President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, won the first "Top 10 Outstanding Private School Presidents" awarded by the Society for the Private Education. He attended the presentation ceremony on October 26. President Chien Tai also received recognition from pre-education minister Rong-Cun Huang, Wei-Fan Guo, and Zong-Shin Hu, Chairman of the Private School Association. They affirmed Tai’s long-term commitment to education. Former Secretary of Education Ching-Ki Wu also attended the speech and pointed out at the conference that private schools are not easy to run and societies are faced with great challenges to school administrators. Private schools contribute a great deal to the country and need to be valued.

【President Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology was awarded "Top Ten Outstanding President of Private Schools" by the ROC Association for the Culture and Education】

President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology received his Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California. Since taking over the president in August 2007, with the full authorization and trust of the board of directors, he has been leading nearly 19,000 teachers and students to the top of the nation's private universities of science and technology, with his reputation maintained on the peak. Not only did he make Southern Taiwan University of science and technology reborn, he but also has made it one of the nation’s leading private universities. The number of students at STUST ranked seventh in the country, and with a large number of students, STUST is now the nation's largest private university of science and technology. For vocational and technical education, STUST is a model.

【President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (right), accepted the award ribbon presented by Director Zong-Shin Hu (left)】

Chien Tai said that Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology is right on its turning point. Thanks to all his colleagues, their endless efforts, and the outstanding achievements of the students’ intentions and alumni in the workplace, he had all the outstanding performance. At the same time, he thanked the two former chairmen of the board of directors and the former president for their dedication, and he also thanked the board of directors for its support. As he said, the honor of being awarded the "Top Ten Outstanding President of School Private Schools" should indeed belong to everyone.

【The congratulatory message by Vice President Jian-Ren Chen】

President Chien Tai emphasized that teaching and research and technology research and development should go hand in hand to position Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology as a "university of science and technology to be the best partner for the industry," which demonstrates the characteristics of technical education and leads teachers and students in actively seeking various government subsidies—"Model Development for Science and Technology Programs," "Teaching Excellence Programs," "Future University Programs," and other grants—to enhance teaching , research quality, and the equipment and books goals.

【President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (right), received the certificate of recognition from former Minister of Education Wei-Fan Guo (left)】

President Tai has paid great attention to vocational education. He believes that starting from the effectiveness of student learning, students learn the professional skills that should be seamless with the industry and the workplace. During the period of school management, the effectiveness of the award winners in substantive thematic exercises of students substantially leapt forward. The number of students obtaining licenses also increased year by year, fully reinforcing the competitiveness of their workplaces. At the same time, he improved the school environment and strengthened the cross-cutting research and development energy. With the development of "industrial application,” 10 research centers have been set up through the integration and utilization of research institutes, research resources, and the latest technology, for the purpose of serving the industry transfer to manufacturers and helping manufacturers create business opportunities and improve market competitiveness.

【President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (right) received the prize from former Minister of Education Rong-Tsun Huang (left)】

In addition, with his experience in the preparation of the Southern Science Park, President Tai took the 15-year right to operate the "Tainan Cultural and Creative Industries Park" of the Ministry of Culture in 2002 through the cooperation of cross-boundary art and industrial interaction, which resulted in the park of Tainan Taiwan's creative life and industry development center. It is now among Taiwan's five major parks of cultural and creative industry, and the only park operated by a university. It has established a model for the transformation and innovation of higher education.

【President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (second right), Alumni of Taipei Alumni Association, and VIPs attending the ceremony】

At the same time, on January 1, 2017, President Tai led the executive team of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology to take over to run the "South Taiwan Industry Park Incubation Center" of the SME Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Southern Science Park. In combination with Southern Science Park and Tainan Cultural and Creative Industries Park, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology Joint Education Center, it can help young people achieve their dreams of entrepreneurship, creating an effective link in between academic research, technology transfer, patents acquisition and education, and other aspects of counseling.

【Southern Taiwan Alumni Association, school colleagues, and distinguished guests came to give flowers to President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology】

President Tai used performance management to lead the executive team, emphasizing "creating performance and sharing performance." In 2010 saw the evaluation results of the Ministry of Education put both Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology and National Taipei University of Science in the first place. According to Cheers Magazine and Vision Magazine, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology has been the No. 1 favorite university of science and technology by industries for eight consecutive years. He also won the TOP10 Excellent Achievement in School Recognition and School Recognition for three consecutive years.

【President Chien Tai of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, won the first "Top 10 Outstanding Private School Presidents" awarded by the Society for the Private Education】