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國立臺灣大學
National Taiwan University

Motto Cultivate the computers systems virtue; advance your systems intellect; love your united states; love your people
Established 1928 as Taihoku Imperial University; reorganized in 1945 as National Taiwan University
School type Public, general
President Lee Si-Chen
Location Taipei City, Republic of China
Enrollment 17,913 graduate, 10,859 post-graduate
Faculty 1793 (to the full instance), 1188 (section instance)
Campus Urban (main campus)
Campus size Ace.Sestet km² (Greater Taipei combined), 344 km² (Nantou County combined)
Homepage [http://www.ntu.edu.tw/ (中文)] [http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/main.html (en)]
National Taiwan University (NTU, 國立臺灣大學, Hō-ló-oē: Kok-lip Tai-oan Tai-hak, Tongyong Pinyin: GuóLì TáiWan DàSyué, Hanyu Pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Dàxué, Wade-Giles: Kuo2-li4 t'ai2-wan1 ta4-hsüeh2) is a university in Taiwan. A entrance exam score required to enter NTU is usually a greatest among universities around Taiwan, & utilizing this ranking, these are widely considered a better university inside Taiwan. Based on datthe from a survey published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University inside 2004, National Taiwan University is ranked first in Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan).

History
A university wwhen founded as a Taihoku Imperial University (臺北帝國大學) of the Japanese Empire in 1928. Resulting Taiwan's handover to a Republic of China around 1945, it was renamed the National Taiwan University & reorganized into half a dozen colleges & twenty-xxii departments. It has since expanded to Xi colleges, 52 departments, 82 postgraduate institutes & a Section of Continuing Education & Agency Development.

Campus
A university has captain hicks campuses in the greater Taipei region (including Taipei County) and 2 extra campuses within Nantou County1.

Organization
a president heads a university, which is divided into the charted colleges:

College of Liberal Arts College of Science College of Social Science College of Medicine College of Engineering College of Bio-resource & Agriculture College of Management College of Public Health College of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science College of Law College of Life Science Division of Continuing Education & Sales person Development

List of presidents
Presidents of Taihoku Imperial University: Sidehara Tan Taira Hiroshi: March 1928-September 1937 Mita Sadanori: September 1937-April 1941 Ando Masatsugu: April 1941-March 1945 Ando Kazuo: March 1945-August 1945

Presidents of National Taiwan University: Lo Tsung-lo: August 1945-July 1946 Lu Chih-hung: August 1946-May 1948 Chuang Chang-kung: June 1948-December 1948 Fu Szu-nien: January 1949-December 1950 Shen Kang-po (acting): December 1950-January 1951 Chien Szu-liang: January 1951-May 1970 Yen Cheng-hsing: June 1970-July 1981 Yu Chao-chung: August 1981-July 1984 Sun Chen: August 1984-February 1993 Kou Guang-hsiung (acting): March 1993-July 1993 Chen Wei-Jao: August 1993-June 2005 Lee Si-Chen: July 2005-present

Noted NTU Alumni
Politicians Chang Chau-hsiung (MD 1967) Chang Po-ya Chen Shui-bian (1974) Chen, Sisy Hsieh, Frank Lee Teng-hui (1948) Lien Chan (1957) Lin Yang-kang Lu, Annette (1967) Ma Ying-jeou (1972) Su Tseng-chang Wu Den-yih

Academics Lee Yuan-tseh (1959) Tien Chang-lin (1955) Pai Hsien-yung Yao, Andrew (1967)

Singers/Actors Alec Su (1991)

Noted NTU Faculty
Lee Teng-hui - professor of economics Lien Chan - professor of political science, chairman of the Political Science Department & dean of the Graduate Institute of Political Science

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