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Strategics for Nurturing the International View of Young Scientists

at National Taiwan University

NSC Exchange Activities for Asia-Pacific on Science and Technology Cooperation Partnership ：

The New Forms of Scientific Cooperation Forum (NFSC)

Room 13, Conference Hall, 2F, National Science Council

December, 15, 2009, Tuesday, PM 2 : 05 ~ 02 : 25

Speaker: George Tai-Jen ChenSpeaker: George Tai-Jen ChenVice President for Academic Affairs

University Chair Professor Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

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NTU Today World University Rankings International Academic Exchange

Activities for NTU 1) University Level 2) College Level 3) Department Level

Future Plans

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11 Colleges2 Professional

Schools 54 Departments

103 Graduate Institutes

66 Research Centers

33,416 Students

NTU Today

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World University Rankings (2009)1) Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Score

No. 150 National Taiwan UniversityNo. 158 Seoul National University (South Korea)No. 209 Tsinghua University (P.R. China)No. 212 University of Hong Kong (HK)No. 224 Peking University (P.R. China)No. 279 The Hong Kong University of Science &

Technology (HK)

Ranked No. 1 among all Chinese Universitiesin China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau

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2) Times Higher Education No. 95 National Taiwan UniversityIndividual Disciplines Ranked Globally No. 45 in Life Sciences & Biomedicine No. 47 in Engineering & IT No. 51 in Natural Sciences No. 58 in Social Sciences No. 60 in Arts & Humanities

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3) Taiwan Performance Rankings of Scientific Papers

No. 102 National Taiwan University144 Tsinghua University (P.R. China)147 Peking University (P.R. China)185 The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

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International Academic Exchange Activities for NTU （ e.g. 2009）International Exchange Partner universities: 318 Student exchange programs: 181

08/09 Incoming student #: 347 08/09 Outgoing student #: 299

Dual degree programs: 21 Dual degree student #: 78

Total # of international student: 2,689 Courses taught in English in 2009/10 academic year: 879 Whole English Programs: 6

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1) University Level

No. of faculties and staffs go abroad for academic purpose: 4616

No. of international visitors: 1099 No. of international academic activities (e.g. conference,

workshop, seminar…): 179 Special project for supporting young faculties to go

abroad for academic exchange activities: 2007(102), 2008(132) (from 2009 supported by colleges)

Research of young scientists at world top laboratories 2008(4), 2009(2)

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Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

No. of Students in Sciences-related

Major

186 201 167 180 168

% of Total Students 89.86% 90.54% 90.27% 90.54% 89.86%

Total Budget (UD$) 200K 180K 140K 140K 150K

Ph.D Students Attending International Conferences Supported by the Ministry of Education

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2) College Level

e.g. College of Science

Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004International

Conferences34 30 22 18 16

No. of Faculties Go Abroad for Conferences 354 377 328 286 269

No. of Faculties Go Abroad for

Study and/or Research

25 41 26 14 6

No. of Students Go Abroad for Conferences

and/or Research

251 185 214 114 126

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3) Department Level

e.g. Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

No. of Faculties 51 48 47 25 40

No. of Students 7 7 7 6 7

Go Abroad for International Academic Activities

No. of Visitors and International Conferences

Year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004

No. of visitors 40 30 31 48 43

No. of InternationalConferences/Workshops

4 4 4 1 2

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Future Plans (2009～ 2013)

Outgoing One-third of total undergraduate students to

study abroad for one year before graduation Incoming

10% international students at NTU campus undergraduate : master : Ph. D = 1 : 2 : 5

Colleges Office and faculty in charge of international

affairs at colleges

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