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Type
  
Public National

Academic staff
  
240

Phone
  
+886 3 935 7400

Founded
  
1926

President
  
Dr. Po‐Ching Wu (吳柏青)

Undergraduates
  
5,000

Province
  
Taiwan Province

National Ilan University

Motto in English
  
Studying diligently, practicing with earnestness, developing a respectful attitude toward professionalism

Established
  
12 May 1926 (reformed in 2003)

Address
  
No. 1, Section 1, Shennong Road, Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan 260

Motto
  
篤學, 力行, 敬業, 樂群 (Studying diligently, practicing with earnestness, developing a respectful attitude toward professionalism)

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The National Ilan University (NIU; Chinese: 國立宜蘭大學) is a public university in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan.

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History

National Ilan University was one of the first institutions of higher education in Taiwan. It was founded as the Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry on 12 May 1926. Since then, the name and focus of the institution have undergone a number of changes, from having been a five-year junior college (National Ilan Junior College of Agriculture and Technology), and a polytechnic college (National Ilan Institute of Technology). In 2003, the school was further reformed into its current status as a comprehensive university, offering BA, BS, MA and MS degrees in four colleges.

Campus

The main 15.3-hectare (38-acre) campus stands in the center of Yilan City. The university has its own forst land in Jiaoxi for experimental use, forestation and ecological research. The university has its campus at Wujie that focus on professional animal research and a campus near Yilan Science Park.

Schools

NIU has four colleges: Humanities and Management, Engineering, Bioresources, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Also, there are 13 departments and 17 graduate institutions. The newest of the Graduate Programs is the MA Program in Foreign Languages & Literatures, the focus of which is the literature in English of nations within the Asian Pacific Rim region.

President

Prof. Dr. Po-Ching Wu was elected as the 5th NIU President by the NIU President Election Committee in July 4 and was on board from August 1, 2016. Received his PHD degree in Food Engineering at University of Massachusetts USA, President Dr. Po-Ching Wu is also the Professor from Department of Biomechatronic Engineering at NIU.

President Dr. Po-Ching Wu believes that University not only plays the role as education and academia research, it should also serve its social responsibility. In his tenure of office, President Dr. Po-Ching Wu will focus on five governing dimensions: (1) Actively seek resources for NIU development (2) Execute excellent education to lift students’ professional skills (3) Enhance educational facilities to support high quality teaching (4) Create connection and contribution to local community, and (5) Improve students’ international mobility.

Education goals

Striving to create a first-class comprehensive university, NIU has formulated the following education objectives:

  • Develop outstanding teaching features which may nurture the creativity and integrity of students.
  • Enhance learning by providing excellent digitalized teaching and e-learning environment.
  • Enrich the curriculum design, course materials and teaching quality.
  • Provide a balanced training in both science and humanities by the diverse curriculum and learning environment.
  • Develop students' global competitiveness by enhancing their foreign language competence.

    • Research goals

    In terms of research, NIU aims to:

  • Enhance faculty research by providing abundant library collections and laboratory equipment.
  • Provide integrated and consolidated research resources which may enable the faculty to focus on the research areas of their interests.
  • Raise overall competitiveness by cooperating with the local community and industries.

    • Programs for International Students

    Most programs are taught in Chinese. * Some courses taught in Master Degree in English language.

  • Global Recognition
  • Language Requirements
  • NIU is one of the most reputed and outstanding Bioresources education and research institute in Taiwan. NIU students of the Bioresources domain are trained by world-class faculty and also they have opportunity to visit Malaysia for off-site classes; to Canada for attending the joint program with University of British Columbia.
  • College of Engineering and College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of NIU are IEET accredited. IEET is a member of Washington Accord, Seoul Accord, Sydney Accord, and NABEEA. Being an IEET certificated institution, the degrees issued by these NIU departments are recognized in many countries, like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia.

    • International Collaboration

    National Ilan University (NIU) has a strong international collaboration, with over 100 Universities and Research Institutions worldwide. Studying at NIU, students can apply for an academic exchange program with partner universities, they can take part in overseas volunteer activities and summer camps. Apart from these, NIU has a program with the University of Michigan Dearborn Business School, which offers a Master's degree to NIU students.

    Tuition & Miscellaneous Fees

    Tuition fees & other miscellaneous fees for International Students for the academic year 2016.

    Note: For details about Tuition Fees & other Miscellaneous fees for 「 Taiwan Scholarship Awardee」kindly follow the link [1]

    Laboratory

  • Mobility Network Laboratory

    • References

    National Ilan University Wikipedia
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