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Brief
History of the University
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| Chaoyang University of Technology was founded
in 1994 through the generosity of Dr. Tien-Sheng Yang, president
of the Ever Fortune Group, a major R.O.C. conglomerate, in
memory of his parents and in return for the support he received
throughout the years from the people and communities of central
Taiwan. In 1988, he chose a site in Taichung County's Wufeng
Township and, after six years of preparation, on April 14,
1994, the new school received permission from the Ministry
of Education to begin accepting students as "Chaoyang Institute
of Technology." The school takes its name from a passage in
the Chinese classical work "The Book of Changes", a phrase
which captures the school's vigorous growth and its students'
active commitment to learning.
In its first year, Chaoyang had eight departments and
over 900 students. Due to its commitment to quality in education
and its outstanding achievements, on August 1, 1997, Chaoyang
was designated by the Ministry of Education as a University
of Technology, the highest level in the R.O.C.'s polytechnic
educational system. This designation, coming only three
years after Chaoyang opened its doors, set a record for
R.O.C. educational history, which remains unbroken. In addition
to its new designation, Chaoyang has continued to expand
and today boasts four colleges, seventeen graduate schools,
and nineteen departments, as well as its Evening Division,
General Education Center, Center for Teacher Education,
Continuing Education Center, Office of Research and Development,
Business Incubation Center, and an affiliated kindergarten.
Faculty and staff now number 575 and student enrollment
is 13,664.
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The Division
of Academic Exchange and Cooperation
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| The Division of Academic Exchange and Cooperation
plays an important role in the University's development plans.
In order to facilitate exchanges, the University established
an International Affairs Section in the Office of Technology
Cooperation in 1996. The Section is responsible for handling
academic cooperation with sister schools, and assisting in
technical and scientific cooperation and exchange on an international
level. In December, 1997, the University also established
the Committee for Academic Exchange and Cooperation, to meet
the growing needs of the University's cooperative programs.
Academic exchange at the University includes student and
faculty exchanges, cooperative sponsorships of international
conferences, and invitations to notable scholars and experts
from abroad to come for short-term lectures and tutorials.
In addition, the University is actively developing cooperative
agreements with well-known universities in mainland China,
Australia, Japan, Korea, and other nations in Europe and
Southeast Asia, in order to expand the range and depth of
its international academic cooperation.
In order to expand its international exchange programs
and enhance their effectiveness, the International Affairs
Section became the Division of Academic Exchange and Cooperation
within the Research and Development Division in August 2003.
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