FJCU Ranked Among Top 5 in Taiwan in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings
Times Higher Education released the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020, and Fu Jen Catholic University performed spectacularly in the areas of research and stewardship, clinching a spot in the top 300 universities globally for the first time as a result. A mere 24 Taiwanese universities made the rankings, and FJCU ranked among the top 5 universities in Taiwan.
FJCU is made up of 12 colleges and the School of Continuing Education (SOCE). We offer 50 undergraduate programs, 49 master’s programs, 24 in-service master’s programs, 12 PhD programs, 16 SOCE bachelor programs, and 1 two-year inservice program. FJCU has partnership agreements with more than 400 institutions worldwide. We have a current student population of 26,000, more than 12,000 alumni from our days in Peking, and over 200,000 since re-establishing in Taiwan. FJCU is a comprehensive university under the direct authority of the Holy See, with degrees recognized by UNESCO, and a respected academic standing in Europe and the Americas.
Actualizing Innovative Teaching Practices
Professor Yeh Ping-cheng, a pioneer of flipped classroom teaching in Taiwan who won numerous education awards, explored the topic of how to lead students into self-reflexive thinking by way of asking questions in a jaunty fashion at this conference. He also touched on the impact that structured educational thinking had on this present age filled with constant change, as well as its impact on the students, and discussed how we should shift our educational thinking in response to the new global age. Prof. Yeh also shared the pedagogy behind his ‘borderless’ teaching structure, and the changes it evoked in the students learning mentality. This conference was well-received, with 163 teachers and students from FJCU and other schools participating. Many participants commented that they had gleaned much from this event, and expressed their wish for more conferences of this ilk in the future.