History

The school was founded on 12th May, 1926 in the original name of Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry. It was a five-year school providing only two areas of study: agronomy and forestry. The school was renamed Taiwan Provincial Ilan Agricultural Vocational School after the recovery of Taiwan from Japan's rule in 1945. The school then adopted the new 3-3 system comprising the junior and senior divisions. Later on, in 1948, this system was augmented to include the five-year program. Beginning in 1956 the junior division stopped admitting students. In 1967 engineering departments were established and the school was renamed Taiwan Provincial Ilan Senior Vocational School of Agriculture and Engineering. The five-year program was terminated in 1968. In August, 1983, vocational extension courses were set up, and one year later, the school became affiliated with the Senior Agricultural and Engineering Extension School.

In 1988, with the consent of the Ministry of Education, the school upgraded into a five-year junior college and was named National Ilan Institute of Agriculture and Technology. The Institute began admissions in 1989, and in 1992, it established the two-year day and evening programs.  In July, 1998, the school was again renamed National Ilan Institute of Technology, and upgraded to a polytechnic college offering bachelor degrees in engineering, agriculture, humanities and management. The preparatory office of Ilan University started working from June, 2002.  In August, 2003, the school became National Ilan University, the only national university in Ilan county.

　

　

A Chronicle of Major Restructuring and Upgrading Events at NIU

Time School Names Remarks
1926 Taipei Provincial I-Lan School of Agriculture and Forestry Founded during Japanese rule
1946 Taiwan Provincial I-Lan Agricultural Vocational School Renamed after the return of Taiwan to China
1967 Taiwan Provincial I-Lan Senior Vocational School of Agriculture and Engineering Engineering programs added
1988 National I-Lan Institute of Agriculture and Technology Upgraded to a 5-year Junior College
1998 National I-Lan Institute of Technology Upgraded to a polytechnic offering bachelor degrees in engineering,
Agriculture,
Humanities and Management
2003 National Ilan University 　

　

　

Facts & Numbers

NIU offers MA and AS degrees in 13 academic disciplines.  It has an enrollment of 4232, a teaching staff of 213, and over 40,000 alumni.  It is the highest educational institution in northeastern Taiwan. The main campus is located in I-Lan City, about 1.5 hour train ride from Taipei. In addition to an experimental forest in the suburb, NIU has acquired a 27.8-hectare site for the construction of its second campus.

　

　


Upgrading News

The newest version of the NIU upgrading proposal submitted to Ministry of Education includes four Schools offering BS and MS degrees in the following areas:

School of The College of Humanities and Management

  • Department of Foreign Languages & Literature

  • Department of Economics

School of The College of Engineering

  • Department of Civil Engineering

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Department of Environmental Engineering

  • Department of Electrical Engineering

  • Department of Electronic Engineering

  • Department of Biomechatronic Engineering

School of The College of Bioscience

  • Department of Food Science

  • Department of Animal Science

  • Department of Natural Resources

  • Department of Horticulture

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