Spotlights

Invited by the Nusantara project, Dr. Juan Gil Fernández delivered a lecture on the Chinese in Manila and a 17th-century Spanish-Chinese dictionary informing interactions between the Spaniards and the Chinese in the Philippines during the Age of Exploration. ... more

Dr. Katherine A. Kim, an associate professor of electrical engineering at NTU, was listed in the 20 “Innovators Under 35” for the Asia Pacific Region by MIT Technology Review – a rare honor for young innovators worldwide. ... more

Prof. Gérard Mourou, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics, was invited by NTU to share his lifetime’s study of light for the NTU Lectures on the Intellectual and Spiritual Pilgrimage on Nov 9. ... more

Three NTU professors were elected for National Chair Professorships and two awarded Academic Awards by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2019. Congratulations to them all! ... more

In August 2019, NTU’s teacher education students visited the University of Helsinki as well as middle schools and vocational colleges in its vicinity to discover why education in Finland is second to none in the world. ... more

NTU celebrated 91st anniversary on Nov 15 with festivities and events throughout the month. The Distinguished Alumni Award and the various student awards and scholarships were presented at the anniversary ceremony. ... more

The 2020/2021 NTU Study Abroad Fair was held at the Main Library and Shih-Liang Chien Lecture Hall on Nov 9. The fair was joined by over 100 universities around the world and drew over 1,200 students. ... more

NTU’s Office of International Affairs held the 1st NTU Family Meeting during Nov 6-11, inviting 27 representatives from 20 partner institutions in 10 countries to exchange views on higher education internationalization and discuss further collaboration. ... more

In order to respond to the current situation in Hong Kong, National Taiwan University has taken the following measures: 1. NTU exchange students in Hong Kong: Students have already been contacted and advised to return to Taiwan. ... more

President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) led a delegation to visit National University of Singapore (NUS) on Oct 25, furthering and substantiating collaborations with NUS in EECS, management, and Chinese studies. ... more

Dr. Harry Shum (沈向洋), EVP of Microsoft’s AI & Research Group, was invited to share his insights about Microsoft’s business strategy and AI development, as well as his views on Taiwan’s strengths and potentials. ... more

Prof. Suming Chen (陳世銘) of NTU's Department of Biomechatronics Engineering received International Award from the Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers (JSAM) on September 3, 2019. ... more

The research led by Prof. Tei-Wei Kuo (郭大維) received Best Paper Award at the annual CODES+ISSS conference during the Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK) this year, marking the first time a Taiwanese team received such a great honor. ... more

The Language Flagship, an initiative for furthering US undergraduate students’ bilingual proficiency and bicultural literacy, established a Taiwan Center at NTU, marking another milestone in the history of Taiwan-US cultural and educational exchanges. ... more

After 15 years of endeavor, NTU and Academia Sinica discovered a new and safe way to treat neuroblastoma. The findings were published in prestigious journals, Cancer Research and ACS Chemical Neuroscience. ... more

NTU and the city of Toyooka in Japan co-curated the “Flying Birds over the Field: Eco-Friendly Agriculture Exhibition” on campus to promote eco-friendly agriculture and illustrate human-nature coexistence. ... more

Prof. Chun‐Wei Chen (陳俊維) and his team from NTU’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials (AI-MAT) made significant breakthroughs in their study of hydrogen production from solar energy. ... more

NTU climbed 50 places from 170th to 120th in the World University Rankings 2020 released by Times Higher Education on September 12, 2019, becoming the only university in Taiwan to enter the Top 200. ... more

The NTU delegation arrived at the last stop of its mission in Eastern Europe—Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest on Sep 16, 2019. The two schools signed an MOU and planned to focus future collaborations on sinology and natural science. ... more

While in Eastern Europe, the delegation led by President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) and Executive Vice President Chiapei Chou (周家蓓) also visited Poland and signed MOUs with the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) and the University of Warsaw (UW). ... more

President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) led a delegation to Slovenia to sign MOUs and agreements with the prestigious Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) and the University of Ljubljana (UL). ... more

An NTU team has developed a microfluidic system that is independently operable and shows great potential for commercialization. This study was selected as the inside back cover of Lab on a Chip. ... more

Taiwan’s iAuto has successfully made it into the top three of the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport, passing a challenging trial and securing the opportunity to win a grand prize and investment opportunities. ... more

NTU Science Innovation School for Global Young Scientists invited outstanding international/domestic high school students to gain deeper knowledge and explore NTU’s excellent teaching and research environment. ... more

NTU Prof. of Geography Jinn-Yuh Hsu (徐進鈺) was awarded the Ashby Prize 2018 by Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space for a co-authored paper on how geopolitics affects industrial development. ... more

The cross-campus and interdisciplinary research team led by NTU Prof. Ching-Ray Chang (張慶瑞) received T-NANO Best Paper of the Year 2018 Award for a paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. ... more

NTU Executive Vice President Chiapei Chou (周家蓓) visited UT Austin and SFU in July to discuss signing student exchange agreements, offering cross-campus courses, and building university partnership. ... more

In July, NTU Press attended the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) at Leiden University. Two of its publications were shortlisted and one received the ICAS Book Prize 2019 (Chinese Language Edition). ... more

Congratulations to NTU Profs. An-Yeu (Andy) Wu (吳安宇) and Liang-Jenq Leu (呂良正) for receiving the 2019 Outstanding Engineering Professor Award from the Chinese Institute of Engineering (CIE). ... more

On a visit to NTU in late July, EVP Masayuki Ikeda (池田真行) of the University of Toyama in Japan donated the first doctoral diploma issued by TIU (predecessor of NTU), a belonging of his grandfather-in-law, to NTU. ... more

President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) led a delegation to visit alumni Stanley Wang (王大壯) and Fermi Wang (王奉民) at Silicon Valley to appreciate and recognize their contributions and service to NTU. ... more

In April, NTU Press and USC Press signed an agreement to jointly publish the English-written book series, East-West Encounters in Literature and Cultural Studies, offering an international forum for original research works. ... more

Five NTU professors and their labs joined the 2019 Summer Program launched by MOST Center for Global Affairs and Science Engagement (GASE), which selected outstanding student scientists from abroad to join leading labs in Taiwan for five weeks of research and cultural activities. ... more

Dr. Yeong-Shiau Pu (蒲永孝), a specialist in prostate cancer and professor at the NTU Graduate Institute of Medical Medicine, was awarded the Honorary Membership by the Japanese Urological Association (JUA). ... more

The NTU Office of International Affairs organized the first International Degree Students’ Farewell Party to celebrate the academic achievements of this year’s international graduates from 18 countries. ... more

NTU Prof. Hsinyu Lee (李心予) was named a Fellow of the American Physiological Society (FAPS), becoming the first scholar in Taiwan to receive this honor. FAPS is awarded to scientists who have made significant contributions to physiological sciences and related disciplines ... more

NTU hosted the 2019 Asian Engineering Deans’ Summit (AEDS) on campus from May 29-31. This was the first time this influential convention was held in Taiwan, drawing over 130 scholars from 13 countries to discuss the future of engineering education and research. ... more

Dean of the NTU College of Engineering Wen-Chang Chen (陳文章) received the International Award from the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) at the annual meeting held in Osaka, Japan during May 29-31, 2019. ... more

At NTU’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony, Dr. Allen Chia En Lien (連加恩) shared the several life-changing YESes in his life, offering food for thought and inspiration to the graduating students and all the attendees. ... more

At NTU’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony, President Kuan reflected on the past eventful and fast-changing decade and encouraged the graduates to embrace challenges and changes awaiting them after graduation. ... more

To further international higher education cooperation, Deputy Vice President for International Affairs Bi-Fong Lin (林璧鳳) visited Berlin from May 13-15 to represent NTU at the Going Global Conference 2019. ... more

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Chinese Literature for International Students has developed international talent with proficiency and expertise in Chinese language, literature, and culture. ... more

A research team jointly led by faculty members from NTU and National Yang-Ming University has developed a series of computational and systems-biology approaches to identify new therapeutic opportunities for combinatorial drug discovery and repurposing in oncology. ... more

An international team involving researchers from NTU, Academia Sinica, and UTMB has developed a safe and effective nanovaccine mimicking the morphology of MERS-CoV against the infectious pathogen. ... more

At the centennial of the May Fourth Movement, NTU organized an exhibition and other events to commemorate this historic moment and highlight the importance of this incident to our history and culture. ... more

During the last weekend of April, the 2019 World Carnival Festival was held at NTU as a celebration of diversity and cultural exchange. The variety of activities offered overseas students an opportunity to showcase their cultures and talents. ... more

In mid-April, President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) and Deputy Vice President for International Affairs Chris Lin (林俊昇) visited the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to discuss strategic collaboration between NTU and UIC. ... more

Traditionally camera designs are difficult to assemble due to tight tolerance, because they consist of many separated lenses. If there is only one lens element in the camera, tolerance buildups can be avoided. The way to achieve a one-lens camera is through combining many lenses. ... more

Taiwan Silicon Detector Facility (TSiDF), funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, has been officially launched in National Taiwan University’s Astronomy-Mathematics Building in March, 2019. ... more

The Chi-Chi earthquake, one of the worst natural disasters Taiwan had ever experienced, occurred on September 21, 1999, leaving thousands of people dead overnight and hundreds of billions NT dollars in economic losses. ... more

The National Taiwan University (NTU) and the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) have jointly developed the "Smart Wound Assessment System" (AI-SWAS), aiming at tracking the conditions of postoperative wounds, detecting abnormalities in time, and providing timely recommendations. ... more

Dr. Yng-Ing Lee (李瑩英), Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, National Taiwan University, received the “Outstanding” award at the 2019 edition of the ceremony, while Associate Professor Haojia Abby Ren (任昊佳) of the Department of Geosciences was honored with the “Rising Talent” award at the same event. ... more

President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) met with NTU alumni from the Bay Area in a tea party at the invitation of NTU Alumni Association of Northern California on April 6. ... more

Our NTU CSIE team ranks the 5th (Silver Medal) in the 2019 ACM ICPC World Final out of 135 final teams and 16,000 regional teams. Huge congratulations! ... more

Owing to a scarcity in cornea and organ donations in Taiwan, 60% of previous corneal transplantation depended on imported corneas from eye banks overseas. However, the bumpy journey and temperature changes experienced during the shipping process can cause endothelial cell damage to affect the surgical success rate of corneal transplantation. ... more

The IBM Q Hub at NTU was officially launched on Jan 17 to boost quantum computing research and applications. Meanwhile, a 3-day workshop was held to facilitate quantum information software development. ... more

NTU Emeritus Prof. Pang-Yuan Chi (齊邦媛) received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Indiana University Bloomington on Feb 25. IU President Michael McRobbie flew to Taiwan to present the degree in person. ... more

Prof. Hung-Yuan (Peter) Chi (冀宏源) and his team found that polyamines play an essential and favorable role in the DNA repair process. Their study was published in Nature Communications in early 2019. ... more

Researchers from the NTU Institute of Applied Mechanics used fidget spinners to separate plasma from whole blood for diagnostic testing, providing a simple, inexpensive solution for underserved regions of the world. ... more

NTU faculty members claimed all the four National Chair Professorships this year, and three received Academic Awards among all the major honors presented annually by the Ministry of Education. ... more

The Gallery of NTU History launched a special exhibition on the early years of NTU to commemorate the university’s 90th anniversary, where early school objects are on display to illustrate the beginning years of NTU. ... more

The International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) held its second annual meeting at NTU and presented the ICCM Best Paper Award during the meeting in late Dec, 2018. ... more

Dr. Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔), Distinguished Professor of Finance at NTU and Academician of Academia Sinica, took up the post as NTU’s 12th president and delivered his inauguration speech on Jan 8. ... more

NTU team’s breakthrough study on the regulation and function of epididymal secretory proteins, which facilitate successful fertilization, was published and selected as cover story in Biology of Reproduction in Nov, 2018. ... more

NTU Press Director Tay-sheng Wang (王泰升) received Scholarly Monograph Award for his seminal book, Go to Court: The Transformation of “Judicial Consciousness” in Taiwan under Japanese Rule (2017). ... more

The inauguration ceremony of NTU’s 12th President Chung-Ming Kuan (管中閔) will be held on January 8, 2019 at 10 am in Conference Room 1 in the Administration Building on the main campus. ... more