Tunghai University-News--Tunghai University and Chung Shan Medical University Expand Cross-institutional Cooperation

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Tunghai University and Chung Shan Medical University Expand Cross-institutional Cooperation

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Date : 2021-11-05

Tunghai University and Chung Shan Medical University (SCMU) held a meeting to expand the scope of bilateral cooperation on October 17th. Meeting representatives from Chung Shan Medical University included President Chien-Ning Huang, Chief Secretary Tsu-Shing Wang, Academic Affairs Dean Yuan-Yen Chang, Student Affairs Dean Chin-Lin Hsu, R&D Dean Shun-Fa Yang, International Affairs Dean Kan-Jen Tsai, Teaching Resource Center Director Mei-Hsiang Chen, AI Center Director Wei-Chih Shen. The host representatives from Tunghai were President Mao-Jiun Wang, Chief Secretary Shr-Jya Chen, Academic Affairs Dean Chu-Li Liu, Student Affairs Dean Hao-Hsiu Chiu, R&D Dean Hui-Chen Lin, Library Director Chao-Tung Yang, Deputy International Officer Chen-Jui Huang, General Education Center Director Chugn-Ming Wang, AI Center Director Winston Lo, English Language Center Director Steven Chen and Teaching Resource Center Director Wei-Ting Chao.

Tunghai University President Mao-Jiun Wang (left) and
Chung Shan Medical University President Chien-Ning Huang (right)

Four major topics were discussed in the meeting, namely, deepening the cooperation in teaching, research and double majors, EMI promotion, AI and smart medical care, and university world rankings. Considering cross domain learning as a major trend, the two universities began to utilize each other for dual majors in 2018, attracting many students to participate in such cooperation. Those students not only strengthened in their own majors, but also expanded the domain of expertise and created more opportunities for future career planning. Based on the success to-date, cooperation on modular courses offered by instructors from the two universities is considered feasible in a near future.

Tunghai University Academic Affairs Dean Chu-Li Liu (upper left) and
Chung Shan Medical University Academic Affairs Dean Yuan-yan Chang (upper right) talk about cooperative courses.
Group photo for the meeting (below)

On the topic of using English media of instruction (EMI), Director Steven Chen of Tunghai English Language Center and Dean Kan-Jen Tsai of CSMU International Affairs presented the implementation status and the incubation plans for respective universities. It was agreed that more cooperation in both English teaching resources and cross-domain English environments would be developed.

Dean of Cloud Innovation School and Director of AI Center of Tunghai University, Prof. Winston Lo, introduced how education transformation in AI healthcare has been done in Tunghai through perennial collaboration with Taichung Veterans Hospital and Changhua Christian Hospital. There are custom-made medical AI courses for Changhua Christian Hospital, which would serve as reference for developing cooperative courses with Chung Shan Medical University as well.

Finally, Tunghai R&D Dean Hui-Chen Lin made a presentation on the status of Tunghai University in various world university ranking systems, including QS, Times Higher Education, Global Views Magazine and Commonwealth Magazine. According to Prof. Lin, there are complementary advantages between Tunghai and CSMU. Proper sharing of resources would be mutually beneficial for both universities in gaining higher international recognition.
Through the meeting, faculty members of the two universities learned more about the education status and development plans and identified potential cooperation areas and items. Future multi-faceted cooperation in academia and research is highly expected. A visit to the Tunghai AI Arts Center fascinated meeting participants and concluded the meeting with awe.

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