A Review and Future Cooperation in Higher Education between Taiwan and Canada

-NTU as an example

Dean Hsiao-Wei Yuan

Dean for International Affairs National Taiwan University

Office of International Affairs

11 colleges

2 professional schools

54 departments

103 graduate institutes

66 research centers

student number: 33,000

National Taiwan University

Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science

Management

Public Health

Social Sciences

Life Science

11 Colleges

Liberal Arts

Science

Medicine

Law

Bioresources & Agriculture

Engineering

Academic Programs

2 Professional Schools

School of Veterinary Medicine

School of Dentistry

NSC: iRiCE (International Research-Intensive Center of Excellence)

Intel-NTU Center (M2M) with College of Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science

Only university outside the US

NSC: iRiCE (International Research-Intensive Center of Excellence)

Intelligent robotics lab

with France (CNRS, UPMC, and INRIA)

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

KAUST

Solar and Alternative Energy

Research Center

KAUST elected 7 universities

out of 60, incl. Cornell, Oxford

NTU is the only Asian

university elected

NTU New Energy Center

International Cutting-edge

Research Centers

Major Donations

NTU Cancer Center Terry Gou

USD 500 million

STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS

954

DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS

45

STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

283

International NTU

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

414 55

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

137 (7%) 28

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

3,156 75

Partner Universities in Canada

Student Mobility with Canada

NTU-Canadian Collaboration

Canadian Connection

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McGill Univ.

(2010)

Unvi. Of Ottawa (1999)

York Univ. (2007)

Univ. of Toronto (1997) Univ. of Waterloo (2003)

Simon Fraser Univ.

(2000)

Univ. of

Victoria

(1995)

Univ. British

Columbia

(1998)

11 Partner Universities in Canada

Univ. of

Alberta (1993)

Queens Univ. (2009)

É cole Polytechnique

de Montréal (2009)

Canadian Delegations 2011/ 2012

David Naylor

President

Stewart Aitchison

Vice Dean, Research

Canadian Delegation 2011

Oct. 7, 2011

Allan Rock,

President and

Vice-Chancellor

University of Ottawa

Student Mobility with Canada (1)

13

0

5

10

15

20

25

2010~2011 2011~2012 2012~2013

25

18 18

Outgoing exchange students No. of

students

Semester-

based

Academic year

Student Mobility with Canada (2)

14

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2010~2011 2011~2012 2012~2013

31

24

16

Incoming exchange students

No. of

students

Semester-

based

Academic year

15

Canadian Collaborations with NTU (1)

NSERC: Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Council of Canada

NSERC 2012

University of Columbia Dept. of Psychology

McGill University Dept. of Computer Science &

Information Engineering

University of Toronto Institute of Ecology &

Evolutionary Biology

University of Columbia Institute of Oceanography

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Canadian Collaborations with NTU (2)

NRC: National Research Council Canada

INMS: Institute for National Measurement Standards

CRC: Communications Research Centre Canada

NRC 2012 NSC-NRC-INMS, National Research

Council of Canada

Dept. of Biochemical Science &

Technology

NSC-NRC-ITRI, National Research

Council of Canada

Graduate Institute of Oral Biology,

School of Dentistry

CRC 2012 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

(AAFC) Institute of Food Science & Technology

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Canadian Collaborations with NTU (3)

Int'l Conferences 2012

Univ. of Toronto & Univ. of Ottawa Graduate Institute of Toxicology

Int’l Symposium on Society &

Resource Management,

Edmonton

School of Forestry and

Resource Conservation

Federation of Clinical Immunology

Societies, Vancouver

Graduate Institute of

Microbiology

American Control Conference,

Montreal Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Int’l Cartilage Repair Society,

Montreal Dept. of Orthopedics Surgery

Future Strategies

Discussing Curriculum Issues

Organizing Conferences and Workshops

to Increase Knowledge about Canadian

Universities

Strengthening Alumni Connection: 16

Increasing Participating Faculty

Members and Students

Growing Visibility

Elite Chinese Language Programs

Center for International Education (CIE)

Programs International Chinese Language Program (ICLP)

Chinese Language Division (CLD)

E-learning NTU Chinese http://chinese.ntu.edu.tw/

http://chinese.ntu.edu.tw/

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+1 Intensive Chinese Language & Culture 4 weeks (July-August) , 5 credits

+2 Laboratory Research 6 weeks (July-August), 5 credits

+3 Biodiversity, Agriculture and Culture of Taiwan 4 weeks (June-July), 4 credits

+4 Summer Program for Biotechnology 2 weeks (August), 2 credits

+5 Global LEAD Summer Program

4 weeks (July), 5 credits

NTU Summer+ Programs

Looking Ahead

Develop exchange/ summer programs

Create more incentives for joint programs

Encourage faculty contacts and exchanges

Promote 2-way summer programs

Explore joint or dual degree programs

Joining forces

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