National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Chinese: 國立臺灣科技大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Kho-ki Tāi-ha̍k), abbreviated as NTUST or TaiwanTech (Chinese: 臺科大; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-kho-tāi), is a public vocational university located in Taipei, Taiwan. TaiwanTech was established in 1974 as the National Taiwan Institute of Technology (Chinese: 國立臺灣工業技術學院; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Kang-gia̍p Ki-su̍t Ha̍k-īⁿ), as the first and the leading higher education institution of its kind within Taiwan's technical and vocational education system. NTUST is affiliated with National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University as part of the National Taiwan University System.
國立臺灣科技大學 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other name | NTUST TaiwanTech (臺科大) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Former name | National Taiwan Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Motto in English | Precision in work, sincerity in attitude | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Public Research university Institute of technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Established | August 1, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Budget | NT$2.8 billion | ||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Yen Jia-Yush (顏家鈺; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gân Ka-gio̍k) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 515 (full-time) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 318 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Students | 11,672 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 5,593 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 6,079 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Address | , Taipei , Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Campus | Urban | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Blue | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mascot | Benjamin (老虎坂守), Rossie (鴨子蘿絲) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国立台湾科技大学 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國立臺灣科技大學 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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TaiwanTech enrolled 5,645 undergraduates and 4,744 graduate students, and employed 414 full-time faculties and about 318 staff members in 2013. The university’s 14 departments and 24 graduate programs are divided into the following 7 colleges, College of Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Management, College of Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, College of Intellectual Property Studies, and Honors College.
Taiwan Tech has five campuses; the Gongguan Campus is its main campus, located at Daan, situated in the south of Taipei, covering an area of approximately 10 hectares (25 acres).