National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST; ) is a leading public university in Neipu Township,

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. NPUST occupies the in all of Taiwan. It was established in April 1924 as the Kaohsiung District Pingtung Extension School of Agriculture and over the years it has undergone several restructurings and name changes. The current name of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology was adopted in August 1997. NPUST is the university in Taiwan to host a Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals (PTRC), Shelter for Stray Dogs and Working Dog Training School. In addition to the Neipu Campus, it has land in

Kenting National Park Kenting National Park (), commonly known as Kenting (), is a national park located on the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng, and Manzhou Townships. Established on 1 January 1984, it is Taiwan's oldest a ...

and

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

Academics

NPUST has 26 departments, 35 master's programs, 8 doctoral programs, 1 international bachelor's degree program, and 2 international master's degree programs distributed among the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Management, Humanities and Social Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, and the International College. During the 2016 academic year, NPUST had 11,350 students, including 1,956 graduate students and 9,394 undergraduates. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology offers one of the world's only graduate programs focussing on aquarium fish.

Location

NPUST is in the Dawu Mountain foothills of northwestern Neipu Township in Pingtung County, near the

Donggang River The Donggang River () is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Pingtung County for 44 km. Bridges * Jinde Bridge See also *List of rivers in Taiwan This is a list of rivers ( or ) on Taiwan Island in the Republic of China which are ov ...

. The campus covers 298.3 hectares. NPUST is approximately 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) from the Pingtung Train Station and the trip takes around 30 minutes by car; the campus is also served by regular buses. In addition to the Neipu Campus, NPUST has 285 hectares in the Baoli Forest of

and the 576-hectare Daren Ranch in

. In 2020 National Pingtung University of Science and Technology was the most sustainable university in Taiwan according to the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, the 4th most sustainable in Asia, and the 31st most sustainable in the world.

Research

NPUST is cooperating with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to establish an International Education College. The International Institute for Infrastructural, Agriculture and Environmental Engineering (IAE) provides industry services and helps to strengthen academic industrial production. Currently it has established 14 centers for research and development. They are one of the best schools in the world for tropical agriculture research. NPUST is part of the University Network of Tropical Agriculture. The

technology transfer Technology transfer (TT), also called transfer of technology (TOT), is the process of transferring (disseminating) technology from the person or organization that owns or holds it to another person or organization, in an attempt to transform invent ...

of offseason flowering forcing in

longan ''Dimocarpus longan'', commonly known as the longan () and dragon's eye, is a tropical tree species that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family Sapindaceae, to which the lychee and rambut ...

s has netted the University billions of NTD.

President

Chang-Hsien Tai became president of NPUST in August 2014.

Notable alumni

* Fu-Sung Chiang, dean of College of Humanities and Social Sciences,

National Taiwan Ocean University National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincial Taiwan Maritime Technology Co ...

* Lung-Mu Chen, chairman, Known-You Seed Co. Ltd. * Shi-Jye Jin, Actor * Su Chung, general director,

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO; ), founded in 1945, is the oldest symphony orchestra in Taiwan. It is based in Wufeng, Taichung. Conductors Principle Guest Conductor * Lan Shui (首席客席指揮:水藍), 2019-present Past ...

References

External links

Official website
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