NTUA Past and Present
The last half a century of development at NTUA developed in parallel with Modern Taiwan Art History. Our institution now has the longest history of any art institution in Taiwan, as well as the most specialized fields of study.
In the early history of the school, many well-known and accomplished artists taught at NTUA, creating an entirely new environment in which the arts could develop. The masters who made up the first faculty team then produced countless new talent. A great number of famous directors have graduated from NTUA, including 78th Oscar Award Best Director Winner Ang Lee. And there have been countless musicians, artists and designers, too.
NTUA was established as the National School of Arts on October 31, 1955. In 1960, the name was changed to the National Taiwan Academy of Arts, and then in August 1994 to the National Taiwan College of Arts was established. The institution took on its present name on August 1, 2001. Education at our institution emphasizes humanistic thinking, creative production, theoretical analysis and hands-on practice. In terms of scope, education includes the local and the international, the avant garde and the traditional, the creative and the commercial, and the theoretical and the practical.
Our university is made up of five colleges which include the College of Fine Arts, the College of Design, the College of Communications, the College of Performing Arts, the College of Humanities, and Bachelor Degree Program of Architectural Space and Cultural Relics in Conservation in Asia Pacific. In addition to day division undergraduate programs and graduate programs, there are also Extended Bachelor Degree Courses (evenings), two-year in-service BA programs, and in-service MA programs. The university employs about 186 staff members, 165 full-time faculty members, and 771 part-time teachers. The university is home to about 5000 students.
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History of school history
教育部於臺北縣（今新北市）板橋鎮浮洲里建立板橋公園，並於其處設立國立藝術學校（國立臺灣藝術大學原初建制，以下各階段沿革紀事通稱本校），招收話劇、中國國劇、美術印刷等三科學生各 40 名，學生修業年限定為 3 年，國劇科另須實習 1 年。【1】本校訂定報名手續及辦法，正式招生，凡 20 歲以下，具初中畢業或同等學力者，男女兼收......
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