National Taipei University of Technology

National Taipei University of Technology
國立臺北科技大學

Former names	National Taipei Institute of Technology (1994 - 1997)
Motto	誠、樸、精、勤[1]
Motto in English	Integrity, Humbleness, Proficient, Diligence
Type	Public
Established	1912
President	Sea-Fue Wang[2]
Academic staff	451
Students	10,700
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Website	www.ntut.edu.tw

National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT, Taipei Tech; Chinese: 國立臺北科技大學), a top-ranked public technological university in Taiwan, a member of Global research & industry alliance （Gloria）of Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China^[3], is located in the Daan District of Taipei City, Taiwan. The school was established in 1912, as School of Industrial Instruction, among one of the earliest intermediate-higher educational institute in Taiwan. During the post-war industrialization and economic growth era, the school produced some of the most influential entrepreneurs, leaders, educators, and researchers in the science and industrial field, as it is commonly referred to as "The cradle of entrepreneurship"(企業家的搖籃). The university is headed by Dr. Leehter Yao, who serves as the president. It is part of the University System of Taipei, along with National Taipei University and Taipei Medical University.

The university is still a leader in Taiwan in engineering, science, technology, innovation and design. Its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs offer degrees in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as well as professional degrees in design, architecture, management, humanities, and social sciences. The long history of Taipei Tech also made it one of the largest alumni bases of any university in Taiwan and across industries.

The school locates in downtown Taipei, in which its campus was divided into three sections during the city's development. The main campus (West, East, and South) in Taipei now only retains 22 acres of area in the central-most part of the city. It sits right next to the affluent Huashan 1914 Creative Park and the Guang Hua neighborhood, also known as the Electric Town of Taipei where people shop computer goods and electronics.

History

The university traces its origins to the establishment of the School of Industrial Instruction (工業講習所) in 1912. This institution underwent several name changes and reorganizations during the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan. By the time the (Nationalist) Republic of China central government was about to settle from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan (as an outcome of the civil war against the Communist regime), this technical institution was renamed Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology (臺灣省立臺北工業專科學校) in 1948, and served as a junior vocational technical college. In 1981, it was renamed National Taipei Institute of Technology (國立臺北工業專科學校), and in the 1990s upgraded its junior college status to that of a university, resulting in the final name change to National Taipei University of Technology (國立臺北科技大學) in 1997. The university currently has 451 full-time faculty members.

NTUT main gate on Zhongxiao East Rd., fitted with the 2011 commencement ceremony banner

Academics

The academics of National Taipei University of Technology includes 6 Colleges, 2 centers, and 1 office.

College of Management

• Dept. of Business Management - Bachelor/ MBA Program
• Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management - Bachelor/ MBA/ Ph.D Program
• Institute of Information and Logistics Management - MBA Program
• Institute of Services Technology and Management - MBA Program
• Institute of Industrial and Business Management - Ph.D Program
• EMBA - MBA Program
• International MBA - MBA Program

NTUT Design Building, viewed from the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Xinsheng South Rd. before the completion of the Green Gate

Physical Education Office

NTUT Green Gate, a conspicuous structure at the intersection of Zhongxiao East Rd. and Xinsheng South Rd.

Architecture & Landscape

Ranks

NTUT is ranked 551-600 globally in 2015 and 124th in Asia in 2015 by QS World University Rankings.^[5][6] NTUT is also ranked in the areas of Computer Science and Information Systems and Engineering - Electrical and Electronic.^[7] NTUT is ranked in the Top 10% in industry income in 2016 in the world.^[8] NTUT is ranked 151-200 in the world by 2016 QS Graduate Employability Ranking.^[9]

Alumni

• Li Kuei-Hsien, Taiwanese author and poet, noted for writing extended verses with Taiwanese Hokkien and represents an influential figure in the Taiwanese literature movement, was a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature by the International Poets Academy of India
• Michio Mado, Japanese poet, received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1994 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature"
• Morin Kaku, Renowned Taiwanese-Japanese architect, lead designer of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first modern office skyscraper in Japan. He later founded the Kaku Morin Group architecture firm, had numerous projects both in Japan and Taiwan
• Robert C.Y Wu, founder of Eslite Bookstore, one of the largest bookstore chains in Taiwan and around Asia
• H.T. Cho, Co-founder of HTC
• T.H. Tung, Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Asus and its former vice chairman, and chairman of Pegatron
• Lee Shih-chuan, Secretary-General of Executive Yuan (2014-2015)
• Shen Jong-chin, Minister of Economic Affairs
• Harlem Yu, Award-winning singer-songwriter and television host
• Yao Leeh-ter, Political Deputy Minister of Education

Transportation

The university is accessible from Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station of the Taipei Metro, a major transfer station for Bannan Line and the Zhonghe–Xinlu Line. The station is also sub-named National Taipei University of Technology (臺北科大) with text styled smaller beneath official station name on station signs.

See also

• List of universities in Taiwan

References

External links

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• Official website (in English)