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The National Yunlin
University of Science and Technology (YunTech) is modern,
strikingly vigorous, friendly, and enthusiastic. Compared
with other universities in Taiwan, it is still young. On
November 27, 2001, we celebrated its 10th anniversary. Emerging
from a barren piece of land to become an active, teeming
institution of higher learning, the story of National Yunlin
University of Science and Technology (YunTech) dates back
to 1988.
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| On May
19, |
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the county government
of Yunlin requested the Ministry of Education to provide land
for National Yunlin Institute of Technology. The Yunlin County
Government donated about 60 hectares of Taiwan Sugar Corporation
land to the university. Three hundred and fifty camphor trees
were planted on campus as a celebration of the establishment.
Since then, like thosesturdy trees, life at YunTech has grown.
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| On August 1, 1989, |
the
Ministry of Education appointed Dr. Wen-Shion Chang as the
Director of the Preparatory Office of National Yunlin Institute
of Technology. In the beginning, approximately 100 scholars
and experts from universities and the central government were
hired to set up approximately twenty research teams. It took
around one year to finish these research projects. |
| On August 10, 1990, |
the ground- breaking ceremony was initiated.
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| On July 1, 1991, |
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Dr. Wen-Shion Chang was appointed as the first dean of the college which consisted of eight four-session departments including Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Industrial Management, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Industrial Design, and Commercial Design. At the same time, graduates of vocational schools started enrolling as students.
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On September 25, 1991,
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352 undergraduates from eight departments began their studies
at the brand new campus. On September 26, the school held
its opening ceremony for the first semester.
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| Since 1992, programs in diverse fields have enriched the campus. ............................. |
| In 1992, |
the two-year program began to admit junior college students to the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Industrial Management, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Industrial Design, and Commercial Design. Approved by the Ministry of Education, starting from 1993, Masters' programs in Mechanical Engineer-ing, Business Administration, and Industrial Engineeringand Management were added. The Interior Design and Business Administration also established a two-year extension program.
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| In 1993, |
the Masters' programs in Industrial Design, Electrical Engineer-ing, Electronic and Information Engineering; the Management Information Systems; the four-year department of Interior Des-ign; the two-year department of Chemical Engineering, and the two-year department of Construction Engineering were also added. |
| In 1994, |
the Masters'
programs in Environmental and Safety Engineer-ing, and Visual
Communication were established. The Depart-ment of Commercial
Design was renamed the Department of Visual Communication.
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| In 1995, |
the two-year Department of Finance Management and the two-year extension education programs of Management Information Systems and Finance Management were added. In addition, teacher education programs were opened to promote the growth and development of secondary school teachers and education professionals in business organizations.
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| In 1996, |
the two-year program of Applied Foreign Languages was set up and admitted students from the two-year extension education program.
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| On August 1, 1997, |
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The school was renamed the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech). Since that day, YunTech has worked diligently to develop a superb educational network.
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| In 1998, |
three new Masters' programs in Construction Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Disaster Prevention were added along with a Doctoral program in Engineering Science and Technology.
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| In 1999, |
the Doctoral program in Business Administration was established.
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| In 2000, |
the University instituted the following programs: a Doctoral program in Design; Masters' programs in Technological and Vocational Education, Finance Management, and Applied Foreign Languages; two undergraduate programs in the four-year day school including Construction Engineering, and Applied Foreign Languages; and four extension education programs leading to Masters' degrees in Management Information Systems, Management Administration, Industrial Management, and Cultural Heritage Conservation.
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| In 2001, |
the following degree programs were added: masters' programs in Chinese Studies and Leisure and Exercise Studies; four-year programs in the Department of Environmental Safety Engineering and the Department of Finance. Another addition to the curriculum was the Department of Accounting.
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| On August 1, 2001, |
Dr. Tsong-Ming Lin succeeded Dr. Wen-shion Chang as the president of YunTech.
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