • Total Sub-Project: 101 • Total Budget 2008: NT$ 468,294,000 • (14,190,000 US$) • 2009: NT$ 466,064,000 • (14,123,000 US$) • 2010: NT$ 464,064,000 (14,062,000 US$)
Research Center in NTU Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences Center for Advanced Nano Materials Center for Information and Electronics Technologies Center of Digital Archives NTU Research Center For Medical Excellence Neurobiology and Cognitive Science Research Center Core Lab proposal Center for Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Join ranks of world’s top 100 universities Recruiting research chairs Promote international exchanges Course instruction in English language Enhanced quantity and quality of international students Raise number of foreign professors
Pinnacle of Chinese world, rank among world’s elite At least 10 papers published in Nature & Science publications per year Produce 400 highly cited papers per year Owned 10 highly cited authors in campus Nobel-caliber scholars Put NTU on the world map of excellent research and learning campus
Thank You National Taiwan University