National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a
national
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public
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research university
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in
Taipei
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, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during
Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University (), the seventh of the
Imperial Universities
The were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. These universities were funded by the imperial government until the end of World War I ...
of the
Empire of Japan
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, it is the oldest university in Taiwan and is supervised by the
Ministry of Education
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.
The university has three major campuses in Taipei and hosts
satellite campus
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es across the country, enrolling more than 16,000 undergraduates, 12,000 postgraduates, and 3,000 doctoral students. It offers over 200 degree programs and consists of 16 colleges which are divided into 56 departments,
111
research institute
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s, and more than 50 other national research centers, including
National Taiwan University Hospital. In 2015, NTU formed a
university system
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with the
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (abbreviated as NTUST or TaiwanTech) is a public university located in Taipei, Taiwan.
TaiwanTech was established in 1974 as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology (), the first and ...
and
National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is a National university, national comprehensive university in Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan.
The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,600 students are Intern ...
.
National Taiwan University has institutional affiliations with the
Harvard–Yenching Institute
The Harvard–Yenching Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Asian culture. It traditionally had close ties to Harvar ...
,
Washington University in St. Louis
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, and produces the
. Notable
graduates of the university include five
presidents of the Republic of China
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, six
vice-presidents of the Republic of China, more than 120 members of
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei.
Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...
, and 20 members of the U.S.
National Academy of Sciences
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, in addition to
Nobel Prize
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,
Turing Award
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, and
Wolf Prize
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laureates.
History
Imperial University (1928–1945)

During the
Japanese rule of Taiwan
The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of the Empire of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki a ...
(1895–1945), the
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From Japan–Kor ...
established the modern Taiwanese education system by installing educational institutions that used Western-style academic systems.
Den Kenjirō, the
Governor-General of Taiwan
The governor-general of Taiwan (, shinjitai: ) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.
The Japanese governors- ...
, proposed the establishment of a university in Taiwan in 1922 and Japanese prime minister
Tanaka Giichi presented a bill titled "Establishment of the Taiwan Imperial University" to the
Cabinet of Japan
The is the chief executive body of the government of Japan. It consists of the prime minister, who is appointed by the Emperor after being nominated by the National Diet, in addition to up to nineteen other members, called ministers of stat ...
on February 25, 1928. It was planned to be located on the grounds of the Taihoku Senior School of Agriculture and Forestry in
Taihoku Prefecture
Taihoku Prefecture (臺北州; ''Taihoku-shū'') was an administrative division of Taiwan created in 1920, during Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Keelung, New Taipei City, Taipei and Yilan County. Its government office, ...
.
On March 16, 1928, National Taiwan University was founded as "Taihoku Imperial University" (; zh, t=臺北帝國大學, p=Táiběi dìguó dàxué), the seventh of the Japanese Empire's
Imperial Universities
The were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. These universities were funded by the imperial government until the end of World War I ...
.
It was Taiwan's first and only university and primarily served to promote
Japanese culture
Japanese culture has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.
Since the Jomon period, ancestral ...
, assimilate the local population, and direct students to professions useful to colonial expansion. The first
freshman
A freshman, fresher, first year, or colloquially frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational in ...
class was inaugurated on April 30, 1928, with classes beginning on May 5. Of the 1931 graduating class, 41 were Japanese and only five students were Taiwanese.
The first faculties founded at Taihoku Imperial University were the Faculty of Literature and Politics and the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, totalling 59 students. Subsequently, the Faculty of Medicine was established in 1935 and the Faculty of Engineering was established in 1943. The Faculty of Science and Agriculture was divided in 1943 as two separate colleges: the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Agriculture.
Because the university was considered a part of expanding the
Japanese colonial empire
The territorial conquests of the Empire of Japan in the Western Pacific Ocean and East Asia began in 1895 with its victory over Qing China in the First Sino-Japanese War. Subsequent victories over the Russian Empire (Russo-Japanese War) and the ...
in the
Pacific Ocean
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, it was supported by multiple Japanese scholars and received government
research grants for funding policy programs. Taiwanese students could not compete with Japanese students since the university prioritized Japanese enrollment. From 1928 to 1943, the university's student body was approximately 80 percent Japanese and 20 percent Taiwanese. Of its more than 300 faculty members in 1940, all but one professorship was held by Japanese scholars.

Taihoku college classes consisted of "lectures" taught by professors, assistant professors, and other faculty. By 1945, it had five colleges with a total of 114 lectures.
The university's first president was Japanese historian (1928–1937), a graduate of
Tokyo Imperial University
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public university, public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several Edo peri ...
who was appointed to the presidency on March 16, 1928. Japanese scholar
Toyohachi Fujita (1869–1929) was appointed as the first dean of the Faculty of Literature and Politics while Kintaro Oshima was named the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture. Enrollment years were shortened during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
and university functions were limited following the American
bombing of Taipei.
National University (1945–present)
After the
Surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was Hirohito surrender broadcast, announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signed on 2 September 1945, End of World War II in Asia, ending ...
in September 1945, the government of the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
(ROC) assumed control of the university and initiated
sinicization
Sinicization, sinofication, sinification, or sinonization (from the prefix , 'Chinese, relating to China') is the process by which non-Chinese societies or groups are acculturated or assimilated into Chinese culture, particularly the language, ...
reforms. On August 15, 1945, the
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
government appointed
Lo Tsung-lo, a Japanese-educated academic, to oversee the transition of Taihoku's curriculum, teaching system, and faculties from its Japanese administration. At the time, the university had 1,614 faculty and staff members to teach 1,767 students, 351 of whom were Taiwanese. All Japanese students were later transferred back to Japan.
Under the Kuomintang, the ROC government initiated a program of reforming all universities and colleges in accordance with Chinese models that incorporated American academics, administration, and organization, in addition to installing American curriculum and degree requirements. Reforms also had the goal of reversing the
Japanization
Japanization or Japanisation is the process by which Japanese culture dominates, assimilates, or influences other cultures. According to ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', "To japanize" means "To make or become Jap ...
that had influenced Taiwan during Japanese rule. Universities and colleges were opened to Taiwanese students without restrictions; Taihoku Imperial University was renamed "National Taiwan University" and it was reorganized and expanded to six faculties: Liberal Arts, Law, Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture. Up to 500 students could enroll in each faculty and the enrollment period was standardized to four years as opposed to the Japanese system of three to six years.
In the following decades, National Taiwan University underwent rapid expansion. A
night school was established to provide
continuing education
Continuing education is the education undertaken after initial education for either personal or professional reasons. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada.
Recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the d ...
for adults in 1955 and the NTU Research Library was completed in 1968. The College of Management, the College of Public Health, and the College of Electrical Engineering were established in 1987, 1993, and 1997, respectively. The NTU Department of Law was expanded to the NTU College of Law in 1999 and the College of Life Science was established in 2003.
In November 2003, the university consisted of ten colleges, 52 academic departments, 82 graduate institutes, 1,778 full-time faculty, and more than 27,000 students. By 2009, NTU grew to 54 departments, 100 graduate institutes (which offer 100 master's programs and 91 doctoral programs in total), and 25 research centers, including the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, the Center for Biotechnology, the Japanese Research Center, and others.
Academics

As of 2023, National Taiwan University has a total of sixteen colleges, including Liberal Arts, Engineering, Science, Social Sciences, Law, Bio-Resources & Agriculture, Management, Public Health, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Medicine, and Life Science.
They offer
bachelor's degrees
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Neo-Latin, Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and university, universities upon completion of a course of study lasting ...
,
master's degrees
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, and
doctorate degrees in multiple disciplines.
NTU requires most of its undergraduate students to take a mandatory
core curriculum
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, comprising Chinese, freshman English, physical education, and public service. The medical school in addition dictates each of its students to take
philosophy
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and
sociology
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classes as well as seminars in
ethics
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and
thanatology
Thanatology is the scientific study of death and the losses brought about as a result. It investigates the mechanisms and forensic aspects of death, such as bodily changes that accompany death and the postmortem period, as well as wider psycho ...
.
Military training
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is no longer an obligatory course for male students, but it is a prerequisite if they plan to apply to become officers during their compulsory military service.
NTU's programs cover a wide array of disciplines across science, arts, and the humanities, with up to 8,000 courses made available for selection each semester. Students are able to select courses offered by any of the colleges; however, compulsory subjects designated for each major needs to be completed to be awarded a degree. A student must declare a major during college application, some majors are more competitive than others and require a higher national examination score. In recent years,
medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
,
electrical engineering
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,
law
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, and
finance
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have been the most selective majors. Most majors take four years to complete while both the dental and the medical degrees take six years to finish.
The
International Chinese Language Program (ICLP), founded by
Stanford University
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, is located at National Taiwan University. NTU is also a member of the
,
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...
's McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and the
Association of East Asian Research Universities. The university participates in several programs of the Taiwan International Graduate Program of
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei.
Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...
, Taiwan's most preeminent academic research institution.
In 2021, the "International College" was established, primarily enrolling international students of foreign nationality and offering courses entirely in English.
Chung Wai Literary Quarterly
''Chung Wai Literary Quarterly'' ( zh, t=中外文學) is a quarterly
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
ese
peer-reviewed
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scholarly journal published by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, featuring fiction, academic articles, reviews,
translation
Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...
s, and non-fiction essays related to Western literature. Originally founded as a monthly literary magazine by and Chu Limin in 1972 and named ''Chung Wai Literary Monthly'', the journal aims to encourage and promote critical and emerging approaches to non-local literatures and connect literature with other academic disciplines.
In 2007, the journal renamed and restructured as a quarterly and in 2019, the journal was recognized as a Grade I academic journal by the
National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan.
Campuses
NTU has a main campus in
Daan District,
Taipei City
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and has additional campuses in
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New Taipei City
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,
Hsinchu County
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,
Yunlin County
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, and
Nantou County
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. The main campus is home to most college department buildings and administrative buildings. The university governs farms, forests, and hospitals for education and research purposes. The total area of NTU exceeds 340 square kilometers (34,000 hectares), accounting for one percent of Taiwan's total land area.
The five campuses are:
*Main Campus (113 hectares, located in
Daan District,
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*Shuiyuan Campus (7.7 hectares, located in
Zhongzheng District
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Overview
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,
Taipei
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*College of Medicine Campus (located in
Zhongzheng District
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Overview
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)
*Yunlin Campus (54 hectares, located in
Yunlin County
Yunlin is a Counties of Taiwan, county in Regions of Taiwan, western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to the north at the Zhuoshui River, and Chiayi County to the south at th ...
)
*Zhubei Campus (22 hectares, located in
Hsinchu County
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)
Other university property
*Visiting professor residences (34 hectares, located on
Yangmingshan
Yangmingshan National Park is one of the nine national parks in Taiwan, located in both Taipei and New Taipei City. The districts that are partially in the park include Taipei's Beitou and Shilin Districts; and New Taipei's Wanli, Jinsh ...
,
Taipei
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*University Farm (19.5 hectares, located in
Xindian District
Xindian District () is an inner city District (Taiwan), district in the southern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Name
Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others ...
,
New Taipei City
New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...
)
*Wenshan Botanical Garden (5 hectares, located in
Shiding District
Shiding District () is a rural district in southern New Taipei City, Taiwan.
History
Shiding used to be a thriving town during the Qing Dynasty due to its geographically favorable condition as a resting place on the way to Yilan and its coal mi ...
,
New Taipei City
New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in regions of Taiwan, northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 4,004,367 as of January 2023, making it the most populous city in Taiwan, a ...
)
*Highland Experimental Farm (1,019 hectares, located in
Nantou County
Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...
)
*Experimental Forest Office (25.9 hectares, located in
Nantou County
Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...
)
*Experimental Forest (33,310 hectares, located in
Nantou County
Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...
)
University rankings
Overall rankings
National Taiwan University is widely considered to be the best university in Taiwan. NTU was ranked 68th worldwide in the
QS World University Rankings
The ''QS World University Rankings'' is a portfolio of comparative college and university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm. Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with '' Times ...
2025, 187th worldwide in the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symon ...
2023, 203rd worldwide in the US News 2022-2023, and 201-300th worldwide in the ARWU 2022.
The Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (ARTU), which sorts universities based on their aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, ranked NTU 135th worldwide in 2022.
With other peering references of academic ranking, NTU also releases NTU World Universities ranking annually on the
Double Ten Day
The National Day of the Republic of China, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is a Public holidays in Taiwan, public holiday on 10 October, now held annually as national day in the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC, commonly ...
, the National Holiday of the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
.
Subject rankings
In the QS and ARWU subject rankings, NTU is ranked first in Taiwan in the majority of subjects.
In the THE Subject Rankings, NTU is ranked first in Taiwan in all subjects.
List of presidents
The president heads the university. Each college is headed by a dean and each department by a chairman. Students elect their own representatives each year to attend administrative meetings.
National Taiwan University
*
Chen Wen-chang: 8 January 2023 – present
*
Kuan Chung-ming: 8 January 2019 – 7 January 2023
* (interim): October 2017 – January 2019
*: June 2013 – June 2017
*
Lee Si-chen: August 2005 – June 2013
*
Chen Wei-jao: 22 June 1993 – June 2005
*: March 1993 – June 1993
*: August 1984 – February 1993
*: August 1981 – July 1984
*
Yen Cheng-hsing: June 1970 – July 1981
*
Chien Szu-liang: January 1951 – May 1970
*: December 1950 – January 1951
*
Fu Szu-nien: January 1949 – December 1950
*: June 1948 – December 1948
*
Lu Chih-houng: August 1946 – May 1948
*
Lo Tsung-lo: August 1945 – July 1946
Taihoku Imperial University
*
Kazuo Ando (安藤一雄): March 1945 – August 1945
*: April 1941 – March 1945
*: September 1937 – April 1941
*: March 1928 – September 1937
Alumni
NTU has graduated notable alumni in politics, business, academia, science, medicine, and numerous other fields. Five of the eight
presidents of the Republic of China
This is a list of the President of the Republic of China, presidents of the Republic of China.
The Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government Retreat of th ...
are graduates of the university:
Lai Ching-te
Lai Ching-te (; pinyin: ''Lài Qīngdé''; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the eighth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is ...
, the current president of Taiwan, as well as former presidents
Tsai Ing-Wen
Tsai Ing-wen (; pinyin: ''Cài Yīngwén''; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party ...
,
Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui (; pinyin: ''Lǐ Dēnghuī''; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese politician and agricultural scientist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China, president of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) unde ...
,
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian ( zh, t=陳水扁; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the fifth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progres ...
and
Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ...
. In addition, six out of the 13
vice-presidents of the Republic of China have graduated from NTU, including Lee Teng-hui,
Lien Chan
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,
Annette Lu
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,
Wu Den-yih
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,
Chen Chien-jen
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After earning a d ...
, and Lai Ching-te.
Both
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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laureate
Yuan T. Lee
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Lee is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Be ...
and
Turing Award
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laureate
Andrew Yao
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received their
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
from the university. Many NTU electrical engineering graduates have gone on to build global companies, including
Quanta Computer
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Quanta's business extends to enterprise network systems, home entertainment, mobile communication, automotive electronics, and digital home ma ...
's
Barry Lam,
Mediatek
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's
Tsai Ming-kai and
Garmin
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's
Min Kao. As of 2024, about half (48.7%) of all
academician
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Accor ...
s of
Academia Sinica
Academia Sinica (AS, ; zh, t=中央研究院) is the national academy of the Taiwan, Republic of China. It is headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, Nangang, Taipei.
Founded in Nanjing, the academy supports research activities in mathemat ...
are NTU graduates and 70 percent of all Taiwanese members of the
U.S. National Academy of Sciences are as well.
Notes
See also
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National Taiwan University Hospital
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List of universities in Taiwan
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Public universities and colleges
Private universities and colleges
Technical and vocat ...
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Education in Taiwan
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In 2015, Taiwanese students achieved on ...
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Wolfgang Kroll
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Imperial Universities
The were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. These universities were funded by the imperial government until the end of World War I ...
References
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External links
Official website in English
Universities and colleges established in 1928
Universities and colleges in Taipei
1928 establishments in Taiwan
Comprehensive universities in Taiwan