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2025 Summer Session to Offer Expanded Courses and Revised Policies

NTNU’s 2025 Summer Session will offer approximately 120 courses, including 40 taught in English (EMI). Credit fees are waived for most day-division students, and course enrollment thresholds have been adjusted to increase availability. Preliminary course selection runs from May 22 to May 26.

Parallel Visits Highlight Expanding Partnership with Seoul National University

Through two high-level visits in May, NTNU and Seoul National University advanced their partnership in both education and music. With formal agreements now in place and new initiatives underway, the two institutions are building a foundation for sustained academic exchange.

“Lion Leap Project” Launched: A Significant Step in Taiwan-Vietnam Collaboration to Cultivate Global AI and Semiconductor Talent

To deepen international academic exchange and talent cultivation, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Can Tho University (CTU), and the Chen-Yung Memorial Foundation (CYMF) held a signing ceremony on May 20 to officially launch the Lion Leap Project: Taiwan-Vietnam Faculty and Student Collaboration. This marks a significant commitment from the universities and the foundation to foster international collaboration. Nearly 50 representatives from Taiwanese and Vietnamese enterprises attended to witness this important milestone in industry-academia collaboration.

Class of 2025 Urged to Step Into the Arena at Commencement

At NTNU’s 2024 commencement, Academia Sinica President James C. Liao called on over 4,000 graduates to stop spectating and start leading. “What AI can’t do, you can,” he said, encouraging students to embrace effort, resilience, and the courage to face an unpredictable world.

A Symphony of Cultures: International Festival Brings the World to Campus

The annual International Cultural Festival lit up the NTNU campus from May 13 to 15, turning Sunlight Boulevard into a vibrant celebration of global culture. Students from 16 countries shared food, music, and traditions, while international dignitaries and university leaders underscored NTNU’s role as a hub for cross-cultural dialogue. From Vietnamese folktales to Mongolian dumplings, the festival offered a vivid, three-day snapshot of the world in one place.