Vice President Prof. Stephen Foster of
Wright State University visits President Prof. Leehter Yao of NTUT.

As the spring semester has just begun for NTUT, the weather has been tough for the visitors to Taipei, it continues to be rainy and cold. However, the cold and wet weather had not damped the spirit of visitors to come to NTUT for academic collaborations. NTUT president, Dr. Yao, has been actively engaging international cooperation and wants to enhance the global visibility. Earlier this month, 3 groups of visitors from overseas visited NTUT, two groups of visitors from the United States and one group of visitors from China. The main discussion of the visit from these three universities were based on the topic for joint degrees, double degrees, summer camp, English activities, short-term exchange programs, and so on.

On Feb 29th, seven distinguished guests from IPFW Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne) confirmed advancing the joint degree on both schools and discussed the terms and conditions of cooperation, including admission requirements, tuitions, campus internship, etc. Vice President, Professor Stephen Foster, of Wright State University came to visit NTUT on March 1st hoping to set up academic exchanges and cooperative programs. Since visa applications for traveling to Taiwan has become easier, scholars and leaders coming from China has increase rapidly.

NTUT President Leehter Yao(center left) with the Director of Technological and
Education(center right) and five other presidents from technical and vocational universities.

Tianjin University (TU) former Vice President Hu and 6 other leaders agreed on the cooperation of research, as well as being interested in starting a short-term exchange program for a semester or so during summer vacation. Besides, TU would invite NTUT students for summer camp.

Picture of President Prof. Leehter Yao of NTUT with
former Vice President Hu of Tianjin University and 6 other leaders.

Since President Yao clearly reiterated that NTUT is actively engaging international cooperation and wants to enhance the global visibility. Taipei Tech will continue to internationally recognize pathways for future international cooperation in exchange programs, dual, and joint degrees. It is expected that there will be more international students studying at NTUT and more opportunities for academic exchange and cooperation to come.