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{{Short description|National university in Taipei, Taiwan}}
{{Infobox university
 | native_name            = 國立臺灣師範大學
 | native_name_lang       = zh-Hant-TW
 | name                   = National Taiwan Normal University
 | former_name            = Taihoku Higher School (1922–1946)<br />Taiwan Provincial College (1946–1955)<br />Taiwan Provincial Normal University (1955–1967)
 | image                  = [[File:National Taiwan Normal University logo.svg|150px|Logo of NTNU]]<br /><br />[[File:NTNU Administration Building 2024 01.jpg|250px]]
 | city                   = [[Taipei City|Taipei]]
 | country                = [[Taiwan]]
 | motto                  = {{lang|zh-Hant-TW|誠正勤樸}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_1.jsp |script-title=zh:校訓 |language=zh |trans-title=School Motto |publisher=NTNU |access-date=2014-06-24 |archive-date=2014-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110054313/http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_1.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | mottoeng               = Sincerity, Justice, Diligence, and Simplicity<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/acad/eng/cmap/5.htm |title=Classroom Buildings(Cheng) |publisher=NTNU |access-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204235504/http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/acad/eng/cmap/5.htm |archive-date=2005-02-04 }}</ref>
 | established            = {{start date and age|1922|06|p=yes}}
 | type                   = [[National university|National]] [[public university|public]] [[research university]]
 | president              = [[Cheng-Chih Wu]]
 | undergrad              = 8,394 (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Overview |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php |access-date=2025-11-14 |website= |publisher=[[National Taiwan Normal University]]}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 7,616 (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Overview |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php |access-date=2025-11-14 |website= |publisher=[[National Taiwan Normal University]]}}</ref>
 | faculty                = 1,640<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Admissions |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/admissions.php |access-date=14 November 2025 |publisher=National Taiwan Normal University}}</ref>
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]]: Main Campus & Gongguan Campus<br /> [[Rural area|Rural]]: Linkou Campus
 | colours                = {{color box|#2E3192|Blue}} and {{color box|#C4161D|Red}}
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'''National Taiwan Normal University''' ('''NTNU'''; {{Lang-zh|t=國立臺灣師範大學}}) is a [[National university|national]] [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] with its main campus in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. Founded in 1922 during [[Japanese rule of Taiwan|Japanese rule]] as the '''Taihoku Higher School''',{{Refn|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 台湾総督府台北高等学校.|group=lower-alpha}} it was the first [[teachers' college]] in Taiwan.    

The university has three campuses across Taipei and [[New Taipei City]]. It consists of ten academic colleges, 13 [[research centers]], and 67 [[Academic department|academic departments]], and operates [[Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University|an affiliated senior high school]]. {{As of|2025}}, it has a total of more than 8,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students. Over 1,600 students at NTNU are [[International student|international]] and over 1,000 students are [[overseas Chinese]] in preparatory programs.<ref name="en.ntnu.edu.tw">{{Cite web |title=NTNU-About Us |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125015445/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php |archive-date=2022-11-25 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref> The university hosts the [[Mandarin Training Center]] (MTC), the oldest and largest Chinese-language teaching institution in the country, and administers the [[Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language]] (TOCFL), the country's primary Chinese-language examination for non-native speakers.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=GW-Design(http://www.gw-design.com) |title=國家華語測驗推動工作委員會 |url=https://tocfl.edu.tw/index.php/about/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103113014/https://tocfl.edu.tw/index.php/about/history |archive-date=2024-01-03 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=國家華語測驗推動工作委員會-華測會 |language=zh-tw}}</ref>

NTNU is affiliated with [[National Taiwan University]] and the [[National Taiwan University of Science and Technology]] as part of the National Taiwan University System, formed in 2015.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://triangle.ntu.edu.tw/ |script-title=zh:國立臺灣大學系統 |website=triangle.ntu.edu.tw |language=zh-TW |access-date=2018-08-10 |archive-date=2021-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429082844/https://triangle.ntu.edu.tw/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing (RCPET) at NTNU is responsible for organizing Taiwan's annual [[Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students|Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students (CAP)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=國立台灣師範大學 心理與教育測驗研究發展中心 |url=https://www.rcpet.edu.tw/english.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.rcpet.edu.tw}}</ref> NTNU is also the convening institution for the Committee of College Admission Practical Examination, which is responsible for conducting practical examinations in the fields of fine [[The arts|arts]], [[music]], and [[physical education]] for use in [[University and college admission|university admissions]] across Taiwan.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2018-07-09 |title=組織架構 {{!}} 大學術科委員會聯合會 |url=https://www.cape.edu.tw/org/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=zh-TW}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Txu-oclc-6557994-index-458.jpg|thumb|left|Map including National Taiwan Normal University (labeled as 'College' on HO-P’ING-TUNG-LU {{lang|zh-tw|和平東路}}) (1950s)]]
[[File:Taiwan.ntnu.auditorium.altonthompson.jpg|thumb|219x219px|left|NTNU Lecture Hall]]
National Taiwan Normal University opened its doors in the early 20th century during [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese rule]] in Taiwan. Taiwan's Japanese governors established the school as '''Taiwan Provincial College'''. Soon after they gave it the name '''Taihoku College''' (''Taihoku'' is "Taipei" in Japanese). The school's purpose was to nurture a native educated class qualified to assist the government in matters of administration. Many buildings on the university's main campus date from the Japanese colonial period, including the Administration Building, the Lecture Hall, Wenhui Hall and Puzi Hall. Japanese [[architecture|architect]]s incorporated features of the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo-Classical]], [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Gothic Revival]] styles often encountered on European university campuses. A room in the Lecture Hall housed the traditional Japanese document that authorizes and formalizes campus construction.<ref>Public historical marker at NTNU Lecture Hall, Viewed 2007-08-04</ref>

In the 1940s, the university, along with [[National Taiwan University]], [[National Chung Hsing University|Taiwan Provincial College of Agriculture]], and [[National Cheng Kung University|Taiwan Provincial College of Engineering]], were the only four higher education institutions in Taiwan.

Some school publications still display 1946 as the institution's founding date in reference to this regime change. A number of Taiwan's leading authors, poets, artists, educators, painters, musicians, linguists, sinologists, philologists, philosophers, and researchers have passed through the university's doors as students and faculty. In 1956 the [[Mandarin Training Center]] opened its doors as an extension of the college. The school acquired its present name, National Taiwan Normal University, in 1967. By now the school had established itself as a recognized center of learning in arts, literature and the humanities; its fundamental mission, though, remained the preparation of teachers.
[[File:台北高等學校.jpg|thumb|261x261px|Old Photos of Taihoku High School Buildings|left]]As [[Republic of China|Taiwanese society]] made its shift from authoritarian rule to [[democracy]] in the 1990s, the university saw its role transformed by passage of the 1994 Teacher Preparation Law. The law gave more schools responsibility for teacher training and set NTNU on its present course as a truly comprehensive university. New departments were created, course offerings and majors were expanded, and new faculty were hired. the merger of NTNU with the University Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students in 2006. NTNU is the university in Taiwan with the largest number of foreign students.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Number of foreign students in Taiwan at five-year high - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/02/25/2003832463 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}</ref> The university became a hub of international activity, enabling Taiwanese students to travel abroad, attracting international students to Taipei, and building exchange programs with hundreds of sister institutions around the world.<ref name="en.ntnu.edu.tw" />

== Campus ==
[[File:NTNU Administration Building 2024 02.jpg|thumb|NTNU Administration Building]]NTNU's main campus is located in the heart of [[Taipei]], adjacent to the culturally rich and artistic atmosphere of the Yongkang Street Area, and within walking distance are famous attractions such as [[Daan Forest Park]], [[Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall]], [[Taipei Grand Mosque]], [[Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center|Mongolian & Tibetan Cultural Center]], etc. Universities affiliated with the NTU System, such as [[National Taiwan University]] and [[National Taiwan University of Science and Technology]], are also nearby. The university also has campuses in the [[Wenshan District]] of [[Taipei]] (Gongguan Campus) and in the [[Linkou District]] of [[New Taipei City|New Taipei]] (Linkou Campus),<ref name="en.ntnu.edu.tw" /> as well as standalone buildings scattered off-campus. Examples include the Yunhe Teaching Building, Qingtian Teaching Building, and the School of Teacher Education Building.

Due to the merger with the National University of Preparatory School for [[Overseas Chinese]] Students (NUPS), NTNU also inherited some land from the original [[Luzhou District, New Taipei|Luzhou]] Campus in [[New Taipei City]]. It is adjacent to the [[National Open University]].[[File:劉真校長故居.jpg|left|thumb|Liu Chen's Residence]]The campus is also home to several special sculpture installations, including the "Liberty Bell," which was the spiritual symbol of the Taihoku College, and a [[Tai chi|Tai Chi]] statue presented by [[Peking University]] in honor of NTNU's promotion of Tai Chi. NTNU obtained the sole license from the [[Louvre|Louvre Museum]] in 1987 and purchased a batch of officially copyrighted original plaster replica statues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=聯合新聞網 |title=一睹羅浮宮經典免出國 勝利女神原版石膏像師大看得到 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/6928/6583452 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>
NTNU possesses several Taipei City-designated [[historic site]]s, including the Original Buildings of Taihoku High School, the residence of Liu Chen, the residence of [[Liang Shih-chiu]], and more.

NTNU Library has branches on all three campuses. The main library has established the [[Gao Xingjian]] Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gao Xingjian Center 高行健資料中心 |url=http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/gaoxingjiancenter/index_e.jsp |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

== Culture ==
[[File:國立台灣師範大學內的孔子銅像.jpg|thumb|The Confucius statue and school motto at NTNU campus.]]
The NTNU emblem consists of a circle formed by six wooden bells, symbolizing collective progress and collaborative efforts to achieve "perfection" in education. The colors represent the blue sky and daylight, signifying the fairness and straightforwardness of the educators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TNU University Archives |date=2023-12-06 |title=NTNU's emblem |url=http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_2_eng.jsp |access-date=2023-12-06 |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180116/http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_2_eng.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>

The official school tree of NTNU is the [[Cassia fistula]], chosen because its appearance resembles the traditional teaching whip from ancient times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NTNU University Archives |date=2023-12-06 |title=School tree |url=http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_4_eng.jsp |access-date=2023-12-06 |archive-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524004452/http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/c2/c2_4_eng.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref>

Due to the similar pronunciation between the Chinese character "師" (normal) in the school's name and "獅" (lion), the mascot of the school is also a lion named "Da Shi Xiong". In addition to numerous lion-themed memorabilia, the campus features several lion-related sculptures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=網紅KOL校友串聯祝福百年校慶 社群媒體發文分享校園回憶 |url=https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/ActiveMessage/MessageView?itemid=2361&mid=8 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=alumni.ntnu.edu.tw |language=Zh-hant}}</ref>

== University structure ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU-Academics |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/academics.php |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

Academic programs at NTNU are administered by 10 colleges: arts, education, international studies & social sciences, liberal arts, management, musicology, science, sports & recreation, technology & engineering and interdisciplinary industry academia innovation.

As of November 2022 the school published the following figures<ref name="en.ntnu.edu.tw" /> for students enrolled and employees retained.
* Students enrolled: 15,112
* Undergraduate students: 8,394 (944 international students)
* Graduate students: 5,686 (682 international students)
* Overseas Chinese Students in Preparatory Programs: 1,032
* Faculty: 1,541

=== College of Education ===
NTNU's College of Education is the oldest and largest education college in Taiwan. The college collaborates with [[Tohoku University]], [[Korea University]], National Chengchi University, and Nanjing Normal University to offer the Asian Educational Leadership Program (AEL). This course is to nurture internationally minded educational professionals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} AELCourse |url=https://www.sed.tohoku.ac.jp/ireo/aelc/about/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.sed.tohoku.ac.jp |archive-date=2023-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215141622/https://www.sed.tohoku.ac.jp/ireo/aelc/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Department of [[Continuing education|Adult & Continuing Education]]
* Department of Child and [[Home economics|Family Science]]
* Department of [[Civics|Civic Education]] and Leadership
* Department of Education
* Department of [[Educational psychology|Educational Psychology]] and Counseling
* Department of [[Health promotion|Health Promotion]] and [[Health education|Health Education]]
* Department of [[Special education|Special Education]]
* Graduate Institute of [[Curriculum]] and Instruction
* Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Administration
* Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling
* In-service Master program of Creativity Development
* Transdisciplinary Program in College of Education

==== School of Learning Informatics ====

* Program of [[Learning sciences|Learning Sciences]]
* Graduate Institute of [[Computer literacy|Information & Computer Education]]
* Graduate Institute of [[Library and information science|Library & Information Studies]]

=== College of Liberal Arts ===
[[File:taiwan.nch.ntnu.apo-hsu.2005-10a.altonthompson.jpg|thumb|311x311px|[[Apo Hsu]] and the NTNU Symphony Orchestra plays [[Saint-Saëns]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Organ Symphony]] in Taiwan's [[National Theater and Concert Hall (Taiwan)|National Concert Hall]].]]
* Department of Chinese
* Department of English
* Department of [[Geography]]
* Department of [[History]]
* Department of [[Culture of Taiwan|Taiwan Culture]], Languages and [[Literature]]
* Graduate Institute of [[History of Taiwan|Taiwan History]]
* Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation

=== College of Science ===

* Department of Chemistry
* Department of [[Computer science education|Computer Science]] & [[Information engineering|Information Engineering]]
* Department of [[Earth science|Earth Sciences]]
* Department of [[Mathematics]]
* Department of Physics
* Graduate Institute of [[Sustainability studies|Sustainability Management]] and [[Environmental education|Environmental Education]]
* Graduate Institute of Marine Environmental Science & Technology
* Graduate Institute of [[Science education|Science Education]]

==== School of Life Science ====

* Department of Life Science
* Undergraduate Program of Nutrition Science
* Graduate Program of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
* Graduate Program of Nutrition Science
* Graduate Program of TIGP Biodiversity ([[Academia Sinica]])

=== College of Arts ===
NTNU's College of Arts is the most ancient higher education institution for fine arts in Taiwan, and the birthplace of artistic development in Taiwan.
* Department of Design
* Department of Fine Arts
* Graduate Institute of Art History

=== College of Technology and Engineering ===

* Department of [[Electrical engineering|Electrical Engineering]]
* Department of Graphic Arts and Communications
* Department of [[Vocational education|Industrial Education]]
* Department of Mechatronic Engineering
* Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development
* Graduate Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering
* International Doctoral Program in Integrative [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM Education]]
* Undergraduate Program of Electro-Optical Engineering
* Undergraduate Program of Vehicle and [[Energy engineering|Energy Engineering]]
[[TSMC]] partners with NTNU to launch [[semiconductor]] training program<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-23 |title=TSMC partners with NTNU to launch semiconductor training program for diverse fields |url=https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240223PD202/tsmc-semiconductor-education-training-university.html |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=DIGITIMES |language=en |archive-date=2024-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414080715/https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240223PD202/tsmc-semiconductor-education-training-university.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== College of Sports and Recreation ===

* Department of Athletic Performance
* Department of Physical Education and [[Sports science|Sport Sciences]]
* Graduate Institute of Sport, Leisure and [[Hospitality management studies|Hospitality Management]]

=== College of International Studies and Social Sciences ===

* Department of Chinese as a [[Second language|Second Language]]
* Department of East Asian Studies
* Graduate Institute of [[European Culture and Economy|European Cultures]] and Tourism
* Graduate Institute of International Human Resource Development
* Graduate Institute of [[Mass communication|Mass Communication]]
* Graduate Institute of Political Science
* Graduate Institute of Social Work
* Undergraduate Program of [[Global studies|Global Studies]]

=== College of Music ===
NTNU's College of Music is the first higher education institution in Taiwan that specializes in cultivating professional talent in the field of music.
* Bachelor Degree Program of [[Performing arts|Performing Arts]]
* Department of Music
* Graduate Institute of [[Ethnomusicology]]
* Graduate Institute of [[Performing arts|Performing Arts]]
The [[National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan)|National Symphony Orchestra]] was formed in 1986 through the merger of the experimental orchestras from NTNU, [[Taipei National University of the Arts|National Academy of Arts]], and [[National Taiwan University of Arts|National Taiwan Academy of Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=師大百寶箱》E009 校園活動 - 國家交響樂團 |url=http://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnunews/index.php?mode=data&id=13487 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=國立臺灣師範大學 |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109055625/https://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnunews/index.php?mode=data&id=13487 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== College of Management ===
NTNU is the first university in Asia with a teacher training background to receive [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|AACSB]] accreditation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12731 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2024-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423012234/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12731 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Department of [[Business administration|Business Administration]]
* Executive Master of Business Administration
* Executive Master of Business Administration in Global Fashion
* Graduate Institute of Global Business and Strategy
* Graduate Institute of Management

=== College of Interdisciplinary Industry Academia Innovation ===

* Graduate Institute of [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] Interdisciplinary Applied Technology
* Graduate Institute of [[Sustainable energy|Green Energy]] and Sustainable Technology

[[File:taiwan.ntnu.library.altonthompson.jpg|thumb|NTNU Main Library (outside at night)|349x349px]]

=== Academy of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students ===
Its predecessor was the National University of Preparatory School for Overseas Chinese Students, the only educational institution in Taiwan offering [[overseas Chinese]] students preparatory courses for university. In 2006, it was merged with NTNU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU Academy of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students Academy of Preparatory Programs for Overseas Chinese Students |url=https://www.nups.ntnu.edu.tw/en/about |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.nups.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110123635/https://www.nups.ntnu.edu.tw/en/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== School of Teacher Education ===
The School of Teacher Education is the primary institution at NTNU responsible for the training of [[Secondary school|secondary]] teachers, and it is also responsible for coordinating and integrating relevant resources throughout the university. NTNU was authorized by [[International Baccalaureate|the International Baccalaureate Organization]] as the first IB school for teacher's education in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU IBEC - English |url=https://sites.google.com/gapps.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnuibec/english |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030060336/https://sites.google.com/gapps.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnuibec/english |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Mandarin Training Center ===
[[Mandarin Training Center]] (MTC) was founded in 1956 for teaching Chinese as a second language. It's the oldest and largest facility of its kind in terms of courses offered and students enrolled per year. Every year, approximately 3,000 students from around 70 countries come to study at MTC.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Taiwan Today |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=4,8,12,17,20&post=216532#:~:text=Founded%20in%201956,%20MTC%20is,Ministry%20of%20Education%20(MOE). |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=taiwantoday.tw}}</ref>

=== French Center ===
French Center was founded by NTNU’s former president Mr. Kuo Wei-fan in 1984. The center aims to promote [[French language]] teaching, provide a conducive framework for the research of French language teaching in Taiwan, and facilitate cultural exchanges between China and France. The director of the Center manages only the administrative affairs. Teaching affairs, teacher recruitment, placement exams, and other tasks are always overseen by the French nationality of director of the courses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU-French Center |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/p-cfrench.php |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114122131/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/p-cfrench.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== School of Continuing Education ===
In 1996, Extension Division of In-service Education and High School Teacher Research and Study Center were combined and reorganized into Extension Division for In-service and Continuing Education of NTNU. It was restructured again as the School of Continuing Education (SCE) in 2008. The aim is to provide [[In-service program|in-service training]] for teachers and the general public.

=== Research institutes and centres ===
NTNU has a total of 6 university-level research centers, 21 college-level research centers, and 18 department-level research centers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=本校各級中心 - 國立臺灣師範大學 研究發展處 |url=https://www.acad.ntnu.edu.tw/2page3/super_pages.php?ID=2page301 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.acad.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109071548/https://www.acad.ntnu.edu.tw/2page3/super_pages.php?ID=2page301 |url-status=live }}</ref> Such as The [[Chinese language|Chinese Language]] and Technology Center, Institute for Research Excellence in [[Learning sciences|Learning Sciences]] (NTNU collaborates with [[Pennsylvania State University]] to establish),<ref>{{Cite web |title=學習科學跨國頂尖研究中心 |url=https://www.irels.ntnu.edu.tw/EN/Origin.aspx |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.irels.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191613/https://www.irels.ntnu.edu.tw/EN/Origin.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Social–emotional learning|Social Emotional]] Education Development Center, and International [[Taiwan Studies]] Center, have been granted funding through the Higher Education SPROUT project of the Ministry of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=國立臺灣師範大學 秘書室公共事務中心 |url=https://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/news/index.php?mode=data&id=21761 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=pr.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref> The Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing (RCPET) is responsible for organizing Taiwan's annual [[Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students|Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students (CAP)]]. NTNU is also the convening institution for the Committee of College Admission Practical Examination.<ref name=":8" /> The [[Programme for International Student Assessment|Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)]] in Taiwan is also overseen by this university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=臺灣PISA國家研究中心及國際學生能力評量計畫 |url=https://pisa.irels.ntnu.edu.tw/taiwanPisa.html# |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=pisa.irels.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref> The Non-formal Education Programs Accreditation Center is responsible for accrediting the credits of [[community college]]s across Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=屬於臺灣人的文化寶庫｜國家文化記憶庫2.0 |title=教育部委託師大社教系設置「非正規教育課程認證中心」｜國家文化記憶庫 2.0 |url=https://tcmb.culture.tw/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=國家文化記憶庫 2.0 |language=zh-Hant }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> NTNU is also responsible for the examination and certification of [[Formosan languages]] and [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka languages]] in Taiwan.

NTNU and the [[Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)|Ministry of Culture]] jointly set up the Taiwan-[[France]] Foundation for Culture and Education.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-24 |title=臺法文化教育基金會官網中文版-設立宗旨 |url=https://www.fondation.org.tw/News5.aspx?n=3772&sms=13070 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=臺法文化教育基金會官網中文版 |language=zh-Hant-tw |archive-date=2024-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624083514/https://www.fondation.org.tw/News5.aspx?n=3772&sms=13070 |url-status=live }}</ref>

NTNU has established a joint laboratory with US-based [[Haskins Laboratories]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12485 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030060340/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12485 |url-status=live }}</ref> NTNU hosts the [[Asia–Pacific|Asia Pacific]] Regional Center (APRC) for the Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SDG 17 – 國立臺灣師範大學永續發展中心 NTNU SD Center |url=https://www.sdgs.ntnu.edu.tw/sdg-17/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |language=zh-TW |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109071551/https://www.sdgs.ntnu.edu.tw/sdg-17/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Taiwan studies|Taiwan Studies]] Program between the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] and NTNU was established in 2017. Its aim is to create academic synergies and promote cutting-edge research in the field of Taiwan Studies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCLA-NTNU Initiative |url=https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/ntnu |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.international.ucla.edu |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191612/https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/ntnu |url-status=live }}</ref> NTNU joined forces with [[Nvidia|NVIDIA]] and [[Gigabyte Technology|GIGABYTE]], to jointly create "[[Metaverse|Meta-Universe]] [[Motion capture|Motion Capture]] Laboratory" and collaboration space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=設計系產學攜手 打造數位創作人才培育基地 |url=http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/news/detail.php?mode=data&id=21328 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2024-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603043951/https://www.ntnu.edu.tw/news/detail.php?mode=data&id=21328 |url-status=live }}</ref>

NTNU is the only university member state to join the “Infrared and [[Raman spectroscopy|Raman]] Users Group” (IRUG) in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SDG 11 – 國立臺灣師範大學永續發展中心 NTNU SD Center |url=https://www.sdgs.ntnu.edu.tw/en/sdg-11-2/ |access-date=2023-10-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Affiliated school ===

The university also runs the [[Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University]], a daughter institution for secondary-school students in Taiwan.

TCS Experimental Education institution is set up in NTNU's Lingkou Campus, and graduates are awarded diplomas from Taiwan and [[British Columbia|BC, Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ABOUT TCS {{!}} TCS Experimental Education 探索未來國際實驗教育 |url=https://www.tcs-experimental.tw/about-tcs |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=TCS 探索未來國際實驗教育 |language=en}}</ref>

=== University alliances ===
NTNU is affiliated with [[National Taiwan University]] and [[National Taiwan University of Science and Technology]] as part of the National Taiwan University System (NTUS).<ref name=":5" />

NTNU is a member of University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT). The members include twelve universities such as National Taiwan University, [[National Cheng Kung University]], [[National Tsing Hua University]], [[National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University]], [[National Sun Yat-sen University]], [[National Chengchi University]], and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=The Texas A&M University System and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan Sign Collaborative Agreement – TAMUS System News |url=https://news.tamus.edu/the-texas-am-university-system-and-the-university-academic-alliance-in-taiwan-sign-collaborative-agreement/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=news.tamus.edu |archive-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205000849/https://news.tamus.edu/the-texas-am-university-system-and-the-university-academic-alliance-in-taiwan-sign-collaborative-agreement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

NTNU is a founding member of [[University Alliance in Talent Education Development]] (UAiTED),<ref name=":3" /> Taiwan-[[United Kingdom|UK]] University Consortium,<ref>{{Cite web |last=British Council in Taiwan |date=2023-11-22 |title=The British Council and the Ministry of Education in Taiwan establish the first ever Taiwan-UK University Consortium |url=https://www.britishcouncil.org.tw/press/taiwan-uk-consortium-2023 |access-date=2023-11-23 |archive-date=2023-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123035736/https://www.britishcouncil.org.tw/press/taiwan-uk-consortium-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> International Consortium for Universities of Education in East Asia (ICUE),<ref name=":2" /> Taiwan Education Alliance, Taiwan University Alliance for Sustainable Governance,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nine Universities Jointly Established Taiwan University Alliance for Sustainable Governance - spotlight |url=https://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/spotlight/2022/2109_20221123.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=National Taiwan University |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205000853/https://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/spotlight/2022/2109_20221123.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Presidents' Forum of Southeast Asia and Taiwan Universities (SATU Presidents' Forum),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://satu.ncku.edu.tw/p/412-1036-82.php?Lang=en |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=satu.ncku.edu.tw |archive-date=2024-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317064856/https://satu.ncku.edu.tw/p/412-1036-82.php?Lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> and Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=::: Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools |url=http://www.aapbs.org/membership/list.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213170828/http://www.aapbs.org/membership/list.html |archive-date=2020-12-13 |access-date=2018-11-20 |website=www.aapbs.org |language=ko}}</ref>

== International relations ==
[[File:taiwan.ntnu.language.altonthompson.jpg|thumb|The NTNU Language Studies Building houses the [[Mandarin Training Center]]|354x354px]]NTNU has established strategic pationships with [[University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin]], [[Purdue University]], [[University of British Columbia|The University of British Columbia]], [[University of Queensland|The University of Queensland]], [[Kyushu University|Kuushu University]], [[Osaka University]], [[Hanyang University]], [[University of Glasgow]], [[University of Bordeaux]] and [[Goethe University Frankfurt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU Key Partners - Office of International Affairs |url=https://bds.oia.ntnu.edu.tw/bds/en/web/key-partners |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=bds.oia.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref> NTNU also has a long cooperative relationship with Pennsylvania State University, dating back to 1953. At that time, NTNU received support from [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] with the assistance of Pennsylvania State University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12697 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211191616/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12697 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Mandarin Chinese Training'''

NTNU is best known for its [[Mandarin Training Center]] (formerly known as the Center for Chinese Language and Cultural Studies), a program founded in 1956 for the study of [[Mandarin Chinese]] to foreign students. The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world's oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the ''[[Shida, Taipei|Shida]]'' area of Taipei one of the city's most cosmopolitan.<ref name="en.ntnu.edu.tw" /> Courses in language, literature, calligraphy, art and martial arts are offered in a series of three-month terms throughout the year, enabling international students to undertake language studies during summer breaks and within single semesters. The center also sponsors travel, hosts speech contests, and stages workshops and performances for a variety of [[East Asia]]n arts. A Mandarin Training Center Alumni Association (MTCAA) has been operating since 1998.

The [[Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language|Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL)]] is administered by the Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) at NTNU.<ref name=":7" /> NTNU signed the Taiwan Huayu BEST Program partnership with [[Pennsylvania State University]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], [[University of California, Los Angeles]], [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], [[Purdue University]], [[University of Guam]] and [[SOAS University of London]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=NTNU Overseas Mandarin Training Center |date=December 29, 2022 |title=About us |url=https://huayubest.ntnu.edu.tw/optichinese/en/about-us/ |access-date=December 29, 2022 |website=Taiwan Huayu BEST Program X NTNU Overseas Mandarin Training Center |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229080503/https://huayubest.ntnu.edu.tw/optichinese/en/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''International Cooperation and Programs'''

NTNU signed the Memorandum of Cooperation with the Reorienting Education towards Sustainability of [[UNESCO]] in 2018. In 2020, NTNU joined a new-launched network named the International Network of Teacher Education Institutions (INTEI) and a new ESD for 2030 Framework.

NTNU has organized [[International Science Olympiad|International Science Olympiads]] in various fields, including Informatics, Earth Science, Biology, and Chemistry. The [[International Chemistry Olympiad]] will be hosted by NTNU again in 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU Delegation Visits Charles University to Discuss Future Science and Education Collaboration |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12852 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2024-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630045727/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12852 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
[[File:Fulbright Program.svg|thumb|Fulbright Taiwan logo]]
NTNU also participates in the Biodiversity Program of the Taiwan International Graduate Program of [[Academia Sinica]]. NTNU (National Taiwan Normal University) also collaborates with the [[Fulbright Program]], providing opportunities for American students to pursue master's and doctoral studies in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partners – Fulbright Taiwan, Foundation for Scholarly Exchange |url=https://www.fulbright.org.tw/partners/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211165536/https://www.fulbright.org.tw/partners/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=國立臺灣師範大學國際人力資源發展碩士學位 NTNU Master's Degree Program Award in International Human Resource Development – Fulbright Taiwan, Foundation for Scholarly Exchange |url=https://www.fulbright.org.tw/zh-hant/awards-to-taiwan/ntnu-masters-degree-program-award/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=zh-hant |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211165537/https://www.fulbright.org.tw/zh-hant/awards-to-taiwan/ntnu-masters-degree-program-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A [[Mandarin Training Center|MTC]] teaching building and new international dormitory for NTNU international students is slated to open in 2027. The building is located in downtown Taipei's [[Daan District, Taipei|Daan District]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=臺師大華語國際學舍工程動土 強化國際生與本地生交流 – 國立臺灣師範大學永續發展中心 NTNU SD Center |url=https://www.sdgs.ntnu.edu.tw/%E8%87%BA%E5%B8%AB%E5%A4%A7%E8%8F%AF%E8%AA%9E%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%AD%B8%E8%88%8D%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B%E5%8B%95%E5%9C%9F-%E5%BC%B7%E5%8C%96%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E7%94%9F%E8%88%87%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0%E7%94%9F/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |language=zh-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202001140012 | title=NTNU to build new dorm for international students | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207191521/https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202001140012|archive-date=2022-02-07}}</ref> At the beginning of the development of NTNU, some of the buildings were built with loans from the [[World Bank]]'s Education program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=國立臺灣師範大學 秘書室公共事務中心 |url=https://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/news/index.php?mode=data&id=13183 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=pr.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

The Menahil Promise, jointly promoted by NTNU and Tzu Chi Foundation, provides assistance to [[Syrians|Syrian]] refugees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=Students of El Menahil School in Türkiye Learn Mandarin {{!}} Tzu Chi Charity Foundation |url=https://global.tzuchi.org/students-of-el-menahil-school-in-turkiye-learn-mandarin-2 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Tzu Chi Foundation |language=en}}</ref> After the [[Myanmar earthquake]] in 2025, NTNU also immediately provided assistance to the families of affected students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=人間福報 |title=關懷緬泰地震災情 台師大提供多方協助 |url=https://www.merit-times.com/news/456202 |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=人間福報新聞網 |language=zh-tw}}</ref>

== Ranking and reputation ==
{{Infobox university rankings
| QS_W = 435 | QS_W_year = 2026 | QS_W_ref = <ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings}}</ref>
| THE_W = 501–600 | THE_W_year = 2024 | THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/national-taiwan-normal-university | title=National Taiwan Normal University | date=16 May 2024 | access-date=18 September 2018 | archive-date=9 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109180248/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/national-taiwan-normal-university | url-status=live }}</ref>
| QS_Asia = 79 | QS_Asia_year = 2025 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2021 |title=2021 QS Asian University Rankings |access-date=2020-11-27 |archive-date=2018-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024084217/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| USNWR_W = 930 | USNWR_W_year = 2025 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/national-taiwan-normal-university-503050 | title=National Taiwan Normal University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628041219/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/national-taiwan-normal-university-503050 |archive-date=2023-06-28 }}</ref>
| THE_Asia = 118 | THE_Asia_year = 2025 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/regional-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |title=Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2020 |date=28 May 2020 |access-date=2020-11-27 |archive-date=2020-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604055001/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/regional-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |url-status=live }}</ref>
|RUR_W=459|RUR_W_year=2024|RUR_W_ref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-rankings.html#world-2024 |title=2024 Round World University Ranking |access-date=2024-06-25 |archive-date=2024-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625201234/https://www.roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-rankings.html#world-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
[[File:Students of Taihoku High School at the campus 01.jpg|thumb|260x260px|Students of Taihoku High School at the campus]]
The predecessor of NTNU was the Taihoku [[Higher school (Japan)|Higher School]] under [[Government-General of Taiwan|the Government-General of Taiwan]] (Taihoku Higher School). The school served as the sole pathway for Taiwanese students during the Japanese colonial era to enter universities for further studies. In the 1940s, this university was also one of the only four higher education institutions in Taiwan Province. As a result, admission competition was extremely intense.

NTNU has long been recognized as one of Taiwan’s elite institutions of higher education, especially in the field of humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12674 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229080453/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12674 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU-About Us |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php#:~:text=Characterized%20by%20both%20tradition%20and,institution%20dedicated%20to%20teacher%20education. |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2022-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125015445/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/aboutus.php#:~:text=Characterized%20by%20both%20tradition%20and,institution%20dedicated%20to%20teacher%20education. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Scanlan |first=Sean |date=2023-07-02 |title=Global Views Monthly ranks Taiwan's top universities {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} 2023-07-02 12:09:00 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4934075 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Taiwan News |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207182025/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4934075 |url-status=live }}</ref> NTNU is also the best university within Taiwan's [[Normal school|normal university]] system. While Taiwan has other normal and education universities, this is the only university commonly referred to as "Shi Dà” (師大, normal university).  Its affiliated high school is also known as “Shi Dà Fù Zhōng" (師大附中, [[Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University|HSNU]]).

Due to NTNU's excellent development in language education and internationalization, it has been chosen by the [[Ministry of Education (Taiwan)|Ministry of Education]] as one of Taiwan's four landmark bilingual universities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12634 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229080454/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12634 |archive-date=2022-12-29 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

=== Subject Rankings ===
* '''U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities subject rankings:'''

Education and Educational Research: 9th (Asia's second)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2022 |title=Best Global Universities for Education and Educational Research |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/education-educational-research |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=U.S. News & World Report |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128175222/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/education-educational-research |url-status=live }}</ref>

* '''Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject:'''

Education: 15 (Asia's second)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2022 |title=World University Rankings 2019 by subject: education |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/subject-ranking/education |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=Times Higher Education World University Rankings |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128175225/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/subject-ranking/education |url-status=live }}</ref>

* '''QS World University Rankings by Subject:'''

Education & Training: 24<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Education & Training 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/education-training |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Linguistics: 90<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Linguistics 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/linguistics |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Modern Languages: 93<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Modern Languages 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/modern-languages |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Library & Information Management: 51-100<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Library & Information Management 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/library-information-management |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Classics & Ancient History: 51-100<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Classics & Ancient History 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/classics-ancient-history |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Petroleum Engineering: 51-100<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Engineering - Petroleum |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/engineering-petroleum |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Sports-Related Subjects: 101-150<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Sports-Related Subjects 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/sports-related-subjects |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

English Language & Literature: 151-200<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for English Language and Literature 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/english-language-literature |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Sociology: 151-200<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Sociology 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-ranking/sociology |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Arts & Humanities: 207<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Arts and Humanities 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/arts-humanities |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

Psychology: 201-250<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS World University Rankings for Psychology 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-subject-rankings/psychology |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

The number of disciplines at NTNU that have entered the global top 100 ranks second in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NOWnews今日新聞 |date=2025-03-18 |title=台師大QS學科排名亮眼 6個學科躋身全球百名！全台第二 {{!}} 生活焦點 {{!}} 要聞 |url=https://www.nownews.com/news/6660054 |access-date=2025-06-09 |website=NOWnews今日新聞 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>
*'''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] (ARWU) of Academic Subjects:'''

Education: 39 (Asia's third)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 29, 2022 |title=2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2022/RS0506 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128175222/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2022/RS0506 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* '''Global Views Monthly Taiwan's Best University Rankings:'''

Universities focusing on humanities and social sciences: 1st<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12674 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2022-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229080453/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12674 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Sustainable development ===
NTNU is the second institution in Asia to receive the Gold rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), established by [[Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education|the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Taiwan Normal University {{!}} Scorecard {{!}} Institutions {{!}} STARS Reports |url=https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/national-taiwan-normal-university/report/2022-03-03/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> According to QS World University Rankings (Sustainability 2023), NTNU is ranked 3rd in Taiwan and around 50th globally in Sustainable Institutions and 100th in education influence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12690 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

NTNU serves as an important consulting and project implementation institution for [[Ministry of Environment (Taiwan)|the Environmental Protection Administration]], [[Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency|the Forestry Bureau]], and [[Ministry of Education (Taiwan)|the Ministry of Education]] in promoting environmental education, sustainable development, and sustainable development goals.His Highness Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi of Ajman (Green Sheikh), [[United Arab Emirates]], visited NTNU on 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=UAE sheikh visits Taiwan for university forum in Taipei |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6107533 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=taiwannews.com.tw |language=en}}</ref> NTNU also collaborated with [[Prudential plc|Prudential]] to publish the White Paper on Climate Change and Health Adaptation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=地科系攜手保誠人壽推動氣候健康研究 揭示極端氣候對健康的潛在威脅 |url=http://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnunews/index.php?mode=data&id=23689 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=國立臺灣師範大學}}</ref> 

NTNU aims to "reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve complete [[Net-zero emissions|carbon neutrality]] by 2050" through net-zero green life, energy efficiency, low carbon emission electricity (kgco2e), and green energy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=臺師大領軍北區淨零綠領人才培育中心 攜手中大清大打造永續發展加速器 |url=https://pr.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnunews/index.php?mode=data&id=23356 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=國立臺灣師範大學}}</ref>

== Alumni ==
{{Main|List of National Taiwan Normal University alumni}}The NTNU Alumni Association was founded in 1950 as the Graduate Guidance Committee. It was officially renamed the NTNU Alumni Center in 2020. Its stated mission is "Connect with alumni, converge the alumni and the university, and contribute more resources to support the sustainable development of the university."<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Taiwan Normal University - NTNU Alumni center |url=https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/en/about.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=alumni.ntnu.edu.tw}}</ref>

Currently, NTNU has 12 alumni chapters across various counties and cities in Taiwan. <ref>{{Cite web |title=國內校友會 |url=https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/Link?itemid=5&mid=54 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319053032/https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/Link?itemid=5&mid=54 |archive-date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=alumni.ntnu.edu.tw |language=Zh-hant}}</ref> Internationally, there are 21 alumni chapters located in North America (such as [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[California]], [[Texas]], [[New England]], [[East Coast of the United States|the East Coast]], [[Midwestern United States|the Midwest]], [[Eastern Canada]], and [[British Columbia]]), [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[mainland China]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], and other regions. Additionally, each college and department has its own alumni association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=國外校友會 |url=https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/Link?itemid=6&mid=55 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319053032/https://alumni.ntnu.edu.tw/Link?itemid=6&mid=55 |archive-date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=alumni.ntnu.edu.tw |language=Zh-hant}}</ref>

=== Notable faculty<ref name="NTNU-Resources&Offices">{{Cite web|url=http://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news.php?type=129|title=NTNU-Resources&Offices|website=en.ntnu.edu.tw|access-date=2018-08-10|archive-date=2018-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810205132/http://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news.php?type=129|url-status=live}}</ref> ===
*[[Apo Hsu]] (Hsu Ching-Hsin 許瀞心) – conductor
*[[Chen Daqi]] – a polymath, politician and pioneer of modern psychology in China
*[[Chen Houei-kuen]] – painter
*[[Cornelius C. (Neil) Kubler]] – American professor and scholar of Mandarin, Taiwanese and other dialects of Chinese; former U.S. diplomat (alumni)
*[[Kuo-En Chang]] – a computer education scholar, 13th president of NTNU
*[[Howard S.H. Shyr]] – a law scholar and politician
*[[Hu Qiuyuan]] – an author, educator and politician.
*[[Lee Shih-chiao]] – painter
*[[Lee Tze-fan]] – painter
*[[Liang Shih-chiu]] –  the first Chinese scholar to single-handedly translate the complete works of [[Shakespeare]] into Chinese
*[[Li Meishu]] – [[Changfu Temple|Zushi Temple]] designer
*[[Lin Yu-shan]] – painter
*[[Kii-Ming Lo|Lo, Kii-Ming]] – musicologist
*[[Mou Zongsan]] – Chinese [[New Confucian]] philosopher
*[[Puru (artist)|Puru]] – artist, calligrapher, and member of the [[Qing dynasty]] ruling [[Aisin Gioro]] family and grandson of the [[Daoguang Emperor]]
*[[Shan-Hua Chien]] – musicologist
*[[Su Xuelin]] – Chinese author and writer
*[[Tyzen Hsiao]] – composer of the [[neo-Romantic]] school
*[[Wen-Pin Hope Lee]] – Taiwanese [[Golden Melody Award]]-winning composer
*[[Xie Bingying]] – a female soldier and writer born in Loudi, Hunan
*[[Yeh Shin-cheng]] – an environment scholar and politician
*Yu-xiu Chen – pianist and music scholar, the former chairman of [[Taiwan Broadcasting System]], and former chairperson of [[Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)|Council for Cultural Affairs]]
*[[Yu Guangzhong]] – a writer, poet, educator, and critic
*[[Nai-Chang Yeh|Yeh, Nai‐Chang]] – Taiwanese-American physicist 
*[[Leo Ou-fan Lee|Leo Ou-Fan Lee]] – commentator and author 
*[[William Shi-Yuan Wang]] – linguist
*[[Shi Shuqing]] – writer and educator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chair Professor |url=https://www.tcsl.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/en/faculty-2/chair-professor/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708203424/https://www.tcsl.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/en/faculty-2/chair-professor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Ovid Tzeng]] – linguist and psychologist, the former [[Ministry of Education (Taiwan)|Minister of Education]] and Minister of the [[Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)|Council for Cultural Affairs]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emeritus / Visiting Professors |url=https://www.epc.ntnu.edu.tw/en/Faculty_and_Staff/Honorary |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Wu Ching-ji]] – educationalist, the former Minister of Education <ref>{{Cite web |title=名譽教授 {{!}} 國立臺灣師範大學 教育學系 |url=https://www.ed.ntnu.edu.tw/zh_tw/members/teacher130 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.ed.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708183832/https://www.ed.ntnu.edu.tw/zh_tw/members/teacher130 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Kuo Wei-fan – educationalist, the former Minister of Education and Minister of the Council for Cultural Affairs
*[[Sheu Tian-ming]] - Dean of the College of Education

=== Mandarin Training Center alumni ===
*[[Richard Bernstein (journalist)|Richard Bernstein]] – American journalist
*[[March Fong Eu]] – American politician
*[[Andrew Fastow]] – former CFO of [[Enron]]
*[[Howard Goldblatt]] – American literary translator
*[[Imre Hamar]] – Hungarian scholar of Chinese studies
*[[Ryutaro Hashimoto]] – former [[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*[[Jon Huntsman Jr.]] – former United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993, and China from 2009 to 2011; current U.S. Ambassador to Russia
*[[Koichi Kato (LDP)|Koichi Kato]] – former government minister of Japan
*[[Pierre Ryckmans (writer)|Pierre Ryckmans]] – Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and sinologist
*[[Kevin Rudd]] – former [[Prime Minister of Australia]]
*[[Chie Tanaka]] – Japanese model and actress
*[[Richard Vuylsteke]] – President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
*[[Stephen H. West]] – American sinologist
*Albert E. Dien – Emeritus professor at [[Stanford University]]
*[[Tsai Ming-liang]] – Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan

=== Honorary degree ===

* '''[[Jack Ma|Jack Ma Yun]]'''  –  the co-founder of '''[[Alibaba Group]]''' <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-04 |title=Alibaba founder to receive honorary doctorate in Taiwan - Focus Taiwan |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/business/201506040027 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Gao Xingjian]] – the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureate of 2002 <ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12200 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030060341/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12200 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Liao Shiou Ping – Father of Modern [[Printmaking|PrintMaking]] in Taiwan <ref>{{Cite web |title=NTNU- National Taiwan Normal University |url=https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12352 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=en.ntnu.edu.tw |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030060337/https://en.ntnu.edu.tw/news-show.php?id=12352 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Liu Chen – Taiwanese educator, the former president of NTNU
<!-- ==Controversies==
===Unethical Research===
Coach [[Chou Tai-ying]] (周台英) of the women’s soccer team at NTNU allegedly forced players to provide [[Venipuncture|blood samples]] for a [[National Science and Technology Council]] research project, threatening them with the loss of [[Course credit|academic credits]] or even academic status if they refused. In addition, some of the blood samples were reportedly collected by non-medical staff in a previous research project. As the [[Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)|Ministry of Health and Welfare]] had previously issued an interpretation permitting such actions, this also prompted the ministry to commit to revising the relevant provisions. The [[Ministry of Education (Taiwan)|Ministry of Education]] has recommended a two-year dismissal for the coach and stated it will closely monitor NTNU’s handling of the incident. The university’s student association also condemned the incident and urged the school to protect the rights of student athletes. In response, the university revised the guidelines for conducting research involving student athletes and became the first non-medical university in Taiwan to establish a Human Research Protection Center. The incident also extended to [[National Taiwan University]], [[National Central University]], [[University of Taipei]], and [[Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital|Chang Gung Memorial Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/07/15/2003840316|title=University women’s soccer coach forced blood tests|author=Lery Hiciano|publisher=Taipei Times|date=2025-07-15|quote=Citing a complaint from a player, Chen at the time said that athletes were forced to give blood three times a day for 14 days, with the coach threatening to withhold graduation credits if they refused to cooperate.|location=Taiwan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6155441|title=NTNU coach suspended for getting women's soccer players to give blood for research|author=Keoni Everington|date=2025-07-14|publisher=Taiwan News|location=Taiwan|quote=DPP Legislator Chen Pei-yu (陳培瑜) last year revealed that a coach surnamed Chou (周) involved in a National Science and Technology Council research project had forced athletes to participate in experiments since 2017, per CNA. Players were required to give blood samples three times a day for two weeks, with initial collections reportedly carried out by unlicensed personnel.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202507140019|title=University suspends coach who coerced athletes into giving blood samples|date=2025-07-14|author1=Hsu Chih-wei|author2=James Thompson|quote=The school's investigation found that some blood draws violated the Human Subjects Research Act, the statement said, adding that the study has been terminated and the materials ordered destroyed.|publisher=Focus Taiwan|location=Taiwan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=中央通訊社 |date=2025-07-19 |title=台師大證實確有非護理人員抽血 「醫護沒到就請學長代抽」 {{!}} 生活 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202507190174.aspx |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=中央社 CNA |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=聯合新聞網 |title=綠委：衛福部放任非醫療人員抽血 邱泰源：1個月內檢討 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/124544/8880080 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=民報 Taiwan People News {{!}} 台師大女足事件 簡同學聲明不再受訪 學生會籲完善受害者保護機制 |url=https://www.peoplenews.tw/articles/1fd4538d16 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=www.peoplenews.tw}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=聯合新聞網 |title=台師大女足抽血換學分 校方調查計畫證實「108年起違規抽血」 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/124544/8883310 |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=中央通訊社 |date=2025-07-29 |title=周台英、陳忠慶29件研究案涉抽血 下週查核3大學 {{!}} 生活 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202507290326.aspx |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=中央社 CNA |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=女足隊抽血計畫「3教授＋護國神醫」主持 國科會3年補助近2700萬 -- 上報 / 焦點 |url=https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?Type=24&SerialNo=235120 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=www.upmedia.mg}}</ref> -->

== See also ==
* [[Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University]]
* [[Mandarin Training Center]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Additional sources ===

* {{Cite book |url=http://archives.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/exhibitions/ntnu100/ntnu100-2.pdf |title=National Taiwan Normal University: A Century of Scholarly Thought |date=2022 |publisher=National Taiwan Normal University Press |isbn=978-986-5624-82-8 |editor-last=Ying |editor-first=Yung-Hsiang |editor-last2=Lin |editor-first2=Mei-chun |editor-last3=Wu |editor-first3=Cheng-chih |editor-link3=Cheng-Chih Wu}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/ National Taiwan Normal University official website] {{in lang|zh|en}}

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