School of Professional and Continuing Studies

Distance Learning Programs

Starting from 2000, the Distance Learning division has offered on-the-job non-credit courses.

Starting in 2003, the division has also offered a compressed Master’s Degree in Management with online credit courses. So far the program has been running for nine terms. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and also have at least two years of work experience. Students who finish the 15 credits in four semesters will be granted certification of a Master of Management in the Online Credit Program. Those who finish 24 credits within four semesters will be granted certification of a Master in Advanced Management in the Compressed Online Credit Program.

Since November 2005, the Distance Learning Division began offering the Elite Digital Programs, including a Mini MBA, Electronic Commerce, Law for Biotechnology hand-picked programs, Formosa Plastic Group Management Practices (Compressed, Medically Relevant Courses), and General Knowledge (Compressed). People who are interested in these programs may go to our website to order and take the courses online.

Since 2006, the Distance Learning Division has offered a General Chemistry Online Credit Program. Students who pass the course requirements will be granted a certification with NTU authorization that can be used as a waiver for three credits of General Chemistry.

Starting from the second semester of 2005, the Division has been involved in making video online courses, and the filming skills are becoming more sophisticated.

The Division initiated a joint effort with the Department of Mathematics in 2007, and offers a Calculus Online course that is lectured by Mathematics professors.

This Program Distance Learning (Chinese Version)

Copyright 2007 by School of Professional and Continuing Studies ,National Taiwan University. All Rights Reserved
No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106
Tel: 886-2-23626300
Fax:886-2-23634904
E-mail:uecem@ntu.edu.tw

HISTORY

The purpose of establishing the School of Professional and Continuing Studies is to provide adults with lifelong learning opportunities. The School originated as the Evening School and the Center for Extension Education. The Evening School was established in 1960, and the Center for Extension Education in 1987. The two units were merged to form the School of Professional and Continuing Studies.

ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

The general tasks of the School include:

(1) To plan, coordinate and develop adult lifelong learning programs.

(2) To conduct on-the-job training authorized by various public or private institutes.

(3) To coordinate and cooperate in continuing education and professional development programs authorized by foreign institutes.

(4) To manage related matters pertaining to continuing education and professional development. The School has five academic departments: the Department of Chinese Literature, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Department of History, the Department of Law, and the Department of Business Administration. In addition, the School has five administrative subdivisions responsible for professional development, academic affairs, student affairs, business affairs, and distance learning.

The Division has five academic departments responsible for continuing education, including

Department of Chinese Literature

Foreign Languages and Literatures

History Department

Department of Law

Department of Business Administration

In addition, the Division has five administrative subdivision, including

Professional Development (Chinese Version)

Academic Affairs (Chinese Version)

Business Affairs (Chinese Version)

Distance Learning (Chinese Version)

Continuing Education－which originated from the Evening School in 1997, currently offers five programs leading to a bachelor’s degree. From 2002 onward, people who had graduated from senior high schools, vocational high for one year (this rule had been canceled starting from 2006), or equivalence and who are on-the-job may apply to this Division. Students are expected to finish the program with a minimum of 128 credits in 5 years, which may be prolonged to seven years. Upon graduation, students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree either in literature, commerce, or law. All classes are held after 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except during summer and winter breaks. When necessary, classes may be scheduled on Saturday or Sunday. All continuing education curriculums are consistent with the regular academic programs. Courses are normally distributed over a five-year period. Students should take at least 6 credits but no more than 20 credits per semester. In the spring semester of 2006, the Division had 852 students in five continuing education programs. In a total of 47 years－from the Evening School’s inception until 2006, the Division has graduated 10,063 students. Due to the thriving growth in higher education over recent years, the undergraduate enrollment in daytime classes has exceeded the student limit with the effect that recruitment for the Evening School had to be curtailed. To conform to the goal of pursuing academic excellence, to operate at the top-notch level as a university, and considering the orientation of the Division and the expectations of society, NTU passed the decision in the academic year 2006 to stop recruiting new students for Evening School.

This Program Academic Affairs (Chinese Version)

The five Departments of School of Professional and Continuing Studies agree to admit none foreign students in the academic year of 2006

Professional Education
The Professional Education Department in NTU is based on the idea of running an excellent school as well as NTU does the whole university. To meet the needs of developing the whole country, to utilize the resources in NTU effectively and cooperate with scholars from outside, the Division plans diversified courses with emphasis on both theory and practice. Programs can be classified as credit or non-credit; there are also educational training programs authorized by business institutes.

1.Credit Programs:

(1) College of Management Executive Program
Application requirement: must have a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and two-years work experience.
Admission: According to the candidates' work experience and academic performance on transcript. Must finish 24 credits in four years (three required courses and five optional courses)
(2) Program in Legal Studies
This program is to help people gain expertise in legal knowledge, to acquire a second professional specialty.
Application requirement: applicant must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent, such as two, three or five years in junior college, and can not be studying in any legal department in another school.
Admission: an academic aptitude test (50%), work experience and academic achievement (50%). The total score for these two items is the criterion for admission.
(3) Medical Management Science Graduate Credit Program
Beginning in September 2007 it will be convenient for medical institute staff to get on-the-job professional development at the NTU Yun-Ling Branch.
The Purpose: to assist medical institutes in Middle and Southern Taiwan to improve administration efficiency, functions of management, and the quality of medical management.
Application requirement: a bachelor's degree (or equivalent), and over two years work experience.
(4) Other credit Programs－including Genomic Medicine Program, Clinical Study of Nursing.

2.Non-credit Programs：

Learning English to improve professional skills and self development. There are Advanced Executive programs, Financial Report Analysis Study programs, Bilingual (English/Chinese) Simultaneous Interpretation, Business Communication & Negotiation, Chinese Philosophy, Coffee Examination Professional…and so on.

3.Contractual Programs：

The Division, under contract with business and government, offers credit and non-credit programs. The contractor selects students who meet the entrance qualifications of the program. Over the past years, the Division has prepared more than 1,600 people for government institutes, and contributed substantially to the government of Taiwan for growth, administrative innovation and fundamental education. Likewise, the Division designs programs, such as Management courses for business institutes, which not only foster outstanding business personnel with great talent, but also win high approbation from the enterprise field.

This Program Professional Development (Chinese Version)

Colleges at National Taiwan University can develop their own programs.

Other non-credit programs include

English Enhancement

Medical Personnel Training

Information System Design and Application (Chinese Version)

Computer Applications (Chinese Version)

Among the information technology advances that are foremost in a new era of knowledge-based economics, life-time learning has become the educational philosophy of the new age, and also a central innovative development within international universities. It has been 20 years since the Division of Continuing Education And Professional Development of NTU was established. And with the accumulated experience of the past 20 years, the Division continues to utilize the outstanding faculty and facilities to offer a diversity of professional knowledge, even upgrading that knowledge value to high quality digital content, thereby enriching the learning platform, to provide a great opportunity for life-time on-the-job learning, and take the responsibility for the mission of pioneering high-grade education for Taiwan.




Distance Learning Programs Starting from 2000, the Distance Learning division has offered on-the-job non-credit courses. Starting in 2003, the division has also offered a compressed Master’s Degree in Management with online credit courses. So far the program has been running for nine terms. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and also have at least two years of work experience. Students who finish the 15 credits in four semesters will be granted certification of a Master of Management in the Online Credit Program. Those who finish 24 credits within four semesters will be granted certification of a Master in Advanced Management in the Compressed Online Credit Program. Since November 2005, the Distance Learning Division began offering the Elite Digital Programs, including a Mini MBA, Electronic Commerce, Law for Biotechnology hand-picked programs, Formosa Plastic Group Management Practices (Compressed, Medically Relevant Courses), and General Knowledge (Compressed). People who are interested in these programs may go to our website to order and take the courses online. Since 2006, the Distance Learning Division has offered a General Chemistry Online Credit Program. Students who pass the course requirements will be granted a certification with NTU authorization that can be used as a waiver for three credits of General Chemistry. Starting from the second semester of 2005, the Division has been involved in making video online courses, and the filming skills are becoming more sophisticated. The Division initiated a joint effort with the Department of Mathematics in 2007, and offers a Calculus Online course that is lectured by Mathematics professors. This Program Distance Learning (Chinese Version)














Copyright 2007 by School of Professional and Continuing Studies ,National Taiwan University. All Rights Reserved No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106 Tel: 886-2-23626300 Fax:886-2-23634904 E-mail:uecem@ntu.edu.tw HISTORY The purpose of establishing the School of Professional and Continuing Studies is to provide adults with lifelong learning opportunities. The School originated as the Evening School and the Center for Extension Education. The Evening School was established in 1960, and the Center for Extension Education in 1987. The two units were merged to form the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS The general tasks of the School include: (1) To plan, coordinate and develop adult lifelong learning programs. (2) To conduct on-the-job training authorized by various public or private institutes. (3) To coordinate and cooperate in continuing education and professional development programs authorized by foreign institutes. (4) To manage related matters pertaining to continuing education and professional development. The School has five academic departments: the Department of Chinese Literature, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Department of History, the Department of Law, and the Department of Business Administration. In addition, the School has five administrative subdivisions responsible for professional development, academic affairs, student affairs, business affairs, and distance learning. The Division has five academic departments responsible for continuing education, including Department of Chinese Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures History Department Department of Law Department of Business Administration In addition, the Division has five administrative subdivision, including Professional Development (Chinese Version) Academic Affairs (Chinese Version) Business Affairs (Chinese Version) Distance Learning (Chinese Version) Continuing Education－which originated from the Evening School in 1997, currently offers five programs leading to a bachelor’s degree. From 2002 onward, people who had graduated from senior high schools, vocational high for one year (this rule had been canceled starting from 2006), or equivalence and who are on-the-job may apply to this Division. Students are expected to finish the program with a minimum of 128 credits in 5 years, which may be prolonged to seven years. Upon graduation, students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree either in literature, commerce, or law. All classes are held after 6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except during summer and winter breaks. When necessary, classes may be scheduled on Saturday or Sunday. All continuing education curriculums are consistent with the regular academic programs. Courses are normally distributed over a five-year period. Students should take at least 6 credits but no more than 20 credits per semester. In the spring semester of 2006, the Division had 852 students in five continuing education programs. In a total of 47 years－from the Evening School’s inception until 2006, the Division has graduated 10,063 students. Due to the thriving growth in higher education over recent years, the undergraduate enrollment in daytime classes has exceeded the student limit with the effect that recruitment for the Evening School had to be curtailed. To conform to the goal of pursuing academic excellence, to operate at the top-notch level as a university, and considering the orientation of the Division and the expectations of society, NTU passed the decision in the academic year 2006 to stop recruiting new students for Evening School. This Program Academic Affairs (Chinese Version) The five Departments of School of Professional and Continuing Studies agree to admit none foreign students in the academic year of 2006 Professional Education The Professional Education Department in NTU is based on the idea of running an excellent school as well as NTU does the whole university. To meet the needs of developing the whole country, to utilize the resources in NTU effectively and cooperate with scholars from outside, the Division plans diversified courses with emphasis on both theory and practice. Programs can be classified as credit or non-credit; there are also educational training programs authorized by business institutes. 1.Credit Programs: (1) College of Management Executive Program Application requirement: must have a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and two-years work experience. Admission: According to the candidates' work experience and academic performance on transcript. Must finish 24 credits in four years (three required courses and five optional courses) (2) Program in Legal Studies This program is to help people gain expertise in legal knowledge, to acquire a second professional specialty. Application requirement: applicant must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent, such as two, three or five years in junior college, and can not be studying in any legal department in another school. Admission: an academic aptitude test (50%), work experience and academic achievement (50%). The total score for these two items is the criterion for admission. (3) Medical Management Science Graduate Credit Program Beginning in September 2007 it will be convenient for medical institute staff to get on-the-job professional development at the NTU Yun-Ling Branch. The Purpose: to assist medical institutes in Middle and Southern Taiwan to improve administration efficiency, functions of management, and the quality of medical management. Application requirement: a bachelor's degree (or equivalent), and over two years work experience. (4) Other credit Programs－including Genomic Medicine Program, Clinical Study of Nursing. 2.Non-credit Programs： Learning English to improve professional skills and self development. There are Advanced Executive programs, Financial Report Analysis Study programs, Bilingual (English/Chinese) Simultaneous Interpretation, Business Communication & Negotiation, Chinese Philosophy, Coffee Examination Professional…and so on. 3.Contractual Programs： The Division, under contract with business and government, offers credit and non-credit programs. The contractor selects students who meet the entrance qualifications of the program. Over the past years, the Division has prepared more than 1,600 people for government institutes, and contributed substantially to the government of Taiwan for growth, administrative innovation and fundamental education. Likewise, the Division designs programs, such as Management courses for business institutes, which not only foster outstanding business personnel with great talent, but also win high approbation from the enterprise field. This Program Professional Development (Chinese Version) Colleges at National Taiwan University can develop their own programs. Other non-credit programs include English Enhancement Medical Personnel Training Information System Design and Application (Chinese Version) Computer Applications (Chinese Version)