National Taiwan Normal University
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National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU or Shīdà ) is an institution of higher learning operating on three campuses in Taipei
, Taiwan
. NTNU is widely recognized as one of Taiwan's elite institutions of higher education. The university enrolls approximately 11,000 students each year. The ratio of undergraduate to graduate students is 6:4. Approximately 1,500 students are international.
The National Taiwan Normal University opened its doors in the early twentieth century during Japanese rule
in Taiwan. Taiwan's Japan
ese governors established the school as Taiwan Provincial College. Soon after they gave it the name Taihoku College (Taihoku is "Taipei" in Japanese). The school's purpose was to nurture a native educated class qualified to assist the government in matters of administration. Many buildings on the university's main campus date from the Japanese colonial period, including the Administration Building, the Lecture Hall, Wenhui Hall and Puzi Hall. Japanese civil engineers incorporated features of the Neo-Classical
, Gothic
and Gothic Revival styles often encountered on European university campuses.
In 1946 China
's Kuomintang government
assumed control of Taiwan and redefined the school as Taiwan Provincial Teachers College. Some school publications still display 1946 as the institution's founding date in reference to this regime change. Pu Ru
, a famous painter and cousin to the last emperor of china was a professor in the art department from 1950 to 1963. In 1956 the Mandarin Training Center
opened its doors as an extension of the college. The school acquired its present name, National Taiwan Normal University, in 1967. By now the school had established itself as a recognized center of learning in arts, literature and the humanities; its fundamental mission, though, remained the preparation of teachers.
As the Republic of China made its modern shift to democracy
in the 1990s the university saw its role transformed by passage of the 1994 Teacher Preparation Law. The law gave responsibility for teacher training to more schools and set NTNU on its present course as a truly comprehensive university. New departments were created, course offerings and majors were expanded, and new faculty were hired. The university became a hub of international activity, enabling Taiwanese students to travel abroad, attracting international students to Taipei, and building exchange programs with dozens of sister institutions around the world.
NTNU occupies three campuses in downtown Taipei
: the historic Daan
campus (home of the Administration Building, Main Library, Music & Lecture Hall, Language Building, Athletic Center); the Gongguan
campus (home of the College of Science); and the Linkou
campus.
Academic programs at NTNU are administered by ten colleges:
(For more detail see Academic Departments, below.)
In 2006 the school published the following figures
for students enrolled and employees retained.
The university also runs the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.
Internationally NTNU is best known for its Mandarin Training Center
(formerly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Cultural Studies), a program founded in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese by foreign students. The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for language study
, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the Shida area of Taipei one of the city's most cosmopolitan.
Courses in language, literature, calligraphy, art and martial arts are offered in a series of three-month terms throughout the year, enabling international students to undertake language studies during summer breaks and within single semesters. The center also sponsors travel, hosts speech contests, and stages workshops and performances for a variety of East Asia
n arts. A Mandarin Training Center Alumni Association (MTCAA) has been operating since 1998.
Other international highlights recently at NTNU include the International Chemistry Olympiad
hosted by the university in 2005 and the merger of NTNU with the University Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students in 2006.
NTNU nurtures a robust system of partnerships to enable this level of international study. Among the institutions that enjoy sister relationships with NTNU are the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil, La Universidad Nacional de Asuncion in Paraguay, Georgetown University
, Johns Hopkins University
, Ohio State University
, Pennsylvania State University
, Radford University
, Rutgers University
, San Diego State University
, San Francisco State University
, University of California - Los Angeles
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
, University of Iowa
and University of Pittsburgh
in the US, the University of Alberta
, University of British Columbia
and Simon Fraser University
in Canada, the University of Glasgow
and University of London
in the UK, the Denis Diderot University and University of Poitiers
in France, University of Bonn
and University of Heidelberg in Germany, the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria, the RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands, the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, and the Babes-Bolyai University
in Romania, to name a few. NTNU's connections in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly extensive, including dozens of academic institutions representing South Korea
, Japan
, Singapore
, Thailand
, Vietnam
, Australia
, and New Zealand
.
The National Taiwan Normal University consists of seven colleges comprising a number of departments.
(* = graduate study only.)
The word normal in the university's name derives from a now archaic usage of the word "normal" see only in the term "normal school
": that of a norm-setting institution setting for future teachers.
MTC refers to the Mandarin Training Center
.
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. NTNU is widely recognized as one of Taiwan's elite institutions of higher education. The university enrolls approximately 11,000 students each year. The ratio of undergraduate to graduate students is 6:4. Approximately 1,500 students are international.
History
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....
in Taiwan. Taiwan's Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese governors established the school as Taiwan Provincial College. Soon after they gave it the name Taihoku College (Taihoku is "Taipei" in Japanese). The school's purpose was to nurture a native educated class qualified to assist the government in matters of administration. Many buildings on the university's main campus date from the Japanese colonial period, including the Administration Building, the Lecture Hall, Wenhui Hall and Puzi Hall. Japanese civil engineers incorporated features of the Neo-Classical
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
, Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
and Gothic Revival styles often encountered on European university campuses.
In 1946 China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
's Kuomintang government
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
assumed control of Taiwan and redefined the school as Taiwan Provincial Teachers College. Some school publications still display 1946 as the institution's founding date in reference to this regime change. Pu Ru
Pu Ru
Pu Ru also known as Pu Hsin-Yu was a member of the Qing Dynasty ruling Aisin Gioro family and grandson the Daoguang Emperor. The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, was his cousin...
, a famous painter and cousin to the last emperor of china was a professor in the art department from 1950 to 1963. In 1956 the Mandarin Training Center
Mandarin Training Center
Mandarin Training Center is one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for Chinese language study. It is run by National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.-History:...
opened its doors as an extension of the college. The school acquired its present name, National Taiwan Normal University, in 1967. By now the school had established itself as a recognized center of learning in arts, literature and the humanities; its fundamental mission, though, remained the preparation of teachers.
As the Republic of China made its modern shift to democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
in the 1990s the university saw its role transformed by passage of the 1994 Teacher Preparation Law. The law gave responsibility for teacher training to more schools and set NTNU on its present course as a truly comprehensive university. New departments were created, course offerings and majors were expanded, and new faculty were hired. The university became a hub of international activity, enabling Taiwanese students to travel abroad, attracting international students to Taipei, and building exchange programs with dozens of sister institutions around the world.
Today
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
: the historic Daan
Daan
Da'an District is an important educational, commercial, residential, and cultural district of Taipei City, Republic of China . The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace".- History :...
campus (home of the Administration Building, Main Library, Music & Lecture Hall, Language Building, Athletic Center); the Gongguan
Gongguan
Gongguan is located in between Zhongzheng District and Da'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is a popular shopping and leisure district with a night market and also the location of the Gongguan Station of the Taipei Rapid Transit System, also known as the MRT...
campus (home of the College of Science); and the Linkou
Linkou
-Mainland China:*Linkou County , of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang*Linkou, Linkou County , town and county seat of Linkou County, Heilongjiang*Linkou, Bijie City , town in Guizhou-Taiwan:*Linkou District , rural district of New Taipei...
campus.
Academic programs at NTNU are administered by ten colleges:
- College of Education
- College of Fine and Applied Arts
- College of International Studies and Education for Overseas Chinese
- College of Liberal Arts
- College of Management
- College of Music
- College of Science
- College of Social Science
- College of Sports and Recreation
- College of Technology
(For more detail see Academic Departments, below.)
In 2006 the school published the following figures
for students enrolled and employees retained.
- Students enrolled 11,055
- Undergraduate students 6,942
- Graduate students 4,113
- International Students (including Culture Center) 1,499
- Full-time Faculty 693
- Part-time Faculty 470
- Staff 492
The university also runs the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.
International programs
Mandarin Training Center
Mandarin Training Center is one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for Chinese language study. It is run by National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.-History:...
(formerly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Cultural Studies), a program founded in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese by foreign students. The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for language study
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the Shida area of Taipei one of the city's most cosmopolitan.
Courses in language, literature, calligraphy, art and martial arts are offered in a series of three-month terms throughout the year, enabling international students to undertake language studies during summer breaks and within single semesters. The center also sponsors travel, hosts speech contests, and stages workshops and performances for a variety of East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
n arts. A Mandarin Training Center Alumni Association (MTCAA) has been operating since 1998.
Other international highlights recently at NTNU include the International Chemistry Olympiad
International Chemistry Olympiad
The International Chemistry Olympiad is an annual academic competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads....
hosted by the university in 2005 and the merger of NTNU with the University Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students in 2006.
NTNU nurtures a robust system of partnerships to enable this level of international study. Among the institutions that enjoy sister relationships with NTNU are the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil, La Universidad Nacional de Asuncion in Paraguay, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
, Radford University
Radford University
Radford University is one of Virginia's eight doctoral-degree granting public universities. Originally founded in 1910, Radford offers comprehensive curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, and graduate programs including the M.F.A., M.B.A...
, Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
, San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
, University of California - Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
, University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
and University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
in the US, the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
, University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
and Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
in Canada, the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
and University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
in the UK, the Denis Diderot University and University of Poitiers
University of Poitiers
The University of Poitiers is a university in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group.-History:Founded in 1431 by Pope Eugene IV and chartered by King Charles VII, the University of Poitiers was originally composed of five faculties: theology, canon law, civil law, medicine, and...
in France, University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
and University of Heidelberg in Germany, the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria, the RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands, the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, and the Babes-Bolyai University
Babes-Bolyai University
The Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca is an university in Romania. With almost 50,000 students, the university offers 105 specialisations, of which there are 105 in Romanian, 67 in Hungarian, 17 in German, and 5 in English...
in Romania, to name a few. NTNU's connections in the Asia-Pacific region are particularly extensive, including dozens of academic institutions representing South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Academic Departments
(* = graduate study only.)
College of Education
- Adult & Continuing Education
- Civic Education & Leadership
- Education
- Educational Psychology & Counseling
- Educational Policy & Administration*
- Rehabilitation Counseling*
- Health Promotion and Health Education
- Human Development & Family Education
- Information & Computer Education
- Library & Information Studies*
- Special Education
College of International Studies and Education for Overseas Chinese
- Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language*
- Graduate Institute of Sinology Studies*
- Graduate Institute of European Cultures and Tourism*
- Department of East Asian Culture and Development
- Department of Applied Chinese Languages and Literature
- Department of Chinese Languages for International Students
College of Liberal Arts
- Chinese
- English
- Geography
- History
- Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature*
- Taiwan History*
- Teaching Chinese as a Second Language*
- Translation and Interpretation*
College of Management
- Graduate Institute of Management*
- Undergraduate Program of Business Administration
- Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Global Strategy*
College of Science
- Chemistry
- Computer Science and Information Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Electro-optical Science and Technology*
- Environmental Education*
- Life Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Science Education*
College of Sports and Recreation
- Athletic Science
- Exercise and Sports Sciences*
- Physical Education
- Sport and Leisure Management*
College of Technology
- Graphic Arts Communication
- Industrial Education
- Technology Application and Human Resource Development
- Institute of Applied Electronics Technology*
- Mechatronic Technology
- International Workforce Education and Development*
Professors
- Liang Shih-chiuLiang Shih-ChiuLiang Shih-chiu , a renowned educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer.-Biography:Liang was born in Beijing in 1903. His father, Liang Xianxi , was a Xiucai in the Qing Dynasty. He was educated at Tsinghua College in Beijing from 1915 to 1923...
- the first Chinese scholar who has single-handedly translated the complete works of Shakespeare into Chinese. - Man-houng LinMan-houng LinMan-houng Lin is a highly-regarded economic historian, becoming the first woman president of the Academia Historica, and one of the few female historians to boldly argue in public about Taiwan's sovereignty and international status....
- Economic historian and the first woman president of the Academia Historica. - Li MeishuLi MeishuLi Meishu was a renowned western-educated Taiwanese artist.Li was born in Sanjiaoyong, Taiwan . Zushih Temple in Sansia was rebuilt under his supervision....
- Taiwanese artist who built the Zushi Temple. - Ma SenMa SenMa Sen , Taiwanese writer, born 1932 in Shandong province.Ma Sen is a literary critic, a writer of fiction, and a playwright. He studied film and drama in France starting in 1961, later studying Sociology at the University of British Columbia...
- Taiwanese writer. - Mou ZongsanMou ZongsanMou Zongsan was a Chinese New Confucian philosopher. He was born in Shandong province and graduated from Peking University. In 1949 he moved to Taiwan and later to Hong Kong, and he remained outside of Mainland China for the rest of his life...
- Chinese New Confucian philosopher. - Pu RuPu RuPu Ru also known as Pu Hsin-Yu was a member of the Qing Dynasty ruling Aisin Gioro family and grandson the Daoguang Emperor. The last emperor of China, Pu Yi, was his cousin...
- Artist, Calligrapher, and member of the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
ruling Aisin GioroAisin GioroAisin Gioro was the family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing Dynasty. The House of Aisin Gioro ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which established a republican government in its place. The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, and "gioro" is the name of the place in...
family and grandson the Daoguang EmperorDaoguang EmperorThe Daoguang Emperor was the eighth emperor of the Manchurian Qing dynasty and the sixth Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1820 to 1850.-Early years:...
. - Su XuelinSu XuelinSu Xuelin Su Xuelin Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897－April 22, 1999）was a Chinese author and scholar. She was born in Rui'an, Zhejiang and was a descendant of Su Zhe, a renowned poet of Song Dynasty. She studied in Anhui, and later Beijing under the supervision of Hu Shi. During the May Fourth Movement, she...
- Chinese author and writer.
Alumni
- Ang Ui-jinAng Ui-jinAng Ui-jin is a Taiwanese linguist. He was the chief architect of the Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet and remains an influential scholar in the progressive reform and development of the Taiwanese language...
- TaiwaneseTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
linguist. He was the chief architect of the Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet. - Chi Shu-juChi Shu-JuChi Shu-Ju is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a bronze medal in the 49 kg class.-References:...
- taekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
practitioner and Olympic medalist. - Chien Yu-chin - Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
badmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player. - Evan YoEvan YoEvan Yo was born on 12 November 1986. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter, who was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released three albums and was nominated for Best New Artist in 2007 at the 18th Golden Melody Awards,...
- MandopopMandopopMandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...
singer. - Huang Ming-huiHuang Ming-huiHuang Ming-hui, a Taiwanese politician in the Republic of China, is mayor of Chiayi City. Between 1999 and 2005, she was a member of the Legislative Yuan. Huang is a member of the Kuomintang.-References:...
- politician and mayor of Chiayi City. - Hsieh Chang-hengHsieh Chang-hengHsieh Chang-heng, , a pitcher in the CPBL. He played for Uni-President Lions. He is the 1st person achieved the record of career with 100 wins. After retired, he became the manager of the Lions and then Chinatrust Whales until it went defunct in 2008....
- Baseball player in the CPBL. - Hsu ApoApo HsuApo Hsu is a conductor born in Taiwan and resident of both Taiwan and the United States. Hsu served as music director of the National Taiwan Normal University Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Springfield, Missouri...
- conductor. - Liu Yong (writer)Liu Yong (writer)Liu Yong . He was born in Taipei and became a famous writer and painter.Liu Yong's father died when he was 11 in 1958. In 1962, the house caught on fire but he and his mom survived from it. He graduated from Cheng Kung Senior High School, the National Taiwan Normal University and obtained a...
- Painter and Essayist. - Peng Wan-ruPeng Wan-ruPeng Wan-ru was a feminist Taiwanese politician. The director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Women's Affairs Department, Peng advocated for the safety and development of women...
- Taiwanese feminist. - Selina Jen - member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
- Tien LeiTien LeiTien Lei is a Taiwanese semi-professional basketball player.Considered one of the most talented offensive players in Taiwan, Tien has won multiple scoring and rebounding champions of the Super Basketball League there, while helping his team, the Dacin Tigers, to its first championship title in...
- Basketball player. - Tseng Shu-oTseng Shu-oTseng Shu-o is a Taiwanese aboriginal female football player from the Bunun tribe. She has represented Chinese Taipei since 2002, and she received the Most Valuable Player award in the AFC U-19 Women's Championship in 2002....
- Professional Soccer player in Australia. - Tyzen HsiaoTyzen HsiaoTyzen Hsiao is a Taiwanese composer of the neo-Romantic school. Many of his vocal works set poems written in Taiwanese, the mother tongue of the majority of the island's residents. His compositions stand as a musical manifestation of the Taiwanese literature movement that revitalized the island's...
- Taiwanese composer of the neo-Romantic school. - Wang TuohWang TuohWang Tuoh is a Taiwanese writer, intellectual, literary critic and politician. He was born in Badouzi , then a small fishing village near the northern port city of Keelung...
- Secretary General of the DPPDPP- Business :* Direct Participation Program, plan investments in business ventures* DSM , a Dutch chemical and pharmaceutical company* Discounted payback period- Photography :* Digital Photo Professional, software provided with the Canon EOS camera...
. - Wang Jin-pyngWang Jin-pyngWang Jin-pyng , Taiwan, Empire of Japan), Taiwanese politician, is the President of the Legislative Yuan. As one of the leading figures of the Kuomintang, Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a conciliatory figure.-Early life:...
- President of the Legislative YuanLegislative YuanThe Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China .The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People... - Wong Chin-chuWong Chin-chuWong Chin-chu , a Taiwanese politician, is a member of the Legislative Yuan. She served as the magistrate of Changhua County from 2001 to 2005. With former chairperson Lin Yi-hsiung's support, Wong ran for the chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2006 election...
- Politician - Yuan Shu-chi - Olympic medalist in archery.
Mandarin Training Center Alumni
- Kevin RuddKevin RuddKevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
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Nomenclature
The standard abbreviation for the National Taiwan Normal University in English is NTNU. In Mandarin Chinese it is Shi1da4. The word "Shida" in many Taipei place names (Shida Night Market, Shida Road, Shida Bookstore, etc.) indicates a location on or near the university campus.The word normal in the university's name derives from a now archaic usage of the word "normal" see only in the term "normal school
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
": that of a norm-setting institution setting for future teachers.
MTC refers to the Mandarin Training Center
Mandarin Training Center
Mandarin Training Center is one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for Chinese language study. It is run by National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan.-History:...
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External links
- Official Site: National Taiwan Normal University official website
- Exploring the World at NTNU
- Mandarin Training Center, NTNU official website
- Mandarin Training Center Alumni Association official website
- NTNU International Exchanges & Sister Schools official list
- NTNU Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students official website
- NTNU High School official website