The National Tsing Hua University is ranked one of the top universities in Taiwan. It was established at a time of ongoing fusion of the Chinese and Western cultures, and it is the only university in Taiwan that has nurtured three Nobel Prize winners. In the thirty years or more since the former president of the National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Hsien-Hsiu Hsu, founded its Science Park and served as the minister of the National Science Council, the University has been closely connected to the high-tech industry. The NTHU currently has 802 teachers, 250 researchers, and 16,678 students. The percentage of its foreign students has increased year by year to 8.7%, and the ratio of its courses taught in English is 1/3; its various academic fields are evenly developed throughout the University and the rate of cited international research papers by our teachers per capita is foremost in Taiwan; moreover, the per capita rate for winning important academic awards is the best in Taiwan; and the academic performance of our teachers per capita is judged better than all the country’s other universities. This demonstrates that the University has successfully created an international campus and learning atmosphere, and also has sufficient resources and an organizational system to support the activities and learning of overseas students in TSE.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
The NTHU is a comprehensive university with many years of experience in interdisciplinary research and education, including the establishment in 2000 of its College of Technology Management (a business school focused on interdisciplinary areas, including technology management, service science, the law for science and technology, quantitative finance and economics), the first double-specialty bachelor program in Taiwan in 2011, and the establishment of the Colleges of Art and Education in 2017. Statistically speaking, 20% of our graduates have double expertise, which is attributed to the interdisciplinary learning and double-expertise training program implemented in the University in recent years.
The University has 20 years of experience in interdisciplinary teaching and has maintained a good reputation in both academia and the industry. With its interdisciplinary and diverse education system, the NTHU is capable of supporting the interdisciplinary leadership training programs in TSE.
According to the 2021 QS rankings, NTHU was ranked 168th worldwide (its best ranking was 151st); it was also ranked between 351 and 400 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and second in Taiwan. According to the Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators in 2010, NTHU was in the top 1% of research institutions in the world when judged by the number of cited research papers in seven disciplines, namely, chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, computer science, biology and biochemistry, and clinical medicine. Among the 22 disciplines of assessment, five disciplines in Taiwan’s research institutions have been ranked in the world’s top 100. The NTHU is ranked 37th in the world in the discipline of “materials science,” which is the highest ranking of all the disciplines in Taiwan’s research institutions. In the field of neuroscience, the Nobel Prize laureate James D. Watson, the father of Laureate DNA, praised NTHU as a “world leader” during his visit to the University in 2010.
The National Tsing Hua University is a member of the University System of Taiwan (UST), a collaborative university system that also includes the National Yang-Ming University, National Chiao Tung University, and National Central University, with a view to integrating their resources and collaboratively establishing a research center. The National Tsing Hua University is a member of the Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) and one of the nine initial cofounders of this body.
Known as the ‘Silicon Valley of Taiwan’, Hsinchu is a vibrant high-tech hub in northern Taiwan, just 30 minutes by high-speed rail from the capital Taipei.
Hsinchu has attracted more than 400 high-tech companies to the Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, mainly involved in the semiconductor, computer, telecommunication, and optoelectronics industries. It is also the home to Taiwan’s two leading research universities, National Tsing-Hua University and National Chiao-Tung University, and a world-leading technology research and development institution, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's economy from a labor-intensive industry to a high-tech industry. ITRI has set up and incubated over 280 companies, including listed companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Taiwan Mask Corp., Epistar Corp., Mirle Automation Corp., and Taiwan Biomaterial Co. The high-tech corridor between Taipei and Hsinchu accounts for more than half of Taiwan’s GDP and houses the headquarters of many Fortune Global 500 companies, such as Foxconn, Pegatron, TSMC, Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics and Wistron.
With a history of almost 400 years and a rich cultural heritage, Hsinchu is a highly livable city where ancient and modern meets. Hsinchu is also a charming destination for getaways, featuring a stunning 17-Kilometer Coastline Scenic Area and Hsinchu Chenghuang Temple lined with small stalls selling traditional snack including the famous Hsinchu Rice Noodles.
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Quanta Computer
Compal Electronics
