NTU at a glance

National Taiwan University is the prestigious flagship university of Taiwan: it is the country’s premier research institution as well as the most comprehensive. NTU’s leading role in education and research is supported by a global strategy that capitalizes on sustained mobility, an expanded network of 450 partners and the creation of quality global opportunities.

 

NTU, a global university

National Taiwan University’s vision embraces strong knowledge, strong techniques and strong elites, guided by independent thought and a pioneering spirit of enterprise.

 

World-class research

• 1st in Taiwan by research budget.

• 39th worldwide for academic reputation (QS World University Rankings 2013/2014).

• 51st–60th globally for reputation (Times Higher Education Top Universities by Reputation 2013/2014).

• The NTU faculty is ranked among the top 1% in the world by number of highly cited papers in 19 out of 22 areas of the ESI (Essential Science Indicators) database.

 

International research centers are set up at NTU in a range of breakthrough areas. For example:

• The NTU Cancer Center – with the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

• The Intel-NTU Center – the world’s only Intel research center set up within a university outside the United States.

• The Intelligent Robotics laboratory – with top French automation institutes

• The New Energy Center – developing renewable energy with seven of the world’s leading universities

• The European Center in Taiwan (EUTW) – one of 32 centers worldwide established by the European Commission.

NTU will continue to develop its pioneering plan through global breadth of vision, well-rounded subject areas, and more connected teamwork with some of the world’s most outstanding companies and research institutes.

 

Internationalized faculty and students

• More than 70% of our faculty members have obtained at least one degree overseas.

• In 2016, one third of NTU undergraduate students will have been abroad to study or to complete an internship, as part of their NTU education.

• NTU collaborates with 450 university-partners across 56 countries.

 

First-class resources and services

Some of the University’s wide-ranging resources, services and advantages include:

 

A privileged location

A large garden-campus in the center of Taipei, NTU’s main campus is easily accessible by public transport.

 

The largest library in Taiwan

The NTU Library contains four million volumes.

 

Sports facilities

A large part of the campus is devoted to exercise and health, including the New Sports Center opened in 2002, the Old Stadium and various outdoor tennis courts and playing fields.

 

An e-University

NTU offers advanced computing availability on campus and provides webmail portals, multiple networking services, computer courses, distance learning services, cloud computing for storage, software share and mobile devices, such as the MyNTU portal, NTU Space, NTU AppShare, NTU SoftBank and iNTU.

 

400 student clubs

Student activities flourish as an integral part of NTU’s liberal and pluralistic environment.