National Chiao Tung University
國立交通大學 | |||||||||||
Former name | Nanyang Public School (南洋公學) | ||||||||||
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| Motto | 知新致遠 崇實篤行 | ||||||||||
Motto in English | Learn New Knowledge and Reach Far; Honor the Truth and Work Hard | ||||||||||
| Type | Public | ||||||||||
| Active | 1896–2021 | ||||||||||
| Endowment | NTD 5,811,217,691.00 | ||||||||||
| President | Chen Hsin-hong (acting) | ||||||||||
Academic staff | 736 | ||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 5,248 | ||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 7,952 | ||||||||||
| Address | 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300 , , | ||||||||||
| Campus | Suburban | ||||||||||
| Language | Chinese and English | ||||||||||
| Affiliations | University System of Taiwan, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell International Scholars Academy, UAiTED | ||||||||||
| Mascot | Bamboo fox | ||||||||||
| Website | nctu.edu.tw | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国立交通大学 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國立交通大學 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | National Communications University | ||||||||||
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National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) was a public research university in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Established in 1896 as Nanyang Public School by an imperial edict of the Guangxu Emperor, it was one of China's leading universities. After the Chinese Civil War, NCTU was re-established by former Chiao Tung University faculty and alumni in Taiwan in 1958.
NCTU was selected by Taiwan's Ministry of Educations as one of the seven national universities focused on research in 2002. It was subsequently chosen to pursue all-around excellence with "versatile international competitiveness to continuously strengthen international academic influence and visibility".
NCTU was merged with National Yang-Ming University into the newly formed National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University on 1 February 2021.