The document summarizes Taiwan Tech University's education system, achievements, research centers, and internationalization efforts. Taiwan Tech is a top technical university in Taiwan, with over 10,000 students and 400 faculty members. It has numerous research centers focusing on areas like robotics, communications, and building technology. Taiwan Tech also has extensive international partnerships and programs to promote student and faculty exchange and research collaboration around the world.

2. Taiwan’s Education System Elementary School (6) Junior High School (3) Senior High School (3) Sr. Vocational High School (3) University & College (4) Tech. Univ. & Col. (4) 2-year Jr. Col. Tech. Univ. & Col. (2) 5-year Jr. Col. Master’s Program (2-3) Doctoral Program (3-7)

4. Current Status / Academics

5. Current Status / Faculty, Staff, and Student Statistics Faculty Students (as of Dec., 2009) Staff Members Professors 161 Doctoral 1025 (10%) Administrative Staff 251 Associate Professors 101 Master’s 3428 (34%) Maintenance Workers 64 Assistant Professors 115 Bachelor’s 5658 (56%) Technical Staff 6 Instructors 13 Security Guard 4 Teaching Assistants 5 Special Project Faculty 63 Total 458 Total 10,111 Total 325

6. 2009 THE-QS Rankings Overall: Ranked 351 in the world (QS THES) Ranked 72 in Asia 400 / 2009 Subject University (Ranking) Arts & Humanities NTU ( 60), NTHU (222), NCCU (244), NCKU (277), NTNU (289) IT & Engineering NTU (47 ), NTHU (84), NTUST (143) , NCKU (160), NCTU (166) Life Sciences & Biomedicine NTU (45 ), NTUST (185) , NTHU (241), NSYSU (252), NCU (256) Natural Sciences NTU ( 51), NTHU (150), NTUST (254) Social Sciences NTU (58), NCCU (240), NSYSU (275)

13. Opto-Mechatronics sub-system Opto-Mechatronics component design & manufacturing Low db Plastic Optical Fiber Disk Array heat transfer analysis Opto-Mechatronics system design & integration Double-wave length laser light Micro-drill Laser inspection system Research Centers Opto-Mechatronics Technology Center

17. Internationalization (statistics of 2008 vs. 2009) MOU and agreements 152 -> 173 Exchange Students 72 -> 111 incoming: 33 incoming: 59 outgoing: 39 outgoing: 52 Dual Degree Programs 5 -> 7 Dual Degree Students 10 -> 9 incoming: 4 incoming: 7 outgoing: 6 outgoing: 2 English Programs 18 English-taught Courses 170 International Environment International Students 226 -> 272

23. EU-FP NCP-Taiwan Bring Taiwan’s research energy into the European R&D framework platform, initiate the best achievements of international cooperation The best service platform

24. Promoting Taiwan’s National Research Programs to Join FP7 Budget of National Research Programs is NTD 15 billion per year, with a total budget of around NTD 105 billion during a 7-year period, which is about 4% of the total budget of FP7. National Research Programs FP7 Programs Telecommunications ICT, Transport, Security Agricultural Biotechnology Food, Agriculture, Biotechnology Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Food, Agriculture, Biotechnology Genomic Medicine Health Taiwan e-learning and Digital Archives Program ICT System-on-Chip ICT Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Nanotechnologies Energy Energy

26. Next in NTUST A Global Touch with a Global View Establishing a World-Class University of Multifaceted Excellence through International Outreach and Applied Research