NTU Chair Professorships
To improve its academic standings, NTU established NTU Chair Professorships to recruit and retain domestic and international scholars with outstanding academic achievements. Prominent figures such as Nobel Laureates, Academia Sinica academicians, MOE National Professorship appointees, or recipients of equivalent honors can be considered for this appointment.
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Fu Ssu-Nien Memorial Chair Professorship
To recruit domestic and foreign scholars with distinctive academic achievements, NTU established the “Fu Ssu-Nien Memorial Chair Professorship,” aiming to improve its academic standings.
The recipients shall be full-time NTU professors in the field of liberal arts and social sciences with at least 10 years of research or teaching experience and have achieved exceptional results in their respective fields; in addition, newly hired full-time faculty members with international prominence are also eligible.
Macronix Chair Professorship
To improve NTU’s teaching proficiencies and facilitate its talent cultivation efforts, Macronix pledged an endowment in 2011 for NTU to establish “Macronix Chair Professorship,” through which corresponding education talents can be recruited and rewarded.
Candidates for the Chair Professorship shall be full-time NTU professors with over 10 years of teaching or research experience in the field of electronics, electrical engineering, computer science, and applied physics (criteria includes being awarded in an internationally-renowned conference or assuming a leadership role in a teaching or research program).
Eminence Chair Professorships and Eminence Scholar Fellowships
To recruit outstanding domestic and international scholars and thereby improve its academic standings, NTU established “NTU Eminence Chair Professorships” in 2019.
In addition to the recruitment effort, to further encourage existing faculty members to advance their academic careers, the program was transformed into “Eminence Chair Professorships” (talent retention) and “Eminence Scholar Fellowships” (talent recruitment) in 2024.
Excelsior Scholar Fellowship
To encourage young full-time NTU professors to advance their academic careers, NTU established “Excelsior Scholar Fellowship” in 2023.
The recipients of this Fellowship must be quota-based full-time paid faculty members and research fellows at or above the rank of instructor who have served at NTU for at least three years, age 50 or below, and are receiving flexible additional pay for outstanding research outcomes. This program is aimed at boosting the research capacity of young NTU faculty members.
Raymond Soong Chair Professorships of Distinguished Research
To endow a global vision, professional expertise, and breadth of knowledge among NTU faculty and students, the Lite-On Technology Founder Raymond Soong committed NT$20 million of yearly donations for 10 years in 2023, amounting to NT$200 million in total, for NTU to establish “Raymond Soong Chair Professorships of Distinguished Research.” The fund aims to invite top international scholars to serve as short- to long-term chair professors and engage in academic collaborations with research teams at NTU.
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Catcher Chair Professorships of Biomedicine
To support NTU’s initiatives in teaching, academic development, and recruiting outstanding global talents, Catcher Technology pledged an endowment for the establishment of “Catcher Chair Professorships of Biomedicine.”
To be considered for this honor, one has to be a full-time NTU professor or research fellow who has achieved outstanding research outcomes in the fields of biomedicine or medical equipment; otherwise, the candidate can be an internationally renowned scholar who has been newly appointed to a teaching or research position at NTU for over a year.
Chair Professorships of Humanities
To support the teaching and research endeavors of NTU faculty members, NTU established the “Chair Professorships of Humanities,” aiming to improve its academic standings and talent cultivation.
The recipients shall be NTU full-time professors in the fields of humanities or social sciences who have exceptional academic achievements; incoming quota-based full-time professors who have cleared the recruitment procedure or those who are newly hired by NTU are also eligible for the selection.
Garmin Chair Professorships and Garmin Scholar Fellowships
Garmin Co-Founder Dr. Min H. Kao, who is also an NTU Distinguished Alumni and US National Academy of Engineering Academician, pledged US$20 million in 2024 through his family endowment Kao Family Foundation to establish “Garmin Chair and Garmin Scholar Award Fund” and “Garmin Faculty Dormitory Construction and Maintenance Fund.” The revenue of these funds will help to recruit top global talents to serve at the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Engineering of NTU while rewarding existing faculty who excel in their research and teaching endeavors.
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Chair Professorships of Chemical Biology
To support NTU’s teaching and academic endeavors, the former President of Academy Sinica, Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, pledged a donation in 2024 for NTU to establish the “Chair Professorships of Chemical Biology.” This program is expected to boost NTU’s academic standings and its cultivation of scientific talent.
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