1 Strategics for Nurturing the International View of Young Scientists at National Taiwan University NSC Exchange Activities for Asia-Pacific on Science and Technology Cooperation Partnership ： The New Forms of Scientific Cooperation Forum (NFSC) Room 13, Conference Hall, 2F, National Science Council December, 15, 2009, Tuesday, PM 2 : 05 ~ 02 : 25 Speaker: George Tai-Jen Chen Vice President for Academic Affairs University Chair Professor Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

2  NTU Today  World University Rankings  International Academic Exchange Activities for NTU 1) University Level 2) College Level 3) Department Level  Future Plans

3 11 Colleges 2 Professional Schools 54 Departments 103 Graduate Institutes 66 Research Centers 33,416 Students NTU Today

4 World University Rankings (2009) 1) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Score No. 150 National Taiwan University No. 158 Seoul National University (South Korea) No. 209 Tsinghua University (P.R. China) No. 212 University of Hong Kong (HK) No. 224 Peking University (P.R. China) No. 279 The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HK) Ranked No. 1 among all Chinese Universities in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau

5 2) Times Higher Education No. 95 National Taiwan University Individual Disciplines Ranked Globally  No. 45 in Life Sciences & Biomedicine  No. 47 in Engineering & IT  No. 51 in Natural Sciences  No. 58 in Social Sciences  No. 60 in Arts & Humanities F

6 3) Taiwan Performance Rankings of Scientific Papers No. 102 National Taiwan University 144 Tsinghua University (P.R. China) 147 Peking University (P.R. China) 185 The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

7 International Academic Exchange Activities for NTU （ e.g ） International Exchange  Partner universities: 318  Student exchange programs: /09 Incoming student #: /09 Outgoing student #: 299  Dual degree programs: 21 Dual degree student #: 78  Total # of international student: 2,689  Courses taught in English in 2009/10 academic year: 879  Whole English Programs: 6

8 1) University Level  No. of faculties and staffs go abroad for academic purpose: 4616  No. of international visitors: 1099  No. of international academic activities (e.g. conference, workshop, seminar…): 179  Special project for supporting young faculties to go abroad for academic exchange activities: 2007(102), 2008(132) (from 2009 supported by colleges)  Research of young scientists at world top laboratories 2008(4), 2009(2)

9 Year No. of Students in Sciences-related Major % of Total Students 89.86%90.54%90.27%90.54%89.86% Total Budget (UD$) 200K 180K 140K 150K Ph.D Students Attending International Conferences Supported by the Ministry of Education

10 2) College Level e.g. College of Science Year International Conferences No. of Faculties Go Abroad for Conferences No. of Faculties Go Abroad for Study and/or Research No. of Students Go Abroad for Conferences and/or Research

11 3) Department Level e.g. Department of Atmospheric Sciences Year No. of Faculties No. of Students Go Abroad for International Academic Activities No. of Visitors and International Conferences Year No. of visitors No. of International Conferences/Workshops

12 Future Plans (2009 ～ 2013)  Outgoing One-third of total undergraduate students to study abroad for one year before graduation  Incoming 10% international students at NTU campus undergraduate : master : Ph. D = 1 : 2 : 5  Colleges Office and faculty in charge of international affairs at colleges

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