NCU CEECS EMI Center

The cultivation of talents is the core of education and is also the key to national development and enhancing international competitiveness. The deep cultivation plan of National Central University (hereinafter referred to as "NCU") aims to cultivate students with key capabilities for the new generation. The deep cultivation plan of NCU adheres to the students' learning as the main axis and teaching as the core. It focuses on "enhancing professional competence," "cultivating core key capabilities," and "promoting the integration of learning and application." In terms of cultivating core key capabilities, NCU regards "international mobility" of students as one of the core capabilities to be cultivated. In addition, NCU emphasizes "promoting the integration of learning and application" as an important goal to implement teaching innovation and enhance teaching quality, particularly by aligning with the government's core industry innovation plan, deepening the industry-academia collaboration, and cultivating talents needed by the industry.

Facing the trend of countries competing for talents, Taiwan possesses excellent talent resources. However, to further move towards the international stage and enhance competitiveness, the ability to communicate in international lingua franca is essential. Therefore, NCU, in response to the need for bilingual talents in various professional fields, collaborates with the administrative units of NCU, the College of Engineering, the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the College of Management to promote English-Medium Instruction (EMI) and holistic education. English is used as the medium of knowledge transfer to teach various professional courses in engineering, information technology, business, economics, humanities, and other fields. NCU aims to build a bilingual teaching and learning environment, strengthen students' English proficiency, independent learning, and international competitiveness. At the same time, NCU expands students' cross-disciplinary learning horizons, connects with social care and global change issues, and deepens the impact of science, technology, industry, and international academia of NCU. By integrating technology and humanities, transferring knowledge and application, NCU fulfills its social responsibility and contributes to higher education.

The College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) has been established for 23 years since 1998, and the current dean is Prof. Faa-Jeng Lin from the Department of Electrical Engineering. The college consists of three departments, one institute, and an interdisciplinary undergraduate program: the Department of Electrical Engineering (including the Center for Smart Chips and Systems), the Department of Computer Science (including the Master's Program in Artificial Intelligence, the Graduate Institute of Software Engineering, the Software Research Center, and the Innovation AI Research Center), the Department of Communication Engineering, and the Institute of eLearning Technology. Currently, the college has 86 faculty members and 2,248 students. The number of students in each department and institute is as follows: 151 doctoral students, 1,016 master's students, and 1,081 undergraduate students. Compared with other colleges in the fields of science and engineering within the university, the students in EECS generally have higher admission scores and better qualifications. In addition, the Department of Electrical Engineering (including the graduate program), the Department of Computer Science (including the graduate program), the Department of Communication Engineering, and the Institute of eLearning Technology are all key departments related to the development of national industries. The educational goals of the college are to cultivate research talents with innovative thinking, professional talents with ethical principles, technology talents with humanistic literacy, and visionary talents with international perspectives.

In recent years, the college has actively nurtured internationally-oriented industry-academia-research leaders who possess international mobility and international perspectives. In addition, the college actively recruits international students, signs international dual-degree agreements, and establishes international programs (such as the International Master's Program in Artificial Intelligence). Building on the aforementioned efforts, the college actively plans and strives to participate in the "Enhancement of Bilingual Learning in College Project." The main objectives of bilingual talent cultivation in the college are:

(1) Cultivate industry-academia-research leaders in information technology, communication, semiconductor, and other key national development industries who possess international mobility and international perspectives.

(2) Become a promotion base for bilingual teaching in related fields in the Greater Taoyuan area. Through this project, the college aims to establish a dedicated center for bilingual education in information technology, communication, semiconductor, and other key national development industries within the college. It will construct a teaching and learning support system for bilingual instruction by faculty members in related fields (including international and local students), integrate teaching resources (including physical and online teaching), and develop a community of teachers. The college aspires to become a promotion base for bilingual teaching in related fields in the Greater Taoyuan area.