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Design Your Own Degree: NTNU Launches Interdisciplinary Academic Program

NTNU has launched a new Interdisciplinary Academic Program, offering students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary study outside conventional departmental tracks. Thirteen students from five colleges were admitted to the program’s first cohort, each presenting a personalized academic plan that reflects the growing interest in more flexible and integrated models of higher education.

UT Austin Hosts EMI Program for Taiwanese Universities

Professors from ten Taiwanese universities joined a two-week training program organized with NTNU at the University of Texas at Austin this summer to strengthen their English-medium teaching. The program mixed classroom workshops, faculty mentoring, and trials of AI-supported lesson design.

NTNU Athletes Make History at 2025 World University Games

NTNU athletes made history at the World University Games in Germany, capturing Taiwan’s first poomsae taekwondo and men’s table tennis golds, while also earning silver in tennis and swimming and strong finishes in volleyball.

NTNU Rises in Rankings Through Internationalization and Interdisciplinary Growth

NTNU has risen to sixth place in "Global Views Monthly's 2025 Best Universities Rankings," topping Humanities and Social Sciences for the eighth year. Once a teacher-training college, it now blends humanities with technology and global reach, from AI labs to its world-leading Mandarin Training Center.

Professor Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien Honored with NCDA’s Highest Award

Taiwanese scholar Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien has become the first Taiwanese scholar and only the second non-American to receive the National Career Development Association’s highest honor for decades of groundbreaking work in career education and for championing underserved communities while bringing Sinophone perspectives to the global stage.