National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of

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operating out of three campuses in

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. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Linguistics in Taiwan. NTNU was internationally ranked 331st in the 2021

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, 601-800th in the 2021 ''

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'' and 900–1000th in the 2020 '' Academic Ranking of World Universities''. NTNU is widely recognized as one of Taiwan's comprehensive and elite higher education institutions with the most international exposure. NTNU is affiliated with

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

and

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology () abbreviated as NTUST or TaiwanTech (), is a public technological university located in Taipei, Taiwan. TaiwanTech was established in 1974 as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology ...

as part of the National Taiwan University System. NTNU is an official member of AAPBS. A number of Taiwan's leading artists, authors, educators, musicologists, linguists, painters, philologists, poets, sinologists and many researchers have passed through the university's doors as students and faculty. The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,500 students are

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. Since 2015, NTNU has been ranked within 350 in the

(No. 331 in the world in 2020 and No. 61 in Asia). NTNU has been ranked among the top 50 in the world in the three disciplines of education, linguistics, and library and information management systems.

The affiliated senior high school of National Taiwan Normal University The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University (HSNU; Traditional Chinese: 國立臺灣師範大學附屬高級中學, 附中, 師大附中) is a Taiwanese senior high school (or "high school," as opposed to "middle schoo ...

is also one of the top high schools in Taiwan.

History

National Taiwan Normal University opened its doors in the early 20th century during Japanese rule in Taiwan. Taiwan's Japanese governors established the school as Taiwan Provincial College. Soon after they gave it the name Taihoku College (''Taihoku'' is "Taipei" in Japanese). The school's purpose was to nurture a native educated class qualified to assist the government in matters of administration. Many buildings on the university's main campus date from the Japanese colonial period, including the Administration Building, the Lecture Hall, Wenhui Hall and Puzi Hall. Japanese

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s incorporated features of the Neo-Classical,

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and Gothic Revival styles often encountered on European university campuses. A room in the Lecture Hall housed the traditional Japanese document that authorizes and formalizes campus construction. Some school publications still display 1946 as the institution's founding date in reference to this regime change. A number of Taiwan's leading authors, poets, artists, educators, painters, musicians, linguists, sinologists, philologists, philosophers, and researchers have passed through the university's doors as students and faculty. In 1956 the Mandarin Training Center opened its doors as an extension of the college. The school acquired its present name, National Taiwan Normal University, in 1967. By now the school had established itself as a recognized center of learning in arts, literature and the humanities; its fundamental mission, though, remained the preparation of teachers. As Taiwanese society made its shift from authoritarian rule to

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in the 1990s, the university saw its role transformed by passage of the 1994 Teacher Preparation Law. The law gave more schools responsibility for teacher training and set NTNU on its present course as a truly comprehensive university. New departments were created, course offerings and majors were expanded, and new faculty were hired. The university became a hub of international activity, enabling Taiwanese students to travel abroad, attracting international students to Taipei, and building exchange programs with dozens of sister institutions around the world.

University structure

NTNU occupies three campuses in downtown

: the historic Daan campus/main campus (home of the Administration Building, Main Library, Music & Lecture Hall, Language Building, Athletic Center); the Gongguan campus (home of the College of Science); the Linkou campus and the university library campus hosting the school of continuing education. Academic programs at NTNU are administered by 10 colleges: arts, education, international studies & social sciences, liberal arts, management, musicology, science, sports & recreation, and technology & engineering. As of November 2022 the school published the following figures for students enrolled and employees retained. * Students enrolled: 15,112 * Undergraduate students: 8,394 (944 international students) * Graduate students: 5,686 (682 international students) * Overseas Chinese Students in Preparatory Programs: 1,032 * Faculty: 1,541 The university also runs the

Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University (HSNU; Traditional Chinese: 國立臺灣師範大學附屬高級中學, 附中, 師大附中) is a Taiwanese senior high school (or "high school," as opposed to "middle schoo ...

, a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.

International programs

Internationally NTNU is best known for its Mandarin Training Center (formerly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Cultural Studies), a program founded in 1956 for the study of

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to foreign students. The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the '' Shida'' area of Taipei one of the city's most cosmopolitan. Courses in language, literature, calligraphy, art and martial arts are offered in a series of three-month terms throughout the year, enabling international students to undertake language studies during summer breaks and within single semesters. The center also sponsors travel, hosts speech contests, and stages workshops and performances for a variety of

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n arts. A Mandarin Training Center Alumni Association (MTCAA) has been operating since 1998. Other international highlights recently at NTNU include the

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hosted by the university in 2005 and the merger of NTNU with the University Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students in 2006. NTNU also participates in the Biodiversity Program of the Taiwan International Graduate Program of Academia Sinica. A new dormitory for NTNU international students is slated to open in 2024. NTNU nurtures a robust system of partnerships to enable this level of international study. Among the institutions that enjoy sister relationships with NTNU are the

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in Brazil,

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in Paraguay,

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, Pennsylvania State University, Radford University,

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and

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in the US, the

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and

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in the UK, the Denis Diderot University and

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in France,

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and

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in Germany, the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria, the RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands, the

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in Romania, to name a few. NTNU's connections in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly extensive, including dozens of academic institutions representing

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, Japan,

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, Australia, and

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Ranking

* U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities subject rankings: Education and Educational Research: 9th (Asia's second) * Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject: Education: 15 (Asia's second) * QS World University Rankings by Subject: Education & Training: 26 Library & Information Management: 30 Linguistics: 53 Sports-Related Subjects: 51-100 * Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of Academic Subjects: Education: 51-75 (Asia's third)

List of NTNU People

Notable faculty

Apo Hsu Apo Hsu or Hsu Ching-hsin () is a conductor born in Taiwan and resident of both Taiwan and the United States. Hsu served as music director of the National Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Spr ...

(Hsu Ching-Hsin 許瀞心) – conductor *

Chen Daqi Chen Daqi (1886–1983), or Ch'en Ta-ch'i, was a psychologist, philosopher, politician, and writer. He was a pioneer of modern psychology in China. Chen was a former President of Zhejiang University, and acting President of Peking University. ...

– a polymath, politician and pioneer of modern psychology in China * Chen Houei-kuen – painter * Cornelius C. (Neil) Kubler – American professor and scholar of Mandarin, Taiwanese and other dialects of Chinese; former U.S. diplomat * Kuo-En Chang – a computer education scholar, currently the president of the National Taiwan Normal University * Howard S.H. Shyr – a law scholar and politician * Hu Qiuyuan – an author, educator and politician. *

Lee Shih-chiao Lee Shih-chiao (; 13 July 1908 – 7 July 1995) was a Taiwanese painter. His art education and career began when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. Most of his paintings were realistic, but he also created some cubist works in his mid-life. He contr ...

– painter *

Lee Tze-Fan Lee Tze-fan (; 5 June 1907 Shinchiku-cho (modern-day Hsinchu), Japanese Taiwan - 10 July 1989) was a Taiwanese painter and art teacher. He studied at Taihoku Normal School when he was 14 years old. His painting career began in 1924 when he was i ...

– painter *

Liang Shih-chiu Liang Shih-chiu (January 6, 1903 – November 3, 1987), also romanized as Liang Shiqiu, and also known as Liang Chih-hwa (梁治華), was a renowned educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer. Biography Liang was born in ...

– the first Chinese scholar to single-handedly translate the complete works of

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into Chinese * Li Meishu –

Zushi Temple The Changfu Temple () is a Taoist temple along Sanxia Old Street in Sanxia District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Qingshui (monk), Master Qingshui, known locally as ''Zushi-Gong'' (), is the principal Deity worshiped at Changfu Temple. History Changfu T ...

designer * Lin Yu-shan – painter * Lo, Kii-Ming – musicologist *

Mou Zongsan Mou Zongsan (; 1909–1995) was a Chinese philosopher and translator. He was born in Shandong province and graduated from Peking University. In 1949 he moved to Taiwan and later to Hong Kong, and he remained outside of mainland China for the res ...

– Chinese New Confucian philosopher *

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– artist, calligrapher, and member of the

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ruling Aisin Gioro family and grandson of the

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* Shan-Hua Chien – musicologist * Su Xuelin – Chinese author and writer * Tyzen Hsiao – composer of the neo-Romantic school * Wen-Pin Hope Lee – Taiwanese

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-winning composer *

Xie Bingying Xie Bingying (; September 5, 1906 – January 5, 2000), was originally born as Xie Minggang (), and her courtesy name is Fengbao (). She was a Chinese soldier and writer, most well-known for her autobiographies of her life as a soldier in the Nat ...

– a female soldier and writer born in Loudi, Hunan * Yeh Shin-cheng – an environment scholar and politician *

Yu Guangzhong Yu Kwang-chung, also romanised as Yu Guangzhong (; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017) was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic. Life Yu was born in 1928 in Nanking to Yu Chaoying and Sun Xiujun, but fled with his family during the ...

– a writer, poet, educator, and critic

Notable alumni

Ang Ui-jin Ang Ui-jin (; born 16 June 1946) is a Taiwanese linguist. He was the chief architect of the Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet and remains a scholar in the progressive reform and development of Taiwanese Hokkien. Biography Ang Ui-jin obtained h ...

–

ese linguist. He was the chief architect of the

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* Chang Chun-Yen – Taiwanese science education scholar *

Chen Hung-ling Chen Hung-ling (; born 10 February 1986) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Chen Hung-ling is a doubles specialist. His best results have come with Cheng Wen-hsing in mixed doubles, but he routinely competes in men's doubles with Lin Yu-lang. In ...

– Taiwanese badminton player * Chen Kuei-miao – Taiwanese politician *

Cheng Shao-chieh Cheng Shao-chieh (; born 4 January 1986) is a badminton player from Taiwan. Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae ...

– Taiwanese badminton player *

Chi Shu-ju Chi Shu-ju (; born 27 November 1982) is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city ...

–

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practitioner and

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medalist *

Chien Yu-chin Chien Yu-chin (; born 24 October 1982) is a Taiwanese former badminton player. Summer Olympics Chien competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Cheng Wen-hsing. They defeated Helen Nichol and Charm ...

– Chinese Taipei

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player * Chih-Ta Chia – Taiwanese science scholar * Chong Yee-Voon – Malaysian writer * Chuang Chi-fa – Taiwanese historian * C.-T. James Huang – (PhD 1982)

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, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard, Fellow of the

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(2015), recipient of the Linguistic Society of Taiwan's Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) * Den-Wu Chen – Taiwanese historian, the former chairman of the Department of History at National Taiwan Normal University *

Evan Yo Tsai Min-you (born 12 November 1986), better known as Evan Yo, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter. He was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released four albums and was nomin ...

– Taiwanese

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singer * Fan-Long Ko – Taiwanese composer * Gong Hwang-cherng – Taiwanese linguist * Han Hsiang-ning – Chinese American artist * Hsieh Chang-heng – Baseball player in the

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Hsu Shui-teh Hsu Shui-teh (; 1 August 1931 – 31 March 2021) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the President of the Examination Yuan from 1996 to 2002. He died of pneumonia on 31 March 2021, at the age of 89. Education Hsu earned his bachelor's and master ...

– Taiwanese politician *

Huang Kun-huei Huang Kun-huei (; born 8 November 1936) is a Taiwanese politician. A former member of the Kuomintang, he had served as the party's secretary general from 1999 to 2000. Prior to that, Huang served as the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council f ...

– Chairman of

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Huang Min-hui Huang Min-hui (; ) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. Her tenure as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang (2008–16) overlapped with two terms as Mayor of Chiayi City (2005–14). Education Huan ...

– Vice Chairperson of

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, former Mayor of

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* Jackson T.-S. Sun – Taiwanese linguist *

Ku Chin-shui Ku Chin-shui (, 15 January 1960 – 25 May 2016) was an Amis Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter. He medaled for Chinese Taipei at the Asian Athletics Championships six times, winning one gold medal, two silver medals, and three bronze medals. ...

– Taiwanese aboriginal athlete * Le Chien-Ying – Taiwanese archer * Lee Chu-feng –

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's politician *

Li Hsing Lee Hsing, or Li Hsing (; born ; 20 May 1930 – 19 August 2021) was a Taiwanese film director. He directed more than 30 films between 1959 and 1986. Li Zida was born in Shanghai in 1930, and settled in Taiwan in 1948, studying at National Tai ...

– Taiwanese film director * Lin Jeng-yi – Director of National Palace Museum * Lin Mun-lee – Taiwanese art scholar * Shara Lin – Taiwanese actress * Tung-Tai Lin – a professor at the Graduate Institute of Mass Communication at National Taiwan Normal University. * Man-houng Lin – Taiwanese historian, the first woman president of the Academia Historica * Liu Yong – Taiwanese painter and essayist *

Lorene Ren Lorene Jen (; born 22 November 1988), previously known as Kirsten Jen, is a Taiwanese actress, model and singer. Her surname is sometimes spelled as Jen. She is the younger sister of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E member Selina Jen. Jen graduated f ...

– Taiwanese actress *

Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun (; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese retired professional tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several o ...

– Taiwanese professional tennis player *

Ma Sen Ma Sen (馬森, b. 3 October 1932, in Shandong province) is a Taiwanese writer. Ma Sen is a literary critic, a writer of fiction, and a playwright. He studied film and drama in France starting in 1961, later studying Sociology at the Universit ...

– Taiwanese writer *

Paul Jen-kuei Li Paul Li, or Li Jen-kuei (; born 20 September 1936), is a research fellow at the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of th ...

– Taiwanese linguist *

Peng Wan-ru Peng Wan-ru (; 13 July 1949 – 30 November 1996), also spelled Peng Wan-ju, was a feminist Taiwanese politician. The director of the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Women's Affairs Department, Peng advocated for the safety and development ...

– Taiwanese feminist *

Selina Jen Selina Jen Chia-hsüan (; born 31 October 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, television host and actress. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E."我猜我猜我猜猜猜 20070212." Web. Retrieved 10 December 2009. On 11 June 2004, she gradua ...

– member of the Taiwanese girl group

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* Su I-Chieh – Taiwanese professional basketball player *

Tien Lei Tien Lei (; born June 1, 1983, in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player. Considered one of the most talented offensive players in Taiwan, Tien has won multiple scoring and rebounding champions of the Super Basketball Lea ...

– Basketball player *

Tseng Shu-o Tseng Shu-o (; born 6 September 1984) is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera Nacional club CF Joventut Almassora. She has represented Chinese Taipei since 2002, and she received the Most Valuable Player award in ...

– Professional Soccer player in Australia *

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– Turkish stand-up comedian *

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Mandarin Training Center alumni

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Nomenclature

The standard abbreviated reference to National Taiwan Normal University in English is the

acronym An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...

''NTNU''. The standard abbreviated form in Mandarin Chinese is the

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsShida Night Market The Shida Night Market () is a night market in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is located near National Taiwan Normal University, whose name in Chinese is pronounced phonetically as Shida. Shida night market was a very popular night marke ...

, Shida Bookstore, and the like. The word ''normal'' in the school's name perpetuates an English usage of the term that, if archaic in some countries, remains common in Asia. A "

" trains future teachers in educational norms. ''MTC'' is the standard acronym for the Mandarin Training Center.

References

External links

National Taiwan Normal University official website
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