National Ilan University
The National Ilan University is a public university in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan.
History
National Ilan University was one of the first institutions of higher education in Taiwan. It was founded as the Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry on 12 May 1926. Since then, the name and focus of the institution have undergone a number of changes, from having been a five-year junior college, and a polytechnic college. In 2003, the school was further reformed into its current status as a comprehensive university, offering BA, BS, MA and MS degrees in four colleges.Campus
The main campus stands in the center of Yilan City. The school owns two larger tracts of land, mostly undeveloped, in Yilan City and Wujie Township in Yilan County.Schools
NIU has four colleges: Humanities and Management, Engineering, Bioresources, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Also, there are 13 departments and 17 graduate institutions.The newest of the Graduate Programs is the MA Program in Foreign Languages & Literatures, the focus of which is the literature in English of nations within the Asian Pacific Rim region.
President
Dr. Po-Ching Wu was elected as the 5th NIU President by the NIU President Election Committee in July 4 and was on board from August 1, 2016. Dr. Wu is also a professor in the Department of Biomechatronic Engineering at NIU. He received his PhD in Food Engineering at the University of Massachusetts.University resources
The university has 150 laboratories, one computer center, a number of computerized language labs, and an Analysis and Technology Consulting Center which cooperates with local industries on their manufacturing and production. In 2006, the university also established an Incubator Center, which assists local industries in research and development. In addition to the aforementioned facilities and resources, NIU also has a library that occupies nearly and holds over 200,000 books, including nearly 1000 periodicals relating to various research fields. In early 2006, NIU was granted the capacity to serve as the GigaPoP for Taiwan Advanced Research & Education Network. As a result, NIU is in charge of providing a high-bandwidth network connection to research and academic institutes within Ilan county.Programs for International Students
Most programs are taught in Chinese. * Some courses taught in Master Degree in English language.
- NIU is one of the Bioresources education and research institute in Taiwan. NIU students of the Bioresources domainhave opportunity to visit Malaysia for off-site classes; to Canada for attending the joint program with University of British Columbia.
- College of Engineering and College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of NIU are IEET accredited. IEET is a member of Washington Accord, Seoul Accord, Sydney Accord, and NABEEA. Being an IEET certificated institution, the degrees issued by these NIU departments are recognized in many countries, like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia.
International Collaboration
| Area | Asia | American | Europe | Oceania | Total |
| Number of Partner Universities | 83 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 102 |
Tuition & Miscellaneous Fees
Tuition fees & other miscellaneous fees for International Students for the academic year 2016.| College | Undergraduate | Graduate |
| College of Humanities and Management | NT$38,600 | NT$37,300 |
| College of Engineering | NT$44,400 | NT$45,390 |
| College of Bioresources | NT$49,500 | NT$44,000 |
| College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | NT$44,400 | NT$45,390 |
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Laboratory
- Mobility Network Laboratory
Nomenclature
The standard abbreviated reference in English is the acronym NIU. The standard abbreviation in Mandarin Chinese is the portmanteau 宜大 Yi1 Da4. For this reason the romanisation "Yida" is often encountered in place names associated with the campus.