The National Ilan University (NIU; ) is a public

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Yilan City Yilan City ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River. H ...

, Yilan County,

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History

National Ilan University was one of the first institutions of higher education in Taiwan. It was founded as the Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry on 12 May 1926. Since then, the name and focus of the institution have undergone a number of changes, from having been a five-year junior college (National Ilan Junior College of Agriculture and Technology), and a

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(National Ilan Institute of Technology). In 2003, the school was further reformed into its current status as a comprehensive university, offering BA, BS, MA and MS degrees in four colleges.

Campus

The main campus stands in the center of

. The school owns two larger tracts of land, mostly undeveloped, in

and Wujie Township in Yilan County.

Schools

NIU has four colleges: Humanities and Management, Engineering, Bioresources, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In addition, there are 13 departments and 17 graduate institutions. The newest of the Graduate Programs is the MA Program in Foreign Languages & Literatures. It focuses on the literature in English of nations within the Asian Pacific Rim region.

President

Dr. Po-Ching Wu was elected as the 5th NIU President by the NIU President Election Committee on July 4 and was on board from August 1, 2016. Dr. Wu is also a professor in the Department of Biomechatronic Engineering at NIU. He received his PhD in Food engineering at the

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(USA).

University resources

The university has 150 laboratories, one computer center, a number of computerized language labs, and an Analysis and Technology Consulting Center which cooperates with local industries on their manufacturing and production. In 2006, the university also established an Incubator Center, which assists local industries in research and development. In addition to the aforementioned facilities and resources, NIU also has a library that occupies nearly and holds over 200,000 books, including nearly 1000 periodicals relating to various research fields. In early 2006, NIU was granted the capacity to serve as the GigaPoP ("gigabit point-of-presence") for Taiwan Advanced Research & Education Network (TWAREN). As a result, NIU is in charge of providing a high-

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network connection to research and academic institutes within Ilan county.

Programs for international students

''Most programs are taught in Chinese. * Some master's-level courses are taught in English language''

# NIU is one of the Bioresources education and research institutes in Taiwan. NIU students in the Bioresources College have an opportunity to visit Malaysia for off-site classes; and to visit Canada to attend the joint program with

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. # College of Engineering and College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of NIU are IEET accredited. IEET is a member of Washington Accord,

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, Sydney Accord, and NABEEA.

International Collaboration

National Ilan University (NIU) collaborates with over 100 Universities and Research Institutions worldwide. When studying at NIU, students can apply for an academic exchange program with partner universities where they can take part in overseas volunteer activities and summer camps. In addition, NIU has a program with the University of Michigan Dearborn Business School, which offers a master's degree to NIU students.

Tuition and miscellaneous fees

Tuition fees and other miscellaneous fees for international students for the academic year 2016. Note: For details about Tuition Fees & other Miscellaneous fees for 「 Taiwan Scholarship Awardee」kindly follow the lin

Laboratory

* Mobility Network Laboratory

Nomenclature

The ''Ilan'' spelling in the school name perpetuates a twentieth-century romanization for the name of the area. ''Yilan'' is now preferred by most national and regional authorities. The standard abbreviated reference in English is the

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''NIU''. The standard abbreviation in Mandarin Chinese is the

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References

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