ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1922, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Linguistics in Taiwan. It makes NTNU become widely recognized as one of Taiwan’s comprehensive and elite higher education institutions. NTNU is affiliated with National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology as part of the National Taiwan University System. The university also runs the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan which also one of the top high schools in Taiwan.
As mentioned, NTNU occupies three campuses in downtown Taipei, those divided into the historic Daan campus/main campus which consist the home of Administration Building, Main Library, Music & Lecture Hall, Language Building, Athletic Center; the Gongguan campus which become home of the College of Science; the Linkou campus and the University library campus which hosting the school of continuing education.
Academic programs at NTNU are administered by 10 colleges, there are arts, education, international studies & social sciences, liberal arts, management, music, science, sports & recreation, and technology & engineering.
UNIVERSITY RANGKINGS
NTNU was internationally ranked 331st in the 2021 QS World University Rankings, 601-800th in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 900–1000th in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Since 2015, NTNU has been ranked within 350 in the QS World University Rankings (No. 331 in the world in 2020 and No. 61 in Asia). NTNU has been ranked among the top 50 in the world in the three disciplines of education, linguistics, and library and information management systems.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
The university enrolls approximately 17,000 students each year. Approximately 1,500 students are international. This makes National Taiwan Normal University a well-known university with international influence and visibility. Internationally, NTNU is best known for its Mandarin Training Center (formerly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Cultural Studies), a program founded in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese to foreign students. The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the Shida area of Taipei one of the city’s most cosmopolitan. Courses in language, literature, calligraphy, art and martial arts are offered in a series of three-month terms throughout the year, enabling international students to undertake language studies during summer breaks and within single semesters.
Other international highlights recently at NTNU include the International Chemistry Olympiad hosted by the university in 2005 and the merger of NTNU with the University Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students in 2006. NTNU also participates in the Biodiversity Program of the Taiwan International Graduate Program of Academia Sinica. A new dormitory for NTNU international students is slated to open in 2024.
NTNU nurtures a robust system of partnerships to enable this level of international study. Among the institutions that enjoy sister relationships with NTNU are the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil, La Universidad Nacional de Asuncion in Paraguay, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Radford University, Rutgers University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Iowa and University of Pittsburgh in the US, the University of Alberta, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University in Canada, the University of Glasgow and University of London in the UK, the Denis Diderot University and University of Poitiers in France, University of Bonn and University of Heidelberg in Germany, the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria, the RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands, the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, and the Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, to name a few. NTNU’s connections in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly extensive, including dozens of academic institutions representing South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand.
- SUBJECT TAUGHTS
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Geography
- Politics & International Studies
- Communication & Media Studies
- Engineering & Technology
- Chemical Engineering
- General Engineering
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Physical Sciences
- Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine sciences
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Physics & Astronomy
- Chemistry
- Life Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Sport Sciences
- Business & Economics
- Business & Management
- Education
- Computer Sciences
- Art & Humanities
- Art, Performing Arts & Design
- Language, Literature & Linguistics
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