National Taipei University of Technology ( Taipei Tech ; Chinese : 國立臺北科技大學 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Kok-li̍p Tâi-pak Kho-ki Tāi-ha̍k ) is a public university in Taipei , Taiwan . It is a member of the Global Research & Industry Alliance (Gloria) of the Ministry of Science and Technology and accredited by AACSB . Located in the Daan district of Taipei , the school was established in 1912 as the School of Industrial Instruction, one of the earliest intermediate-higher educational institutions in Taiwan.
6-668: The current president of the university is Sea-Fue Wang. The university is part of the University System of Taipei , along with National Taipei University and Taipei Medical University . Its comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs offer degrees in the STEM fields as well as design, architecture, management, humanities, and social sciences. It is also a part of the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan or UAAT, composed of
12-575: The war against the Communist regime, the institution was renamed Provincial Taipei Institute of Technology (臺灣省立臺北工業專科學校) in 1948 and served as a vocational technical college . In 1981, it was renamed National Taipei Institute of Technology (國立臺北工業專科學校). In the 1990s its status was upgraded to that of a university, resulting in its name change to National Taipei University of Technology (國立臺北科技大學) in 1997. Taipei Tech ranks 425th globally in QS 2025, making it
18-631: The 6th best university in Taiwan. It is also ranked 801-1000th globally in Times Higher Education 2024, and 1223rd in U.S. News & World Report 2024. Taipei Tech is also reputable among employers in Taiwan—according to CHEERS Magazine in 2021, it is the 6th most preferred university overall for Taiwanese companies and the 1st among technical universities. Taipei Tech includes six colleges, two centers, and one office. The university currently has 451 full-time faculty members. The Green Gate
24-665: The Top 12 academic institutions in Taiwan chosen by the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) in 2023. The 495-acre campus in downtown Taipei was divided into three sections during the city's development. The main campus (West, East, and South) in Taipei now only spans 22 acres, next to the affluent Huashan 1914 Creative Park and the Guang Hua neighborhood , an area known as the Electric Town of Taipei due to
30-500: The computer goods and electronics stores. The university was established as the School of Industrial Instruction (工業講習所; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Kang-gia̍p Káng-si̍p-só͘ ) in 1912. The institution underwent several name changes and reorganizations during the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan. After the ( Nationalist ) Republic of China central government settled in Taiwan as an outcome of
36-797: Was completed in 2010 to make the campus more eco-friendly. It won the Special Mention of Green Campus and Most Favorable Online in the 2010 Taipei Landscape Award. The university is accessible from the Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station of Taipei Metro , a major transfer station for Bannan Line and the Zhonghe–Xinlu Line . The station is also sub-named National Taipei University of Technology (臺北科大) in smaller text on station signage. University System of Taipei The University System of Taipei ( USTP ; Chinese : 臺北聯合大學系統 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tâi-pak Liân-ha̍p Tāi-ha̍k Hē-thóng )
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