Dr. Nicole Yen-Yi Lee is the director general of the Department of International and Cross-strait Education of the Ministry of Education. She previously served as director general of the Department of Higher Education of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education, and prior to her latest appointment, she was working in London as the director of the Education Division at the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom.

She is currently a member of the board of the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange- Fulbright Taiwan, a member of the board of FICHET – the Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan, and a member of the board of the Language Training & Testing Center, and she has previously been on the board of HEEACT– the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan, and on the board of CEEC– the College Entrance Examination Center. Dr. Lee began her career at the Ministry of Education after completing her studies at National Chengchi University and being awarded a PhD in Education in 2000. She has formerly worked in the Department of Higher Education and in the Department of Technological and Vocational Education, focusing on issues relating to higher education.

Dr. Lee was given an Exemplary Public Servant Award by the Ministry of Education in 2007, and then recognized as an Exemplary Public Servant Award by the Executive Yuan in 2013. She also received an Australian Government grant to be a visiting scholar at the University of Canberra in 2003, and a Fulbright Grant to be a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkley in 2010.

Dr. Lee is strongly committed to furthering international and cross-strait education and research related cooperation, collaboration, and exchanges. These are vital for sustainable development and facing future challenges in our shared world, and Taiwan can make a valuable contribution.