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National Taiwan University moves up in university reputation survey

National Taiwan University moves up in university reputation survey
March 6, 2013 Comments Off

Share National Taiwan University’s ranking in a global survey of university reputations has improved to the top 60, according to results of the survey announced by British magazine Times Higher Education. Harvard University had the best reputation among the world’s ... Read More »

Coursera adds 29 new universities around the world

Coursera adds 29 new universities around the world
February 24, 2013 Comments Off

Share Free online course provider will be available in schools in China, Mexico, France, Italy and Spain The high cost of education is a big problem in this country, with student loan debt ballooning at an alarming rate. For that ... Read More »

National Taiwan University to look into researchers’ fund use

National Taiwan University to look into researchers’ fund use
January 9, 2013 Comments Off

Share National Taiwan University (NTU) will look into the legal issues related to the use of government funds by researchers amid corruption allegations against professors at schools around Taiwan, the university’s president said. NTU President Lee Si-chen said the legal ... Read More »

Taiwan: University merger policy sets long-term goal for academia

Taiwan: University merger policy sets long-term goal for academia
November 20, 2012 Comments Off

Share Six local universities will merge into three due to the nation’s declining birth rate, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said. The decreasing number of students led the MOE to downsize the number of universities and polytechnic institutes. The ministry ... Read More »

NTU, Tsinghua and Peking universities in cooperation pact

NTU, Tsinghua and Peking universities in cooperation pact
November 16, 2012 Comments Off

Share National Taiwan University (NTU) signed an agreement yesterday with China’s Peking University and Tsinghua University that aims to promote student and faculty exchanges to nurture talent on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The pact was signed by NTU ... Read More »

Taiwan tries to recruit California students to its universities

Taiwan tries to recruit California students to its universities
October 29, 2012 Comments Off

Share By Frank Shyong Taiwan’s minister of education, Wei-Ling Chiang, travels to California to encourage Taiwanese American students to enroll at its universities. Taiwan’s minister of education, Wei-Ling Chiang, traveled to California last week to address a rarely discussed trade ... Read More »

UW research ranks fourth among world universities

UW research ranks fourth among world universities
October 14, 2012 Comments Off

Share A ranking released by National Taiwan University places the University of Washington fourth among the world’s universities and first among American public universities in scientific research, as measured by its faculty’s productivity, research impact and research excellence. The rankings ... Read More »

Five Taiwan universities among world’s top 100 digital repositories

Five Taiwan universities among world’s top 100 digital repositories
July 10, 2012 Comments Off

Share Five Taiwan universities have been ranked among the world’s top 100 institutional digital repositories in a ranking report recently published by a Spanish research body. Leading the group was National Taiwan University (NTU), which came 11th in the list ... Read More »

Universities from Taiwan move up in latest Asia rankings

Universities from Taiwan move up in latest Asia rankings
May 30, 2012 Comments Off

Share National Taiwan University saw its standing improve one place to 20th from the year before in the 2012 Asian university rankings released by higher education information provider QS. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology maintained its No. 1 ... Read More »

Taiwan, Japan universities launch exhibition of rare items

Taiwan, Japan universities launch exhibition of rare items
May 19, 2012 Comments Off

Share An exhibition of rare specimens and artifacts jointly held by National Taiwan University (NTU) and the University of Tokyo began in Taipei to promote education and research and rekindle the public’s curiosity, organizers said that day. The exhibition, titled ... Read More »