Executive Summary
The mission of the
Tatung University (TTU) is to create a high-quality, delicate and
interdisciplinary learning environment. Based on the ongoing plan “The Tatung
University 2026+ Project”, the university focuses on creating TTU Learning
Ecosystem, developing industry-education innovation communities, and fulfilling
social responsibility, which are the fundamentals of the scheme leading towards
“The Tatung University 2031+ Project".
With geographical
advantages, the university has developed its characteristics by integrating
industrial resources into teaching as well as shaping an interdisciplinary Engineering Creation learning setting. In
such a context, TTU is dedicated to fostering their students having the
capability of “interdisciplinary”, “hands-on experiences”, “innovation and
entrepreneurship”, “local identity” and “global awareness”. Therefore, the
students are capable of being interdisciplinary innovation practitioners with
greater social awareness.
Overall, the TTU
Higher Education Sprout Project has achieved the goal within 2021academic year
in terms of implementation, the highlighted outcomes are summarized as follows:
1.
To take teaching as the core and enhance the
quality of teaching
In terms of curriculum, the University is
with the purpose of enhancing students’ problem-solving abilities as well as
interdisciplinary literacy, to this end, a first-year student at Tatung
University has to take compulsory interdisciplinary courses such as
“Introduction to Multiple and Cross-Discipline” and “Social Design”, which
carry out with Problem-based learning approach and real-world case studies
discussions. Moreover, the university has been hosting Makeathon Camp and
Hult Prize over the past two years with the aim to strengthen international
ties and take international collaboration into practice. In addition, the
university and faculties have begun to provide bilingual programs to students
after granting the “The Program on Bilingual Education for Students in College"
funded by the Ministry of Education. Furthermore, the university provides
diverse courses to students such as digital literacy enhancement as well as Engineering
Creation Micro-credit course, which aim to deepen the core value of General
Education and service-learning, also, to enhance the use of digital
technologies and problem-solving skills for students.
In terms of teaching, the university has
been encouraging lecturers to take part in the Teaching Practice Research
Program as well as facilitating lecturers for online teaching. In addition, the
university has continuously stimulated multi-innovation programs.
In terms of school
policy, the university launched the policy such as taking each faculty
as a core teaching unit and providing micro-credit courses stabilized. In
addition, the university emphasis on setting up programmes for professional
career development and double major, and interdisciplinary learning modules for
International College.
In terms of teaching and
quality assurance, to ensure the quality of teaching and
learning, the university has carried out university-level research, conducted a
substantial evaluation on the quality of teaching and students’ performance
assessment, and set up an effective feedback mechanism.
2. To develop
university features
Since strengthening
industry-academia collaboration is the primary task, the university invites
industry experts to deliver practical knowledge in a wide range of programs.
While industry experts contribute industrial experiences to teaching, students
gain hands-on experiences as they are able to put what they have learnt into
practice. Moreover, the university intends to facilitate lecturers taking part
in industry-academia collaboration, bridge academic research and industry
techniques to deliver technical knowledge to innovative product
development. In terms of internationalization, the university
encourages students to participate in International Work Camp as well as exchange
programs such as Partnership Universities, Dual Degree Program, and Taiwan
Experience Education Program (TEEP) etc. Furthermore, the university
remains a stable partnership with Iowa State University (U.S.A.), Stuttgart
Technology University of Applied Sciences (Germany), Yokote City (Japan) and
West Papua province (Indonesia), which equips students with international
mobility.
3. To make resources
more public
The Tatung University
is committed to fulfilling public service and social responsibility among
higher education context. To ensure social equality, the university has
established policies for disadvantaged students particularly those with financial
and cultural difficulties. To this end, the university offers an additional
pathway for students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and gives priority
to them in the admission process. In addition, the university provides academic
and finial support for disadvantaged students such as offering scholarships and
financial subsidies. Moreover, the university has a greater emphasis on
lowering the student-teacher ratio as well as refining teaching qualification by setting up Teaching Award policy. The university as well continuously working on research
and innovation services development, and keep the university admissions transparency.
4. To fulfil the
university’s social responsibility
The university undertakes
the mission of “fostering talents, local awareness and internationalization”,
builds on the core values of “human-oriented”, “being a friendly neighbor” and
“make friends around the world”, and then put them into practice fulfilling its
social responsibility.
In terms of involving
an action plan for Poison-Free Farming, the new technique is
developed to assist farmers to succeed in finding solutions since biotechnology
and industry design are the areas of special expertise for Tatung University.
In terms of local
caring, the university focuses on providing assistance for migrant
workers and New Immigrants in life skills and career development, which creates
local connections as well as enhances local identity towards the aim of
“learning in place”.
In cooperation with
the government's New Southbound Policy, the university has developed
Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) delivered by international online
collaboration, which aims to promote the use of new energy across the
South-East Asia region.
In terms of innovative
design and critical thinking, the university is continuously working on
well-being innovation for building up an age-friendly city.
Project Abstract
Higher Education
Sprout Project is the fundamentals to higher education development. The project
evaluations were set up systematically for main and sub-projects during the
project implementation. By doing so, the University has completed the first
phase (2018-2019) of the project and achieved the goal, now the university is
working on the second phase. The outcomes of the project during the 2021
academic year have been highlighted and summarized in this annual report (see
Part 3). The strategic plan for the academic year of 2022 has been revised
according to the current outcomes (see Part 4).
As the consequence of
the declining birth rate, educational reform in relation to courses, programs
and educational systems is essential. In addition, the development of new
digital technologies and industrial innovation, together with the rapid social
changes, and even the Covid-19 Pandemic, all have significant impacts on the
way of teaching and learning. Therefore, in 2016, the University established
the10-year long-term plan, namely “The Tatung University 2026+ Project”.
The university took
geographical benefit as it was located in the heart of the capital, together
with the mission of industry-education cooperation since its establishment,
utilizing space and resources to create an innovation community. Within the
community, the learning ecosystem will be shaped through learning with
practice. Tatung University thus undertook the “Tatung University 2026+
Project” as the guideline aiming to foster talents with attitudes towards
social awareness and having social problem-solving ability, which lead to the “Tatung
University 2031+ Project”. The overall strategy is described as follows:
§ Based on the “Learning
Ecosystem and Innovation Project”, the University has re-developed the new
curriculum, for instance, the pilot project carried out by combining interdisciplinary
learning with social design at Tin-Shin College.
- Enhancing industry-academia
collaboration
- Integrating innovation
entrepreneurship to education
- Inviting industry experts to be
co-teacher for innovation programme
- Motivating students to apply theory
to practice with topics like global issues or social needs
- Providing
interdisciplinary learning experiences
According to the
aforementioned outcomes from 2018 to 2020, the policy for 2022 has been revised
as follows:
1.
To take teaching as the core and enhance the
quality of teaching
- Reconstructing the curriculum and increasing
teaching productivity, providing an interdisciplinary model for fostering
talents, ensuring students to be professional, be a practitioner in the field
they studied, and social awareness
- Continuing to promote compulsory
interdisciplinary general courses,
- In cooperation with other universities for
hosting camps to foster students' cross-disciplinary learning and lead towards
interdisciplinary learning
2.
To develop university features
- Strengthen industry-academia cooperation,
recruit industry experts to be project lectures
- Creating a mechanism to facilitate teaching
and learning, including “industry-education collaboration”, “research-oriented”,
“entrepreneurship and innovation” and “improving teaching quality”
3. To make
resources more public
- Providing an additional pathway for students
with disadvantaged backgrounds, and giving priority to them in the admission
process.
- Offering scholarships and financial subsidies
- Providing academic support and advice for
future career plans
- Lowering student-teacher ratio
- Refining teaching qualification
- Ensuring university admissions
transparency
4. To fulfil social
responsibility
- Taking the mission “fostering talents, local
awareness and internationalization”, foster students with greater international
and global perspectives
- Promoting “learning in place” to migrant
workers and New Immigrants
- Enhancing well-being services for the elderly
- Technologies and innovation in Poison-Free Farming
- In cooperation with New Southbound Policy
partnership social services program to provide support in Solar Energy
Generating Systems development
Serving the country
through industry has been the mission for Tatung University. The university is
dedicated to fostering talents and sharing social values, which has fostered
many successful and outstanding alumni. In addition, Tatung University has
contributed to society significantly through industry-education cooperation.
From this point of view, it shows that Tatung University is a productively
educational institute with a rich historical background, having a clear
objective as well as core values, and is dedicated to fostering talents. In
line with the core values, Tatung University is pursuing its ultimate goal in
response to social changes, which is to be a paradigm of a university with rich
industry-education collaboration on instructional excellence.