NKNU

College of Education  

Characteristics of Development:

    With the trend of times and social needs, College of Education focuses on lifelong learning and gives precedence to pre-service and in-service education. College of Education expands the informal continuing and extending education to promote lifelong learning and development in order to fulfill the humanistic spirit of “whole-developed persons,” “mature adults” (becoming adults), and the vision of “ teacher education and lifelong learning.”

The key points of development are as follows:

1. In academic development, College of Education deepens the construction of local theory, establishes the foundation of local practical experience and theory, and links with the world.

2. In curriculum integration, College of Education nurtures the talents, specialized in theory and practice to develop teachers and students’ core competencies.

3. In teaching profession, College of Education strengthens the capacity of teaching and counseling in order to tutor the growth of school related institutions.

4. In management planning, College of Education assists the educational departments on professional management to create opportunities for developing and learning in society. 

5. In collaboration and communication, College of Education promotes the cooperation and communication between domestic and international communities in order to establish the interactive mechanism in scholarships and practical work.

Department:

Department of Education

Department of Special Education

Department of Physical Education

Department of Business Management

Graduate Institute of Adult Education

Graduate Institute of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling

Graduate Institute of Human Resources and Knowledge Management

Graduate Institute of Gender Education

College of Humanities  

Characteristics of Development:

    The tradition of excellent humanistic quality has been the platform for teachers and students to see, learn, hear, and think since the establishment of College of Humanities. Due to the ever changing policy of teacher education, the College’s responsibilities, thus, focus on both teacher education and non-teacher education. Teachers in College of Humanities bear the tremendous duties of teaching, research, and job counseling. College of Humanities cultivates students in humanism, personal temperament and cultural traits. Furthermore, College of Humanities strengthens students’ competitiveness in the workplace, and leads students toward the first-class standard in school.

The key points of development are as follows:

1. Based on Taiwan’s profound history, geography and culture, College of Humanities tries to develop business management, and recreate delicate cultural industries for students

2. Utilizing the materials of national history, language, and culture, College of Humanities builds up the research information center as the characteristics of modern geographical development

3. College of Humanities actively cultivates talented people and experts in the field of Chinese language and classics, English and Mandarin teaching, Taiwanese history and ethnic studies. College of Humanities also trains talented students with international outlook, cross-cultural knowledge, and care for Taiwanese ethnic groups

Department:

Department of Chinese

Department of English

Department of Geography

Graduate Institute of Taiwan History, Culture and Languages

Graduate Institute of Chinese Classics

Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language

Graduate Institute of Hakka Culture Studies

College of Science

Characteristics of Development:

College of Science aims to nurture mathematical and scientific talents in the field of education. Following the ever changing policies of Teacher Education Act, the aims of College of Science include both teacher education and non-teacher education. College of Science positively cultivates talented students who have abilities of professional skills, international perspectives, independent thinking, problems solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional ethics, humanistic care, and environmental sustainability.

The key points of development are as follows:

1. Enhancing students’ cognition and study of interdisciplinary field in basic curricula
2. Through effective usage and integration of resource, purchasing high-end equipment to stimulate teachers’ and students’ energies.
3. Recruiting excellent teachers to do research, publishing dissertations, and attending international seminars to raise the status and reputation of College of Science
4. Promoting industry-university cooperation, and introducing industry resource to enhance students’ professional competences.

Department:

Department of Mathematics

Department of Chemistry

Department of Physics

Department of Biotechnology

Graduate Institute of Science Education & Environmental Education

College of Technology

Characteristics of Development:

College of Technology shoulders the responsibilities of transformation, and cooperates perfectly with the industries in Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung. Moreover, College of Technology focuses on the most competitive technology area, positively nurturing professional human resource. Thus, College of Technology can meet the social needs, and provide abundant industrial resource and opportunities of industry-university cooperation. 

The key points of development are as follows:

1. Coordinate with the school vision of becoming a comprehensive university, and develop non-teacher education and teaching methodology.
2. Collaborate with the development of industry, cultivating talents in photonics, communication, electronic, and software engineering.
3. Cooperate with the transformation of traditional industry, and cultivate talents in industrial design and manufacturing technology.
4. Sets up MA program of International Engineering, and cultivate students’ creativity and their ability of integration in international interdisciplinary fields.
5. Promote industry practicum courses triage, and cultivate students’ practical experiences to increase competitiveness in employment
6. Promote self-made education in all directions, and realize the local rooting of self-made education.

Department:

Engineering International Graduate Program (All English teaching)

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department of Electronic Engineering

Department of Software Engineering and Management

College of Arts

Characteristics of Development:

    The development of modern arts is one of the very important missions for promoting national policies of culture. The enhancement of artistic standard brings rich creative resources to the society, and promotes people’s high-qualified spiritual life. College of Arts aims to extend the functions of teacher education, and the services of off-campus cooperation, on the basis of integration among colleges in school. 

The key points of development are as follows:

1. Well constructing College’s organizations, fostering research creation of modern arts, and cultivating talents of education projects

2. With the current trend of multicultural integration, following the creative principles of avant-garde art, College of Arts pursues multi-domain artistic new contents

3. In response to the projects of national, cultural, and creative development, College of Arts constructs cross-disciplinary artistic research, and establishes twelve-year continuous artistic and humanistic implementation

4. Cooperating with school’s policies, College of Arts promotes extension services, combines effective resources, strengthens the cooperation of teaching and research, and promotes inter-university and international cooperation and exhibition.

5. In response to the needs of social environment, College of Arts cultivates artistic talents with professional presentation.

Department:

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Music

Department of Visual Design

Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Art