{"id":6150,"date":"2024-07-03T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T03:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6150"},"modified":"2024-11-05T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:54:25","slug":"on-global-views-2024-ranking-of-taiwans-best-universities-npust-ranks-1st-in-two-categories","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/news\/on-global-views-2024-ranking-of-taiwans-best-universities-npust-ranks-1st-in-two-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"On Global Views\u2019 2024 Ranking of Taiwan\u2019s Best Universities, NPUST Ranks 1st in Two Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK\u2019s Times Higher Education (THE) special issue recently announced the \u201cimpact ranking\u201d of universities from around world. In the overall assessment, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) was situated in the 101-200 tier, while also ranking 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in the Taiwan and 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;in among Taiwan\u2019s universities of science and technology. Meanwhile, on 5 of the indicators under consideration, NPUST found itself among the top 100 universities world-wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, on July 2, Global Views magazine also announced its 2024 ranking for the top universities in Taiwan. With a total of 45 indicators under consideration, NPUST ranked first in the country for \u201cGreen Energy\u201d and \u201cCampus Area\u201d. Meanwhile, its overall rankings in the two categories of \u201csocial prestige\u201d and \u201cteaching performance\u201d NPUST were able to climb to the 9<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;position, respectively. Among all other state universities, NPUST ranked 19<sup>th<\/sup>, while it ranked 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;overall when measured against other technical and vocational universities. Furthermore, in the areas of \u201cagriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry, and veterinary fields\u201d, NPUST found itself standing among Taiwan\u2019s top 3 universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NPUST\u2019s cross-domain approach to education brings together the features of its seven colleges while placing a central focus on development in the areas of technological agriculture, ecological industries, platinum society and sustainable economies. The school\u2019s dedication to the cultivation of talent in technological agriculture continues to produce concrete results. Meanwhile, the university is striving to fulfill its social responsibilities and facilitate the development and transformation of local industries in Pingtung. Cooperating with the United Nations SDGs and the government\u2019s 2050 net-zero emission goals, and integrating a spirit of sustainable development into its education, research and development policies, NPUST has earned numerous awards in recent years in areas of ecology, life, community welfare and more. Some of these include the \u201cNational Sustainable Development Award\u201d, the \u201cNational Environmental Education Award\u201d, and the \u201cGlobal Views Magazine USR Award\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to NPUST\u2019s main campus, which is nearly 300 hectares in size, the university also has two forest farms where it conducts practical basic training with its students. It also has numerous facilities for practical learning in a variety of disciplines on campus, including a wood processing plant, an agricultural and aquatic products inspection and verification center, a simulated food GMP production line, a smart agriculture center, a plant medicine teaching hospital, and a veterinary medicine teaching hospital, to name a few. With its comprehensive facilities and rich teaching resources, NPUST has cultivated many professionals in the areas of agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry over the years, and has positioned itself as a leading comprehensive university of science and technology Taiwan, with students coming from around to study in the programs it has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the future, NPUST will continue to improve the quality of its education, promote innovative research and sustainable development, actively participate in global issues, and cultivate more high-quality professionals with practical abilities and international perspectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6153,"template":"","genre":[],"colleges":[69],"visions":[32],"sdgs":[17,26],"class_list":["post-6150","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","colleges-library","visions-blue-economy","sdgs-affordable-and-clean-energy","sdgs-life-on-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"colleges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/colleges?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"visions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/visions?post=6150"},{"taxonomy":"sdgs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.npust.edu.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sdgs?post=6150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}