
National Taiwan University (NTU, 國立臺灣大學, Hō-ló-oē: Kok-lip Tai-oan Tai-hak, Tongyong Pinyin: GuóLì TáiWan DàSyué, Hanyu Pinyin: Guólì táiwān dàxué, Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 t'ai2-wan1 ta4-hsüeh2) is a university in Taiwan. The entrance examination score needed to enter NTU is typically the highest among universities in Taiwan, and using this ranking, it is widely considered the best university in Taiwan.
==History==
The university was founded as the Taihoku Imperial University (臺北帝國大學) of the Japanese Empire in 1928. Following Taiwan's handover to the Republic of China in 1945, it was renamed the National Taiwan University and reorganized into six colleges and twenty-two departments. It has since expanded to 11 colleges, 52 departments, 82 graduate institutes and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development.
==Campus==
The university has six campuses in the greater Taipei region (including Taipei County) and two additional campuses in Nantou County1.
==Organization==
A president heads the university, which is divided into the following colleges:
*College of Liberal Arts
*College of Science
*College of Social Science
*College of Medicine
*College of Engineering
*College of Bio-resource and Agriculture
*College of Management
*College of Public Health
*College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
*College of Law
*College of Life Science
*Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development
===List of presidents===
*Sidehara Tan Taira Hiroshi: March 1928-September 1937
*Mita Sadanori: September 1937-April 1941
*Ando Masatsugu: April 1941-March 1945
*Ando Kazuo: March 1945-August 1945
*Lo Tsung-lo: August 1945-July 1946
*Lu Chih-hung: August 1946-May 1948
*Chuang Chang-kung: June 1948-December 1948
*Fu Szu-nien: January 1949-December 1950
*Shen Kang-po (acting): December 1950-January 1951
*Chien Szu-liang: January 1951-May 1970
*Yen Cheng-hsing: June 1970-July 1981
*Yu Chao-chung: August 1981-July 1984
*Sun Chen: August 1984-February 1993
*Kou Guang-hsiung (acting): March 1993-July 1993
*Chen Wei-Jao: August 1993-present
==Noted NTU Alumni==
*Politicians
**Chang Chau-hsiung (MD 1967)
**Chang Po-ya
**Chen Shui-bian (1974)
**Sisy Chen
**Frank Hsieh
**Lee Teng-hui (1948)
**Lien Chan (1957)
**Lin Yang-kang
**Annette Lu (1967)
**Ma Ying-jeou (1972)
**Su Tseng-chang
**Wu Den-yih
*Academics
**Lee Yuan-tseh (1959)
**Tien Chang-lin (1955)
**Pai Hsien-yung
**Andrew Yao (1967)
*Singers/Actors
**Alec Su (1991)
==Noted NTU Faculty==
*Lee Teng-hui - professor of economics
*Lien Chan - professor of political science, chairman of the Political Science Department and dean of the Graduate Institute of Political Science
==See also==
*National Taiwan University Hospital
*List of universities in Taiwan
== External links ==
* [http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/main.html English version of the official page]
Universities and Colleges in Taiwan
I don't know how to susinctly describing the ranking of NTU as number one without describing the entire college admissions system in Taiwan. The college admission system is based on the National Entrance Examination, and each college can establish the score necessary on the NEE for admission. Theoretically, any college can set their admission score to anything, but if it sets it too high, it won't get any students, and if it sets it to low, its seen as less prestigous. This creates a de facto ranking because high prestige colleges can demand a higher score, and this also creates an odd circular situation in which a high ranked school can establish a high score for entrance, which establishes it as prestigious, which increases the number of students who want to enter the school, which allows the school to set a higher bar to entrance. The net result of this is that unlike schools in the United States where rankings have a lot of subjective opinion associated with them, in Taiwan, there is an objective measure which is commonly used to describe the ranking of a school. ---- Write this up?: [http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/20020325/20020325s4.html Universities hurry to join alliances in attempt to stay competitive] : Done: University alliances in Taiwan. --User:Kaihsu 18:27, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU, 國立臺灣大學, Hō-ló-oē: Kok-lip Tai-oan Tai-hak, Tongyong Pinyin: GuóLì TáiWan DàSyué, Hanyu Pinyin: Guólì táiwān dàxué, Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 t'ai2-wan1 ta4-hsüeh2) is a university in Taiwan. The entrance examination score needed to enter NTU is typically the highest among universities in Taiwan, and using this ranking, it is widely considered the best university in Taiwan.
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© National Taiwan University | |
| ''Motto: Cultivate your virtue; advance your intellect; love your country; love your people'' | |
| President | Chen Wei-Jao |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | Secular |
| Founded | 1928 as Taihoku Imperial University; reorganized in 1945 as National Taiwan University |
| Location | Taipei City, Republic of China |
| Enrollment | 17,913 grad., 10,859 post-grad. |
| Faculty | 1793 (full time), 1188 (part time) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban (main campus) |
| Campus size | 1.6 km² (Greater Taipei combined), 344 km² (Nantou County combined) |
National Taiwan University
I don't know how to susinctly describing the ranking of NTU as number one without describing the entire college admissions system in Taiwan. The college admission system is based on the National Entrance Examination, and each college can establish the score necessary on the NEE for admission. Theoretically, any college can set their admission score to anything, but if it sets it too high, it won't get any students, and if it sets it to low, its seen as less prestigous. This creates a de facto ranking because high prestige colleges can demand a higher score, and this also creates an odd circular situation in which a high ranked school can establish a high score for entrance, which establishes it as prestigious, which increases the number of students who want to enter the school, which allows the school to set a higher bar to entrance. The net result of this is that unlike schools in the United States where rankings have a lot of subjective opinion associated with them, in Taiwan, there is an objective measure which is commonly used to describe the ranking of a school. ---- Write this up?: [http://www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw/20020325/20020325s4.html Universities hurry to join alliances in attempt to stay competitive] : Done: University alliances in Taiwan. --User:Kaihsu 18:27, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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