National Chiao Tung University

1001 University Road, Hsinchu

#=240 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
11,277Total Students
1,126Faculty
1,590Int'l Students

About

NCTU is well known for its strong academia-industry collaboration and is highly reputed for cutting edge technological innovations. Believes in “diversity is creativity,” the university offers diverse postgraduate degree programs that meets the high standards of specific academic and professional disciplines.

Surrounded by seven national research centers and laboratories, NCTU provides postgraduates unsurpassed research opportunities in leading technology experiment, practical training, or internship. These research resources include:
National Measurement Laboratory (NML), National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL), National Chip Implementation Center (CIC), National Space Organization (NSPO), Instrument Technology Research Center (ITRC), National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC), National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC)

In addition, based upon the research resources, NCTU elite research centers were established, as listed below, to contribute and strengthen collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary academic research across diverse fields of subjects.

Emerging Nanoelectronics and System Research Center (eNES)

Intelligent Information Communications Research Center (I2CRC)

Frontier Photonics Research Center (FPC)

Biomedical Electronics Center for Translational Research (BETRC)

Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS)

Center for Bioinformatics Research

Brain Research Center (BRC)

Disaster Prevention and Water Environment Research Center (DPWE)

For the postgraduate students who are interested at the fields of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, as well as the Studies of Ethnicity, NCTU also provides the following research centers:
The Asia Pacific/Culture Center, The Center for Humanities and Social Theory, The Center for Emergent Cultural Studies, International Center for Hakka Studies

In addition to domestic research resources, NCTU plays an important role in international collaborations. Professors and students of NCTU have been working in close cooperation with top international institutions like MIT, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Cornell, UIUC, University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chalmers, KU Leuven, IIT et al. With such international exposure combined with dual degree opportunities, students can gain precious experiences for their future professional careers. Up to now dozens of students have obtained duel degrees with elite foreign universities, making them competitive in the job market.

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About

Emerging Nanoelectronics and System Research Center (eNES)

Intelligent Information Communications Research Center (I2CRC)

Frontier Photonics Research Center (FPC)

Biomedical Electronics Center for Translational Research (BETRC)

Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS)

Center for Bioinformatics Research

Brain Research Center (BRC)

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QS World University Ranking

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2012
#238
2014
#=230
2015
#=202
2016
#=182
2017
#174
2018
#=207
2019
#=208
2020
#=227
2021
#=240

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

11,277

PG students

53%

UG students

47%

International students

1,590

PG students

57%

UG students

43%

Total faculty staff

1,126

Int'l staff

145

Domestic staff

981

Total students

11,277

PG students

53%

UG students

47%

International students

1,590

PG students

57%

UG students

43%

Total faculty staff

1,126

Domestic staff

981

Int'l staff

145

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