Summary of key highlights(2025)
To achieve the goals of providing “refined, high-quality, and interdisciplinary” education, the University has advanced its mid- and long-term development strategy from the TTU 2026+ Plan to the TTU 2031+ Plan. The strategy focuses on building a learning ecosystem, developing six major industry clusters, and fulfilling university social responsibility (USR). By leveraging the University’s academic strengths and geographical advantages, integrating industry resources, and creating a cross-disciplinary maker-education environment, TTU cultivates students to become “socially engaged interdisciplinary innovators” who are capable of addressing real-world challenges with cross-domain knowledge, hands-on skills, innovation and entrepreneurship, local identity, and global awareness. The major Implementation Results and highlights of the 2024–2025 academic year are as follows:
1. Advancing Teaching Innovation
Curriculum Development:
TTU continues to promote interdisciplinary learning, beginning with the first-year required course Social Design and extending to programs aligned with the six major industry clusters, thereby forming an innovative learning ecosystem. The annual “Media Makeathon” expanded from cross-department and cross-university participation to international collaboration, involving 190 students from four countries and nine schools, with international students making up 11.6% of participants—an indicator of increasing internationalization.
Starting in AY 2025, TTU signed an academia-industry collaboration MOU with Shin Kong Hospital to launch the interdisciplinary course Medical Engineering Lectures. Through clinical case observations, students analyze real patient needs and strengthen cross-domain integration skills.
Teaching Innovation:
TTU encourages faculty to innovate in teaching and research, continuously promoting diversified learning modules such as innovative courses, micro-credentials, and college-based credit programs. In AY 2024–2025, the University launched five new university-level interdisciplinary micro-credential programs and four AI-focused credit programs, bringing the total to 33 programs. Student participation increased significantly, with completers rising from 193 in AY 2023 to 326 in AY 2024.
Faculty Achievement:
Professor Mei-Fang Chen (Department of Business and Information Management) and Chair Professor Ming-Chieh Chiu (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering) were named to Stanford University’s 2024 World’s Top 2% Scientists. In addition, Professors Mei-Fang Chen, Wen-Fu Lee (Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), and Kuan-Chun Lu (Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering) were listed in the Lifetime Scientific Impact Rankings (1960–2024).
Student Learning Outcomes and Career Development:
Departments strengthened autonomous learning by raising required self-directed learning credits from 9 to 15. Through the New Southbound Scholarship Program: Building Bridges of Dream, eight TTU students completed education internships at PookMitr School in Thailand. Additionally, seven students gained professional experience through industry internships in tourism advertising and education/welfare organizations in Yokote City, Japan.
International Exchange:
2025 marked the 10th anniversary of TTU’s trilateral collaboration with Yokote City’s government and industry partners. To celebrate, the Yokote Masuda Manga Museum held its first overseas exhibition at TTU’s Chi-Sheng Memorial Hall, featuring workshops and a retrospective of major collaborative milestones, strengthening Taiwan-Japan cultural ties.
In dual-degree and overseas career development, a TTU master’s student completed a dual degree at Lamar University (USA) and, through TTU’s alumni network, is currently exploring employment opportunities with GlobalWafers, which has operations nearby—demonstrating the effectiveness of TTU’s international programs and industry linkages.
TTU also received its first International Program Subsidy this year, enhancing internationalization through improvements in administration, activities, and institutional development:
- Administration:
The Chinese Language Education Center was integrated into the Office of International Affairs (OIA). The OIA now consists of one director, four section heads, and seven full-time staff, with “international mentors” assigned to each college to support foreign students.
- Activities:
TTU expanded short-term exchanges and dual-degree programs, and co-organized international workshops with partners such as Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences, MaMa Interactive System Design, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Tokyo City University, Osaka Institute of Technology, and the University of Iowa. The International Week showcased exchange opportunities and student achievements. Through TEEP, the Taiwan Experience Education Program, the New Southbound programs, and MOE international talent initiatives, TTU further strengthened students’ global competencies.
- Institutional Development:
TTU established the “International Micro-Credential Program,” integrating modules in cross-cultural communication, international career preparation, and overseas learning readiness to enhance students’ global mobility.
Sustainable Campus Development:
In July 2025, TTU held the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ting-Sheng Building, an eight-story facility with two basement levels designed with green construction methods and sustainable energy concepts. The building will feature smart classrooms, an international conference hall, sports facilities, and incubation spaces, forming a green corridor with the Expo Park and connecting research energy across major Taipei tech hubs.
Teaching Quality Assurance:
TTU enhanced institutional research (IR), strengthened teaching and learning outcome assessment, supported internal program reviews in Business College and International College, and reinforced feedback mechanisms.
2. Strengthening Industry Linkages
Leveraging TTU’s research strengths, the University continues developing six major industry clusters and establishing a complete innovation and incubation ecosystem. TTU actively connects coursework with industry practices and expands collaboration with alumni companies to ensure seamless academic-industry integration.
To support national AI talent development policy, TTU implemented the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) iPAS program, receiving recognition as an Outstanding Benchmark Institution in 2025.
TTU partnered with the Institute for Information Industry (III) to establish an “Authorized Examination Center for Generative AI Certification” and co-applied for the MOEA AI Talent Training Program, enabling joint teaching with industry experts and offering four-month corporate internships followed by job-matching support.
TTU signed a Talent Exchange MOU with Inventec Corporation to establish the R&D Elite Training Program, offering NT$75,000 per semester per student and guaranteeing employment for at least 70% of graduates. TTU, Tatung Company, and Inventec also jointly established the Graduate Program in Electromechanical Industries, set to begin enrollment in AY 2026.
TTU received recognition as an Outstanding Academia-Industry Collaboration Unit from the Chinese Institute of Engineers in 2025.
To further cross-domain innovation, TTU continued expanding maker facilities and optimizing the Center for Creative Making. Two student teams were selected for Phase II of the U-Start Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, receiving a total of NT$1.45 million. One team established its company in July and began expanding internationally, earning an additional NT$100,000 international participation award.
3. Enhancing the Public Value of Higher Education
To promote educational equity, the TTU Public-Interest Scholarship provides each student (excluding special programs) with NT$15,000 from the University and NT$35,000 from government subsidies, achieving the goal of “tuition equivalent to national universities.” Since AY 2023, a total of NT$112.84 million has been awarded. The percentage of students applying for financial loans has steadily decreased from 18.00% (Spring 2023) to 15.02% (Spring 2025).
IR tracking shows significant improvement in student academic preparedness: after implementation of the scholarship, incoming students’ placement exam scores increased by roughly 10 points for the main cohort and 20 points for the secondary cohort (compared to AY 2021).
TTU expanded support mechanisms for economically disadvantaged students, offering additional admission quotas, scholarships, academic guidance, and living support to improve retention and academic stability. The University also established the Indigenous Student Resource Center, providing cultural activities and cross-cultural engagement to support indigenous students’ holistic development.
To improve faculty structure, TTU reduced student-faculty ratios, implemented incentive programs, and adjusted salaries for two consecutive years beginning AY 2024. Part-time faculty compensation was aligned with national university standards starting Spring 2025. The weighted student-faculty ratio (daytime programs, excluding extended enrollment) decreased to 20.39 in Spring 2025.
The University continues strengthening institutional research, maintaining transparent disclosure of academic and financial information to fulfill its public accountability.
4. Fulfilling University Social Responsibility (USR)
Guided by the principles of “talent cultivation × local engagement × global outlook,
” TTU embodies the values of “people-centered development,” “university as a neighbor,” and “friends across borders.”
In 2025, TTU’s smart agriculture projects won one gold and one silver medal at the IIIC International Invention Competition. TTU also promoted green energy and science education by collaborating with five senior high schools, offering related courses to 227 students, and hosting the summer “Hydrogen-Themed Junior Engineering Camp,” which engaged 160 elementary school students in hands-on renewable-energy activities focused on solar and wind power.
Internationally, TTU organized cross-cultural field studies and experiential workshops to deepen students’ understanding of multicultural issues. In Yokote City, Japan, TTU held the “Taiwan–Japan Story Relay Camp,” integrating TTU’s Fighting Words creative-writing program (Ireland) with activities at Asakura Elementary School. Together with partners from Taiwan, Japan, and Ireland, the program inspired creativity and expanded global educational exchange through cross-cultural collaboration.