National Taiwan University

WORLD RANK

2012-13
134

Taipei, Taiwan

Region: Asia

  • Overall score
    53.2
  • Teaching
    56.4
  • International outlook
    24.6
  • Industry income
    44.0
  • Research
    65.7
  • Citations
    45.5

Research farmland and forest, plus a hospital and botanic gardens, help make up NTU's land holding of 84,710 acres. Founded by the Japanese as the Taihoku Imperial University in 1928, it was reorganised in 1945 and gained its current name. Today, its 248-acre main campus has about 34,000 students and a faculty of around 2,000.