National Taiwan University (NTU) was founded in the year 1928 was previously known as Taihoku Imperial University founded by Japanese colonial administration. The university was founded with the motto of Integrity, Diligence, Fidelity, Compassion, after reconstructing in 1945 the college was divided in to the former divisions such as the literature and politics was divided into the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Law, new colleges of Science, Medicine, Engineering and
Agriculture were established. In 1945, student enrolment was 585. In the following years, the departments and colleges expanded in faculty and hardware in step with growing budgets and rising social expectations. In 1960, the night school was initiated on a trial basis, and in 1967 a new night school was established. In 1987, the College of
Management was established, followed by the College of
Public Health in 1993 and the College of
Electrical Engineering in 1997. The College of
Electrical Engineering was later rechristened the College of
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; in 1999, the College of
Law was renamed the College of Social Sciences, and the Night Division and the Center for Continuing
Education were combined to form the School for Professional and Continuing Studies. In 2002, the College of
Agriculture was renamed the College of Bio-resources and Agriculture, and in 2002 a College of Life Sciences was added. Now, the university has 11 colleges, with 54 departments and 103 graduate institutes, plus four university-level research centres: Population and Gender Studies Center, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, and Bio-diversity Research Center. The total number of students, including those enrolled at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, has grown to over 33,000, including over 17,000 university students and 15,000 graduate students. Now, the number of graduate students at NTU almost equals the number of university students, which indicates that NTU has successfully been transformed into a research university.
Last Updated on: Sep 24, 2024