The National Taiwan University (NTU) is located in Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a co-education university which is of national level importance in Taiwan.The National Taiwan University has the motto (in English) – ‘Integrity, Diligence, Patriotism and Philanthropy’. The National Taiwan University was established in 1928. It was established by the Japanese.

The university was re-organized in 1945. It is a public university. The president of the National Taiwan University is Lee Si-Chen. The NTU has full-time faculty strength of around 1,793 and a part-time and adjunct faculty strength of around 1,188. The university has an undergraduate student strength of around 17,706. The number of graduate students at the National Taiwan University is around 15,710.

The university has a campus of around 1.6 square kilometers in Taipei City and if we include the other 6 campuses, the total size of the campuses of the National Taiwan University comes out be a staggering 344 square kilometers. Yup, you read that right! This article aims to provide information about the National Taiwan University and the various programs it offers. Read on for more.

The NTU offers degrees at the bachelors, masters and doctoral levels. Students can choose subjects from any colleges under the university. However, the compulsory courses assigned under a particular major have to be completed in order to get a degree award from the university.

An important thing to note about the National Taiwan University is that it has a core curriculum that needs to be completed by most students at the undergraduate level. This core curriculum comprises of Chinese, elementary English, public service and physical education.

The main colleges at the National Taiwan University are:

• College of Management
• College of Science
• College of Social Science
• College of Engineering
• College of Medicine
• College of Bio-resource and Agriculture
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• College of Law
• College of Life Sciences
• College of Public Health
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Dentistry

An important program offered by the NTU, the Global MBA (GMBA) program, is attended by international students in huge numbers. In fact, almost half the class size is constituted by people from abroad. This program is provided in association with top business schools such as the Wharton School of Business.

The National Taiwan University has three main research stations. These are:

• Highland Farm
• Department of Forestry
• Experimental Forest

The National Taiwan University is a widely respected university throughout the world, what with it being ranked consistently among the top 100 universities in the world by various ratings such as the THES-QS World University Rankings.