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Yushan Young Scholars at NTNU

The Yushan Scholar Program by the Ministry of Education started in 2018. The object is to attract the world’s elite by providing internationally competitive salaries and benefits so that their expertise can take root in Taiwan’s academic environment and increase the international impact of Taiwan’s higher education. Two Yushan Youth Scholar was appointed, one is Prof. Ulrich Menne at the Department of Mathematics and another, Assistant Professor Lee Yueh Ning, goes to the Department of Earth Sciences.

President of Nagasaki University Visits MTC

President Shigeru KOHNO and Prof. Wang Wei visited NTNU on November 13th with the staff from the Office in Japan of the Ministry of Education. President Wu Cheng Chih, Vice President for International Affairs Liu Hsiang Lin and Executive Director Chen Jenn Yeu greeted them and they went to Mandarin Training Center to observe classes.

Advanced Training Program for Senior Officials from Allies Starts

2019 Advanced Training Program on Organizational Leadership and Human Resources, held by Graduate Institute of International Human Resource Development and ICDF, started from October 22nd, 2019 with students coming from 12 allies.

Experts from Asia Pacific Discussed about Inquiry Teaching and Learning in NTNU

With the adapting of the 2019 curriculum, the working group of promoting curriculum in regular high school and the Center for Educational Research the International co-organize the Symposium on Inquiry Teaching and Learning in High Schools: Approaches and Strategies. It was held at NTNU on October 25t and 26th. Experts coming from Australia, Thailand and Hong Kong came to share their experience and hope to come up with a solution that suits the teaching practice in Taiwan.

Malaysian Alumna Ang Mei Foong Receives National Academic Awards

Ang Mei Foong is the alumna of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), where she learned under Prof. Ren Rong; she then continued her vocal studies at Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia, Rome, where she learned with Maestra Rebecca Berg; and subsequently the University of Melbourne, under the tutelage of the renowned Australian soprano Merlyn Quaife. Now, she teaches at the Music Department of University Putra Malaysia (UPM). On October 30rd, she was given the honor of the The Arts and Creativity at the Education Ministry’s 13th National Academic Awards, presented by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The good new spread to NTNU and the faculty of Music Department was really glad about it.