2013.0130
NTNU Approved as One of the Best 100 Universities in Asia
NTNU had undergone the transformation for several years and was approved as one of the best 100 universities in Asia recently. NTNU focused on the internationalization and multi- culture, actively cooperated with different industries, combined the theories and practical works, strongly showed the determination to become the best university.
In the past, NTNU focused on the teacher education. Through the year, NTNU was transforming with the system and goal. NTNU received the “outstanding teaching plan” and “5 billion in 5 years- forward to outstanding university plan” support by Ministry of Education. It was the only universities out of the 12 universities, which received the support that had the feature of humanity and fine arts. In the list of QS Intelligence Unit, NTNU was continuously listed in the best 500 universities in the world in 2010 and 2011. The category of humanity and liberal arts was even the 146 place in the world. This year, NTNU was placed at 87 in the best 100 universities in Asia, strongly proved that our transformation was approved by the world.