National Taiwan University

·Founded in 1928, Taiwan University is the earliest university in Taiwan and the most complete comprehensive and Research University in Taiwan.

·Taiwan University is known as the "Rhododendron city". Every March, Rhododendron blooms, adding infinite charm to the campus.

·The school gate of NTU was built in 1931. It was designed by the office of the governor of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. It is now a historic site in Taipei.

·Now it has four campuses in Taipei and Xitou experimental forest, covering about one percent of the island's land.

National Taiwan University

synonym

National Taiwan University generally refers to Taiwan University

National Taiwan University (NTU), founded in 1928, is a research-oriented public comprehensive university in Taiwan, China. It is known as "Taiwan's first university". It is also a university with high academic reputation in the world. Its predecessor was Imperial University of Taipei, which was established during the period of Japanese colonial rule. It was one of the nine imperial universities established in Japan at that time. In 1945, after the restoration of Taiwan, it was renamed "Taiwan University". In 1949, the national government moved to Taiwan, and the National Taiwan University replaced the Central University, which had not yet returned to Taiwan at that time, and became the first university funded by the education authorities in Taiwan.

Since its reform, NTU has been famous as a liberal scholar represented by President Fu Sinian. Its professors, students and alumni all have an important influence on the development of Contemporary Taiwan history. The campus of NTU has also become the source of the democratic movement and student movement for many times. Many graduates of NTU have served as leaders in various fields, including Nobel laureate Li Yuanzhe, Turing prize winner Yao Qizhi, Wolf Prize winner Weng Qihui, the first Asian president of UC Berkeley Tian Changlin, former leader of Taiwan Ma Yingjiu, poet Yu Guangzhong, writer Li Ao, and so on, while their teaching staff include many science or engineering schools from various countries academician. The University of Taiwan is a member of the Pacific Rim University Alliance, the global university institute alliance, the association of East Asian research universities, the Matsushita alliance, and Taiwan's "plan to become a top university".

As of November 2019, NTU has three major campuses in Taipei City, as well as a number of branch campuses and campus sites scattered throughout Taiwan, with a total area of about 34000 hectares, accounting for 1% of the total area of Taiwan. At present, there are 11 colleges and 3 professional colleges, with a total of 56 departments, 112 research institutes, and more than 30 world-class research centers in various academic fields

, is a world-class research institution with high influence on society.

Historical evolution

Taipei Imperial University

In 1922, Japanese governor Kenji Lang planned to set up a university in Taipei.

In 1925, the Governor General of the Japanese government in Taiwan, Yoshino Isawa, officially listed the "preparation fee for the establishment of Imperial University".

In February 1928, Yiyi Tanaka, the Prime Minister of the cabinet, proposed the establishment of Imperial University of Taipei to the cabinet. On March 16, the case was decided by the Japanese government and implemented on March 17 in accordance with the Imperial University order. It was one of the nine imperial universities established in Japan at that time. Yuan Tan, a doctor of humanities, was appointed as the first director of the University. The university is located in the Taipei higher agricultural and forestry school, which is the current site of the University. At the beginning, the Department of culture and politics, the Department of science and agriculture, and the special department of agriculture and forestry affiliated to the University of agriculture and forestry were established. On April 30, the first freshmen took the oath.

On March 25, 1931, the first and the third joint graduation ceremony of the University and its affiliated agricultural and forestry colleges was held. There were 46 graduates (14 in the Department of culture and politics and 32 in the Department of science and agriculture). There are only five graduates from Taiwan: Ke Shikai (History), Zhong Dejun (Politics), Xu Qingzhong (Agronomy), Liu Xingwen (Agronomy) and CAI Yuze (Agronomy).

On December 26, 1935, it was announced that a medical department would be set up, with the director general and Minister of the Department temporarily.

On April 1, 1936, the Taipei Medical School was transformed into a special medical department affiliated to the Department of medicine of Taipei Imperial University. On May 17, in view of the fact that the comprehensive university system has taken on a certain scale, director general yuan Yuantan presided over the official opening ceremony.

On July 21, 1937, it was transferred to huaicong County of Taichung prefecture to set up a mountain farm. In November, the former director general, yuan Yuantan, donated 570 Ping of his shamaoshan residence in Beitou and Zhoudi to the school.

On April 1, 1938, with the consent of the governor's office of Taiwan, the Taipei Hospital was transferred to the teaching Affiliated Hospital of the school.

On April 28, 1939, the Institute of tropical medicine was announced.

On April 1, 1941, the foundation of Taipei Imperial College was set up under the rock of Shilin Zhishan. On April 26, chief minister mitada resigned and Dr. Ando was appointed as the third chief minister.

On March 15, 1943, it announced the establishment of "Southern Institute of Humanities" and "Southern Institute of resources science". On the 31st, the Ministry of science and agriculture was announced as the Ministry of science and the Ministry of agriculture. On April 1, the affiliated special department of agriculture and forestry became an independent Taichung Agricultural and Forestry College, still using the classroom of Taipei Imperial University to teach. On May 28, the regulations of the Ministry of engineering were published and the Ministry of engineering was formally established. On October 1, all of Taichung's higher agricultural and forestry schools were transferred to Taichung.

On March 29, 1945, the plant disease classroom of the Ministry of agriculture was bombed by the Allied forces, and all departments of the school evacuated to Xizhi, Sanxia, Beitou, Yangmingshan in the suburbs of Taipei, and Tianzhong and Beidou in the middle.

National Taiwan University

On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered and the war ended. On November 15, Luo zongluo, chairman of the Taiwan education and Rehabilitation Advisory Committee appointed by the national government, and Ichio Ando, former director general of Taipei Imperial University, completed the acceptance of the University. The University was transformed into a "Taiwan University" with six faculties: arts, science, law, medicine, engineering and agriculture. Luo zongluo was the first president of NTU.

In 1946, the medical college set up a specialized medical department.

In January 1947, Taiwan provincial law business school was accepted and merged into law school.

In March 1949, a special class for first-year students was set up to take in the returned students from the province and the young people who came to Taiwan from the mainland.

In 1950, the Affiliated Hospital of the medical college was renamed as the Affiliated Hospital, and the specialized medical department was closed. In July, the exercise forest of the agricultural college was renamed experimental forest, and the management office was set up in Zhushan Town, Nantou County. The Institute of agriculture and the central water conservancy experimental Office of the Ministry of economic affairs jointly set up the hydraulic laboratory, which is the beginning of the cooperation between the school and the institutions outside the school. On December 20, President Fu Sinian passed away, and Shen gangbo, Dean of the College of Arts, took the post of president.

In March 1951, the Institute of tropical medicine was reorganized into the Institute of public health. Part of the original serum vaccine manufactured by the Institute was merged with the relevant units of the health department of Taiwan Province and renamed "Taiwan serum vaccine manufacturing Institute", which was jointly run by the school and the Taiwan provincial government.

In 1952, Taiwan's education authorities began to distribute students to schools. Agricultural college set up livestock hospital.

In 1953, senior nursing vocational school of medical college was renamed "senior nursing vocational school".

In August 1954, the University participated in the joint enrollment of colleges and universities. Military training began this year.

In October 1955, night tutorial classes were opened for adults.

In 1956, the medical college and the Taiwan Provincial Government jointly established the "Taipei Children's mental health center", and the Agricultural College signed a three-year cooperation contract with the Taiwan sugar company.

In 1957, the senior nursing vocational school of Medical College stopped enrolling students. In September, the "agricultural experimental farm" of the agricultural college was reorganized and renamed "agricultural experimental farm".

In September 1958, the affiliated hospital began to provide medical services for the central public education personnel insurance.

In 1959, an overseas Chinese pre training class was set up. Since July, the school of medicine, the health department of Taiwan Provincial Government and the Taipei municipal government have jointly established the "Taipei Public Health Teaching Demonstration Center". The Institute, together with the aerial survey team of the agriculture and Forestry Department of the Taiwan Provincial Government and the Chinese photogrammetric society, has established the "aerial survey center". The affiliated hospital will be responsible for the medical treatment of diseases covered by provincial public education personnel insurance from July 1.

In 1960, the night department was set up on a trial basis, with four departments of foreign language, law, business and agricultural promotion.

In 1961, the overseas Chinese students' first class ended.

In 1962, the University and Taiwan Research Institute carried out a cooperation plan.

In 1963, the school and Taiwan Research Institute began to employ personnel. Starting from this academic year, the nighttime department will stop recruiting new students.

In 1964, the agricultural college established the "agricultural exhibition hall". The affiliated hospital was added with Shimen branch. The school terminated the "Taiwan Institute of serum vaccine research and manufacture" jointly established with the Taiwan provincial government.

In July 1965, the University, Academia Sinica and Tsinghua University in Taiwan jointly established the "Mathematics Research Center" and "Chemistry Research Center"; it, together with Taiwan's Chung Hsing University and Taiwan Provincial Agricultural Experimental Institute, jointly established the "Mathematics Research Center" and "Chemistry Research Center" "Agricultural research center"; physics research center with Academia Sinica and Tsinghua University in Taiwan; biological research center with Academia Sinica; engineering research center with Chenggong University in Taiwan and Jiaotong University in Taiwan; language center with Council for international economic cooperation and development of executive yuan.

In 1966, the University cooperated with the University of Michigan.

It started in 1967

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