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Originally called “National Yunlin Institute of Technology”, the university was founded in 1991, and Dr. Wen-hsiung Chang was appointed its first president. With the approbation from the Ministry of Education, the university changed its name to “National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech)” on August 1, 1997. Following the retirement of Dr. Chang in 2001, Dr. Tsong-ming Lin assumed the presidency of YunTech. In 2009, President Tsong-ming Lin was appointed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Dr. Yeong-bin Yang then took office as the third president. In 2013, Dr. Hou was appointed as its fourth president.

At age 22, YunTech is a flagship technological university with four colleges. They are College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Design, and College of Humanities and Applied Sciences. These four colleges account for 20 undergraduate, 28 master and 12 doctoral programs. The student number is approximately 10,000 in total. 64 percent of them are undergraduates and 36 percent of them are post-graduates. Among the distinguished faculty of the university, over 87 percent hold doctoral degrees and 95 percent have reached an assistant professor’s position or above. More than 80 percent of the faculty has extensive experience in industrial sectors. They offer regional services at the following affiliated centers:

1. Center for Regional Industry-Academia Collaboration: offers service to 19 partner universities in Central Taiwan,
2. Emergency Toxic Response Information Center in Central Taiwan: offers service to seven cities in Central Taiwan,
3. Teaching/Learning Resource Center for Vocational Education Institutes in Central Taiwan: offers service to 22 partner universities in Central Taiwan,
4. English Teaching/Learning Resource Center for Technological Universities and Colleges in Central Taiwan: offers service to 24 technological universities in Central Taiwan,
5. Coordinating Center for Student Affairs and Student Counseling for Universities in Central Taiwan: offers service to 32 universities in Central Taiwan, and
6. The Library: is in charge of purchasing online databases in all subject areas for 92 technological universities nationwide

Internationally recognized with his academic achievement, President Yeong-bin Yang has been elected fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering and International Association on Computational Mechanics. Under the dedicated leadership of President Yang, the faculty of YunTech exemplify high standards in teaching, research and scholarship. According to the report of the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council in Taiwan, YunTech was ranked among the top 1% of universities worldwide in 2007 for its ESI recognized papers that had been cited. With respect to tech-transition and R&D areas, YunTech is one of the top universities nationwide. The rankings and recognition of YunTech over the past years are as follows:

YunTech offers a comprehensive selection of curricula that is outcome-based, focuses on effective PDCA management, and aims to hone students’ skills in academics, leadership and public service. In addition to a comprehensively designed coursework, YunTech actively promotes the “Student “1+4” Program” and encourages students to take the challenge of global competitiveness by obtaining professional certificates, enhancing their English proficiency and information technology competence, as well as increasing extracurricular activity experiences. All these opportunities are provided on campus to help students identify their strengths and enhance their competitiveness in the workplace. Over the past years, students have performed outstandingly at both domestic and international competitions. Their achievements are as follows:

Through the university’s traditional and core values, “Sincerity, Honor, Perseverance and Originality”, YunTech fosters students into professionals who have knowledge-management ability, are internationally competitive and place an equal emphasis on humanities and technology. It is ready to nurture individuals who are inspired by innovative ideas and engage in ethical conduct and compliance when completing tasks. By having successfully promoted its teaching and research and developed its e-campus as well as cooperation with industries, YunTech has connected itself to the global village for its faculty, staff and student body. YunTech will keep promoting its role to be recognized worldwide, thus becoming one of the world’s top universities focused on theory and practice and also on technology and humanities.

YunTech is situated on a campus spread over 58 hectares that is well landscaped with trees, flowers and green lawns. It provides an environment that is favorable to scholarly work and study. The library totals 16,529 square meters and already has 2,210,000 volumes in its collection. It is also in charge of purchasing online databases in all subject areas for technological universities nationwide. In order that faculty and students can get connected to the world easily and obtain necessary resources for their research, teaching and learning, an on-campus Internet system has been established and offers a wireless network that envelops the campus and provides Internet and network access on the go.

Separated from the learning area, the school dormitory consists of 15 buildings and offers 2,718 beds in total. Inside each building a “consulting room” is established to help students with disabilities adapt to campus life. Students are offered 4 on-campus dining locations which operate under the supervision of YunTech’s Dining Services Committee and the Health Section of the Office of Student Affairs. Fifteen hectares of the school’s grounds are used as recreational space. Various indoor and outdoor facilities are arranged for open recreation and intramurals. In 2006 YunTech was the first technological university to hold the National Universiade Sport Games.

With respect to international cooperation, the number of international students enrolled at the university has been rapidly increasing, and they currently occupy 3.5% of the university’s student population and memorandums of agreement with 169 foreign universities were signed with which it operates university-to-university exchanges. YunTech has been also encouraging each department to be accredited by the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has become a successfully internationalized university with eight departments having earned professional accreditations. These departments accredited by IEET include the Departments of Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Health and Environment Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Construction Engineering, Computer Science and Information Engineering, and Industrial Management.

At the age of 22, YunTech has built a solid foundation for academic and professional development. In the future, it seeks to keep promoting its role to be recognized worldwide and become a research/teaching driven university focused on innovation and design, international cooperation as well as industry-academia collaboration.