National Ilan University
The National Ilan University (NIU; ) is a public university in Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan. History. National Ilan University was one of the first institutions of higher education in Taiwan. It was founded as the Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry on 12 May 1926. Since then, the name and focus of the institution have undergone a number of changes, from having been a five-year junior college (National Ilan Junior College of Agriculture and Technology), and a polytechnic college (National Ilan Institute of Technology). In 2003, the school was further reformed into its current  status as a comprehensive university, offering BA, BS, MA and MS degrees in four colleges. Campus. The main campus stands in the center of Yilan City. The school owns two larger tracts of land, mostly undeveloped, in Yilan City and Wujie Township in Yilan County. Schools. NIU has four colleges: Humanities and Management, Engineering, Bioresources, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Also, there are 13 departments and 17 graduate institutions. The newest of the Graduate Programs is the MA Program in Foreign Languages & Literatures, the focus of which is the literature in English of nations within the Asian Pacific Rim  region. President. Dr. Po-Ching Wu was elected as the 5th NIU President by the NIU President Election Committee on July 4 and was on board from August 1, 2016. Dr. Wu is also a professor in the Department of Biomechatronic Engineering at NIU. He received his PhD in Food Engineering at the University of Massachusetts (USA). University resources. The university has 150 laboratories, one computer center, a number of computerized language labs, and an Analysis and Technology Consulting Center which cooperates with local industries on their manufacturing and production. In 2006, the university also established an Incubator Center, which  assists local industries in research and development. In addition to the aforementioned facilities and resources, NIU also has a library that occupies nearly and holds over 200,000 books, including nearly 1000 periodicals relating to various research fields. In early 2006, NIU was granted the capacity to serve as the GigaPoP ("gigabit point-of-presence") for Taiwan Advanced Research & Education Network (TWAREN). As a result, NIU is in charge of providing a high-bandwidth network connection to research and academic institutes within Ilan county. Programs for International Students. "Most programs are taught in Chinese. * Some courses taught in Master Degree in  English language" International Collaboration. National Ilan University (NIU) has a strong international collaboration, with over 100 Universities and Research Institutions worldwide. Studying at NIU, students can apply for an academic exchange program with partner universities, they can take part in overseas volunteer activities and summer camps. Apart from these, NIU has a program with the University of Michigan Dearborn Business School, which offers a master's degree to NIU students. Tuition & Miscellaneous Fees. Tuition fees & other miscellaneous fees for International Students for the academic year 2016. Note: For details about Tuition Fees & other Miscellaneous fees for 「 Taiwan Scholarship Awardee」kindly follow  the link Nomenclature. The "Ilan" spelling in the school name perpetuates a twentieth-century romanization for the name of the area. "Yilan" is now preferred by most national and regional authorities. The standard abbreviated reference in English is the acronym "NIU". The standard abbreviation in Mandarin Chinese is the portmanteau "宜大 Yi1 Da4". For this reason the romanisation "Yida" is often encountered in place names associated with the campus.