National Taiwan University
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國立 臺灣 大學 National Taiwan University |
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|---|---|
| motto | 敦 品 勵 學 ‧ 愛國 愛人 |
| founding |
1928 (as Taihoku Imperial University ) 1945 (re-established) |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Taipei |
| country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| president | Chung-Ming Kuan ( 管 中 閔 ) (2019) |
| Students | 31,829 (2019) |
| Employee | 1,986 (2009) |
| including professors | 1,037 (2009) |
| Website | www.ntu.edu.tw |
The National Taiwan University ( Chinese 國立 臺灣 大學 , Pinyin Guólì Táiwān Dàxué , short Taida , English National Taiwan University NTU ) is a state university in Taipei in the Republic of China (Taiwan) . It was part of the Taiwan University System and is now part of the National Taiwan University System and has approximately 31,000 students enrolled. It has repeatedly been named the best university in Taiwan and among the world's best universities by several prestigious rankings (HEEACT 2007, THE-QS World University Rankings 2009, Global University Ranking 2009, QS World University Rankings 2010, Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2011 ).
history
The origins of the national university go back to the Imperial University of Taihoku ( Japanese 台北 帝国 大学 , Taihoku teikoku daigaku ) founded by the Japanese Empire during his rule over Taiwan , which was founded in 1928 and was one of nine imperial universities . After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China, the university was given its current name in 1945.
Faculties
- Bioresources and Agriculture
- Life sciences
- Electrical engineering and computer science
- Humanities
- Engineering
- Medicine with associated university hospital
- Natural sciences
- Public health
- law Sciences
- Social sciences
- management
Importance as an elite university
Its importance as an elite university in Taiwan is z. B. from the dominant role of their graduates in politics: Since the establishment of direct democratic presidential elections in Taiwan (1996), in the following five elections out of 19 candidates for president and vice-president were both government and vice-presidents opposition parties, 13 NTU graduates, including six law school graduates such as B. the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen ( DPP ) and her predecessors Ma Ying-jeou ( KMT ) and Chen Shui-bian (DPP). All four of Taiwan's directly elected presidents since 1996 were NTU graduates.
Personalities
Former presidents
| Period | Surname | Japanese |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1928 - 9.1937 | Shidehara Taira | 幣 原 坦 |
| 9.1937 - 4.1941 | Mita Sadanori | 三 田 定 則 |
| 4.1941 - 3.1945 | Andō Masatsugu | 安藤 正 次 |
| 3.1945 - 10.1945 | Andō Kazuo | 安藤 一 雄 |
| Period | Surname | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1945 - 7.1946 | Tsung-lo Lo | 羅 宗 洛 | Luó Zōngluò |
| 8.1946 - 5.1948 | Tse-hong Loh | 陸志鴻 | Lù Zhìhóng |
| 6.1948 - 12.1948 | Chang-kung Chuang | 莊長恭 | Zhuāng Chánggōng |
| 1.1949 - 12.1950 | Ssu-nien Fu | 傅斯年 | Fù Sīnián |
| 12.1950 - 3.1951 | Kang-po Shen | 沈剛伯 | Shěn Gāngbó |
| 3.1951 - 5.1970 | Shih-liang Chien | 錢 思 亮 | Qián Sīliàng |
| 6.1970 - 7.1981 | Chen-hsing Yen | 閻振興 | Yán Zhènxīng |
| 8.1981 - 7.1984 | Chao-chung Yu | 虞 兆 中 | Yú Zhàozhōng |
| 8.1984 - 2.1993 | Chen Sun | 孫 震 | Sūn Zhen |
| 2.1993 - 6.1993 | Guang-hsiung Kou | 郭光雄 | Guō Guāngxióng |
| 6.1993 - 6.2005 | Wei-jao Chen | 陳維昭 | Chén Wéizhāo |
| 6.2005 - 6.2013 | Si-chen Lee | 李嗣 涔 | Lǐ Sìcén |
| 6/2013 - 6/2017 | Pan-Chyr Yang | 楊 泮 池 | Yáng Pànchí |
| 6.2017 - 9.2017 | Ching-Ray Chang | 張慶瑞 | Zhang Qìngruì |
| 10.2017 - 1.2019 | Tei-Wei Kuo | 郭大維 | Guō Dàwéi |
| 1.2019 - now | Chung-Ming Kuan | 管 中 閔 | Guon Zhongmon |
Source:
Famous Graduates
politics
- Ma Ying-jeou - former President of the Republic of China
- Chen Shui-bian - former President of the Republic of China
- Lee Teng-hui - former President of the Republic of China
- Hsieh Chang-ting - Former Prime Minister of the Republic of China
- Su Tseng-chang - Prime Minister of the Republic of China
- Lien Chan - former Vice President of the Republic of China
- Annette Lu - Former Vice President of the Republic of China
- Tsai Ing-wen - President of the Republic of China
- Mark Chen - former Foreign Minister of Taiwan
- Chen Chien-jen - Vice President of the Republic of China
- Ko Wen-je - Mayor of Taipei
- Eric Chu - Mayor of New Taipei City
- Huang Kuo-chang - Chairman of the New Power Party , MP in the Legislative Yuan
science
- Peter Chen - computer scientist
- Yuan T. Lee - 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , past President of Academia Sinica
- Andrew Chi-Chih Yao - Turing Award 2000
- Liu Tai-Ping - mathematician
- Chi-Huey Wong - Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2014, former President of Academia Sinica
- Chen Chien-jen - epidemiologist, former vice-president of Academia Sinica
- James C. Liao - appointed President of Academia Sinica in 2016
- Huang Kuo-chang - legal scholar
literature
- Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai - Crystal Boys
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Taiwan University: About NTU. National Taiwan University, 2006, accessed on March 26, 2011 (English, the motto is translated into English: Cultivate virtue, advance intellect; love one's country, love one's people , thus something like: “Care for virtue, train the spirit; love your country and your people ”.).
- ^ President Office. National Taiwan University, 2019, accessed April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c NTU at a glance. National Taiwan University, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ QS World University Rankings ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ranking Web of World Universities. ( Memento from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at: webometrics.info
- ↑ see article on the presidential elections 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012
- ^ History of the Presidency. National Taiwan University, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 .