National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) has established a university-wide commitment to meaningful education for sustainable development through its General Education framework and SDG curriculum mapping mechanism. These initiatives integrate SDG-related knowledge, values and competencies across disciplines, making sustainability education relevant and accessible to students throughout the University.This document presents the narrative and evidence under three themes: (1) university-wide integration of the SDGs into the General Education curriculum; (2) university-wide SDG curriculum mapping across all colleges; and (3) SDG-related courses across all colleges. Course data cover all 4,208 NTUST-offered courses in Semester 1 (1141) and Semester 2 (1142) of Academic Year 2025–26, as published in the NTUST Course Query System. 1. University-wide Integration of SDGs into the General Education CurriculumGeneral Education is the common foundation of sustainability education at NTUST. Every undergraduate, regardless of major, completes the Common Education curriculum, which systematically exposes students to social, institutional, environmental, health and global issues. The compulsory Social Practice domain then turns this knowledge into action.1.1 Five Common Education domains and six General Education dimensionsNTUST’s Common Education comprises five domains: Social Practice, Chinese, English, General Education and Physical Education. Since Academic Year 2017–18, General Education courses have been organised into six dimensions, and students must take courses across dimensions so that every student, whatever their discipline, gains literacy in the humanities, society, institutions and natural sciences. The 1141–1142 course mapping shows how each dimension connects to the SDGs:1.2 Social Practice: compulsory, action-based sustainability learning for all undergraduatesSocial Practice is a compulsory Common Education domain coordinated by the Center for General Education. Under the NTUST Guidelines for Social Practice Courses (last amended at the 224th Academic Affairs Meeting, 29 May 2026), courses centre on civic awareness and social responsibility and encourage students to apply their professional knowledge to real social issues. Courses follow five design principles: professional social intervention, civic awareness, university social responsibility, real-world problem solving, and diverse cross-boundary innovation. Each course combines knowledge workshops, hands-on participation (at least 36 hours) and reflection, and keeps records of outcomes and learning. Through the Social Practice Course System, students submit individual or group proposals and carry them out with NGOs, communities and institutions.1.3 Interdisciplinary Micro-Program in Sustainable Development and Social ResponsibilityThe Center for General Education offers the Interdisciplinary Micro-Program in Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility (approved at the 220th Academic Affairs Meeting, 27 May 2025). It is open to all undergraduates with no enrolment cap and requires at least 9 credits. Courses are co-taught by the University’s USR project teams, who take students to field sites for hands-on engagement, building their capacity for sustainable action and their sense of social responsibility. Completing the program also exempts students from the Social Practice requirement.Cornerstone (at least one): Sustainable Development and Society I & II; EU, Globalisation – Cross-boundary Local Thinking on the SDGs; Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development; Western Classical Architecture and Sustainable DevelopmentKeystone – required: Introduction to USR and Sustainable DevelopmentKeystone – USR project courses (at least one): Engineering Design (Civil and Construction Engineering); Practice of Instructional Media (Teacher Education Center); Social Practice Advocacy: Self-Media Production (Center for General Education); International Volunteer Learning Practice / Overseas Practice (Engineering Undergraduate Program); Food, Agriculture and Environment Exploration (Management Undergraduate Program)1.4 SDG integration in General Education and common coursesIn 1141–1142, the Center for General Education offered 317 courses, 145 of which (45.7%) were SDG-related, covering 14 of the 17 SDGs, led by SDG 16, SDG 3, SDG 11, SDG 4. Examples include Sustainable Development and Society, Gender and Law, Contemporary International Relations and Politics, and Environmental and Ecological Caring. Since Academic Year 2021–22 the Language Center has published a Course Integrated SDGs Issues Comparison List every semester, encouraging instructors to build SDG issues into English teaching materials, and it runs an NTUST SDGs English Presentation Contest. Common English courses such as Integrated Academic English, Global Communication in English, and Advanced Communication in English: Global Sustainable Development Issues are designed with each unit linked to specific SDGs.Evidence links:▸ Center for General Education | Six General Education dimensions: learning goals and courses (Chinese) https://cla.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1076-8608.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ Center for General Education | General Education credit requirements and the five Common Education domains (Chinese) https://cla.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1076-8607.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ Center for General Education | NTUST Guidelines for Social Practice Courses (Chinese) https://cla.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1076-8714.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ Center for General Education | Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/▸ Office of Academic Affairs | Regulations of the Interdisciplinary Micro-Program in Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility (Chinese) https://academic.ntust.edu.tw/var/file/48/1048/img/2860/600860929.pdf▸ Language Center | Course Integrated SDGs Issues Comparison List https://lc.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1070-10384.php?Lang=en2. University-wide SDG Curriculum Mapping Across All Colleges2.1 SDG attribute check for every new courseNTUST’s New Course Proposal Form includes a Course Attribute Checklist. Item 4, “Alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, requires the offering unit to tick each SDG the course addresses (S01–S17, multiple selections allowed; S99 if none). Every new course must be approved by the department, college and university curriculum committees and by the Academic Affairs Meeting. SDG alignment is therefore built into the course approval process of every college and department rather than left to individual instructors.2.2 University-wide SDG mapping of 1141–1142 coursesTo understand how SDG courses are distributed across colleges, NTUST mapped the full course list and syllabi (course objectives, content and core competencies) in the Course Query System against the 17 SDGs. Courses offered by National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University through the University System of Taiwan were excluded. A course is mapped to an SDG when its title contains an SDG keyword, its syllabus contains at least three distinct keywords for that SDG, or its syllabus explicitly names the SDG. A course may map to several SDGs.Scope: 2,118 courses in 1141 and 2,090 in 1142, or 4,208 NTUST-offered course sections in total.SDG-related courses: 1,817 (43.2%): 906 in 1141 and 911 in 1142, representing 981 distinct course titles.Coverage: All 17 SDGs are addressed. All seven colleges, the Center for General Education and the other teaching units offer SDG-related courses.2.3 Sankey diagram: colleges and the SDGs Figure 1. NTUST colleges and the SDGs, 1141–1142 The Sankey diagram shows that each college has its own SDG focus and that these strengths complement one another. Engineering and EECS concentrate on SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy); Design on SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); Management spans SDGs 8, 9 and 16; Liberal Arts and Social Sciences centres on SDG 4 (Quality Education); and Industry-Academia Innovation focuses on SDGs 7 and 9. The Center for General Education extends the curriculum to social and institutional goals such as SDGs 5, 10, 12 and 16, which professional courses address less often. 2.4 Spectrum chart: SDG courses by college Figure 2. Number of SDG-related courses by college and SDG, 1141–1142 The spectrum chart shades each college’s course count for SDGs 1–17. The College of Applied Sciences covers all 17 SDGs, the Center for General Education 14, the College of Design 12, and the College of Engineering and the School of Management 11 each. Looking across SDGs, SDG 7 courses are offered by EECS (36), Industry-Academia Innovation (22) and Engineering (18); SDG 16 mainly by the Center for General Education (52) and Management (34); and SDGs 5 and 10 mainly by the Center for General Education. SDG education at NTUST is thus delivered jointly by the professional colleges and General Education, so students in every college can take sustainability-related courses.Evidence links:▸ Office of Academic Affairs | NTUST New Course Proposal Form, including the Course Attribute Checklist with SDG alignment (Chinese) https://academic.ntust.edu.tw/var/file/48/1048/img/2561/389468995.odt▸ NTUST Course Query System (course lists and syllabi) https://querycourse.ntust.edu.tw/querycourse/3. SDG-related Courses Across All CollegesIn 1141–1142, NTUST’s seven colleges, the Center for General Education and other teaching units offered 1,817 SDG-related courses. The table below shows each college’s SDG course count and main SDGs. Representative SDG-related courses in each college (official English titles from the Course Query System): *Other teaching units include the Language Center, Physical Education Office, Teacher Education Center and AI Alliance remote courses. Physical education courses map to SDG 3 and language courses to SDG 4, which explains the high SDG share.Evidence links:▸ NTUST Course Query System (syllabi searchable by course code) https://querycourse.ntust.edu.tw/querycourse/▸ Secretariat News | Taiwan Tech wins the 113th National Sustainable Development Award (about 1,500 SDG- and USR-related courses offered each year) https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-132572.php?Lang=en

Climate Education and Awareness at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST)1. Climate and Sustainability Courses1.1.General Education and Required CoursesNTUST offers general education and required courses that cover sustainable development and climate change, such as Introduction to Sustainable Development. Through the Center for General Education and its Social Practice Course System, the university builds sustainability thinking and climate change issues into the core undergraduate curriculum. The Center groups its courses and student social practice projects under SDG 13 ("Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts"). Examples include beach clean-ups, a mountain clean-up volunteer trip to Mt. North Dawu, campus tree care, and environmental and ecological education for rural communities (APUVA). In 2025 the Center launched the Interdisciplinary Micro-Program in Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility. Undergraduates who complete at least 9 credits receive a certificate. The required course is Introduction to USR and Sustainable Development, and electives include Sustainable Development and Society I and II and The EU, Globalisation and the SDGs.At the graduate level, courses include Climate Change Policy and Law (TM6170), offered by the Graduate Institute of Technology Management, which examines climate governance, regulation and decarbonisation pathways. According to the Commercial Times (December 2024), NTUST offers about 1,500 courses a year with SDG and USR content, with about 50,000 enrolments. The university was selected from 162 entries for the Executive Yuan's 2024 National Sustainable Development Award (Education category), recognising its smart energy management, greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability education.Related web pagesCenter for General Education: SDG 13 Climate Action courses and social practice outcomeshttps://cla.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1076-9437.php?Lang=zh-twRegulations for the Interdisciplinary Micro-Program in Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility (2 May 2025)https://www.academic.ntust.edu.tw/var/file/48/1048/img/2550/147415661.pdfNTUST Social Practice Course Systemhttps://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/Commercial Times (20 Dec 2024): NTUST wins the 2024 National Sustainable Development Awardhttps://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20241220700579-4312041.2.Green-Collar Talent and Professional TrainingThe School of Continuing Education brings together NTUST experts in environmental engineering, green energy and management with industry practitioners. It runs practical courses on sustainability management and net-zero emissions that build skills in carbon inventory, ESG and climate change adaptation. One example is the third ESG Sustainability Management Practice Programme, a 300-hour pre-employment course running from 14 October to 22 December 2026. It is designed to prepare "green-collar" talent for employment. The School also runs a Carbon Inventory Practice Programme and an AI-Enabled Net-Zero Sustainability Practice Programme, which help employed and job-seeking learners move into net-zero transition careers.Related web pagesSchool of Continuing Education: ESG Sustainability Management Practice Programme (Cohort 3)https://sce.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1074-150702.php?Lang=zh-twGreen-Collar Talent and Professional TrainingThe School of Continuing Education brings together NTUST experts in environmental engineering, green energy and management with industry practitioners. It runs practical courses on sustainability management and net-zero emissions that build skills in carbon inventory, ESG and climate change adaptation. One example is the third ESG Sustainability Management Practice Programme, a 300-hour pre-employment course running from 14 October to 22 December 2026. It is designed to prepare "green-collar" talent for employment. The School also runs a Carbon Inventory Practice Programme and an AI-Enabled Net-Zero Sustainability Practice Programme, which help employed and job-seeking learners move into net-zero transition careers.Related web pagesSchool of Continuing Education: ESG Sustainability Management Practice Programme (Cohort 3)https://sce.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1074-150702.php?Lang=zh-tw2. Campus Climate Lectures and Cross-Sector ForumsNTUST works with government agencies, including the Ministry of Environment, to host lectures in the "Youth Participation in Climate Action for Universities" series. On 28 May 2026 the forum's theme was "Data, Technology and Civic Action: Co-Creating Sustainable Cities Across Disciplines". Speakers came from the Ministry of Environment's Climate Change Administration (Net-Zero Promotion Division), a weather risk management company, the Taiwan Green Energy Public Welfare Development Association and the Executive Yuan's Youth Advisory Committee. They joined NTUST faculty and about 130 students and members of the public to share practical experience in climate governance and sustainability transition from policy, industry, civic advocacy and youth perspectives.The panel discussion covered open data and its use, how young people can move from concern to action, and green jobs. Questions were collected live through Slido, and a Kahoot! quiz tested participants' climate knowledge. The Central News Agency (CNA) press release platform also covered the event.Related web pagesNTUST News (28 May 2026): NTUST and the Ministry of Environment promote climate action - government, industry and academia explore data and technology for sustainable citieshttps://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148240,r167.php?Lang=zh-twCNA press release platform (28 May 2026): external media coverage of the same eventhttps://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4346663.University Social Responsibility (USR) and Sustainability PlatformThe NTUST Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research coordinates the university's sustainability report, greenhouse gas inventory and annual SDG report, and leads sustainability work on campus. NTUST began a campus-wide greenhouse gas inventory in 2023, checked by an internal verification team qualified under ISO 14064-1. The university has set targets of 50% carbon neutrality by 2030 and 100% by 2049. The same year, the NTUST Infinity Festival took the low-carbon campus as its theme. It included seven sustainability workshops, a photo competition, a sustainability book exhibition and a campus sustainability map, and promoted green consumption and green office practices.Through interdisciplinary social practice courses and projects, students apply decarbonisation, climate adaptation and community co-creation to local revitalisation, elderly care and international volunteering. In September 2026 NTUST hosted the Ministry of Education's USR capacity-building event "New Horizons for Sustainability: Innovation, Diffusion and International Cooperation". NTUST shared its experience building community resilience in the Nan-Gongguan settlement, as well as its Engineers in Action programme. That programme works over the long term with rural communities in Indonesia and Vietnam to improve sanitation and water use.For campus decarbonisation, the Office of Environmental Protection and Safety partnered with YouBike in 2026 to run an NTUST group in the YouBike "Carbon Savings Passbook" app. The group encourages faculty, staff and students to commute by public bike and track the carbon they save, which averages about 0.178 kg CO2e per ride. Participants who ride on at least 11 days and save at least 4 kg CO2e in a month meet the monthly target. When the group saves 1,000 kg in a quarter, members receive riding vouchers.Related web pagesOffice of Environmental Protection and Safety: Join the NTUST group in the YouBike Carbon Savings Passbookhttps://she.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1068-151160,r1497.php?Lang=zh-twNTUST News (Nov 2023): NTUST Infinity Festival - sustainable development for a low-carbon campushttps://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-119005,r167.php?Lang=zh-twNTUST Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reporthttps://po-r.ntust.edu.tw/var/file/59/1059/img/388016467.pdfCNA press release platform (21 Sep 2026): NTUST brings together USR practice from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesiahttps://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4447504. Environmental Education Activities and PhotosThe Office of Environmental Protection and Safety holds environmental education activities every year on energy transition, carbon issues, ESG, plastic reduction and climate action, and publishes photo albums of each event online. Climate-related activities include the 2025 Sustainability Week "Pedal Power Station" booth, where a pedal-powered YouBike generator lit a light bulb so participants could see how green electricity is made. The 2024 "Pedal for Green Power" experience introduced renewable energy and the net-zero transition. The 2024 lecture "Why Is ESG So Hot?" explained ESG and sustainability disclosure trends and how climate risk and carbon management affect industries and careers.The 2023 lecture "Carbon Issues Facing Businesses" looked at carbon inventory, carbon pricing and decarbonisation pathways for companies moving toward net zero. In 2023 the Office screened the climate documentary Tomorrow (Demain), which presents solutions to the climate crisis in farming, energy, the economy and education around the world. In 2022 the campus joined WWF's Earth Hour, switching off lights and promoting energy saving and carbon reduction.Related web pagesOffice of Environmental Protection and Safety: Environmental education activities and photoshttps://she.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1068-83822.php?Lang=zh-tw2025 Sustainability Week - Pedal Power Station (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/XjvfAMKorDaSZHJw52024 Pedal for Green Power Sustainable Energy Experience (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/LPqAWAA89qirCbgE72024 Lecture: Why Is ESG So Hot? (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/uAvrWmb2U6hsTq1962023 Lecture: Carbon Issues Facing Businesses (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/xws1yxnZBS7ty38H82023 Film Screening: Tomorrow (Demain) (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/g7TyoLUjZq2RFtRc82022 Earth Hour (album)https://photos.app.goo.gl/v24Hk5f2xEagrYz16Activity photosFigure 1 2025 Sustainability Week - Pedal Power Station activity photos (Source: NTUST Office of Environmental Protection and Safety)Figure 2 2024 Pedal for Green Power Experience activity photos (Source: NTUST Office of Environmental Protection and Safety)Figure 3 2023 Lecture: Carbon Issues Facing Businesses activity photos (Source: NTUST Office of Environmental Protection and Safety)

1. Student Volunteering ProgrammesNTUST encourages students to apply their technical expertise in volunteer service, working with NGOs, local communities and international partner universities to bring engineering, design and education capacity to rural areas, disaster-hit communities and developing countries.1.1 USR "Engineers in Action" (EIA) ProgrammeOne of NTUST's flagship USR programmes, EIA brings together faculty, Taiwanese students and international students who work with local non-profit organisations, partner universities and residents in Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Japan and rural Taiwan. In 2025, teams restored a greenhouse and built a crop dryer and composting system in Pacet Village, Indonesia, with Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) and Osaka Institute of Technology; repaired roofs, plumbing, electrical systems and installed automatic irrigation in the Gubug Lazaris community with Widya Mandala Catholic University; installed a post-earthquake rapid building safety assessment system and multilingual evacuation signs at a shelter in Kawakami Village, Nara, Japan; and built an outdoor reading corner and sports field at Long Tuyen 2 Elementary School, Can Tho, with Can Tho University. In Taiwan, the programme has served the Atayal community of Dongyue, Nan'ao (Yilan) for six consecutive years since 2020; in 2025 about 60 students and teachers from NTUST, Songshan Agricultural and Industrial Vocational High School, Osaka Institute of Technology and Widya Mandala restored the Snake Mountain trail and produced community guide signs. EIA is an international-collaboration project in the MOE's 4th-phase USR programme, was invited to present at the 2025 Osaka World Expo, won the Sustainable Curriculum Excellence Award at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards, and has trained nearly 1,000 students.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST Engineers in Action join Japan and Indonesia to serve Dong'ao tribal community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138039,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural communities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138260,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-10-08] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST Engineers in Action serve communities in Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140988,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST USR gains international visibility as Engineers in Action is invited to Osaka Expo https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142778,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech USR Program, Engineers in Action, gains global spotlight at Osaka World Expo https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-143617.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST wins two awards at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-09-21] Central News Agency (Chinese)｜NTUST brings together USR practice from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesia: from local revitalization to international co-creation https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4447501.2 USR "Chengnan Unlimited / Urban–Mountain Town" Nepal Volunteering (with Jhu Jhu Mama Children's Education and Care Association)Associate Professor Po-Chien Hsiao (Department of Civil and Construction Engineering) leads students in a long-term partnership with the Taipei Jhu Jhu Mama Children's Education and Care Association (珠珠媽媽兒童教育關懷協會), working in the Himalayan mountain town of Pisang, Nepal, on orphanage slope stabilisation, post-earthquake housing reconstruction and a storytelling house. In July 2024, when heavy rain washed out the road to Pisang, 13 students went instead to the Bodhichitta Development Society orphanage in Pharping, south-west of Kathmandu, levelling the slope and building a hand-laid slate pathway using traditional Paiwan techniques, and teaching Chinese to the children. In summer 2025 the team returned to Upper Pisang to convert a century-old house into a "Story Café", build a retaining wall, install signage and guide maps, plan evacuation routes, deliver earthquake-preparedness education at Manang School, and supply and repair facilities at two Kathmandu orphanages.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-07] NTUST News (English)｜USR Beyond Borders: Taiwan Tech Students Build a Pathway for an Orphanage in Nepal https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-127813.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST deepens engagement in Nepal's mountain town for local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140536,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech empowers Nepal's mountain communities with local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-141506.php?Lang=en1.3 Global Youth Leadership Programme – UN SDGs Forum (with the Social Impact Investment Fund and New Taipei City Chinese Youth Growth Foundation)From 28 to 30 October 2024, NTUST, the Social Impact Investment Fund (SIIF) and the New Taipei City Chinese Youth Growth Foundation held the UN SDGs Forum in Okinawa, Japan, together with the USR "I-Villages" project. Nearly 100 university and high-school youth ambassadors from 30 countries took part, and more than 32 youth representatives received pre-departure online training and field training. Groups proposed solutions on climate change, environmental protection and social development, compiled into the "Okinawa Declaration", which was submitted to COP29 in Azerbaijan.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-11] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST hosts international SDGs Forum gathering youth ambassadors from 30 countries for the Okinawa Declaration https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-130897,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-11-07] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech hosted the international SDGs Forum for Okinawa Declaration on Global Sustainability https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-132601.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-12] Taiwan News｜Taiwanese youth contribute to COP29 statement https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/59890961.4 Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team: STEAM equity for rural schoolsThe "Sweet Potato Ball" Volunteer Team of the Bachelor Program of Applied Science and Technology delivers STEAM maker education (3D printing, laser engraving) to rural schools in seven cities and counties (New Taipei, Miaoli, Hsinchu, Changhua, Nantou, Yilan, Hualien), with 22 customised courses serving over 510 people. It received the MOE Youth Development Administration's Youth Volunteer Award (Rising Star) in 2025, was received by the President, won a further Youth Volunteer Excellence Award in 2026, and held an exhibition with free workshops at Bopiliao, Wanhua.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-05-20] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team brings STEAM maker courses to rural areas and wins Youth Volunteer Award https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136716,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-08] NTUST News (Chinese)｜Turning technical skills into impact: Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team exhibition https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-146363,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-08] NTUST News (English)｜From Technical Skills into Social Impact: Taiwan Tech Sweet Potato Ball Volunteer Team https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148257,r1182.php?Lang=en1.5 Hualien post-flood clean-up volunteeringOn 4 October 2025, the NTUST Student Association and the EMBA/EDBA Alumni Association mobilised nearly 100 volunteers (about 60 students and 34 alumni) to help clear silt and restore homes in Guangfu Township, Hualien, with the Alumni Association and partner companies providing funding and supplies.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-10-14] NTUST News (Chinese)｜Nearly 100 NTUST students and EMBA alumni volunteer in Hualien flood clean-up https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-141169,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-10-14] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech Student Association and EMBA alumni join Hualien Cleanup https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142263,r1182.php?Lang=en2. Research ProgrammesThrough the Center for General Education's Social Practice Courses, NTUST students carry out action research with NGOs, foundations and communities on real-world social issues, while USR teams conduct applied research with local organisations and return the results to the field. 2.1 Center for General Education – Social Practice CoursesThe Center for General Education operates a Social Practice Course System in which students submit individual or group proposals and complete social practice projects with external NGOs, communities and institutions. A cumulative 8,350 projects have been completed; SDG 4 (Quality Education) accounts for the largest share (55%), and the group-proposal participation rate is 53.85%. The courses are linked with USR projects (e.g., the One-Ping Landowner project, Spark+, Engineers in Action, Vital Creative Aging) as a practice-based research platform.Related news and web links:▸ Website: CGE Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/▸ Website: Social Practice Course statistics https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/news/chart2.2 "Empathy Social Lab: CGE Social Practice Week" (with the Spring Sprout Social Innovation Association, Reed Women Power and Mekong Cultural Hub)The first Social Practice Week (5–9 May 2025) partnered with the Spring Sprout Social Innovation Development Association (春芽公益創新發展協會) and the Reed Women Power initiative (蘆葦女力) on "Handmade × Empowerment", a bilingual workshop upcycling coffee-bean burlap sacks to explore the circular economy and women's empowerment, and with the Mekong Cultural Hub on "Voices from Mekong", featuring speakers from Laos and Thailand (Blue Chair Film Festival, Prayoon for Art Foundation) on environmental change in the Mekong basin. The second edition (May 2026) focused on energy, with nine exhibitions, talks and site visits and an expected 1,000+ participants.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-05-14] NTUST News (Chinese)｜Upcycled burlap bags and a Mekong film showcase: NTUST Social Practice Week https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136525,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-05-14] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech Social Practice Week promotes eco action and global dialogue https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-137262,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-05-19] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST launches Empathy Social Lab – CGE Social Practice Week https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147817,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-05-19] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech launches "Empathy Social Lab – CGE Social Practice Week" https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-149104,r1182.php?Lang=en2.3 Chengnan Forum & Social Practice Expo (with the Taitung County Sustainable Development Association and NTNU Social Practice Center)On 5 December 2025, the Center for General Education, the MOE USR project Spark+ and the NTNU Social Practice Center co-hosted the Chengnan Forum and 2nd Social Practice Expo on "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact". The Taitung County Sustainable Development Association shared fishing-village sustainability research, and student teams presented practice-based research on the restoration of Guoben Farm, Dong'ao culture and sustainability, mental health, urban–rural technology and renewable-energy education.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-12-26] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST Chengnan Forum and Social Practice Expo turn knowledge into impact https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143391,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-26] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech's Chengnan Forum and Social Practice Expo turn knowledge into influence https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143608,r1182.php?Lang=en2.4 International student team "ECO 4TUNE" in the NGO-organised "Explore Taiwan 120h" competitionECO 4TUNE, a team of master's students from Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam and Taiwan in the Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, competed in the 10th "Explore Taiwan 120h" (theme: "Sustainability in Action"), co-organised by the CTCI Education Foundation and the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE), a leading sustainability NGO in Taiwan. Over five days the team explored sites mapped to the 17 SDGs (e.g., TCC DAKA Circular Park, Luanshan Forest Museum, New Taipei Metropolitan Park) and won third place.Related news and web links:▸ [2024-05] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST international student team designs a Taiwan SDGs exploration tour https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-124911,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-05] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech forms international student team for customized Taiwan SDGs exploration tour https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-126348.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-05] United Daily News (Chinese)｜NTUST international student team shines at Explore Taiwan 120h with SDGs https://udn.com/news/story/6928/79599582.5 Feitsui Reservoir water-environment research (with Rotary Clubs and Pinglin tea farmers)Associate Professor Ho's team (何嘉浚) (Department of Civil and Construction Engineering) runs "Clean Water, Fragrant Tea, Shared Prosperity", working with Pinglin tea farmers, nine companies and Rotary Clubs to develop slow-release low-phosphorus fertiliser and bioretention (LID) facilities that reduce phosphorus runoff into Feitsui Reservoir, cutting about 500 kg CO2 per hectare per year. Rotary and corporate partners purchase low-carbon tea, and the project has built an international research platform involving experts from nine countries. It won the Industry Co-creation Model Award at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards.Related news and web links:▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST wins two awards at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=en2.6 USR Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center (with Daxue Village, Da'an District)Since 2024, the USR team of Distinguished Professor Chiou (邱建國) has worked with the Daxue Village Office in Da'an District, Taipei, on structural testing and risk assessment, converting an idle old building into a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center with a disaster education room, supplies room, evacuation route maps and an inventory system. Opened in 2025, it provides disaster-preparedness training for residents.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST USR team and Daxue Village revitalize an old building into a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142185,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech USR Team transforms old building into Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142930,r1182.php?Lang=en3.Development of Educational ResourcesNTUST faculty and students co-develop teaching materials, learning tools, courses and exhibition resources with foundations, community organisations and rural schools, bringing SDG knowledge into communities, Indigenous villages and schools.3.1 USR "Vital Creative Aging": art-based creative ageing curriculumThe USR "Vital Creative Aging" team works with community senior-learning centres, with students designing art-based creative ageing courses and activity materials that help elders recall "the four seasons of grandparents' memories" through painting and co-creation, supporting healthy ageing and intergenerational inclusion (SDG 3, SDG 4). The materials are featured in the USR column of the Social Practice Course platform.Related news and web links:▸ [—] NTUST USR website｜NTUST USR "Vital Creative Aging": blending art into grandparents' memories of the four seasons https://usr.ntust.edu.tw/news/26▸ Website: CGE Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/3.2 USR "Spark+" energy-education toolkits and science summer schoolSince 2023, the Spark+ team has run a science summer school at Tongmen Elementary School, Hualien, and signed an MOU with Taipower's Eastern Power Plant. It developed the interactive board game "Energy Monopoly" (simulating wind power with blowing balls and hydropower with PET bottles), course modules "Where Does Green Energy Go?" and "Saving Power Starts with Me", interactive displays for the Mugua River Story Museum, and a planned local power and culture video documentation project, bringing energy education into Indigenous classrooms.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST News (Chinese)｜From tribal classrooms to engineering sites: NTUST Spark+ builds a bridge for energy education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139425,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST News (English)｜From Indigenous Classrooms to Engineering Sites: Taiwan Tech's Spark+ energy education project https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140045,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2024] NTUST USR website｜Spark+ | 2024 Summer School Special Issue https://usr.ntust.edu.tw/news/303.3 Science Popularisation Train: green-energy lesson designIn the course "Introduction to Green Energy and Sustainability Education", Associate Professor Sen-Tung Wu (Graduate Institute of Energy and Sustainability Technology) led 35 university students to develop safe, engaging energy lesson plans and problem-based experiments (e.g., a light-up Lunar New Year card circuit, water rockets), delivered to about 40 pupils at Yutian Elementary School, Jiaoxi, Yilan, during the winter break.Related news and web links:▸ [2026-03-12] NTUST News (English)｜Professor Sen-Tung Wu from Taiwan Tech bridges urban–rural learning gap through science outreach https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-146727.php?Lang=en3.4 Partnership with the Taipei Culture Foundation at Huanmin New Village (Toad Mountain): Chengnan Learning NetworkIn 2026 the Center for General Education signed an MOU with the Taipei Culture Foundation, using Huanmin New Village at Toad Mountain as a teaching base for courses such as "Chengnan Mini-Tours", "Art and Public Environment" and "Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development", with planned on-site courses, workshops and exhibitions linking nearby sites (e.g., Treasure Hill Artist Village) into a "Chengnan Learning Network". The 2nd STREAM Immersive Summer School (2025) also used Treasure Hill, Jiahe New Village and Huanmin New Village as field sites, where university students guided senior-high students to design local "social prescriptions".Related news and web links:▸ [2026-08-31] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST partners with Huanmin New Village (Toad Mountain) to bring general education into the Chengnan cultural corridor https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-151078,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-08-31] NTUST News (English)｜Taiwan Tech partners with Huanmin New Village to bring general education into the community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-151734,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-08-05] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST STREAM immersive summer school: 'the community as classroom' https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138994,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw3.5 Indigenous cultural exhibitions and disaster-education materialsThe Indigenous Student Resource Center and Indigenous youth club conducted fieldwork in the Atayal community of Jinyue, Nan'ao, curating the exhibition "hata – Still on the Road". The Nepal volunteer team, with the Jhu Jhu Mama association, designed a tri-fold disaster-preparedness leaflet, and Engineers in Action produced multilingual evacuation signs in Kawakami, Japan, turning disaster knowledge into locally usable educational resources.Related news and web links:▸ [2025-09-25] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST 'hata – Still on the Road' exhibition goes into an Atayal community https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140656,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST deepens engagement in Nepal's mountain town for local revitalization and disaster education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140536,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-10-08] NTUST News (Chinese)｜NTUST Engineers in Action serve communities in Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140988,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw4. Summary of News Coverage

1. Academic and Cross-Sector ForumsTaiwan–Indonesia Low-Carbon Construction Workshop (April 2024): From 22 to 25 April 2024 NTUST’s Taiwan–Indonesia Science and Technology Innovation Center (TI-STIC, funded by the NSTC) hosted a workshop on campus. Speakers came from the Resource Circulation Administration of the Ministry of Environment (MOENV), the Taiwan Construction Research Institute, Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) and the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences, together with companies such as Asia Cement, Taiwan Cement and Ruentex Engineering. About 140 participants from Taiwan, New Southbound countries and elsewhere discussed low-carbon materials and the 2050 net-zero pathway, and visited plants and construction sites.Related news links:▸ [2024-04] NTUST English News | In response to the challenge of net-zero emissions, Taiwan Tech held a Taiwan-Indonesia Low-Carbon Construction Workshop https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-126353.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-09-05] Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) | Taiwan-Indonesia Low Carbon Construction Workshop (ITS report) https://www.its.ac.id/ilb/2024/09/05/taiwan-indonesia-low-carbon-construction-workshop/2024 International Symposium on Circular Economy (May 2024, Jakarta): On 18 May 2024 TI-STIC held a symposium in Jakarta with BRIN, the Indonesian Young Academy of Sciences (ALMI), the University of Indonesia and Taiwan’s overseas science and technology representatives. About 40 Indonesian experts and NTUST alumni discussed circular-economy policy, technology and practice, and TI-STIC showcased Taiwanese circular-economy technology at the 2024 Indonesia–Taiwan Expo.Related news links:▸ [2024-05-18] NTUST Secretariat (English) | Taiwan Tech hosts a circular economy symposium in Jakarta, strengthening technology collaboration with Indonesia https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1063-126092.php?Lang=enCarbon Inventory System Donation and Net-Zero Forum (April 2025): On 15 April 2025 President Jia-Yush Yen announced the Taiwan Tech Net-Zero Declaration, committing the university to net-zero emissions by 2049 and to building the SDGs and USR into campus life, teaching and research. Alumni company Solarix System donated a carbon inventory system, and speakers from Formosa Advanced Technologies and Ixon Technology shared carbon-management and environmental-data practice in industry.Related news links:▸ [2025-04-15] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech holds forum and issues Net-Zero Declaration https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-135620,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-04-15] NTUST Secretariat (English) | Taiwan Tech declares net-zero goals, kicks off sustainable transformation https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1063-136247.php?Lang=en2nd Taiwan–Indonesia Seminar on Circular Economy (April 2025, Jakarta): TI-STIC and Trisakti University co-hosted the seminar on 15–16 April 2025, supported by the NSTC, the Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Indonesia and MOENV’s Resource Circulation Administration. Nearly 100 participants from government, industry and academia in both countries discussed e-waste and plastic-waste management. MOENV officials presented Taiwan’s circular-economy policy, alumni companies shared lithium-battery recycling and food-grade PET recycling, Coca-Cola Indonesia presented its SDG and ESG practice, and a roundtable explored cross-border cooperation.Related news links:▸ [2025-04-24] Central News Agency (CNA) | Taiwan–Indonesia industry, government and academic experts gather in Jakarta for circular economy seminar https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/399874▸ [2025-04-24] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan–Indonesia circular economy seminar in Jakarta (campus news) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-135888,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-04-24] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech Alumni showcase cutting-edge green tech at Taiwan-Indonesia Forum in Jakarta https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136678,r1182.php?Lang=enTaiwan–Indonesia Low-Carbon Construction Forum (August 2025, Surabaya): The third Taiwan–Indonesia applied-research forum took place at ITS on 21 August 2025. Indonesia’s Ministry of Public Works, Taiwan’s MOENV Resource Circulation Administration, the Taiwan Construction Research Institute, National Central University, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Petra Christian University and Taiwanese companies discussed low-carbon asphalt, waste reuse, alkali-activated concrete and Taiwan’s inorganic-resource recycling policy, in support of SDGs 9, 11 and 13.Related news links:▸ [2025-09-03] NTUST Campus News | Low-carbon buildings a global trend: Taiwan Tech and Indonesia explore carbon-reduction strategies https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139786,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-03] Central News Agency (CNA) | Low-carbon buildings a global trend (CNA) https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/411237▸ [2025-09-03] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech partners with Indonesia on sustainable carbon-reduction strategies https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-141510,r1182.php?Lang=enTaiwan–Sweden Bilateral Science Cooperation Forum (January 2026): Chair Prof. Bing-Joe Hwang (Chemical Engineering) organised the results forum of the NSTC – Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) programme with Uppsala University and other partners. The forum presented phase-one (2020–2025) solid-state battery results and planned phase two (2026–2031), bringing government research funders and international researchers into dialogue.Related news links:▸ [2026-01-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech hosts Taiwan–Sweden bilateral science cooperation forum https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144245,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-01-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech hosts Taiwan–Switzerland Tech Forum to strengthen strategic partnership (official English title; the event concerns the Taiwan–Sweden NSTC–SSF programme) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144511,r1182.php?Lang=enYouth Participation in Climate Action (May 2026): NTUST and the Ministry of Environment co-hosted the forum “Data, Technology and Civic Action: Co-creating Sustainable Cities”, moderated by Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo. Panellists came from the MOENV Climate Change Administration, the Executive Yuan Youth Advisory Committee, the Taiwan Green Energy Public Welfare Development Association, the Taiwan Climate Alliance and a weather-risk management company. Nearly 130 students and members of the public joined the dialogue among government, business, NGOs and young people, using live Slido questions.Related news links:▸ [2026-05-28] Central News Agency (CNA) | Taiwan Tech and MOENV promote climate action; government, industry and academia explore data technology for sustainable cities https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/434666▸ [2026-05-28] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech partners with MOENV on climate action (campus news) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148240,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-05-28] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech partners with the Ministry of Environment to advance climate action and sustainable cities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-149102,r1182.php?Lang=en2. Talent Development and International LinksSDGs English Presentation Competition (March 2025): On 28 March 2025 the Language Center held the 4th Taiwan Tech SDGs English Presentation Competition. Teams built on SDG 3 and linked it to one of SDGs 4, 5, 8 or 11. Eleven finalist teams (29 students) came from management, chemical engineering, architecture, design and engineering, and mixed-department and mixed-nationality teams were encouraged. Judges included National Taiwan University professors and an adviser from the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan), and the top three teams were put forward for the World Technology Universities Network (WTUN) competition.Related news links:▸ [2025-03-28] NTUST Campus News | Cross-disciplinary, cross-border, cross-issue: Taiwan Tech holds SDGs English presentation competition https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136571,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw2024 International Conference on Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing (August 2024, Surabaya): On 13 August 2024 TI-STIC and ITS held the first semiconductor conference co-organised by Taiwan, the United States and Indonesia. The NSTC, the Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Indonesia, the U.S. Consulate in Surabaya and BRIN attended, and nearly 200 experts, company representatives and students discussed circular-economy practice in chip-making and talent development. The next day six alumni companies held a recruitment event that drew nearly 100 Indonesian students, and NTUST announced plans for a semiconductor alliance with Arizona State University and ITS.Related news links:▸ [2024-08-15] Central News Agency (CNA) | Taiwan Tech bridges international industry, government and academia to build an Indonesian semiconductor talent base with the U.S. https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/378871▸ [2024-08-15] Commercial Times | Taiwan Tech semiconductor talent base in Indonesia (Commercial Times) https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20240815701165-431204▸ [2024-08-15] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech bridges International Industry-Academia Collaboration, partnering with the U.S. to create a Semiconductor Talent Training Base in Indonesia https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-128572.php?Lang=en2025 Future Technical and Vocational Education Forum (May 2025): Organised by NTUST under the guidance of the Ministry of Education (first held in 2023; third consecutive year), the forum took the theme “United for a Skilled Future: Unlocking TVET Resources and Partnerships”. Director-General Yu-Huei Yang of the MOE Department of Technological and Vocational Education attended, together with Singapore’s National Institute of Education (NTU), vocational universities across Taiwan, the Foundation for Scholarly Exchange and the Google for Education team. Sessions covered bilingual education, inclusive international campuses and external partnerships.Related news links:▸ [2025-05-26] NTUST Campus News | Powering the future: Taiwan Tech unites vocational colleges for bilingual education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-136873.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-05-26] NTUST English News | Powering the Future: Taiwan Tech unites Taiwan's vocational colleges for bilingual education drive https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-137256,r1182.php?Lang=enBackground: the 2023 Future TVET Forum was co-organised by the MOE, NTUST, the Association of National Universities of Science and Technology, the association of private universities of science and technology and the junior college alliance, with a legislator and industry speakers (outside 2024–2026; for reference only, not counted). https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-113170.php?Lang=zh-twTaiwan–Vietnam International Talent Circulation Hub (December 2025): The Ministry of Education appointed NTUST as lead university of the hub, working with three partner universities and about 150 companies (including NVIDIA, TSMC, ASE, MediaTek and Micron) on industry-oriented programmes in Vietnam. In 2025 the hub held 33 recruitment sessions and opened a Hanoi office, creating a government–university–industry model for international talent circulation.Related news links:▸ [2025-12-16] NTUST Campus News | MOE and Taiwan Tech launch Taiwan–Vietnam Talent Hub https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143156,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-16] NTUST English News | MOE and Taiwan Tech launch Taiwan–Vietnam Talent Hub for global industry leaders https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143613,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-12-16] United Daily News | MOE and NTUST promote Taiwan–Vietnam talent hub; NVIDIA and TSMC sign on https://udn.com/news/story/6928/92068653. USR and Cross-Domain PracticeYouth entrepreneurship with New Taipei City (July 2024): NTUST signed an MOU with the New Taipei City Government Youth Department to share venues, equipment and expertise and to help youth start-ups reach the government procurement (B2G) market.Related news links:▸ [2024-07-16] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech and New Taipei City Youth Department sign MOU https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-127046.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-07-16] NTUST Secretariat (English) | Taiwan Tech and New Taipei City Government Youth Department sign MOU https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-127451.php?Lang=enEngineers in Action – international USR: Running since 2020 under the MOE USR programme, Engineers in Action worked with ITS and the Osaka Institute of Technology in 2024 on solar-powered aquaponics and water-filtration workshops. In June 2025 a first joint team of about 60 from NTUST, the Osaka Institute of Technology, Widya Mandala Catholic University and Songshan High School of Agriculture and Industry restored trails and installed a multilingual guide wall in Dong’ao, Nan’ao Township, Yilan. In summer 2025 the team served communities in Indonesia, Kawakami Village (Nara, Japan) and Can Tho (Vietnam) and showcased its work at Expo 2025 Osaka. In summer 2026 it returned to Indonesia, Vietnam and Otari Village (Nagano, Japan).Related news links:▸ [2024-10-01] NTUST English News | From Indonesia, Vietnam to Japan: Taiwan Tech Engineers in Action promotes sustainable development across rural areas https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-131167.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural communities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-138260.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-11] NTUST Secretariat (English) | Taiwan Tech Mobile Engineers excel in Indonesia, Japan, and Vietnam, showcasing outstanding practical skills https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1063-142060.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-09-24] Central News Agency (CNA) | Taiwan Tech Engineers in Action go to Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan to meet community needs https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/445125Project LET’S Go! with Taipower (August 2025): The USR team signed an MOU with the Eastern Power Plant of the state-owned Taiwan Power Company to deliver green-energy education, translate power-sector knowledge for communities and revitalise sites in Tongmen, Hualien.Related news links:▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST Campus News | From Indigenous classrooms to engineering sites: Project LET'S Go! with Taipower https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139425,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST English News | From Indigenous Classrooms to Engineering Sites: 'Project LET'S Go!' builds a bridge for energy education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140045,r1182.php?Lang=enResilient Community Disaster Prevention Center, Taipei (November 2025): Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu’s USR team worked with the Daxue Village office and residents in Da’an District, Taipei, to turn an idle building into a disaster prevention centre with evacuation maps and zoned emergency supplies.Related news links:▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech USR team creates a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142185,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech USR Team transforms old building into Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142930,r1182.php?Lang=enRural revitalisation in Guanshan, Taitung (February 2026): The Department of Architecture signed an MOU with the Guanshan Township Office, the Guanshan Farmers’ Association, Waseda University and the University of Shiga Prefecture to revitalise rural public spaces through local government, farmers’ association and international university collaboration.Related news links:▸ [2026-02-26] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech architecture team partners with Japan to revitalize Guanshan, Taitung https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144924,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-02-26] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech Architecture Team partners with Japan to revitalize Guanshan, Taitung https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-145348,r1182.php?Lang=en2026 Global Views USR Awards (April 2026): NTUST won two 7th Global Views USR Awards: the Pinglin tea-plantation phosphorus-reduction project in the Feitsui Reservoir watershed, supported by nine companies and Rotary Clubs, and the Engineers in Action programme.Related news links:▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech wins two honors at 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=enMOE 2026 USR Co-Empowerment Event (September 2026): On 18 September 2026 NTUST hosted “New Horizons for Sustainability: Innovation, Diffusion and International Collaboration”, bringing together USR experience from Taiwan, Japan, the United States and Indonesia. Utsunomiya University, National Cheng Kung University and Feng Chia University shared cases, and three workshops discussed cross-border challenges and curriculum integration. The MOE programme lead noted that the 2026 USR programme covers 121 universities, 267 projects and international links with 492 sites in 33 countries.Related news links:▸ [2026-09-21] Central News Agency (CNA) | Taiwan Tech gathers USR experience from Taiwan, Japan, the U.S. and Indonesia (MOE 2026 USR Co-Empowerment Event) https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4447504. Summary of News Coverage

In pursuing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) in particular, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) builds long-term collaboration and policy links with government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and local communities through the Ministry of Education’s University Social Responsibility (USR) programme and through local and international practice. The university also supports its faculty in taking up roles in national government bodies and regional NGOs. NTUST faculty currently serve as convener of a Ministry of Environment strategic alliance, President of the government-endowed Taiwan Construction Research Institute, principal investigators of Ministry of Education and NSTC international programmes, and chairpersons or board directors of NGOs including the Association of National Universities of Science and Technology, the Taiwan Intelligent Net-Zero Building Industry Alliance, the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Operations Research Society of Taiwan. 1. Collaboration with Government and the Public and Private Sectors 1.1 Faculty roles in government and government-endowed bodiesMOENV alliance convener: Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo (Dept. of Industrial Management) is Convener of the Retail Product Packaging Circular Sustainability Strategic Alliance set up by the Resource Circulation Administration, Ministry of Environment (MOENV), on 12 December 2025. The alliance brings together 23 manufacturers, packaging suppliers, importers, retailers and trade associations, supports the drafting of the Guidelines for Circular and Sustainable Retail Product Packaging, and runs a public–private implementation mechanism. At MOENV’s October 2026 packaging-reduction event, ten member companies displayed 350 green-packaged products in 61 categories, aiming to exceed 1,000 products within two years in line with the national target of a 10% cut in packaging by 2035.Related news and links:▸ [2026-10-19] n.yam.com / MOENV | MOENV: packaging-reduction products to exceed 1,000 items within two years https://n.yam.com/Article/20261019171345▸ [2026-10-19] MOENV Newsroom | Packaging reduction '5go' (MOENV press release) https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/moenv-news/zh-tw/News/14330▸ [2025-12-12] Mypeoplevol / MOENV | Retail Product Packaging Circular Sustainability Strategic Alliance launched https://www.mypeoplevol.com/2025/life/62454 President of a government-endowed institute: Distinguished Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu (Dept. of Civil and Construction Engineering) is President of the Taiwan Construction Research Institute (TCRI), a government-endowed foundation. Commissioned by the Architecture and Building Research Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, TCRI runs the Building Modularisation Demonstration and Promotion Programme and in 2026 showcased modular and smart-construction solutions that help the industry tackle labour shortages and net-zero transition.Related news and links:▸ [2026-09-04] Commercial Times | TCRI and partners showcase construction-industry transformation https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260904700352-439901▸ Website: TCRI About https://www.tcri.org.tw/aboutMOE talent-hub PI: Since 2024 the Ministry of Education (MOE) has appointed NTUST as lead university of the Taiwan–Vietnam International Talent Circulation Hub, with Deputy Dean of Industry-Academia Collaboration Prof. Chao-Lung Yang as principal investigator. Together with three partner universities and about 150 companies (including NVIDIA, TSMC, ASE, MediaTek and Micron) the hub runs industry-oriented programmes across northern, central and southern Vietnam; 33 recruitment sessions were held in 2025 and a Hanoi office opened.Related news and links:▸ [2025-12-16] NTUST Campus News | MOE and Taiwan Tech launch Taiwan–Vietnam Talent Hub https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143156,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-16] NTUST English News | MOE and Taiwan Tech launch Taiwan–Vietnam Talent Hub for global industry leaders https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143613,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-12-16] United Daily News | MOE and NTUST promote Taiwan–Vietnam talent hub (UDN) https://udn.com/news/story/6928/9206865NSTC overseas centre PI: With NSTC support, NTUST established the Taiwan–Indonesia Science and Technology Innovation Center (TI-STIC) in 2021, directed by Vice President Jiann-Liang Chen (Dept. of Electrical Engineering) as principal investigator, with Distinguished Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu as Vice Director, partnering with Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) and Widya Mandala Catholic University (UKWMS) on circular economy, green technology and e-waste management.Related news and links:▸ Website: TI-STIC team (Director: VP Jiann-Liang Chen; Vice Director: Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu) https://www.ti-stic.org/team▸ Website: TI-STIC website https://www.ti-stic.org/NSTC bilateral programme PI: Chair Prof. Bing-Joe Hwang (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) organised the January 2026 results forum of the NSTC – Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) bilateral programme with Uppsala University, presenting phase-one (2020–2025) solid-state battery results and planning phase two (2026–2031).Related news and links:▸ [2026-01-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech hosts Taiwan–Sweden bilateral science cooperation forum https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144245,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-01-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech hosts Taiwan–Switzerland Tech Forum to strengthen strategic partnership (official English title; the event concerns the Taiwan–Sweden NSTC–SSF programme) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144511,r1182.php?Lang=enNSRRC Board Director: Prof. Hwang also serves as a Board Director and Joint Research Fellow of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), a government-endowed foundation under the NSTC, contributing to the governance of a national research facility and applying in-situ synchrotron analysis to help Taiwan’s battery industry tackle material degradation.Related news and links:▸ [2025-07-02] NSRRC | NSRRC congratulates Board Director Prof. Bing-Joe Hwang on his election as a 2025 ECS Fellow https://www.nsrrc.org.tw/ViewNews/MediaLayout01.aspx?ViewID=M20250702040105038&Lang=Chinese 1.2 Policy collaboration with central governmentClimate action with MOENV: In May 2026 NTUST and the MOENV Climate Change Administration co-hosted a “Youth Participation in Climate Action” lecture, moderated by Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo, with nearly 130 participants discussing how data, open information and green skills can support sustainable cities.Related news and links:▸ [2026-05-28] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech partners with the Ministry of Environment to advance climate action https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148240,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-05-28] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech partners with the Ministry of Environment to advance climate action and sustainable cities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-149102,r1182.php?Lang=enNew Southbound research cooperation: TI-STIC held Taiwan–Indonesia circular economy forums in Jakarta (May 2024), at Trisakti University (April 2025) and at ITS Surabaya (August 2025), covering e-waste, plastic waste and low-carbon construction. Representatives of the NSTC, the Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Indonesia, MOENV’s Resource Circulation Administration, Indonesia’s Ministry of Public Works and TCRI took part, sharing Taiwan’s circular-economy policy experience with Southeast Asia.Related news and links:▸ [2025-09-03] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech partners with Indonesia on sustainable carbon-reduction strategies https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139786,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-03] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech partners with Indonesia on sustainable carbon-reduction strategies https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-141510,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-04-24] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan–Indonesia circular economy forum in Jakarta https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-135888,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-04-24] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech Alumni showcase cutting-edge green tech at Taiwan-Indonesia Forum in Jakarta https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-136678,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2024-05-18] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech hosts a circular economy symposium in Jakarta, strengthening technology collaboration with Indonesia https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-126345.php?Lang=enMOE USR network: In September 2026 NTUST hosted the MOE 2026 USR Co-Empowerment Event “New Horizons for Sustainability: Innovation, Diffusion and International Collaboration”, linking USR teams from 121 universities (267 projects).Related news and links:▸ [2026-09-21] Central News Agency | Taiwan Tech hosts MOE 2026 USR co-empowerment event https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/444750National award: NTUST received the Executive Yuan’s 2024 National Sustainable Development Award (education category) for smart energy management, greenhouse-gas inventory and sustainability education.Related news and links:▸ [2024-12-20] Commercial Times | Taiwan Tech wins the 2024 National Sustainable Development Award https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20241220700579-4312041.3 Local government, state-owned enterprises and communitiesNew Taipei City: In July 2024 NTUST signed an MOU with the New Taipei City Government Youth Department to share venues, equipment and expertise for youth start-ups and connect them with government procurement.Related news and links:▸ [2024-07-16] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech and New Taipei City Youth Department sign MOU https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1000-127046.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-07-16] NTUST Secretariat (English) | Taiwan Tech and New Taipei City Government Youth Department sign MOU https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-127451.php?Lang=enTaipei community resilience: Prof. Chien-Kuo Chiu’s USR team worked with Daxue Village, Da’an District, Taipei, to turn an idle building into a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center (opened November 2025) with evacuation maps and zoned emergency supplies.Related news and links:▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech USR team creates a Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142185,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-11-13] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech USR Team transforms old building into Resilient Community Disaster Prevention Center https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142930,r1182.php?Lang=enTaipower: In August 2025 the “Project LET’S Go!” USR team signed an MOU with Taipower’s Eastern Power Plant to deliver green-energy education and site revitalisation in Tongmen, Hualien.Related news and links:▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech USR team signs MOU with Taipower Eastern Power Plant https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-139425,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-08-21] NTUST English News | From Indigenous Classrooms to Engineering Sites: 'Project LET'S Go!' builds a bridge for energy education https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140045,r1182.php?Lang=enGuanshan Township, Taitung: The Department of Architecture signed an MOU in 2025 with the Guanshan Township Office and Farmers’ Association (Taitung County), Waseda University and the University of Shiga Prefecture to revitalise rural public spaces (reported February 2026).Related news and links:▸ [2026-02-26] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech architecture team revitalizes Guanshan, Taitung https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144924,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-02-26] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech Architecture Team partners with Japan to revitalize Guanshan, Taitung https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-145348,r1182.php?Lang=en 2.Collaboration with NGOs and Foundations2.1 Faculty roles in NGOs and foundationsANUST Chairperson: President Jia-Yush Yen chairs the Association of National Universities of Science and Technology (ANUST) for its 7th term (6 Sep 2024 – 5 Sep 2026), representing Taiwan’s national universities of science and technology in policy dialogue with the Ministry of Education.Related news and links:▸ Website: ANUST 7th-term board list https://anust.ntust.edu.tw/p/404-1124-129742.php?Lang=zh-twTIZC Chairperson: President Yen is also first-term Chairperson of the Taiwan Intelligent Net-Zero Building Industry Alliance (TIZC, founded September 2023). At an April 2026 event of the Ministry of the Interior’s Architecture and Building Research Institute he recommended broadening residential energy-efficiency assessment to include smart-energy consultants and software services; in March 2026 TIZC signed a tripartite MOU with a Taiwanese energy company (睿田能源) and AIH Foundation, attended by the Deputy Minister of the Interior.Related news and links:▸ [2026-04-15] Commercial Times | MOI Architecture and Building Research Institute promotes smart, zero-carbon buildings https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260415701008-431202▸ [2026-03-19] Commercial Times | TIZC signs tripartite MOU; MOI Deputy Minister attends https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20260319701434-431202▸ Website: TIZC Chairperson page https://www.tizc.org.tw/ChairmanTAISE Board Director / Secretary-General: Chair Prof. Young Ku (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) sits on the 6th Board of the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE, 2023–2027), and Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo serves as its Secretary-General. TAISE runs the Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards and the Taiwan Sustainable University Awards.Related news and links:▸ Website: TAISE public information (board) https://taise.org.tw/about/public-info/▸ Website: Prof. Tsai-Chi Kuo faculty page https://www.im.ntust.edu.tw/p/412-1014-8023.php?Lang=zh-twORSTW Chairperson: Dean Yu-Chung Tsao (School of Management) became Chairperson of the Operations Research Society of Taiwan (12th term) in 2026, aiming to make the society a decision-support think tank linking industry, academia and government.Related news and links:▸ [2026-02-03] NTUST Campus News | Prof. Yu-Chung Tsao becomes Chair of the Operations Research Society of Taiwan https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144328,r167.php?Lang=zh-twTwIChE President / ECS Fellow: Chair Prof. Bing-Joe Hwang (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) has served as President of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers since 2025. On 17 June 2025 The Electrochemical Society (ECS) named him one of 12 members of its Class of 2025 Fellows – the only honoree from Taiwan – and he was inducted at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago on 13 October 2025. Established in 1989, ECS Fellowship recognises outstanding achievement in electrochemistry and solid-state science and service to the Society. Known as the “father of battery research in Taiwan”, Prof. Hwang has published more than 550 peer-reviewed papers and holds 80 patents in lithium batteries, fuel cells and energy storage.Related news and links:▸ [2025-07-02] NSRRC | NSRRC congratulates Board Director Prof. Bing-Joe Hwang on his election as a 2025 ECS Fellow https://www.nsrrc.org.tw/ViewNews/MediaLayout01.aspx?ViewID=M20250702040105038&Lang=Chinese▸ [2025-06-17] The Electrochemical Society (ECS) | The Electrochemical Society Names Class of 2025 ECS Fellows https://www.electrochem.org/ecsnews/2025-ecs-fellows▸ [2025-06-17] NTUST SEED Center | Congratulations to our Center Director, Dr. Bing-Joe Hwang, elected 2025 ECS Fellow https://seed.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1083-137732.php?Lang=en▸ Website: TwIChE board list (President: Bing-Joe Hwang) https://www.twiche.org.tw/en/about/supervisor2.2 Partnerships with NGOs, foundations and public mediaRadio Taiwan International: March 2025: letter of intent with Radio Taiwan International (a government-funded public broadcaster) on industry lecturers, internships, courses and forums.Related news and links:▸ [2025-03-11] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech and Radio Taiwan International sign letter of intent https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-134363,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-03-11] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech and Radio Taiwan Intl signed MOU to enhance students' global outlook https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-135572,r1182.php?Lang=enLogistics Association: April 2025: the School of Management and the Logistics Association of R.O.C. launched a 48-hour smart-logistics engineer programme focusing on ESG.Related news and links:▸ [2025-04-15] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech and the Logistics Association launch smart-logistics engineer programme https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-135513,r167.php?Lang=zh-twGlobal Views USR Awards: April 2026: two 7th Global Views USR Awards – the Pinglin tea-plantation phosphorus-reduction project in the Feitsui Reservoir watershed (supported by nine companies and Rotary Clubs) and the “Engineers in Action” programme.Related news and links:▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech wins two honors at 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-148245,r1182.php?Lang=en3. Roster of Faculty Roles in Government and NGOs 4. Summary of News Coverage

NTUST's General Education Center has held the Chengnan Forum (城南講堂) every year since 2022. It gives government officials, industry representatives, researchers and other stakeholders a platform to present different views on major public policy issues. The series is academic and non-partisan: speakers set out their own views, answer questions and discuss with participants, so the university can host open discussion of unsettled policy questions without taking a single institutional position. Past themes: 2022 "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice"; 2023 "Professionalization of General Education"; 2024 "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students"; 2025 "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact".Theme 1: Bridging Professional and General EducationRelated forum sessions2022 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalizing General Education: Teaching and Practice" (18 Nov 2022, IB-101)2023 Chengnan Forum, "Professionalization of General Education" (20 Oct 2023, IB-202)SummaryThis theme asks how universities can bring humanities literacy and cross-disciplinary thinking into professional and technical courses, while giving general education courses real disciplinary depth. In 2022, several national general-education teaching award winners and well-known professors shared methods for adding general education to professional courses, and the forum encouraged faculty across departments to teach general education. In 2023, Distinguished Chair Professor Liu Bo-hong (Chienkuo Technology University) set out two meanings of "professionalizing general education"; Director Ma Ai-hsuan (NCCU), Dean He Jui-lin (National Pingtung University) and Professor Li Ching-fang (NCUE) discussed curriculum planning; and representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools (NTUST, NTNU, NTU) discussed the Chengnan district's development and social innovation. Speakers came from different institutions and viewpoints, and the topic, how higher education policy positions and funds professional versus general education, remains an open policy question.Theme 2: Repositioning General Education for the AI and Sustainability EraRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum, "Repositioning General Education: Knowledge, Action and Social Impact" (5 Dec 2025, RB-102 International Conference Hall; guided by the Ministry of Education; hosted by the Higher Education Sprout Project, the General Education Center and Chengnan College; co-hosted by the MOE USR project "Spark+")SummaryThe 2025 forum argued that general education should not be merely supplementary knowledge; it should spark cross-disciplinary learning, connect with real social problems, and treat action as a catalyst for deeper learning. It discussed how universities turn knowledge into action, how action creates social impact, and how the university-society relationship should be redefined. Director Li Szu-ying and Vice President Wang Chao-cheng opened the event; the panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" was moderated by Dr Wu Chen-pang (NTNU) and the session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation" by Dr Tsai Hsin-chang (NTNU). The forum took place as the Ministry of Education plans Phase III of the Higher Education Sprout Project and pushes general-education reform and AI governance, giving people inside and outside the university a place to exchange views on that policy direction.Theme 3: University Social Responsibility (USR) and Sustainable Place-Based StudiesRelated forum sessions2024 Chengnan Forum, "Sustainable Place-Based Studies Co-Created by Faculty and Students" (6 Dec 2024, IB-202)2023 Chengnan Forum, social-practice panel (representatives of the three National Taiwan University System schools)SummaryThe 2024 forum centred on "Chengnan Studies" as a cross-campus platform for sharing place-based studies, and on bringing sustainable development into general-education and social-practice courses. Director Wang Chung-ming (Tunghai University) shared his centre's reform experience; Dean Chu Chia-wen (National Dong Hwa University) introduced Hua-Lan College and "Hualien Studies"; Associate Vice Provost Wang Li-jung (NCU) and Section Chief Hsieh Ping-chuan (NKUST) discussed cross-disciplinary training, practice projects and workplace skills; and NTUST lecturers Lin Yi-chen and Hung Hsiu-chin presented the Social Practice Expo, PBL course design and the Chengnan College STREAM immersive summer school. Director Li Szu-ying described place-based studies as a key USR strategy, and President Yen Chia-yu gave the closing remarks. A Social Practice Expo ran alongside, with students from the three NTU System schools presenting work under the themes "Local Chengnan", "Far from Home" and "Sustainable Renewal".Theme 4: Regional Revitalization, Social Impact and Cultural InnovationRelated forum sessions2025 Chengnan Forum: panel "Local Practice of Knowledge" and session "Social Impact and Cultural Innovation"SummarySpeakers included Professor Lin Pao-an (National Penghu University of Science and Technology; fishing-village research and fish-food education), Chairman Huang Cheng-te (Taitung County Sustainable Development Association; community building in Taitung), Assistant Professor Huang Hsin-yang (NTUST; Chengnan walking-tour methods), Director Chen Ying-hui and Section Chief Chen Hui-ju (Chihlee University of Technology; social impact assessment), Dean Liu Chun-yu (National Taiwan University of Arts; cultural citizenship and cultural governance), and Assistant Professor Wang Ying (NTUST). Coming from universities, local NGOs and practice, they discussed how universities take part in regional revitalization, how to measure social impact, and cultural rights and civic participation. These issues bear directly on the National Development Council's 2025-2028 regional revitalization plan and on how USR outcomes are evaluated.