NCHC Competitors

Founded in 1928 as Taihoku Imperial University, our university has gone through a series of transformations to “National Taiwan University” named in 1945. At present, NTU consists of 16 Colleges, 58 Bachelor’s Degree Programs and 146 Graduate Institutes, entailing a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary studies including science, arts, humanities and other subjects. There are 35,000+ students and 6,000+ international students from 77 countries at our university. By 2028, NTU will celebrate its 100th anniversary as the first and oldest higher education organization in Taiwan. 國立臺灣大學自1928年創校以來，至今已邁向第94年。迄111學年度，本校已發展成為具有16個學院(含國際學院、創新設計學院、重點科技研究學院、共同教育中心、進修推廣學院)、3個專業學院(牙醫、獸醫、藥學)，58個學士班（含56個學系與2個學士學位學程）、146個研究所（含51個系所合一、57個獨立所、34個學位學程、4個院設班別），學生人數約35,043人（學士生17,117人、碩博士生17,926人）。展望未來，無論世界如何變動，臺大都會堅持改革，奮發精進持續創新，善盡大學社會責任，為臺灣的發展和進步貢獻力量。

Academia Sinica, the most preeminent academic institution in the Republic of China, was founded in 1928 to promote and undertake scholarly research in sciences and humanities. After the government moved to Taiwan in 1949, Academia Sinica was re-established in Taipei.

Established in 1960, over the past half-century, TMU was able to grow under challenging circumstances without regular official budget from the government or funding from foundations. It underwent the processes to building the foundation, flourishing, expansion and transformation via innovation. Today, TMU has expanded into a world-class university with ten colleges, 6,000 students per year, six hospitals (TMU Hospital, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Cancer Center, Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Hsin Kuo Min Hospital), and more than 45,000 alumni around the world, serving the society and humankind and also cultivating the future talents for the nation. These are TMU’s most concrete contributions and also its most important responsibility and mission.