National Ilan University

National Ilan University, which celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2006, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Taiwan. Founded on May 12, 1926, Taiwan Provincial Ilan School of Agriculture and Forestry was a five-year school providing two areas of study: agronomy and forestry. Since its inception, the school has undergone a number of changes due to changes in social and political environments. More recently, after years of preparation and repeated calls by school administration, the local government and its people, the school has evolved from a five-year junior college (National Ilan Institute of Agriculture and Technology) to a polytechnic college (National Ilan Institute of Technology), and now a comprehensive university (since 2003) offering BA, BS, MA and MS degrees in four schools. Dr. Han-Chieh Chao has been NIU's 3rd president since 2010.