Tsing Hua National University
Tsing Hua National University (國立 清華大學) |
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motto | 自強不息 厚德載物Self-discipline and social engagement |
founding |
1911 (in Beijing) 1956 (reconstitution in Taiwan) |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Taiwan , Hsinchu |
country | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
president | Hong Hocheng (賀陳弘) |
Students | 5071 (5194 postgraduates ) |
Website | (中文) |
The Tsing Hua National University ( Chinese 國立 清華大學 / 国立 清华大学 , Pinyin Guólì Qīnghuá Dàxué , Tongyong Pinyin Guólì Cinghuá Dàsyué , abbr .: NTHU ) is a research university in Hsinchu , Taiwan .
Her focus is on technology-related and natural science courses. The university has 7 colleges, 17 departments and 18 independent institutes, which are located on a spacious campus area. The university, which has a strong postgraduate program, employs over 600 full-time professors. For the Asian region, the university is aiming for a position like MIT in the USA. In the QS ranking 2021, it was ranked 168th worldwide and 32nd in Asia. The Science Park of Hsinchu, with which the university is closely connected, is located in the immediate vicinity of the university campus. The Science Park is known as the Taiwanese Silicon Valley with a high concentration of important companies from the high-tech industry (especially semiconductors). The Chiao Tung National University , also located in Hsinchu, has been in strong competition with it since both schools were founded. The rivalries are particularly evident in the annual Mei-Chu-Tournament / Mei-Zhu-Tournament ( 梅 竹 賽 / 梅 竹 赛 , Méi-Zhú-Sài ), a series of sports and game competitions in March. The ratio is also often compared with Athens (NTHU) and Sparta (NCTU) or with Cambridge and Oxford .
history
Originally, the NTHU was the Tsinghua University ( Chinese 清華大學 / 清华大学 , Pinyin Qīnghuá Dàxué , Tongyong Pinyin Cinghuá Dàsyué ) (founded in Beijing in 1911 ) and a preparatory school for Chinese students who were to be sent by the government to study in the USA but in 1925 it was converted into a university. In 1937, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War , it was merged with Peking University and Nankai University . It was formed in 1937 as Temporary Changsha University in Changsha , which became a combat zone in 1938, and then as United Southwest University in 1938–45 after relocation to Kunming . After the World War, all three universities were moved back to Beijing and Tianjin. Some of the workforce resisted and moved to Hsinchu. In 1955, their first institute for nuclear sciences was founded when the construction of a nuclear reactor began. The college for nuclear research goes back to this. This resulted in the NTHU, which officially began operations on January 1, 1956. Both Tsing Hua Universities are no longer linked, but each claim to be the true Tsing Hua University. However, the relationship has relaxed and the universities are trying to cooperate. On November 1, 2016, the Hsinchu National Pedagogical University (NHCUE) was integrated into the NTHU.
University facilities
College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Humanities College |
College of Life Sciences |
College of Nuclear Research |
Technology Management College
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General Education Commission |
President
The previous presidents of the NTHU with terms of office are listed below.
- Mei Yi-Chi (梅貽琦): 1956–1962
- Chen Ke-Chung (陳 可 忠): 1962-1969
- Yen Cheng-Hsing (閻振興): 1969-1970
- Shu Shien-Siu (徐 賢 修): 1970–1975
- Ming-Che Chang (張明哲): 1975-1981
- Mao Gao-wen (毛高文): 1981-1987
- Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄): 1987-1993
- Richard Chia-Tung Lee (李家同): 1993-1994
- Shen Junshan (沈 君山, * 1932 † 2018): 1994–1997
- Chen Xiong (陳信雄): 1997-1998
- Liu Chung-laung (劉 炯 朗): February 1998 - February 2002
- Frank Hsia-San Shu (徐 遐 生): February 2002 - February 2006
- Chen Wen-Tsuen (陳文 村): February 2006 - February 2010
- Chen Lih-Juann (陳力俊): February 2010 - January 2014
- Hong Hocheng (賀陳弘): since February 2014
Well-known alumni
- Yuan T. Lee , received his Masters degree in 1961 and Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986
- Chen Yung-Jui
- HT Kung
- Chen Ning Yang , received his master's degree from NTHU in 1944, and the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics .
- Tsung-Dao Lee , received his Masters degree from NTHU in 1945, and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 .
- Shiing-Shen Chern , mathematics graduate student 1930–34, 1984 Wolf Prize winner .
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the NTHU ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ National Tsing Hua University. July 16, 2015, accessed June 21, 2020 .
- ↑ History of Tsinghua University
- ↑ Detailed history of the NTHU (only in Chinese)
- ↑ PTS News Network Article for approval by MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology)
- ↑ President of the NTHU ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hong Hocheng biography
- ↑ Chen-Ning Yang biography
- ↑ Tsung-Dao Lee's biography
- ↑ Biography of Shiing-Shen Chern
Coordinates: 24 ° 47 ′ 37 ″ N , 120 ° 59 ′ 34 ″ E