Achievement Summary and Highlights of Phase One
"Implementing Educational Innovation and Improving the Quality of Education"
Using the Center for Clinical Skill and Simulation as a framework, Chang Gung University is devoted to promoting distinctive cross-disciplinary education, which includes long-term health care, medical devices and medical aids, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), and more. In the past five years, the school held 131 sessions of various clinical skills teaching, and 18 sessions of interdisciplinary clinical simulation training. The results showed that 876 students enrolled in interdisciplinary summer courses; among them, 73 students applied for early graduation through summer courses. The school introduced a basic programming course for students studying in non-information fields. 60% of graduates in Academic Year 110 enrolled in this course. "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" was offered as a compulsory course for the school's freshmen as the basis of the AI micro program. In Academic Year 109, the school launched a cross-disciplinary honor program for top-performing students. Through critical thinking skills taught by senior teachers and overseas internships, students could expand their international horizons and cultivate an up-to-date worldview. In the past three years, 26 students won the Golden Award, worth TWD$1,000,000 per student, and 262 students won the Silver Award, worth TWD$400,000 per student. In response to the 108 Curriculum Reform and changes in examinations and student recruitment, the school provided a multi-flexible course system and strengthened bridging with high school education. During the summer, the school launched 16 pre-requisite courses for basic subjects and garnered an enrollment of 262 students in Academic Year 111. In addition, the school established the Center for Bilingual Education to implement plans for popularizing and improving bilingual teaching. In Academic Year 110, approximately 37.46% of sophomore undergraduate students and first-year postgraduate students enrolled in at least one EMI course.
"Developing School Features"
The school's research centers have participated in domestic and international organizations to help solve crucial issues. For example, the school joined the Cancer Moonshot for cancer prevention, participated in CREID to fight against emerging viruses, and collaborated with the University of Southern California for the Parkinson's Disease initiative. The school cordially invited Dr. Siamon Gordon and Academician Tzyy-Choou Wu to guide the medical research in immunization and translational medicine. Chang Gung University also ranked first among all private universities in Taiwan in the World's Top 2% Scientists and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). To strengthen students' international competitiveness, the school actively recruited experts with international reputations as guest teachers to give speeches as well as encouraged students to participate in international exchange activities and programs. The school established CGU x Go International to promote overseas studies, exchanges, employment, and cultural introduction. The goal was to provide our local students with a platform to interact with international students and build an international and multicultural environment. The school actively promoted a two-way communication platform between industry and academia. In the past five years, our industry-academia collaboration achieved fruitful results. For instance, the value of our technology transfer has exceeded TWD$260,000,000, and our industry-academia projects have secured funds worth TWD$770,000,000. Through the CGU SPARK office, the Center for Innovative Technology and Commercialization (CITC), and the Center for Innovation and Incubation, the school facilitated the commercialization of technology production and promoted entrepreneurship. Since Academic Year 109, the school has subsidized 25 projects, established three spin-off projects as start-up companies, and funded the budding plan of one project for a new start-up company's future establishment. In addition, eight student teams received the funds for U-start Plan for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The school has since established a total of ten start-up companies.
"Enhancing the Public Value of Higher Education"
The school provided guaranteed quotas to increase the chances of admission for economically-disadvantaged students and constructed a comprehensive counseling system to provide all-around counseling services and assistance concerning learning, living, finance, and educational system. Through the mentor care network, the school provided counseling for an annual average of 1,000 students and granted 1,087 students with various types of bursaries, which reached a total amount of more than TWD$26,000,000. In addition, to optimize management and operational effectiveness, the school established a data-based decision-making mechanism. By integrating multiple on-campus and off-campus resources, the school built 37 performance analysis dashboards to provide diagnostic indicator reports as decision-making references for continuous improvement in each unit.
"Fulfilling Social Responsibility"
By integrating teachers, students, and resources, we fulfilled our University Social Responsibility (USR) in the Fuxing District, Guishan District, Linkou District, and Taoyuan District of Taoyuan City. The school gained funding approval from the Ministry of Education for two budding projects and four HUB projects, reaching a cumulative amount of TWD$28,500,000 in three years. Our teachers and students continued helping with the local development and cultivation of indigenous villages by supporting the healthcare system to give back to society. Furthermore, the school used local natural resources to develop innovative cultural products, in order to promote local cultural creation and expansion. The school cooperated with small farmers around the campus to brew Japanese sake with locally produced rice. Working with local small farmers helped adding value to the agricultural industry and contributing to sustainable development. The school also cooperated with mentally disabled support groups and autistic children’s organizations to help patients return to society. By organizing the USR Friendly Market, the school educated the general public on mental illness and helped the disadvantaged to integrate with the community.