From MOE’s Higher Education SPROUT Project, we have received NT$73,300,000 to better our college’s education quality and students’ learning performance.  We so far have reached 99.76% of the expected goals.  In line with our Academic Development Plan, we have regular meetings to check and assess the project process; we also continue to hold a school-wide presentation to display the project results and performance.  Below are the summary and highlights:

1. Cross-Discipline Achievement

Among 495 creations, Dr. Yu-Mei Zhang of Nursing Department and Dr. Jin-Lun Lai of Communication Engineering were awarded Winners of 2021 Future Tech Awards. They invented Immersive Virtual Reality Emergency Care Situation Simulation System to simplify and stimulate student training processes.  Their system will certainly make positive influence on practical learning.  Most importantly, Dr, Zhang and Dr. Lai, the shining stars, were the only winners from a private university of technology.    

2. Cross-University Learning

Through organizing workshops, we learned from other universities and gained more practical ideas on how to implement a USR project.  In this nation-wide workshop, each participant from different universities shared views on USR.  During Academic Year 110, our students participated off-campus services for 67 times, two online courses were run, 1,363 students joined USR services, and 47 institutions became our USR service partners.  Even among our students with special education needs, 179 of them also engaged in community activities and increased their social participation. 

3. Cross-Field Internship

Year-round internship has been continuously promoted in order to bridge the gap between academic professional knowledge and industry requirements.  To meet the goals of learning for workplace, we have actively recruited more companies for student internship.  From Academic Year 106 to 109, 760 students joined the internship program with a total of 705,289 internship hours.  Among the internship students, one went to Wisol Pte Ltd in Singapore for a year-long internship, earning roughly NT$44, 500 per month.  In Academic Year 110, two students who were recruited as full-time staff earned NT$60,000 per month in Singapore’s companies, Enetek Power Asia Pte Ltd and Wisol Pte Ltd.

4. Cross-Institution Interaction

Since Academic Year 110, microcredit courses, based on basic core concepts of each academic department, have been run.  Twenty-nine microcredit courses were run with the total enrollment of 698.  In Academic Year 1092, Dr. Shun-Xing Chen established a partnership with industries and his students learned how to start a product sales promotion project at a.mart.  In the following academic semester, Dr. Rong-Mei Gao invited makeup artists of PRETTYCOOL INTERNATIONAL CO., Ltd. to launch a practical and interactive workshop for her students.  Between Academic Year 109 to 1101, 89 students have completed the microcredit courses.