student recruitment in taipei medical university (tmu) : mission, strategies and action plans...

Student Recruitment in Taipei Medical University (TMU) :Mission, Strategies and Action Plans

Nai-Wen Kuo, Ph.D., M.P.H. Dean, International Affairs

Outline

The prospective of Taiwan’s Higher Education (HE) and its

recruitment

Introduction to Taipei Medical University (TMU)

TMU’s student recruitment strategies and action plans

Conclusion

The challenge of Taiwan’s HE – Low Birth Rate

2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023180,000

200,000

220,000

240,000

260,000

280,000

300,000

271,108

252,002

249,681

213,329

184,553

Estimated number of freshmen in col-leges and universities is dropping

rapidly

(academic year)

(person)

Recruiting more foreign students for further study in

Taiwan

Enhancing students 'proficiency in foreign language(s)

Encouraging students to study abroad

Promoting multilateral or bilateral educational

exchange and cooperation

Promoting Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign

Language

Promoting international research projects

The Direction of Taiwan’s HE – Internationalization of Education

Reference ：張欽盛（ 2006 ）。台灣教育國際化的政策與措施。教育資料與研究雙月刊， 71 ， 1-16

The Developing Trend of Taiwan’s Industry

Taiwan’s Government promotes the development of 6 emerging industries

“Medical care” and “bio-tech” are TWU’s development priorities

Source: the website of the Executive Yuan

Bio-tech 、 tourism 、 green energy 、 medical

care 、 quality agriculture 、 culture & creativity

Promoted since 2010

Diversification

Internationalization

Knowledge-practice

integration

Multiple admission channels: application 、 exam…

Ensuring disadvantaged students to enter college: aboriginals 、 students from remote areas 、 the physically challenged…

Internationalized learning environment ， promoting international mobility

Cultivating professionals conforming to the requirement

of the needs of the country and enterprises Developing employment-oriented

departments/grad programs

Taiwan’s HE and Recruitment Ideas

1. Recruiting foreign students

2. Joint degree

3. Cooperation with foreign universities

4. Exchange students

Outline

The prospective Taiwan’s HE and its recruitment

Introduction to TMU

TMU’s recruitment strategies and action plan

Conclusion

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TMU: an overview

As of 2015/09/01

9 colleges13 departments

23 grad programs

564 full-time teachers23 researchers

400 staff members

5,929 students

40,481 alumni

3 teaching hospitals

•TMU Hospital•Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital•Shuang-Ho Hospital

Student-teacher ratio: 9.3 : 1

All won National Quality Award from the Executive Yuan

All passed JCI Joint Commission International

All passed AAHRPP (Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs)

3,180 beds in total

Overview of the three affiliated hospitals

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Strategic development objectives

to become a research-oriented university with a solid foundation in medical education.to become a research-oriented university with a solid foundation in medical education.

VisionVision

to become an internationally recognized medical university

to become an internationally recognized medical universityGoalGoal

1. A ten-year holistic strategic plan for the university

2. Reshape the school culture: school administrative reorganization

3. Enhance the quality of teaching: Bio-Medical oriented

4. Establish research characteristics with an emphasis on translational medicine.

5. Improve health care quality through offering featured medical treatment

Strategies

Strategies

To cultivate motivated and passionate health care practitioners who is humanistic and with global vision.

TMU Teaching Philosophy

QS 世界及亞洲大學排名，通過「國際排名專家團體協會」 (Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, IREG) 認證通過

QS University Rankings

No 大學 2011 2012 2013 2014

1 National Taiwan University 87 80 82 76

2 National Tsing Hua University 213 192 199 167

3 National Chiao Tung University 306 238 230 202

4 National Cheng Kung University 285 271 247 232

5 National Yang Ming University 302 285 295 256

6 Taipei Medical University 373 323 363 379

7 National Central University401-450

401-450

401-410

401-410

8 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

401-450 396 411-

420371

9 National Sun Yat-sen University

401-450

451-500

461-470

431-440

10 National Taiwan Normal University

451-500

451-500

481-490

411-420

No 大學 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 National Taiwan University 20 22 21 22

2 National Chiao Tung University 49 30 29 31

3 National Tsing Hua University 31 31 33 31

4 National Cheng Kung University 37 37 36 36

5 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 54 54 51 45

6 Taipei Medical University 64 50 46 47

7 National Yang Ming University 50 45 49 50

8 National Central University 53 53 59 60

9 National Taiwan Normal University 87 85 75 64

10 National Sun Yat-sen University 60 63 73 69

World University Rankings 2014 Asia University Rankings 2014

Education innovative projects

Teaching Excellence Project

Aim for the Top University Project by Ministry of Education• Special funding – 100 millions NTD• Period: April 2014 to December 2016

Teaching Excellence Project by Ministry of Education• Winning additional funding for 10

consecutive years.

The Aim for the Top University Project

TMU Featured Research

Assisted industry players in product development.

Developed the first MIT dental implant system “Ti-one”

Licensing fee reaching NTD 160 Million NTD

Received research grant from National Program on Nano Technology

Winner of Tech Transfer Award for Nano-technology in 2013

Started a joint degree PhD program with USC in Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering.

Establish one of the largest database on traumatic brain injuries.

Build a database for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury corporately with 14 hospitals

Received research grant from National Science Council for conducting research collaboratively with National Institutes of Health

Strarted a joint degree PhD program with Ministry of Health and Welfare in Neural Regenerative Medicine.

Received a 3-year research grant from the Ministry of Education to enhance research capacity

Granted with permission of establishing Joint Biobank (JBB) in 2013.

Received projects of“Excellence in Clinical Trials”from the Ministry of Health and Welfare for 8 years

Received research grant from National Research Program for Biopharmaceuticals

Started a joint degree PhD program in Translation Medicine with Academia Sinica

Construct Next Generation Sequencing in support of research in translational medicine)

formed a cancer research team, focusing on breast cancer, colorectal cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer.

Received funding from the Ministry of Education under its Aim for Top University (ATU) project in the amount of one hundred million New Taiwan Dollars (NTD).

Received funding from the Ministry of Health and Welfare under its Excellence in Cancer Research project.

Started a joint degree program with Academia Sinica.

Three affiliated hospitals were awarded with grade A cancer center certificate.

Cancer Research Center Translational Medical Research Center

Research Center for Biomedical Devices and Prototyping Production

Center for Neurotrauma and Neuroregenration

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USA Europe Asia Africa Oceania Total

33 19 70 4 5 132

International Sister Schools : 132

University of Maryland, USA

USA 38 Partnerships

Africa 4 Partnerships

Europe 20 Partnerships

Asia 69 Partnerships

TMU Total: 134 Partnerships

Oceania 3 Partnerships

International Sister Schools of TMU

Case Western Reserve University, USA

University of Southern California, USA

International Students International students are from 42 countries

around the globe International students has increased

tremendously

(學年 )

205 202 191 196 180207

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15 3287

114 121

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97 98 99 100 101 102 103

僑生外國學生陸生

220

278

317 315

234

375

439(人數 )

(學年 )

註：境外學生包括外國學生、陸生及僑生

The number of international students in medical university in Taiwan

Home Country of International Students in 2014

168 students from 35 countries28

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PhD: 52 (31%)

MA: 61 (36%)

BA: 55 (33%)

Institution partnerships

Student mobility

Joint/collaborative degree programmes

Research collaboration

To be developed

Joint Degree Programmes

Research Collaboration

Reputation &

VisibilityCultivating existing partnerships through strengthened collaboration in teaching and research, leading to enhanced research capacity and international visibility.

Established

Promotion of Internationalization

Outline


Introduction to TMU


Conclusion

TMU recruitment strategy and action plans: 1. Diversify admission channels and student population

2. Establish departments that meet the development trends of the university, the society, and the country

3. Expand the recruitment of international students as to create an international learning environment

4. Nurture talented students through industry-academia collaboration

5. Provide admission opportunities for underprivileged students to fulfill university’s social responsibility

6. Offer scholarships to attract talented students

1. Diversification of admission channels and student population

Bachelor Master Ph.D.

- Individual application - Multi-Star Project of the

university entrance - University

admissions through examination

- Nursing students cultivation project for students with indigenous or offshore island backgrounds

- Disabled students - Student athletes - The joint four-year

vocational college and two-year junior college entrance examination

- Transfer examination - Post-Baccalaureate nursing

program

- Foreign students

- Overseas Chinese students

- Mainland China students

- Recommendation-selection admission program

- Admission through examination

- Industry-academia cooperation project: R & D elites collaboration (1+2+2)

Domestic students9 routes

International students3 sources

- Recommendation-selection admission program

- Admission through examination

- In-service education program - Industrial technology master

program (In cooperation with the industry)

Domestic students

TMU

Source Domestic students (5,490)

International students(439)

System Bachelor Master Ph.D. Bachelor Master Ph.D.

People 4,359 785 346 306 77 56

International students

International students

Domestic students

- Foreign students



- Foreign students



2. Establish departments that meet the development trends of the university, the society, and the country

1. National industrial Priority

Master in Long-term Care Graduate Institute of Health and Biotechnology Law

Master program in Biodata Technology and Management

Executive Mater of Business Administration-Biotechnology

Post-graduate nursing program

2. TMU areas of specialism Ph.D. program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery Ph.D. program for Translational Medicine

Ph.D. program for Neural Regenerative Medicine Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ph.D. program for the Clinical Drug Discovery from Botanical Herbs

Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials & Tissue Engineering

3. English-taught programs Master Program in Global Health and Development

International PhD/Master Program in Medicine

TMU/USC Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering

International Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering

3. Expand international recruitment (1/3)English-taught programs and dual degree programs

Colleges English-taught programs Dual degrees

Medicine International Ph.D./Master Program in Medicine• The Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé, France (Ph.D.)

Oral Medicine

－•Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan (Ph.D.)• Aarhus University, Denmark (Ph.D.)

Pharmacy － •University of Southern California, USA (Bachelor-Master)

Nursing • ASEAN Ph.D. Program in Nursing•University of Wollongong, Australia (Ph.D.)

Public Health and Nutrition

•Master Program in Global Health and

Development

• Ph.D. Program in Global Health and

Development

•University of Wollongong, Australia (Ph.D.)•University of Findley, USA (Master)•University of Hull, UK, (Master)

Medical Science and Technology

• Ph.D. program for Translational Medicine

• Ph.D. program for Cancer Biology and Drug

Discovery

• Southern New Hampshire University, USA (Master)•University of Findley, USA (Master)

Humanities and Social Sciences

•Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain, and Consciousness

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Biomedical Engineering

• TMU/USC Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine

and Medical Engineering Ph.D. Program

• International Ph.D. Program in Biomedical

Engineering

•Master Program for Graduate Institute of

Biomedical Opto-Mechatronic Engineering (in

development)

• King Mongkurt’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand (Master)•University of Dundee, UK (Master)• The Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé, France (Master)

Management － •University of Findley, USA (Master)

3. Expanded international recruitmentCollaborative PhD Program with USC (2/3)

TMU/USC Collaborative PhD Program in Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering

Viterbi School of Engineering, No. 9 in USA[ US News & World Report, 2014 ]

World class faculty and curriculum and internationalized learning environment

Students gaining two degrees upon completion USC : Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering or Materials Science TMU: Doctor of Philosophy

透過共同辦理博士班，推動國際研究合作

Type

Scholarship Offer

Level Eligibility

A+Fee waiver +

25,000 monthly

allowance

Ph.D.

1.Published in high-impact SCI journals or

graduates of world top 100 graduate schools

2.Maximu period: 4 years

AFee waiver+

16,000

monthly

allowance

Ph.D.

1.Repeating applicants must achieve overall score

of 80 or above

2.New applicants must rank within top 20% in

class

BFee waiver +

12,000

monthly

allowance

Maste

r


of 80 or above


class

C Fee waiver

Maste

r


of 75 or above


class

3. Expanded international recruitment Scholarships (3/3)

4. Extended collaboration with industry on talent development (1/2)

Launch “PhD Program: Research and Development of Biomedical Science (1+2+2)

Educational system: 1 year master program (basic knowledge)+2 year PhD coursework (professional/advanced knowledge)+2 year PhD: co-education with industry

The funding from The Ministry of Education : each student is offered NT$200,000 per year, NT 1,000,000 in five years in total.

To educate high-level industry-academic talents for developing new drugs and medical devices

The Industrial Ph.D. program

Features -

(1) Sufficient funding, scholarship, and resources both from our government and industries,

(2) Cooperation with industrial partners to bridge the gap between school and industry,

(3) Enhancement of students’ capacity to perform and conduct industry-oriented research.

Improving the industry environment in the long run through the cultivation of high-level talents.

4. Extended collaboration with industry on talent development (2/2) Offer industrial technology master’s program The industries offer funding to co-educate talents who meet the industrial needs. The industries promise to offer job opportunities for our outstanding graduates (70% of

our students or more)

Year ProgramStudents enrolled/

graduatedIndustries

2011Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry Master’s Program

20 TTYBioharm

2011-2015

Medical Devices Industry Master’s Program (7 classes)

120Darwin industry co. 、 Dentway, etc.

2012Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry Business Administration Master’s program

9YSP 、 Synmosa、 Purzer 、 PBF, etc.

2013 Digital Oral Engineering Master’s Program 15Darwin industry co.

2014Medical Laser Industry Master’s Program

7 博而美實業

2015Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industry Master’s Program

3Synmosa 、 Nangguang 、 OEP

5. Offers for underprivileged students

Minority students, including financially challenged (from lower income families), differently abled, aboriginals and students from remote communities

Offers of admission Applications for Enrollment ：” Multi-Stars” Project,

Tests for the Differently abled, Medical Professional Tests for Aboriginals and islanders.

“Multi-Stars” Project: initiated in 2007, the project intends to balance the uneven resources given to urban/rural areas, and give more opportunities to the elite students in the underdeveloped areas.

For “Multi-Stars” Project: 15% of Undergraduates (139 students); including 30 offers for School of Medicine. We offer MOST offers for “Multi-Stars” project in Taiwan.

Other departments also participate in “Multi-Stars” Project

We offer extra help for underprivileged students

6. Funding/scholarship

Degrees Scholarship Eligibility Awards

Doctoral

Scholarship

Admitted doctoral programs of TMU and of other national medical university

Graduate students and M.D. Research Fellows of TMU

NT. 50000 per person/each semester, for two years.

Fellowship Fulltime Doctoral Students

NT30000 per person/each month, for two years

Master

Scholarship

TMU graduates whose ranks the top 10% Admitted master’s program and also

secure offers from other national /medical universities.

NT. 50000 per person/each semester, for two years.

Fellowship Full time graduate studentsDepending on the numbers of the students.

Under-

gradua

te

Scholarship Admitted TMU school of medicine and

dentistryTuition remission

Outline


Intro to TMU


Conclusion

Conclusion

To educate talents via diversified admission channels to meet demands of nation, society and industry

To prepare students for engaging global issues and competing at international job markets.

Thank you very much for your

attention!

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