Higher Education SPROUT Project

I. Enhancing Teaching Innovation

1. To continuously promote institutional research, implement university-wide analyses of core issues as well as college and departmental studies across various dimensions, and track and evaluate the effectiveness of their applications.


2. To enhance the diverse professional development of faculty, 12 interdisciplinary faculty professional learning communities were established. Through collaboration and sharing among teachers, these communities jointly explore innovative curriculum models and teaching strategies. In addition, 18 Teaching Practice Research Projects were approved by the Ministry of Education, achieving an approval rate of 64%, and a pilot program for teaching practice research was also launched, demonstrating the effectiveness of linking faculty teaching research with student learning development.


3. Wu-Zhou College organized eight theme-based lectures, eight liberal arts and cultural activities, two “Evening Talks with Masters”, and three environmental education events. Through lectures, field visits, and practical workshops, these programs are designed to cultivate the college’s five core competencies: local culture, civic literacy, social engagement, global perspective, and innovative thinking.


4. To promote student self-directed learning by providing grants to six groups—three individual projects and three team projects—to undertake cultural exploration in overseas Chinese communities. These experiences enable students to appreciate cultural diversity, enhance career planning skills, broaden their global vision, and promote Kinmen’s culture, thereby strengthening both their soft and hard skills.


5. To foster students’ professional skills and creative thinking, the University subsidized 22 faculty-student teams to participate in various off-campus professional and academic competitions, achieving remarkable results. For instance, two teams from the Department of Electrical Engineering participated in the 2025 International Intelligent RoboSports Cup Competition and won first and third place in the discipline of Robot Soccer League. The Department of Social Work competed in the 10th National Professional Ethics Case Competition 2025 and earned the Gold Award in the discipline of “Ethical Issues Arising from Artificial Intelligence”. The Department of Tourism Management won third place in the discipline of Domestic Travel at the 14th Tourism Elite Cup of National Itinerary Design Competition 2025.Students from Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering participated in the 2025 AERC Asia Intelligent Robot Competition, earning first, third, fourth, and honorable mention awards in the C06 Wheeled Robot Track Challenge, Creative Track Unlimited, UAV Intelligent Programming Challenge, and A02 Robot Programming Obstacle Challenge, respectively. Meanwhile, the Department of Food Science went to the United Kingdom and received an Honorable Mention in The Dalemain World Marmalade Awards 2025.These accomplishments highlight the university’s commitment to promoting high-quality, innovative learning and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

II. Fulfilling Social Responsibility

1. To host “Spirit Through the Brush: Centennial Memorial Exhibition of Master Li Chi-Mao”: featuring themes of people, folk customs, animals, and local scenery. Most precious among them are his early sketches created in Kinmen, where each stroke captures the spirit of ink and the profound insights he gained from life on the wartime island.


2. To present “Blue-and-White: New Imaginations of Entwined Blossoms” with the Kinmen Ceramics Factory jointly: a ceramic art exhibition that reinterprets Kinmen’s island landscapes and cultural sentiments through the timeless motifs of blue-and-white entwined florals. The result is a poetic dialogue where tradition meets the contemporary, revealing a renewed vision of ceramic art.


3. To foster students’ love of reading and willingness to serve, the library held a “Junior Volunteer Training Camp,” which attracted more than thirty enthusiastic students from grades three to six in the local area.


4. The Agile Tree-Climbing Club, together with the Uesugi Natsumi Natural Education Team and the Taiwan Family Protection Association, held the “CSR × USR Nature Experience Series” activities. Through tree-climbing experiences, sensory exploration, and interactive games, children learned teamwork and gained a deeper understanding of nature while challenging themselves.


5. To organize “Taiwu Mountain Clean-Up Hike for Environmental Protection”: President Chen, Chien-Min led nearly one thousand faculty members and students on a mountain hike. Along the way, participants picked up litter to help keep the mountain clean, putting the spirit of fitness and environmental protection into action and contributing to the preservation of the environment.

III. Strengthening Academia-Industry Collaboration

1. To establish distinctive industry–academia collaboration services and develop products such as Patchouli essential oil masks, Yitiaogen essential oil, KINTA perfume, Antrodia cinnamomea dripping pills and Gaoliang vegetarian floss. Promote local industrial development and assist in facilitating 26 local industry–academia cooperation projects.。


2. To cultivate talent for the distinctive industries of National Quemoy University. Through local industry–academia collaboration, students were guided to jointly develop the “General Hu Lien AI Digital Content” application software, with the results showcased at the Hu Lien Learning Center. In addition, students were led to participate in the 2025 National Competition on Integrated Competency in Computer Multimedia, AI Literacy, and Business Information Technology Applications, winning three national awards.


3. To integrate cross-disciplinary digital humanities courses and guide students in presenting their works at the large-scale digital exhibition “AI Paints Dream of the Red Chamber · Dream of the Red Chamber Paints AI” organized by the Kinmen County Cultural Affairs Bureau. Students were also guided to create cultural and creative works and to host the Gugang Community cultural market “Wu-yu Wu-sheng: Humanities Radio Station.” In addition, the “Wu-yu Jin-sheng” podcast, featuring the Kinmen dialect, was developed to demonstrate the practice of the SDGs, enhance community resilience, and promote cultural sustainability.


4. To strengthen students’ career development and employability by co-organizing the large-scale “2025 Career Forward! Job Fair” with the Kinmen Employment Center. A total of 61 companies from both Taiwan and Kinmen were invited, offering more than 1,493 job vacancies. The event received 425 résumé submissions, achieving 234 preliminary matches, with a matching rate of 55%. In addition, a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) was invited to provide résumé reviews and professional foreign-language career counseling, with 15 participants receiving consultation services.

IV. Enhancing Public Value of Higher Education

1. To continuously providing guaranteed admission quotas and reduced application fee burdens for economically or culturally disadvantaged students. From the 111th to 114th academic years, the university's priority admission mechanism enrolled a cumulative total of 287 students, and the cumulative amount of second-stage application fee waivers exceeded NT$240,000.


2. To continuously diversify admission channels and implement strategies such as specialized programs and additional quotas (e.g., in the 114th academic year: 98 students via the Vision Program, 8 via Special Talent Recruitment, and 7 additional slots for Cybersecurity). These efforts aim to achieve equal educational opportunities, advance social fairness, and transform generations through education.


3. To promote students' nutritional literacy and establish healthy eating and lifestyle habits, 5 self-managed health and diet activities were held in coordination with annual festivals. In the 114th academic year, 384 economically disadvantaged students participated.


4. To provide one-on-one health consultations and psychological counseling: In the 114th academic year, services for economically disadvantaged students included 156 person-sessions for health consultation, 167 person-sessions for psychological counseling, 158 person-sessions for career planning guidance, and 164 person-sessions for group counseling.


5. To promote traditional indigenous culture, the university's Indigenous Students Resource Center organized the following events in the 114th academic year: 1 career lecture, 3 cultural lectures, and 1 special topic lecture, totaling 257 person-sessions; 3 traditional indigenous handicraft workshops, totaling 44 person-sessions; and 2 symposiums for indigenous students, totaling 46 person-sessions.