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Last Updated 2025.04.18
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located in Gongguan Campus
Surrounded by beautiful Lagerstroemia Araucaria and Cassia trees, the College of Science is an attractive and comfortable 9-hectare campus. Convenient environment leads divers learning and developments as well.
About College of Science, NTNU
Established in 1955, the College of Science at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) has a history spanning nearly seventy years. The College currently includes five departments—Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Computer Science and Information Engineering—each offering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. In addition, there are three independent graduate institutes: the Graduate Institute of Science Education, the Graduate Institute of Sustainability Management and Environmental Education, and the Graduate Institute of Marine Environmental Studies.
The School of Life Science is a specialized division within the College and encompasses the Department of Life Science, the Bachelor’s Program in Nutritional Science, the Master’s Program in Nutritional Science, the Master’s Program in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries, and the International Ph.D. Program for Biodiversity.
As of 2023, the College has 186 full-time faculty members, including 10 internationally recognized academicians and fellows of prestigious scientific societies, and 5 scientists ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited researchers.
The College serves approximately 1,800 undergraduate students, 846 master’s students, and 191 doctoral students. In 2022, the College secured 158 projects funded by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), amounting to a total of NT$247,131,000. Additionally, there were 8 non-NSTC projects worth over NT$20 million. The College also collaborated with the public and private sectors on 19 and 20 industry-academia projects, receiving approximately NT$71 million and NT$15 million in funding, respectively. That same year, the College hosted 40 visiting international scholars and participated in 43 international exhibitions and events, demonstrating its strong commitment to international collaboration and academic exchange.
In 2022, faculty members published 423 SCIE-indexed papers, 32 SSCI papers, 1 A&HCI paper, and 6 TSSCI papers, showcasing the College’s excellence in faculty strength, academic output, societal contribution, and influence.
Academics, Education, and Industry
With a foundation built over more than sixty years, the College of Science at NTNU has achieved remarkable success in basic sciences and has led numerous major research efforts in Taiwan. The College has produced five academicians of Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s most prestigious academic institution.
NTNU’s College of Science ranks first in the world in the field of science education research. The College is home to Taiwan’s leading Science Education Center, which is dedicated to research and outreach in areas such as secondary science curricula and science teaching and learning. It stands as the most well-resourced and comprehensively equipped science education institution in the country.
In recent years, the College has focused increasingly on interdisciplinary research and has strengthened partnerships with industry in applied science and technology. Faculty members annually receive multiple patents, and their innovations are widely applied in medicine, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food processing, agriculture, environmental protection, information technology, education, and daily life.
With its solid and diverse research foundation, the College provides students with a broad range of academic and career paths based on their interests and aspirations. Whether aiming for a future in academic research, education, or industry, students at NTNU’s College of Science are well-prepared for success.